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> Just like that. These statements always catch me a bit off-guard. Is there no such thing as a cancelation period in the US? When my employer wants to kick me

> Just like that. These statements always catch me a bit off-guard. Is there no such thing as a cancelation period in the US? When my employer wants to kick me out, he needs a good reason for that and I'd still be paid for 3 months. Which is often even longer, depending on how long you belong to a company. Edit: I'm in germany

windward 1y ago
In my experience, it doesn't matter anyway. You can be paid to be sat at home and, while the worry of finances is kicked down the road, the big dark questions come home to roost very quickly.
somerandomqaguy 1y ago
In Canada in general either employer or employee can terminate without having to give reason. Typically it's either a few weeks of notice for termination but the employer can choose to require the employee to depart immediately and instead payout severance for equivalent time instead. There's nuance province to province though. In the US it's similar but AFAIK it does vary state to state. To my knowledge there isn't any law that requires what you're describing in North America.
ur-whale 1y ago
> Edit: I'm in germany Yeah, Germany is quite (in)famous for this. I have seen quite a few times in my career large US tech corporations specifically choosing not to open a satellite EU sales office or a dev office in DE because of the horrendous labor laws. Sure, very nice for the workers. But foreign money chooses to skip DE because of this. Warm and comfy in a sinking ship, great!
- sgt 1y ago
  If you asked them about it though, they'd say the labor laws were excellent and the American labor law is horrenous. It's about perspective, but let's face it - America is way more set up for innovation than any other Western country.
daedrdev 1y ago
The US does not have such a tax
omoikane 1y ago
There is a WARN[1] period before the employee is officially laid off, but their access to all the corporate resources are cut off immediately. From the employee perspective, they have lost everything the moment they are being told that they are laid off. It doesn't matter that they are still getting paid. [1] https://edd.ca.gov/en/jobs_and_training/Layoff_Services_WARN/ https://edd.ca.gov/en/jobs_and_training/Layoff_Services_WARN...

windward 1y ago

In my experience, it doesn't matter anyway. You can be paid to be sat at home and, while the worry of finances is kicked down the road, the big dark questions come home to roost very quickly.

somerandomqaguy 1y ago

In Canada in general either employer or employee can terminate without having to give reason. Typically it's either a few weeks of notice for termination but the employer can choose to require the employee to depart immediately and instead payout severance for equivalent time instead. There's nuance province to province though. In the US it's similar but AFAIK it does vary state to state. To my knowledge there isn't any law that requires what you're describing in North America.

ur-whale 1y ago

> Edit: I'm in germany Yeah, Germany is quite (in)famous for this. I have seen quite a few times in my career large US tech corporations specifically choosing not to open a satellite EU sales office or a dev office in DE because of the horrendous labor laws. Sure, very nice for the workers. But foreign money chooses to skip DE because of this. Warm and comfy in a sinking ship, great!

sgt 1y ago
If you asked them about it though, they'd say the labor laws were excellent and the American labor law is horrenous. It's about perspective, but let's face it - America is way more set up for innovation than any other Western country.

daedrdev 1y ago

The US does not have such a tax

omoikane 1y ago

There is a WARN[1] period before the employee is officially laid off, but their access to all the corporate resources are cut off immediately. From the employee perspective, they have lost everything the moment they are being told that they are laid off. It doesn't matter that they are still getting paid. [1] https://edd.ca.gov/en/jobs_and_training/Layoff_Services_WARN/ https://edd.ca.gov/en/jobs_and_training/Layoff_Services_WARN...