RE: I LOST my JOB – in just 15 MINUTES
This really resonates. I'm in the UK, where we have socialised medicine, stricter employee rights and a fairly comprehensive welfare state. During a recent trip to California, I was discussing these very issues with a friend, who was being told to let staff go before Christmas.
As an expat, he was struggling to come to terms with the treatment of employees and what would happen to them in the US.
Here in the UK, we have seen an insidious erosion of workers rights and social care, all in the name of 'better business'. I have been a passionate voice, over here, against going the way of America.
California was a real eye opener for me and made me realise just how lucky we are in the UK. It also made me even more determined to fight against a corporatocracy.
A world where employees are dehumanised to fulfill the bottom line, is a world without compassion or empathy for all our fellow man.
It's symptomatic of a system diseased with greed an corruption at it's core, a cancer which is, unfortunately, spreading at an exponential rate.
I'm glad you've been able to take the positive from your experience and spend time with your family, doing things which truly matter and hope you are able to find another role, within a company who truly appreciates you.
thanks @looksfarwoman for your insightful comments. Must have been tough for your friend to be the one cleaning the ranks. Not familiar with UK labor laws but it sounds like much better than the US.
My friend managed to save a couple of jobs in the end, and managed to postpone the other lay off until after Christmas. We are very fortunate here in the UK, our employee rights are very fair, for the most part, and, although we have seen them somewhat eroded under our current government, we are still much more fortunate than our American friends.
I may be biased but I'm glad to be British; no guns, free healthcare, affordable medicine and great employment laws. I have many friends in the States, and love to visit regularly but I'm grateful for the benefits of being in the UK.
Finland is pretty similar to the UK. There is no such thing as medical bankruptcy for average income citizens here. The people who can get into trouble with their medical expenses tend to be heavily medicated pensioners whose excesses on reimbursements for medicine costs have been increased lately.