Comment by aspbee555
1 day ago
Hire them for a day/week/month, see how they do the job. qualified? ok, job
bonus is you get to try different jobs, don't like it? you know you can get another one to try out easily. employer also gets to try different candidates easily with little vested resources. able to find canidtes that actually/really like/enjoy the job, better productivity
(of course this is not compatible with employer based healthcare)
> Hire them for a day/week/month, see how they do the job. qualified? ok, job
This would only work if the candidate is already not employed. Candidates looking to move from one job to the next probably won't be able to be hired at the new company for any period of time and be able to do both jobs.
I mean even with out employer based health care there's trouble with mortgages and rent. A sufficient social safety net + UBI might work out for some. You should not discount the fear of a "changing lifestyle" where you lose your cushy job for a chance.
In a debt based economy moving from a (relatively consistent) $250k / year job that (already) took months of random month long "paid internships (that presumably paid less than that salary)" to find a new $275k / year job (that also takes month long paid internships) might not be practical or desirable, especially if I bough a $500k house with a mortgage.
It can get even worse in places like the UK. "Oh you need to refinance to afford your home (because you do that every several years)? well your salary (and your temporary job) doesn't qualify you, so you're paying extra (or selling your house) -- because we can".
The main take away of my statement is that even if you can avoid employer based health care there are other shackles that keep your proposal from working practically for lots of people. This whole "we can fire you at any time because we feel like it, and it will totally ruin your life" is really hard for people to actually manage their lives around.