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		muyuu on July 17, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Physical assault by McDonald's for wearing Digital... I live in the UK. People in the UK get fired with a pat in the back. People in the continent cost a small fortune to fire unless they're under temp contracts.

jvc26 on July 17, 2012 [–]

Um that clearly isn't true. Temporary contracts may be less secure, but employees have considerable protections in the UK.

muyuu on July 17, 2012 | [–]

Considerable being a lot less still than the standard in the continent.

I prefer it here, by the way. I think the UK system is rather balanced.

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