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All those things are given to a Microsoft software engineer. It's really only the low paying jobs that there's a directly benefit from the European model.
by IncreasePosts 2y ago
All those things are given to a Microsoft software engineer. It's really only the low paying jobs that there's a directly benefit from the European model.
- ngruhn 2y agoEven guaranteed payment on layoff?
- Jtsummers 2y agoUnemployment insurance is mostly guaranteed if you lost the job through no fault of your own (weren't fired, didn't quit), but the amount varies by state. Good luck with receiving it in a timely manner. Took months for my wife to receive it when she was let go in 2023. If we'd been counting on her income we would have been homeless by the time the first payment came in.
- IncreasePosts 2y agoIt's not guaranteed, but these big tech companies always give severance with layoffs. At Microsoft I believe it was 1 month pay + 1 week pay per 6 months employed. And that's not including any extra downtime where you're not working but technically employed(maybe, due to 60 day notice required by WARN act, for example)
- pjmlp 2y agoUntil they aren't and there is no US law to give them back.
- atemerev 2y agoWell, all these laws are applicable for privileged natives. If you are an immigrant, even from the US or other first-world country, good luck — you’ll be given contractor arrangements and fixed-term positions, still with low compensations.
- pjmlp 2y agoEU worklaws apply to everyone working in the countries, as long they are legal, and willing to fight for their rights.
- atemerev 2y agoSure, this is why you won’t be offered a permanent position (say, in France). Too much hassle. Much easier for them to hire you as an unprotected contractor.
- IncreasePosts 2y agoSure. And the laws could change in any given European country and remove certain protections. Just because a possibility is there does not mean there is any real likelihood of that possibility happening.
- __s 2y agoI was only getting 2 weeks vacation
- IncreasePosts 2y agoLast year MS went to discretionary time off, which basically is unlimited(potential) vacation days, based on negotiations with your manager.