You know we have unions, government and teaching jobs here that do pretty much the same thing. Except without all the vacation, which is why we're a more productive culture. I thought the European countries were cracking down on all excessive vacations? Here we have sick days but you're only supposed to use them when you're sick. In Europe they're giving people bonuses to not fake being sick and go to work.
Anyway, I'd love to live in Paris for a month or two if it weren't for all those French people. :) On 12/1/05, Gruss Gott wrote: > > Sam wrote: > > France has had an unemployment rate of 10% for over a decade, Germany > > is now close to 12%. > > I think there're depths to those numbers that you're missing, but, > either way, there is more unemployment, yup. > > That's why it's a middle class dream (not a low class dream). In > France, for example, there's a concept of "cadre" (sp?) at a > corporation which is like tenure. Once you're in, you're in. If they > lay you off they have to pay you your current salary for each year > you've been at the company amongst other benefits like vacation. You > start at 6 weeks + holidays + company choice which is usually 2 weeks. > Your retirement is covered. > > Let's take a programmer I know in Toulouse. He started out with a > major corp at about $22k per year. He received raises to about $26k > and attended graduate school (free except taxes). Upon graduation he > was bumped to $55k. About 1 year later he made Cadre. Now he'll get > 5% or so rises per year for life. He currently gets about 13 weeks > of vacation + holidays. He takes one month per year for skiing and > one month per summer for a villa on the ocean. He's about 28 now. > > He's not rich and he probably won't be. He has an apartment in town > and a small car. But he's also got all the latest games, computers, > toys, etc and plenty of time to play them. He never worries about his > job, his pay, or his retirement. He's set. > > But, yeah, if you're unemployed that sucks. If you have skills, > however, it's not bad at all > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how to get a fax number that sends and receives faxes using your current email address http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=64 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:185186 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
