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0 pointsspeedgoose6y ago0 comments

A 2 hours lunch break is the standard in France.

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fennecfoxen6y ago· 3 in thread

"You can't fire these people" is also the standard in France.

Also standard: a stagnant economy (~0.25% GDP growth on 0.18% population growth) and sky-high youth unemployment (20-25%).

speedgooseOP6y ago

You can definitely fire people in France. I don't know how you got the idea you can't.

Also quality of life is perhaps more important than these numbers. People don't care about the GDP growth, don't want to have artifical employment with terrible and badly paid jobs (looking at you Germany), and prefer to eat good food for 2 hours.

refurb6y ago

People don't care about the GDP growth

They most certainly do when thinking about about the social programs GDP funds.

fennecfoxen6y ago

People care when they can't be hired for a good job, they care when their paycheck is stuck at the same level forever, and they care whether their government services are any good. If GDP isn't going to pay for those things, what is? Debt? Plunder?

factsaresacred6y ago

Maybe you can get away with being absent for 3 hours of the workday if you're competent - but according to the OP they are not.

Seems unfair to one's employer and one's colleagues.

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