Does that matter? The issue isn't that they fired you, per se, it's that they misled you with an explicit promise of employment and caused you to quit a differe

Does that matter? The issue isn't that they fired you, per se, it's that they misled you with an explicit promise of employment and caused you to quit a different job. It'd be one thing if they hired you, decided that you sucked on day one, and fired you--that would seem like an at-will employment case. But firing you before you even start seems different.