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High tax rate and difficulty of firing someone would be my two guesses
by dmitrygr 9y ago
High tax rate and difficulty of firing someone would be my two guesses
- matthewmacleod 9y agoThe tax rate is broadly comparable to the US. Tech companies’ success is therefore based on their ability to fire people without cause? Honestly, this sort of thing is often thrown around as a trope and I don’t think it holds much water.
- xxs 9y agowhich particular tax rate?
- spython 9y agoDifficulty firing someone makes people feel secure at work. Security is one of the essential things you need to be innovative. Desperation and anxiety doesn't drive innovation.
- dmitrygr 9y agoPerceived difficulty in firing causes much more cautious hiring. If I told you that the next car you buy, you'd have to use for 10 years with no options for a change, you'd certainly pick differently than you do now, knowing you could always replace it.
- krageon 9y agoI encourage you to maybe go the the EU at some point in your life (and have some meaningful interaction with corporate life there). That will demonstrate to you that the sentiment you're addressing is patently false: Companies in the EU vigorously and constantly hire new people, even though employees have rights.