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by dailykoder 435 days ago
> Just like that.

These statements always catch me a bit off-guard. Is there no such thing as a cancelation period in the US? When my employer wants to kick me out, he needs a good reason for that and I'd still be paid for 3 months. Which is often even longer, depending on how long you belong to a company.

Edit: I'm in germany
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windward 435 days ago
In my experience, it doesn't matter anyway. You can be paid to be sat at home and, while the worry of finances is kicked down the road, the big dark questions come home to roost very quickly.
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somerandomqaguy 435 days ago
In Canada in general either employer or employee can terminate without having to give reason. Typically it's either a few weeks of notice for termination but the employer can choose to require the employee to depart immediately and instead payout severance for equivalent time instead. There's nuance province to province though.

In the US it's similar but AFAIK it does vary state to state. To my knowledge there isn't any law that requires what you're describing in North America.

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ur-whale 435 days ago
> Edit: I'm in germany

Yeah, Germany is quite (in)famous for this.

I have seen quite a few times in my career large US tech corporations specifically choosing not to open a satellite EU sales office or a dev office in DE because of the horrendous labor laws.

Sure, very nice for the workers. But foreign money chooses to skip DE because of this.

Warm and comfy in a sinking ship, great!

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sgt 435 days ago
If you asked them about it though, they'd say the labor laws were excellent and the American labor law is horrenous. It's about perspective, but let's face it - America is way more set up for innovation than any other Western country.
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omoikane 435 days ago
There is a WARN[1] period before the employee is officially laid off, but their access to all the corporate resources are cut off immediately. From the employee perspective, they have lost everything the moment they are being told that they are laid off. It doesn't matter that they are still getting paid.

[1] https://edd.ca.gov/en/jobs_and_training/Layoff_Services_WARN...

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daedrdev 435 days ago
The US does not have such a tax
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