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California is an At-Will state. Unless he is a protected class, he can be fired for any reason or no reason.
by blackguardx 9y ago
California is an At-Will state. Unless he is a protected class, he can be fired for any reason or no reason.
- tptacek 9y agoFor basically all intents and purposes, every state the US is an at-will state, with very narrow exceptions in a few states few tech people work in.
- falcolas 9y agoWhich makes me all the happier, personally, to work in one of those states. At Will employment is such an employee hostile asymmetrical contract.
- blackguardx 9y agoIt works both ways. You can also quit any time you want.
- falcolas 9y agoThat's theoretically the benefit of at will. But that benefit is asymmetric - a company won't hardly notice one persons leaving, but a person's life will be unduly burdened by being fired with no warning or cause.
- koolba 9y agoSo are you saying if he were a woman or minority it'd have been easier to get hired and he'd have a stronger wrongful termination suit?
- badlucklottery 9y agoSince he violated the code of conduct, there's not much to base a suit off of regardless of genetics.
- shepard 9y agoNot sure what's the case at Google, but when I was managing people at a Fortune 500 company, I was guided by HR to be especially careful if I need to fire a women or a minority employee - put them on PIP, document everything very carefully, etc. - because of much higher perceived risk of a wrongful termination suit.