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Hmm. I worked in HR for a French bank until 5 years ago and I have to say that in general French employees enjoy far greater protection in their employment than their UK counterparts - and, partly as a result, they tend to stay with the same Company for much longer. This probably contributes to the high unemployment rate amonst young people.

Where I worked, one of the knock-on effects of the difficulty in making people redundant in France was that if the Bank needed to make cost savings it would do so, wholesale, in its foreign branches and subsidiaries, which meant there was no stability whatsoever in the London offices. Also, there was an awful lot of "deadwood" at management level in Paris where some very incompetent people would effectively get moved around from job to job because it was impossible to get rid of them ...

Maybe things have changed, I don't know.

<blockquote data-quote="Muttley" data-source="post: 2075635" data-attributes="member: 64961">Hmm.&nbsp; I worked in HR for a French bank until 5 years ago and I have to say that in general French employees enjoy far greater protection in their employment than their UK counterparts - and, partly as a result, they tend to stay with the same Company for much longer.&nbsp; This probably contributes to the high unemployment rate amonst young people.&nbsp; Where I worked, one of the knock-on effects of the difficulty in making people redundant in France was that if the Bank needed to make cost savings it would do so, wholesale, in its foreign branches and subsidiaries, which meant there was no stability whatsoever in the London offices.&nbsp; Also, there was an awful lot of &quot;deadwood&quot; at management level in Paris where some very incompetent people would effectively get moved around from job to job because it was impossible to get rid of them ... Maybe things have changed, I don&#039;t know.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Muttley, post: 2075635, member: 64961"] Hmm. I worked in HR for a French bank until 5 years ago and I have to say that in general French employees enjoy far greater protection in their employment than their UK counterparts - and, partly as a result, they tend to stay with the same Company for much longer. This probably contributes to the high unemployment rate amonst young people. Where I worked, one of the knock-on effects of the difficulty in making people redundant in France was that if the Bank needed to make cost savings it would do so, wholesale, in its foreign branches and subsidiaries, which meant there was no stability whatsoever in the London offices. Also, there was an awful lot of "deadwood" at management level in Paris where some very incompetent people would effectively get moved around from job to job because it was impossible to get rid of them ... Maybe things have changed, I don't know. [/QUOTE]

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