Comment by jokethrowaway
2 years ago
In Europe firing people is not always straightforward.
There are so many people doing jackshit which make me go insane. I guess, good for them and I'm glad I'm not a shareholder.
Management handle the most blatant cases in 6 months. There are so many people who are not completely clueless at pretending to do something and they go undetected for their entire career.
From previous experiences, in a US startup they would be fired in 2 weeks.
What value to society does making companies carry dead weight provide? It raises the company’s costs, lowers productivity and morale, all to protect someone unfit for a particular role?
The unpredictable layoffs and terminations of US companies are their own issue, but companies pay unemployment insurance to let people go with some safety net. I can’t imagine UI is more expensive than keeping an underperforming employee.