Kleb

The 3 month period is arguably pro-labor.

In the US, you can be fired and can similarly fire your employer at the drop of a hat.

French employees are protected from layoffs and employers are similarly protected from ghosting by problematic employees.

While the notice period is 3 months, employees and employers can often end the relationship in less time depending on the context. Essential employees usually don't get to leave early. There are a lot of caveats to this, so don't take it as a categorical truth.

I'm an American living in France. I get panicked messages from family all the time about this. It's incredible how much American media overstated the gravity of protests in France. Protests happen every weekend. Always registered with the police. But you often have "spoilers" who are just kids looking to break things. In rare cases, it's actually real protesters. And even then, the scope of the "rioting" is limited to one or two blocks maximum.

All the storefronts have insurance so any visible damage is quickly repaired.

I have never seen a riot in Paris and I've been here since 2020. Nor does it interfere with the lives of anyone I know here.