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Don't know what the law is like in most states in the US but in the EU if the employee has been with the company for longer than 6 months it wouldn't even be le
by ido 4y ago
Don't know what the law is like in most states in the US but in the EU if the employee has been with the company for longer than 6 months it wouldn't even be legal to fire with 0 notice & no severance - generally companies wants you out asap but continue paying your salary for the minimums require by law. In my experience at least 2 weeks and more commonly 1+ months (I've seen people get 3 months, that have worked at the company for several years).
This of course doesn't apply if the employee did something like outright breaking the law or the terms of their contract (rare).
- mousetree 4y agoI think it goes without saying that the EU is different. Here in Germany, in fact things are problematic in the other direction. For the last 2 hires I made, their previous company forced them to work through their 3 month notice period.
- Jare 4y agoThat's becoming more and more widespread. It's idiotic and counterproductive but apparently companies love some fake sense of security.
- ido 4y agoI think this is more for "traditional" companies, I've never seen a startup here (Berlin) do that in the 10 years I've been living here.
- Jare 4y agoIn my experience it's becoming more and more widespread specifically in startups. I hope you're right and I'm just seeing the bad outliers.
- Malamute 4y agoI have 3 months notice. It is unreasonable.
- ido 4y agoIt's unreasonable for the company to want you to stick around for 3 months before you switch jobs, but it's not unreasonable to ask a company to let an employee who has been with them for years 3 months' (notice or severance) before they fire them (as the power balance is not equal - the employee is supposedly dependent on that salary for their livelihood and not everyone can instantly land a new job after being laid off). Overall even as a business owner myself I prefer the pro-employee German system over the free-for-all American one.