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Without the EU, they wouldn't have free labor mobility, limiting business hiring. If you want your business to succeed, you better have a free and open labor p

Without the EU, they wouldn't have free labor mobility, limiting business hiring. If you want your business to succeed, you better have a free and open labor pool. This is why economies grow with open borders, because it's more labor efficient. Can you imagine not being able to hire a specialized SQL coder, because the only one available is in Austria, and you're business is in France, and there's no labor mobility? Or did you think labor was a commodity? And that anyone can do anyone else's job?

polotics 9y ago
Replace Austria with Australia in your post, and reconsider the truth value of your EU==Labor Mobility equation ok?
- cthulha 9y ago
  Australian here: entry into EU area is a huge plus for jobs in Europe. Australian passports can use Schengen simplified entry and exit borders. We aren't part of EU, but the EU is a very appealing place to work.
sparkling 9y ago
> Can you imagine not being able to hire a specialized SQL coder, because the only one available is in Austria, and you're business is in France, and there's no labor mobility? In France, you can hire a SQL coder straight from Zimbabwe, South Korea, Venezuela or any other place on earth without a problem. The laws are in place and the EU has nothing to do with it.
- szatkus 9y ago
  It's not a good example. Technical people are in demand basically everywhere. Think about manual labour.
  - user5994461 9y ago
    Technical people are really NOT in demand everywhere. There are only a few cities with a couple of jobs for them. The USA has stuff in SF/NY mostly. France has some stuff in Paris. That's about it.
- user5994461 9y ago
  No, you need to get annoying VISA for them because they are not European. It's not that easy. We'll ignore for a minute that there is no shortage of SQL coder so it's really not warranted to recruiter from that far away. Unless it's a consulting company that tricks them to get minimum wage and resell them for more to make a profit. We'll also ignore that they don't speak French.

polotics 9y ago

Replace Austria with Australia in your post, and reconsider the truth value of your EU==Labor Mobility equation ok?

cthulha 9y ago
Australian here: entry into EU area is a huge plus for jobs in Europe. Australian passports can use Schengen simplified entry and exit borders. We aren't part of EU, but the EU is a very appealing place to work.

sparkling 9y ago

> Can you imagine not being able to hire a specialized SQL coder, because the only one available is in Austria, and you're business is in France, and there's no labor mobility? In France, you can hire a SQL coder straight from Zimbabwe, South Korea, Venezuela or any other place on earth without a problem. The laws are in place and the EU has nothing to do with it.

szatkus 9y ago
It's not a good example. Technical people are in demand basically everywhere. Think about manual labour.
- user5994461 9y ago
  Technical people are really NOT in demand everywhere. There are only a few cities with a couple of jobs for them. The USA has stuff in SF/NY mostly. France has some stuff in Paris. That's about it.
user5994461 9y ago
No, you need to get annoying VISA for them because they are not European. It's not that easy. We'll ignore for a minute that there is no shortage of SQL coder so it's really not warranted to recruiter from that far away. Unless it's a consulting company that tricks them to get minimum wage and resell them for more to make a profit. We'll also ignore that they don't speak French.