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Kasz216 on 29 January 2010
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NJ5 said:
Kasz216 said:
NJ5 said:
Kasz216 I don't think what you wrote in F is true... there are layoffs all the time (and I've lived in 3 different European countries already). Whether the companies are making money or not.

You'd be surprised... France and Germany have some pretty interesting laws on the matter.

Technically in France "Saving costs" is not a reason to fire somebody.  You have to prove their is a redundancy for example.

Usually the kind of places people talk about American Jobs going.

There is a reason why the rest of Europe tried to copy the Denmark method for employment but realized it was unworkable for larger nations that weren't so economically 1-sided.


I think Denmark was the one where 1/3rd of the country changes companies every year or two yet has really low unemployment.

 

Well I wouldn't know much about France or Germany, as the countries I mentioned have been Portugal, Denmark and now Sweden.

 

Although it does appear according to the chart Manus cited in an attempt to prove me wrong actually shows it's as easy to hire someone in the US as it is in any european state if not eaiser in many cases and the same with firing...

Putting the US number 1 when it comes to such things.  Higher then i actually expected.

Overall ease of doing Buisness is at 4 too which is surprisingly high... behind Singapore, Hong Kong... and another nation i can't find on that chart since it won't reorganize by category.

I know that "hertiage fondation" study has us at like... 30 or 40 or something for being a free market.

So add "overall easier to do buisness in" as a reason why you'd pay an american worker more, so you have to pay the government less and have a lot less hassles dealing with the government and various nebulous laws that are hard to understand and have little reason to exist.