Comments on: The Layoff: One Year Later http://gorzek.com/nonfiction/editorials/the-layoff-one-year-later/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:26:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: RCL http://gorzek.com/nonfiction/editorials/the-layoff-one-year-later/comment-page-1/#comment-1190 RCL Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:39:31 +0000 http://gorzek.com/?p=80#comment-1190 Sobering. I tried hard to imagine being in the same situation and what would I feel... However, Americans have more elastic job market than Europeans: it's not that easy to fire someone here, you need to give them 3 month notice (after having been 7 years with the company, at least). I am not sure whether it is bad or worse in general, but at least it saves you from this kind of experience of losing income overnight. I realize that this means that Americans are far less likely to be found watching YouTube at work than Europeans, too. Sobering. I tried hard to imagine being in the same situation and what would I feel… However, Americans have more elastic job market than Europeans: it’s not that easy to fire someone here, you need to give them 3 month notice (after having been 7 years with the company, at least). I am not sure whether it is bad or worse in general, but at least it saves you from this kind of experience of losing income overnight.

I realize that this means that Americans are far less likely to be found watching YouTube at work than Europeans, too.

]]> By: maya http://gorzek.com/nonfiction/editorials/the-layoff-one-year-later/comment-page-1/#comment-524 maya Fri, 10 Jun 2011 06:43:01 +0000 http://gorzek.com/?p=80#comment-524 Heck, I hate the word "layoff". It would be like the end of the world when the time comes. It's just a gentler way of telling you that you are fired. Heck, I hate the word “layoff”. It would be like the end of the world when the time comes. It’s just a gentler way of telling you that you are fired.

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