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Can we add a new rule to this community where the posts have to be even remotely realistic. Anon clearly has never had a job because if somebody wants to fire you they don't have to come up with the made up reason they can just do it.
some of us internet people live in countries with labor laws.
No more greentexts then
Depends actually, many places have At Will employment where you are correct, but not everywhere. In many places it's illegal to fire someone without cause.
Nah, I see people get fired for made up reasons all the time and companies who are really gunshy about firing awful employees who cause a lot of problems, and management will even say they want to fire them for months while looking for a reason.
They REALLY don't want to get sued, even frivolously. Even though it probably won't happen in the first place, companies want the reason someone was fired to be so obvious that a potential lawsuit would be dismissed without going to trial.
Unless theyre firing a load of people at once, then they can just say they needed to downsize in order to stay in business.
Somehow we ended up with a system where workers both have no real protections but business are also, often, scared to fire crazies because one unemployed person dedicating all their time to causing problems can be very expensive.
Worker rights, innit?
This is just not reality in most places, the US sucks but it is still difficult to fire someone without a valid reason, otherwise risking lawsuit and possible firing of yourself.
You either have only worked one industry in your life or you're out of touch