Ask HN: Why on Earth does Europe have 3 month notice periods to switch jobs?

Re:Ask HN: Why on Earth does Europe have 3 month notice peri... by Kleb on Friday February 17, 2023 @11:36AM (#34836830)

I'm an American living in France. I get panicked messages from family all the time about this. It's incredible how much American media overstated the gravity of protests in France. Protests happen every weekend. Always registered with the police. But you often have "spoilers" who are just kids looking to break things. In rare cases, it's actually real protesters. And even then, the scope of the "rioting" is limited to one or two blocks maximum.

All the storefronts have insurance so any visible damage is quickly repaired.

I have never seen a riot in Paris and I've been here since 2020. Nor does it interfere with the lives of anyone I know here.

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Re:Ask HN: Why on Earth does Europe have 3 month notice peri... by RestlessMind on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @01:25PM (#34884757)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_vests_protests - French people are angry as well and they called themselves "yellow vests", both literally and figuratively, to get noticed. By people like you who don't seem notice.

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