[Rinzler89]

Oh it's socialist all right when it comes to taxing everything that moves to pay for pensions and welfare. It's not socialist when it comes to employment laws and protections, there it's a capitalist paradise. In most non unionized business it's at will employment.

[wkat4242]

Wow, I had no idea we even had at will employment anywhere in Europe!

Like here in Spain if I'd get fired I would get a redundancy package for sure. And of course France has even better protections (we're all jealous of their 2 months holidays of course :P ).

I'm not sure if we're unionised though.

Thanks for letting me know. I was not really considering it as a place to live but I won't now - especially as I'm getting older.

[gambiting]

UK is completely 100% at will within the first 2 years of your employment, no redundancy package in that time either. In the first 2 years you can be let go without any reason, only after 2 years your employer has to make you redundant to let you go.

[wkat4242]

Oh but that's like a trial period. We have that everywhere in the EU, just not that long :) Normally it's between 1 month and a year.

[gambiting]

Yes but everywhere in the EU you have to call it a probation period, in the UK you can pass your probation and be on a normal full time contract and still if it's your first 2 years you can be let go for any reason.