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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).
by 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 agoI'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 agoYeah 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 agoDo you have any sources for that? I checked AK and WKO and never seen such a law.
- ido 4y agoI 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.