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It's not, people just love shitting on America. 14 weeks + 1 additional for each year served at US salaries + unemployment + paid health insurance for 12 months
by pb7 7y ago
It's not, people just love shitting on America. 14 weeks + 1 additional for each year served at US salaries + unemployment + paid health insurance for 12 months is extremely generous compared to the peanuts that Europe pays engineers.
- llukas 7y agoUnless you realize that you're comparing severance package of one of top US companies to EU standard.
- KoftaBob 7y agothe original comment was specifically saying AirBnBs severance isn’t impressive compared to europe, which is not true.
- llukas 7y agoAirBnBs severance package is impressive compared to rest of US. Twisting words a bit: most of Europe doesn't get much worse severance than top US corporation. That's impressive. IT in Europe also gets better severance etc. Also, not checked in other countries, but in Poland for example: regular salaried employees get 3 month notice if tenure is 3+ years.
- what_ever 7y agoBut this is already more than 3 months even with 1 month of tenure?
- saiya-jin 7y agoWhat you describe here as generous is pretty standard in my part of Europe, things like health insurance or unemployment benefits aren't even a concern to worry about. In fact, when fired, my company normally gives 3 months PLUS 1 month per year worked. Now that's what I call generous.
- pb7 7y agoWhat part is that? And what's the average salary there? It's easy to give 6 months of severance when you're severely underpaying compared to global labor markets.