Re:Amazon to Lay Off over 17,000 Workers, More Than First Pl...
by rgavuliak on Thursday January 05, 2023 @03:43AM
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Lot of devs in Europe do contract work though. It's an employee disguised as a contractor so mostly as grey area, but it's becoming more common.
Re:Amazon to Lay Off over 17,000 Workers, More Than First Pl...
by makeitdouble on Thursday January 05, 2023 @04:44AM
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Yes. Companies having that choice is also interesting in that they get to decide if it's worth to have people come and go, as a replaceable resource.
For some company it totally works and they plan their staffing in 6 months spans (seen a small web agency basically having an "on" and "off" season, with half of the staff during the dead part), removing or adding people as they see fit. For others it's more difficult and they're pretty happy to have staff that can't just disappear within a month if they decide to go tour the Silk Road on a bike.
You can get rid of 20 people for next monday if you want to, you’ll just pay the due amount as defined in the contract and the law. It’s also not some astronomical amount, worst case scenario I think it’s around 6 months of pay, which isn’t that far from what you’d pay for a non compete for instance.
PS: also unemployment is a complicated figure, it’s hard to tell how much any specific variable impacts it. Unemployment rate goes up and down while laws stay mostly the same, so singling out labor laws is mostly an opinion at this point.