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In most of the EU, if you are a full time employee working for a local legal entity, the business will have to pay some kind of redundancy if they let you go. I

by fy20 4y ago

In most of the EU, if you are a full time employee working for a local legal entity, the business will have to pay some kind of redundancy if they let you go. In my case that would be 6 months salary, which I wouldn't get if I switched today, and in 3 months the new company decided they can't afford me.

ido 4y ago
6 months is a very long time, at least in Germany and Austria it’s a lot shorter (unless you’ve been there for a very, very long time maybe).
- ChuckNorris89 4y ago
  I've never heard about such a thing in Austria. At least in SW development. Maybe if you're part of some old industrial dinosaur with a strong union like the metal industry.
  - ido 4y ago
    Yeah it’s usually something like a month and then extending for every additional year you worked there, but I don’t think it ever gets to 6 months. Longest I ever saw was someone getting 3 months of pay.
    - ChuckNorris89 4y ago
      Do you have any sources for that? I checked AK and WKO and never seen such a law.
      - ido 4y ago
        I haven't lived in Austria in about a decade but I'm pretty sure that in Germany the longer you work somewhere the longer the Kündigungsfrist is. From a quick googling I see it's the same in Austria, up to a maximum of 5 months: https://www.wko.at/service/arbeitsrecht-sozialrecht/Kuendigungsfristen.html https://www.wko.at/service/arbeitsrecht-sozialrecht/Kuendigu... In practice nobody is keeping people around after firing them, you send them home and pay the remaining salary ("Freistellung"). At least in developer jobs in many companies I've never seen anyone stay after being fired.
ChuckNorris89 4y ago
Depends on the country and if the company has a strong union or one at all. This was not the case in the ones I lived (Austria, Romania). The business there could legally make you redundant without being obligated to paying you anything. The unemployment office would pay you then based on your contributions.
mytailorisrich 4y ago
Yes, you would get redundancy pay though the amount depends on the country and company and 6 months seems on the high end of the scale. I don't think it is a good calculation to stay in a job because you would get a good compensation package if you were let go, but that's a personal decision to make.

by fy20 4y ago

ido 4y ago

6 months is a very long time, at least in Germany and Austria it’s a lot shorter (unless you’ve been there for a very, very long time maybe).

ChuckNorris89 4y ago
I've never heard about such a thing in Austria. At least in SW development. Maybe if you're part of some old industrial dinosaur with a strong union like the metal industry.
- ido 4y ago
  Yeah it’s usually something like a month and then extending for every additional year you worked there, but I don’t think it ever gets to 6 months. Longest I ever saw was someone getting 3 months of pay.
  - ChuckNorris89 4y ago
    Do you have any sources for that? I checked AK and WKO and never seen such a law.
    - ido 4y ago
      I haven't lived in Austria in about a decade but I'm pretty sure that in Germany the longer you work somewhere the longer the Kündigungsfrist is. From a quick googling I see it's the same in Austria, up to a maximum of 5 months: https://www.wko.at/service/arbeitsrecht-sozialrecht/Kuendigungsfristen.html https://www.wko.at/service/arbeitsrecht-sozialrecht/Kuendigu... In practice nobody is keeping people around after firing them, you send them home and pay the remaining salary ("Freistellung"). At least in developer jobs in many companies I've never seen anyone stay after being fired.

ChuckNorris89 4y ago

Depends on the country and if the company has a strong union or one at all. This was not the case in the ones I lived (Austria, Romania). The business there could legally make you redundant without being obligated to paying you anything. The unemployment office would pay you then based on your contributions.

mytailorisrich 4y ago

Yes, you would get redundancy pay though the amount depends on the country and company and 6 months seems on the high end of the scale. I don't think it is a good calculation to stay in a job because you would get a good compensation package if you were let go, but that's a personal decision to make.