| @Onye
In Germany , I thought it's not so easy to get fired like in the US. Does anyone know the conditions on which the employer can get you kicked out legally ?
Well, I know :- .1)Throwing physical punches is one of them. .2)Company Bankruptcy. What else ?
Onye, haven't you seen anyone in your circle who got laid off? Don't you read news?
Yes, in fact, it's not so easy to get fired (or more formally, laid off) in Germany, because there are unions. But. There is always a BUT!
It's difficult to get laid off, if the company has agreed with union. If not, then company can have anything they want. It's a matter of fact, whether there is an agreement with union or not.
And also, what you know is very trivial. According to your way of thinking, if a person has to be get laid off, then all companies would have been bankrupt, which is an overkill in liberal economies. It's very normal that companies lay off people. No matter where you are. Even in Norway.
If economy is going bad, if the cost of a worker increased, then companies must cut down the costs. One of the radical ways for that is lay off people.
If you have a shop, if you can't sell anything, what you will do? You will reduce your costs, to survive. You'll use less electricity in your shop, you'll use less water, you just have to do it, to make profit. This is rule of money!
I'm talking about economic situation of private companies in Germany for a long time and it surprises me a lot that still no one is commenting on that:
Hewlett Packard http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,374511,00.html
Volkswagen http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,374442,00.html
Siemens http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,374077,00.html
These companies will lay off people. Will they be bankrupt? Of course not!
Wake up! King is naked!
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