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Isn’t it true that you can be fired in the US without being given a reason? Incidentally, I’ve always thought this was one of the reasons US salaries are so hi
by pansa2 7y ago
Isn’t it true that you can be fired in the US without being given a reason?
Incidentally, I’ve always thought this was one of the reasons US salaries are so high. Employees in the US are almost comparable to contractors in Europe (who are paid significantly more than permanent employees).
- lazyasciiart 7y agoYep https://www.seattletimes.com/explore/careers/can-you-get-fired-for-sharing-your-salary-publicly/ https://www.seattletimes.com/explore/careers/can-you-get-fir... And hmm, that's an interesting comparison. Contractors in the US are also paid significantly more than employees.
- ghaff 7y ago>Contractors in the US are also paid significantly more than employees. Not really surprising all other things being equal. Contractors are often not getting benefits which can be more than a quarter of the total comp package. Furthermore, contractors are often assumed to be being paid on an as-needed basis with less downtime like training that are factors with full-time employees. When I had clients, a had a pretty high effective daily rate. But that didn't really translate into outsized take-home pay because so much "free" work went into being able to charge that sometime high daily rate.