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At-will employment seemed like a terrible idea when I worked in the US, at least from the employees point of view. It's essentially enforced opt out of many pro

At-will employment seemed like a terrible idea when I worked in the US, at least from the employees point of view. It's essentially enforced opt out of many protections you'd receive in other countries.

sanskritabelt 13y ago
The only benefit to at-will employment for an employee is you're not tied into things like 'you must work here for 2 years / give 6 months notice', over/under of 15 years for those protections to start being weakened.
- aianus 13y ago
  There's also the benefit that a company would be more willing to give you a chance at employment knowing they can fire you if it doesn't work out.
  - justinhj 13y ago
    Well in Canada you can fire for no reason in the first 3 months anyway.
    - biafra 13y ago
      In Germany it is up to 6 months (Probezeit) depending on your contract. But the employee can also leave with 2 weeks notice.
- YZF 13y ago
  Typically these laws would be biased towards the employee. At-will employment pretends there's some sort of symmetry and/or market forces. Social labour laws are about protecting employees, not employers. Forcing someone to work for two years at a certain place or give 6 months notice before they leave would be considered a violation of their human rights in most places. I'd be really surprised if Germany requires employees to give 6 months notice before leaving...
  - biafra 13y ago
    It depends on your contract. The longest I ever had was 3 months to the end of a quarter. Theses conditons always go both ways. But which employer would insist in keeping you when he knows you want to leave? What level of motivation could he expect?