This is an open secret in the US. It's used to fire people constantly for employee churn. This ensures by the time they are unhappy at the job, they are close t

This is an open secret in the US. It's used to fire people constantly for employee churn. This ensures by the time they are unhappy at the job, they are close to being fired. It also ensures only the super dedicated or those without families are the ones to stay. High turnover jobs known for this are telephone agent jobs, sales employees, or reallly anyone they can sucker into accepting crazy quotas. Some places, especially those with several lines of business, will do this because they get laid $X/agent to graduate a class. I don't know where the idea came from or why but I've seen it over and over, especially as a LOB (line of business) is being closed. They will rush to push through as many classes as possible, knowing full well they will be graduating into a non-existent job with little to no chance of moving to another LOB. The US has really gone insane.