It was involuntary that is the point . It was not Sam idea to leave YC at the time Your remote work example is not different companies ask a performance improv

It was involuntary that is the point . It was not Sam idea to leave YC at the time Your remote work example is not different companies ask a performance improvement plan they are saying improve your performance or leave. That “ or leave” doesn’t always mean you get fired legally , some companies would be more generous with severance if you resign voluntarily, but it doesn’t alter the fact you were asked to do so and effectively were fired. Senior management typically leave by mutual agreement even if they “asked to resign”. His employment was not terminated by YC legally yes , that would be rare and would happen if there is no trust left that he would do so properly when asked to resign, like it happened in OpenAI for him .