A few years ago we've had here the case of a young woman working for one of those fancy multinational companies who simply dropped dead at the office. It emerged that the poor woman was severely overworked and under a tremendous stress, which, of course, lead to commentaries about toxic corporate culture, but I don't expect much has changed.
As for the education system, there's very little respect for teachers. In fact, teachers here are picketing the government building, following the a recent decision to increase the number of weekly teaching hours, increase the number of students per class, and some pay cuts as a bonus. And, as you say, people cannot afford to say no, especially now that the economic situation here is bad and getting worse by the week. It is basically impossible to say No when you cannot afford to lose your job.