Re:Why France Has So Many 49-Employee Companies
by gaius on Thursday May 10, 2012 @02:45PM
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I'm imagining the massive problem of youth unemployment in France because employers aren't willing to take the risk of a bad hire. How's that for empathy?
Re:Why France Has So Many 49-Employee Companies
by briandon on Thursday May 10, 2012 @09:29PM
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Think critically for a moment about how it came to be that you were able to parrot the talking point about the percentage of unemployed youth in France but are seemingly unaware that employers are free to fire new workers during multi-month trial/probation periods or why the living standard of the one-fifth of French youth who are unemployed at any given moment is higher than that enjoyed by fully-employed people in the same age group in developed countries where employees have far weaker protections.
It's sad that it's so easy for the proverbial one percenters to get everyone else, who should know better, on board with their agenda.
Rather than copy and paste, I refer you to:
Use empathy.
(1.) Imagine that you are one of the people who are going to be affected by your decision. Better yet, imagine that your parent/spouse/child is the one going to be impacted.
(2.) Next, assume that the law was crafted with the best interests of society at heart or, if it's a flawed law, try to reason out the intent assuming that the author was someone with empathy.
(3.) Try to cause the greatest good or at least minimize the harm of the action that you're about to take.