The Soviet Union claimed to be a workers state dedicated to improving the conditions of the working class compared to the west. In reality, what were their working conditions like and how well off were their workers (in terms of quality of life and afforded luxuries) compared to the average American (or western European) one?
The actual conditions of a Soviet worker depended on a multitude of factors (a provincial city in 1924? Moscow, 1980? industrial worker, or white-collar?). At the very onset of the Soviet Union, worker satisfaction (or general human pleasure) was enshrined into the Soviet constitution. Taking the late Soviet Union, in general, working conditions were marginally worse than the West, especially regarding 'afforded luxuries,' but overall it would be fine, and certainly better than the late Imperial period.
Between the revolution and World War II, mandated working hours bounced around a bit as the First Five Year Plan was enacted, but generally workers were expected to work six days a week between seven and eight hours a day - so, a bit longer than in the West. It was not until the 1960s that two day weekends were standardized.
By the late Soviet Union workers received three to four weeks vacation (higher than the United States, but lower than countries like France), worked around 40 hours a week, lived in fine apartments, and so on. Some Western commentators have argued that vacation and leisure time was extremely secondary to the notion of being a good citizen, but others have provided a more balanced view; it was, either way, possible to vacation relatively affordably within the Soviet Union.
Wages were modest and consumer goods more expensive than in the West for the most part, if they were even accessible. Beryozka sold luxury and imported goods but required foreign currency, which wasn't entirely unaccessible but any given item could be twice as expensive or more relative to the West.
The 1983 film Love by Request is a lighthearted romantic comedy that highlights some of the realities of the late Soviet Union - the female protagonist is a librarian who, upon being unable to purchase a blouse (she asks another customer if a rather frumpy beige shirt is good, to which the customer replies that nothing the store sells is), is scammed on the black market for a substantial sum. The male protagonist early in the film mocks a poster praising workers by suggesting it be replaced with a nude woman.
While it was probably better to be a Western worker in the 1980s, the late Soviet Union bears little resemblance to the Soviet Union of the 1930s.