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Re:Want good programmers? Then pay them. by manmal on Thursday May 03, 2012 @01:04PM (#3924679)
It is not considered being fired by you ;) This particular layoff was a strategic decision - and a bad one too, they are now advertising in TV that Siemens is a good place for IT folks.
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Re:Want good programmers? Then pay them. by jessriedel on Thursday May 03, 2012 @01:48PM (#3924886)
The point is that the existence of layoffs does not rebut the claim that programmers cannot be fired (individually) in Austria.
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Re:Want good programmers? Then pay them. by pmjordan on Thursday May 03, 2012 @04:15PM (#3925562)
Or the claim that it's a financial burden. Layoffs involve expensive severance payments.
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