Summary
Elon Musk faced backlash from his followers on X after advocating for importing “super talented engineers” to address a shortage in the U.S. tech industry.
Musk likened hiring top foreign talent to building a championship sports team and argues that there is a shortage of talented and motivated American engineers.
Critics argued there’s sufficient U.S. talent being overlooked or underpaid, with some pointing to widespread tech layoffs.
Musk dismissed claims of low wages or training gaps, maintaining a need for exceptional engineering talent to advance innovation.
I’m not saying total comp, in Europe there are significant costs of employing someone, both direct and indirect.
Social security contributions that don’t factor into the gross wage. Or the fact you can’t really fire them.
Nah, not really. Maybe its was for your friend in a specific sector in France. All my jobs were internal, and having contractors is very regulated as well.
Usually hiring a contractor is more expensive, since the contractor has to deal with all the regulatory stuff themselves, so in general, there is no supply of contractor labour for most jobs.
If you meet a contractor in Europe, they usually work for an agency, where they are a normal employee with the same rights as everyone else. If the client fires you, or technically the agency, you generally get to be on paid vacation until the agency finds something else for you to do.