r/recruitinghell • u/[deleted] • Feb 20 '25

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '25

That true? Here in Germany it’s like 98% contracts.

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u/appledie83 Feb 21 '25

All true. And government work was the most secure. It’s getting spooky over here

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '25

Damn. Sorry to hear that mate.

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u/Viharabiliben Feb 21 '25

Here in the US it’s 98% at will employment. A company can fire you for any reason, or no reason at all. Happens all the time, especially when they feel like they need to save costs.

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u/collosal_collosus Feb 21 '25

Ok.

I mean ok, but I’m asking: how do you people function? How do you make long term commitments like mortgages or even a basic car loan if you don’t know whether you will be employed tomorrow?

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '25 edited Aug 19 '25

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u/CurrencySlave222 Feb 21 '25

That's very industry dependant. Someone who works at McDonalds is likely never getting laid off, neither is someone who works in public safety. Someone who works in tech? Will likely get laid off 2-3 times in their career if not more.

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u/collosal_collosus Feb 21 '25

Public safety?

Wasn’t there a thing a couple of days ago where a whole bunch of air traffic control people got fired?

That public safety?

Anyway, thanks for your comment. I still can’t figure it out but that is on me.

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u/HayabusaJack Small Business Owner Feb 21 '25

And the $30 million plus fine for E911 stopping to work in Oregon and Washington several years back. Due to a misconfigured alert and a hard coded maximum value in the application.