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There's the same system in France. As GP says, it's because taking an employee on an indefinite contract is a huge responsibility, and you basically can't fire
by PoignardAzur 5y ago
There's the same system in France.
As GP says, it's because taking an employee on an indefinite contract is a huge responsibility, and you basically can't fire them unless they set your office on fire.
In France, there's a huge temp ecosystem that was built because of that. Companies don't hire developers, they subcontract to temp agencies for limited time. The advantage for them is if they need to downsize their team, they can simply terminate the contract without risking liability.
The temp agency obviously takes a big cut on the developer's salary, until (at least in my individual experience) the developer decides to fuck off and do contracting directly instead and starts thinking, you know what, the French job market for developers sucks, I should probably send resumes to american companies instead.
- bryanrasmussen 5y agoOk in Denmark the system is that you get hired, if they fire you in the first month you get 2 weeks severance, after which you have (IIRC) 3 months, this part is somewhat based on seniority / contract some times you might get a 4 month severance period. You can be fired for basically any reasonable reason though. I again have a hard time believing you need to set fire to the office before they fire you, don't French companies ever downsize?
- PoignardAzur 5y agoIt's an hyperbole. Downsizing is allowed, but there's some heavy paperwork involved, you have to meet some guarantees, etc. The company can't do it at will. (Then again, I'm not a company owner, I don't know the details)