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genghisjahnyesterday at 9:28 PM1 replyview on HN

Your thesis is that companies pay more (by promoting) to people they could easily backfill instead of just letting them go and replacing them?


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over_bridgeyesterday at 9:42 PM

I'm not American. It's hard to fire people. You have to recycle them into new positions. The author seems to be French so I imagine it's similar there

I do wish it were easier to fire people for poor performance though. Nothing kills morale like tolerating incompetence

If the unemployment benefits are strong then I have no problem with easier dismissal rules