[sofixa]

It's up to 6 months (3+3 actually, max is 4) for the probationary period, and the notice is up to 3 months.

You're also missing that nobody is forcing you to quit to start looking for a new job, the protection is mostly that if the company wants to get rid of you they need to give you at least the same length of notice, giving you extra time on top of the unemployment to find something.

Furthermore, in the US model, if you quit you don't get unemployment.

Oh, and there's also RSA if you don't have revenues, which can provide some income when unemployment stops.

[fredestine]

if you quit you dont get unemployement in france either... and nobody is forcing you to quit but you still have the 3month period before leaving the company. if you dont respect it youll be blacklisted... we don't operate on a gigantic market like the us. being blacklisted is a bad in a smaller country