Thread: The "Contracto Fijo" and the "Finiquito"

ELJEFE recently mentioned this challenge that can be seen as a core issue in the labor market and definitely a detriment to businesses wanting to hire staff:

Scrap The "Contracto Fijo" and the "Finiquita" that goes with it.
This puts off employers, it is expensive and unfair system. Once you get an employee on contracto fija you cannot get rid of them. The longer they are with you the more it will cost you to sack them.

Obviously there was a reason this was implemented; job security... In practice however this is now causing many big headaches. So what's next? What can be done? What would the alternatives be? How can this situation be adjusted to create winners on both sides?

Put those thinking caps on....

My suggestion would be employee-training and improve the conditions where they work. How can you perform efficient with the first models of PC's they've got, as I've seen existing in most public offices? Trained employees need to be motivated, with higher salary or benefits. This affords investment but contributes to more efficiency and motivation later. My teacher always says: "If you pay peanuts you get peanuts".

Originally Posted by Ines

My suggestion would be employee-training and improve the conditions where they work. How can you perform efficient with the first models of PC's they've got, as I've seen existing in most public offices? Trained employees need to be motivated, with higher salary or benefits. This affords investment but contributes to more efficiency and motivation later. My teacher always says: "If you pay peanuts you get peanuts".

I was today at the policestation Marbella and it confirms what I mentioned above. The chair of the officer looked like bitten from rats next to a rosty not working aircondition, he had to get up three times to an other office because he had no printer. The PC was about a 15 year old slow model.There was no efficient modern technology to support his working conditions but various obstacles. I saw no officer drinking coffee or water. There was not even a water bottle for waiting clients.
The state should really improve public institutions, or where are the taxes gone?