12-28-2007, 01:19 AM
NewtonMP2100, I don't know about your friend, but here is the opposite case.
In Germany, the longer you work for a company, the harder is for them to fire you, but also it becomes harder for you to quit. I have a friend that worked at one company for 7 years and then he found a "better" job at BOSCH. He had to negotiate with BOSCH to wait for him 6 months, yes, he had to give a 6 month notice to his former employer.
The irony is that after about 6 months at BOSCH, he realized he didn't like his new job so much (i.e. no freedom, only project management, no real accomplishments) and he quit while he still could and got his old job back.
Which is better, I don't know. Ideally it would be if you could quit without notice but they could never fire you, but that's not possible. At least not in Dystopia.
In Germany, the longer you work for a company, the harder is for them to fire you, but also it becomes harder for you to quit. I have a friend that worked at one company for 7 years and then he found a "better" job at BOSCH. He had to negotiate with BOSCH to wait for him 6 months, yes, he had to give a 6 month notice to his former employer.
The irony is that after about 6 months at BOSCH, he realized he didn't like his new job so much (i.e. no freedom, only project management, no real accomplishments) and he quit while he still could and got his old job back.
Which is better, I don't know. Ideally it would be if you could quit without notice but they could never fire you, but that's not possible. At least not in Dystopia.