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>Though I don’t understand why US companies so afraid to make a bad hire given that it is easy to fire someone who doesn’t perform well in the US. I assume because in the US employees can still sue for what they would consider wrongful termination, especially if the worker is part of a protected group, making firing a very expensive endeavor in the end.
In practice this almost never happens. Even people who are actually discriminated against, which is very common, don't typically sue. It's a lot of work to sue, and while you're at it, you don't have a job or health insurance. Most workers are just focused on getting another job so they're not on the street or bankrupted by an unexpected surgery. I've seen now multiple cases of very obvious discrimination. Nothing ac…
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Re: EA Pushes Full Return to Office, Effectively Ends Remote Hiring
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In practice this almost never happens. Even people who are actually discriminated against, which is very common, don't typically sue. It's a lot of work to sue, and while you're at it, you don't have a job or health insurance. Most workers are just focused on getting another job so they're not on the street or bankrupted by an unexpected surgery. I've seen now multiple cases of very obvious discrimination. Nothing ac…
If it's so easy to fire people with no consequences, how do you explain the reticence of companies to take some risks in hiring.
Companies are pretty much always going to prioritize the lowest-risk highest-value option right now, over and over and over, until they eventually fail. This doesn't just pertain to hiring, but all business decisions. RCA, GE, GM, you name it, this is how it's done. It's the American school of business.