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But, at least in California, don't employment laws make the firing process kind of slow and expensive?

• nanomonkey 7y ago
  California is an at-will work state, which means that either the employee or the company may terminate employment at any time, with or without cause or prior notice.
  • oppositelock 7y ago
    However, CA has very strong worker protection laws, where the worker can incur a lot of legal costs for the employer by accusing them of violating those laws. For this reason, employers are reluctant to fire and more likely to offer a severance package to leave, in exchange for a general liability release. The company has to have all of its paperwork in order to terminate your employment or it'll be open to lawsuit. Anyone over 40, all women, all non-white people, all non-straight, and all people with medical issues or handicaps are a protected category in CA, and in firing them, the company has to show that those reasons were not involved. Put another way, it's really simple to fire a white, under 40, straight guy, but you have to be more careful with everyone else. The net effect it has is that firings are uncommon, and people hang around until the next round of layoffs, when a reason will be found to lay them off.
  • rightbyte 7y ago
    That has to be aweful for the employers? Key people can just disapear the next day. Is it comman to have a contracted x month notice?
    • sgerenser 7y ago
      Very unusual in the United States outside of Director/Executive level roles. While there’s a “tradition” of giving two weeks notice before leaving it is almost never required. Leaving without notice might get you placed on a no-rehire list and have your former colleagues think you are a jerk, but beyond that no repercussions.