Wow, friend just got fired for lame reason.

[Tsaico]

My friend shows up to day (he is a lab assistant in a private research lab here in Cali) and his boss calls him in to the office. Since he is a good worker, he thought it would be nothing. But his boss tells him, "Sorry, I am going to have to fire you to hire my nephew". The severance package is 1 month's worth of wage. He talked to our mutual friend who is a civil lawyer, and she told him that it is totally legal and to take the money and find a new job. He was not fired because of his age, sex, race, religion or anything like that, so since Cali is an at will state, this is totally legal.

I never knew you could do this.

 

[Hyperblaze]

This makes me happy to live in Canada

 

[txrandom]

Sucks, but I think private companies should be able to fire anyone for any reason.

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: Tsaico
My friend shows up to day (he is a lab assistant in a private research lab here in Cali) and his boss calls him in to the office. Since he is a good worker, he thought it would be nothing. But his boss tells him, "Sorry, I am going to have to fire you to hire my nephew". The severance package is 1 month's worth of wage. He talked to our mutual friend who is a civil lawyer, and she told him that it is totally legal and to take the money and find a new job. He was not fired because of his age, sex, race, religion or anything like that, so since Cali is an at will state, this is totally legal.

I never knew you could do this.

He didn't even need to give your friend a reason. All he really needed to say was "We no longer require your services."

 

[Tiamat]

I dont understand why someone has to start off with "sorry...". They definitely aren't sorry about it at all, they are doing it for a specific reason after all, its not like it was an accident that he had to fire the guy.

Those types of things just piss me off
/rant

Yes, that is a lame reason, but i guess there is nothing illegal about it. At least he has a month to find a new job without being hung out to dry for rent and expenses

 

[XMan]

Originally posted by: Tiamat
I dont understand why someone has to start off with "sorry...". They definitely aren't sorry about it at all, they are doing it for a specific reason after all, its not like it was an accident that he had to fire the guy.

Those types of things just piss me off
/rant

Yes, that is a lame reason, but i guess there is nothing illegal about it. At least he has a month to find a new job without being hung out to dry for rent and expenses

I posted a thread about the whole sorry thing but for some reason it got locked . . .

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: XMan

Originally posted by: Tiamat
I dont understand why someone has to start off with "sorry...". They definitely aren't sorry about it at all, they are doing it for a specific reason after all, its not like it was an accident that he had to fire the guy.

Those types of things just piss me off
/rant

Yes, that is a lame reason, but i guess there is nothing illegal about it. At least he has a month to find a new job without being hung out to dry for rent and expenses

I posted a thread about the whole sorry thing but for some reason it got locked . . .

Sorry, I just don't care.

 

[Nutdotnet]

Originally posted by: KLin

Originally posted by: Tsaico
My friend shows up to day (he is a lab assistant in a private research lab here in Cali) and his boss calls him in to the office. Since he is a good worker, he thought it would be nothing. But his boss tells him, "Sorry, I am going to have to fire you to hire my nephew". The severance package is 1 month's worth of wage. He talked to our mutual friend who is a civil lawyer, and she told him that it is totally legal and to take the money and find a new job. He was not fired because of his age, sex, race, religion or anything like that, so since Cali is an at will state, this is totally legal.

I never knew you could do this.

He didn't even need to give your friend a reason. All he really needed to say was "We no longer require your services."

In fact, he shouldn't have said "I need to fire you to hire my nephew".

If he's a corn-fed, white-boy...he probably doesn't have much of a leg to stand on.

Although...he can start drawing on unemployment immediately....

 

[sygyzy]

LOL @ not knowing CA is an at will state.

 

[Icanoutsmokeany1]

We're all at-will employees.

 

[dartworth]

The same thing happened to the Godfather...

 

[KK]

any chance of him going to the bosses boss, or higher and tell them, see what they could do. Yes it's legal, but may be against the companies policy.

 

[tfcmasta97]

Originally posted by: txrandom
Sucks, but I think private companies should be able to fire anyone for any reason.

QFT

 

[AlienCraft]

This is what "at will" means.

Take the money and run!

 

[Tobolo]

I like working for the state. It dang near takes an act of congress in order to get fired from here.

 

[Jeff7]

Nepotism - it seemed relevant.

 

[adairusmc]

Originally posted by: txrandom
Sucks, but I think private companies should be able to fire anyone for any reason.

:thumbsup:

 

[Prfstrkr]

similar ****** happened to me when i was a lab assistant back in college

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: Tobolo
I like working for the state. It dang near takes an act of congress in order to get fired from here.

Try working Federal.

 

[BrownTown]

TBH nepotism makes up a very considerable percentage of job hiring and such. Especially for college internships and stuff, at least half the people I know work in the summer for their dad's company or one of his friends. The fact that he admitted it actually makes me kinda think that he IS kind of sorry, but oh well at least is sounds like the boss might write him a good recommendation or something.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Originally posted by: txrandom
Sucks, but I think private companies should be able to fire anyone for any reason.

My company has a 40 page company handbook. One page two:

You can be fired for a reason or no reason at all.

At that point, I stopped reading it.

And a friend stopped reading it..... he eventually got called into our managers office and it was alluded (the manager is a firend) that he should "read the handbook". My friend basically laughed and told the manager to read the last paragraph of page two. Our company treats us liek crap, but we get job security so long as you don't do anything stupid.

 

[AlienCraft]

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004

Originally posted by: txrandom
Sucks, but I think private companies should be able to fire anyone for any reason.

My company has a 40 page company handbook. One page two:

You can be fired for a reason or no reason at all.

At that point, I stopped reading it.

And a friend stopped reading it..... he eventually got called into our managers office and it was alluded (the manager is a firend) that he should "read the handbook". My friend basically laughed and told the manager to read the last paragraph of page two. Our company treats us liek crap, but we get job security so long as you don't do anything stupid.

You do not have security, you have faith.
There is a difference.

 

[Eeezee]

The boss could have made up any excuse to fire him. At least he told the truth. Just saying "We can't afford to keep you on the staff" would have been sufficient.

 

[error162]

sorry, But we found a Mexican that will do your job at less then half the wage,, Baaaahaaaaaaaaa, Gotta love your Country EH......

 

[jlbenedict]

The American dream at its finest.