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There are many barriers to fire people in the EU. Not just laws but also reputational risk to the managers doing the firing. In fact, the EU is over regulated
by nroets 7y ago
There are many barriers to fire people in the EU. Not just laws but also reputational risk to the managers doing the firing.
In fact, the EU is over regulated as a rule and discourages risk taking. For example GDPR compliance cost.
Also, the US is richer, so all startups want to conquer it as it's primary market. This is a positive feedback loop because talented people want to move to the US to make it big.
- ChuckNorris89 7y agoThat's not true, there are little barriers for firing people in Europe. In Austria/Germany the average tech gig is hire and fire. If some managers sees that your velocity in Jira is lower than the rest of the team for too long you'll be given your notice period and let go easy peasy, no sweat for the company. To quote on of my ex German boss after he fired a colleague of mine "software engineers are dime a dozen, recruiters flood me with their resumes every day, I can have someone from Poland in his place next week". This was a F500 company.