I was actually talking about this yesterday with my dad and we are Canadian so have “protections” and are not able to be fired without cause. However in reality

I was actually talking about this yesterday with my dad and we are Canadian so have “protections” and are not able to be fired without cause. However in reality what we discussed is that if they want to fire you they will do so. They will hyper focus on your performance and pick at anything. Small mistakes get written up and if they really want you gone will just lie about some things like claim always tired at work, slacking off, not on time whatever. This won’t happen at big public or government companies but definitely could happen at a smaller privately owned one. An example of this was once my dad cut off the tip off his finger at work. The doctor stitched him up and said you will need 6 weeks off work for this to heal. My dad laughed and said doc I am going to be back to work in less then an hour I can’t get time off work I will be fired. The doctor said “they can’t do that” to which my dad laughed again and explained that’s not how the real world works if they don’t like you they will fire you and just lie. So yes there are protections but they just change the number of steps how you get a person fired.