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Re:Ericsson to lay off 8,500 employees by whiplash451 on Friday February 24, 2023 @02:39PM (#34928995)
You can absolutely fire people in France and many companies have done it by the thousands. They just did not happen to have billions in profits at the same time.
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Re:Ericsson to lay off 8,500 employees by 1letterunixname on Friday February 24, 2023 @02:58PM (#34929273)
No doubt helped by the modern neoliberalism* wave of Macron.

And raising the retirement age.. and more austerity too?

* For anyone unfamiliar with the term: think corporate "Liberal" (conservative lite) inspired by the American Clinton dynasty including Obama and Biden who are pro-neocolonialism, anti-union, anti-worker, and "tough on crime". Macron's type is sometimes seen as a "palatable compromise" compared to the regressive fascist nationalists like Le Pen.

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