Exactly. A company I know well had to lay off people in France and in the US. People in France keep almost their full wages for a whole year, and the medical in

Exactly. A company I know well had to lay off people in France and in the US. People in France keep almost their full wages for a whole year, and the medical insurance for free for a year. I hope the ones in the US find a job quicky and that their higher salary can cover any (medical) cost in the meantime. I would not be so sure. Lower wages for this amount of security seems a great deal to me.