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In Europe we call this job insecurity. The US has a long tradition of keeping employees hostages because they have debts, mortgage etc. All it takes is a warnin

• qcnguy 1y ago
  You can be fired for this type of thing in Europe too.
  • bdangubic 1y ago
    example?
    • qcnguy 1y ago
      In France it would be considered "Faute grave", a violation of the duty of discretion/loyalty to the organization. You have to give that person a few days of notice but otherwise they can be terminated at will. Of course, that's the theory. Europe's courts are more politicized than in the US and laws are frequently vague. Someone might try to challenge such a firing. But the law does allow it. That's in France which has unusually vicious employment laws. In other parts of Europe it's more casual. In the UK you can be fired for more or less any reason outside of a few restricted reasons if you're within the first two years of employment. After that the rules get a bit stricter, but not enough to mean a company has to tolerate an employee bringing the organization into disrepute (which this behavior absolutely does).
• nec4b 1y ago
  There are plenty of layoffs and firings in European countries too. You must have been incredible lucky if have never witnessed it. Each country has different laws regarding employment and it varies a lot between them. Making this Europe vs USA is frankly weird.
  • hananova 1y ago
    In most EU countries, getting fired entails getting paid for several more months (depending on tenure), and after that you still get a (not very high) living wage from the government.