Yeah, you have to consider in west Europe is valued very high by everyone the "stability of work" because it allows you, as a employee, to live with less stress and with more chances to make long-term investments (family, children, buying an house, etc) and so keeping the economy and welfare up and stable.

Basically US is very employey/corporation-centric, while EU puts a lot more importance on employees (that are the majority of people by the way)