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by Leherenn 1248 days ago
Job security might be a good thing at the individual level, but imo it's pretty awful at the system level. It promotes inefficiencies. It's much better to have a liquid employment market with a solid social net instead.

Switzerland does it pretty well. Employment is at will (in that employers can fire anyone without a justification), but health insurance is mostly not tied to employment, and you get 70% of your salary for up to two years. Compare to say France, where short term contracts are very common and other shitty employment practices abounds because employers are scared to commit.