I'm constantly amazed that people will fight to have less power over their own lives.
If you do get a job, the same law that allows you to have a long-term contract essentially makes you a slave to the company. It's so hard to get, it makes it that much harder to leave.
Owning your own business is nearly impossible due to the red tape and regulations involved, so the entire economic landscape is either a large company or the government.
The real problem in France is that it doesn't really give any incentive for a company to start there, and it certainly doesn't give it a chance to grow.
This will only become more apparent over time when the global economy gets bad and more companies pull out and move to more favorable countries.
Maybe they do not see it as being a wage slave. Making it difficult to fire people can help employees take a stand on moral/ethical grounds and just plain refuse to comply without fear of being fired. Anecdotal, but french employees seem to have no fear of self expression unlike employees of many other nations, which is far away from slavish behavior.
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[ 2.4 ms ] story [ 14.3 ms ] threadAn inhumane concept, to be sure. If you want to let these people go, pay them severance and let them be on their way.
If you do get a job, the same law that allows you to have a long-term contract essentially makes you a slave to the company. It's so hard to get, it makes it that much harder to leave.
Owning your own business is nearly impossible due to the red tape and regulations involved, so the entire economic landscape is either a large company or the government.
The real problem in France is that it doesn't really give any incentive for a company to start there, and it certainly doesn't give it a chance to grow.
This will only become more apparent over time when the global economy gets bad and more companies pull out and move to more favorable countries.