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These are all excuses. You can fire someone whenever you want in the US. It can be the same day you hired them and you can even not give them severance. I’ve s
by bradlys 5y ago
These are all excuses. You can fire someone whenever you want in the US. It can be the same day you hired them and you can even not give them severance.
I’ve seen this happen plenty enough even in SV. If someone wants you fired - they’ll do it asap.
- nopenopenopeno 5y agoThis is true. Workers in the US have effectively zero rights to employment until they’ve been employed for at least a year, and even then you can still fire them and just make up a reason. Corporations spend a lot of lobbying dollars to make sure the US remains a corporate authoritarian state.
- TheCoelacanth 5y agoJust because you are legally allowed to do it, doesn't mean you should do it at the drop of a hat. Slacking off during the hiring process with the intention of firing a large portion of the people you hire is a violation of the social contract and a huge asshole move.
- jaredklewis 5y agoSure, but turnover has a strong effect on employee morale and the company’s reputation So even if it surfaced the best candidates, hiring anyone that applied and then firing 90% of them after a week would result in a depressing work environment and an ever shrinking pool of qualified candidates (who wants to upend their life to take a job they only have a 10% chance of keeping?). Not to mention the cost of onboarding. This is how we get to the status quo: do as much filtering as you can before you hire.