And replace with what, more regulations?
Source: am a startup in the EU. The amount of bureaucracy is kafkaesque.
Source: am a startup in the EU. The amount of bureaucracy is kafkaesque.
There's undoubtedly bureaucracy, but that hasn't stopped local companies from popping up. The bigger problem is CxOs thinking a transition to $LocalCorp would look less sexy on their resumé than a transition to Amazon or Azure.
Besides, when US tech companies operate in the EU, they still have to follow all those regulations. They don't get an exception for being based in the US. If anything, it should be easier for a small local company to operate.
I've got a colocation agreement in a large local datacenter, a few racks of servers are humming day and night and you know what? The more energy I consume, the more I pay per kw/h because green.
Yeah, sure, you are welcome to scale up and compete with AWS.
Of course.
How do I fire an employee? That's right, I don't. Otherwise sure it's possible.
There's a price for it and that's what we're discussing here.
If you really want to be able to get rid of people willy-nilly in Germany, use subcontractors and 'rent' the labour you need.
Firing someone because they are stealing from the company, harassing a coworker, consistently underperforming, or because you're shutting down a business unit? Easy!
Firing someone because it's a Tuesday, or because they got pregnant? Sorry, can't do that.
It's easy to fire employees in Germany (especially in small shops), e.g. when they steal, are always late, are badmouthing colleagues, are talking about company internals, are insolent to customers, deliver bad work, and on and on.
You simply have to follow a defined process (basically at least one written warning for the same thing before firing).
What you can't do is having a Musk style temper tantrum and fire someone at will because you feel like that.
Source: I had to fire multiple people in Germany.
This is kind of double-sided coin. Like, people are feeling protected and have a sense of security and that's what defines Europe. On the other hand, businesses hands are tied and they cannot scale dynamically as in the US.
> follow a defined process
And that's the main problem in the EU. There's a process for everything and sometimes it's a burden and limits the abilities to change things.
What about if you just don't feel they are a good fit anymore, even if you can't show why based purely on numbers.
Is any amount of advance notice sufficient to allow that?