Title: Default for Pondering People
Course: Pondering People

Q: 25% of Americans have been fired from a job
- True (https://www.zippia.com/advice/what-percentage-of-people-are-fired/)
- False (https://www.zippia.com/advice/what-percentage-of-people-are-fired/)
A: False
Feedback: 40% of Americans have been fired from a job

Q: In the UK, employers can only fire workers if there is a good reason to do so, and they tend to fire older employees first.
- True (https://www.businessinsider.com/what-getting-fired-looks-like-in-different-countries-2019-7#in-the-uk-employers-can-only-fire-workers-if-there-is-a-good-reason-to-do-so-and-they-tend-to-fire-older-employees-first-1)
- False (https://www.businessinsider.com/what-getting-fired-looks-like-in-different-countries-2019-7#in-the-uk-employers-can-only-fire-workers-if-there-is-a-good-reason-to-do-so-and-they-tend-to-fire-older-employees-first-1)
A: True
Feedback: In the UK and much of Europe, employees are hired by way of "indefinite employment". They can't get fired unless there is a really good reason to do so. https://www.businessinsider.com/what-getting-fired-looks-like-in-different-countries-2019-7#in-the-uk-employers-can-only-fire-workers-if-there-is-a-good-reason-to-do-so-and-they-tend-to-fire-older-employees-first-1

Q: Europeans also tend to lay off younger employees before older ones.
- True (https://www.businessinsider.com/what-getting-fired-looks-like-in-different-countries-2019-7#in-the-uk-employers-can-only-fire-workers-if-there-is-a-good-reason-to-do-so-and-they-tend-to-fire-older-employees-first-1)
- False (https://www.businessinsider.com/what-getting-fired-looks-like-in-different-countries-2019-7#in-the-uk-employers-can-only-fire-workers-if-there-is-a-good-reason-to-do-so-and-they-tend-to-fire-older-employees-first-1)
A: False
Feedback: Europeans also tend to lay off older employees before younger ones.

Q: "At-will" contracts are those that allow employers to fire subordinates for any reason at any time, so long as it's not discriminatory. Such contracts are mostly found in the USA.
- True
- False
A: True
Feedback: https://www.businessinsider.com/what-getting-fired-looks-like-in-different-countries-2019-7#the-united-states-has-a-quick-impersonal-approach-to-firing-its-employees-2

Q: Layoffs are rare in Germany, largely due to the country's "lifetime employment system" where full-time workers typically remain at the same company for years. The permanent employment contract is both a factor of the country's culture around work, as well as government policies that discourage companies from firing workers.
- True
- False
A: False
Feedback: Layoffs are rare in Japan, largely due to the country's "lifetime employment system" where full-time workers typically remain at the same company for years. The permanent employment contract is both a factor of the country's culture around work, as well as government policies that discourage companies from firing workers. https://www.businessinsider.com/what-getting-fired-looks-like-in-different-countries-2019-7#japanese-employees-see-large-scale-layoffs-as-a-social-taboo-4