crazy French kids
Dominic Hilton discusses the incongruity of the French students' rioting here
While the 'fire any young person within the first two years for no reason' policy seems heavy handed (and discriminatory: what about firing ANYONE within the first two years, regardless of age? although given the French 'jobs for life' system, such a policy would fall disproportionately on the young)
The quote from a young French woman that having completed a degree she has EARNED a secure job is breathtaking. It has been pointed out elsewhere that the young people protesting (the university students) are the ones who are going to get jobs: not the youths of the banlieue who are never going to get into the workforce. The fact that these overprivileged middle class kids are effectively kicking away the ladder for their less advantaged peers is apparently lost on them entirely.
While the 'fire any young person within the first two years for no reason' policy seems heavy handed (and discriminatory: what about firing ANYONE within the first two years, regardless of age? although given the French 'jobs for life' system, such a policy would fall disproportionately on the young)
The quote from a young French woman that having completed a degree she has EARNED a secure job is breathtaking. It has been pointed out elsewhere that the young people protesting (the university students) are the ones who are going to get jobs: not the youths of the banlieue who are never going to get into the workforce. The fact that these overprivileged middle class kids are effectively kicking away the ladder for their less advantaged peers is apparently lost on them entirely.
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