Wow, I can't believe the cavalier attitude to getting fired most of you have. If an employer has decided to fire you, then you've not only failed at your job,

Wow, I can't believe the cavalier attitude to getting fired most of you have. If an employer has decided to fire you, then you've not only failed at your job, you've failed as a human being. Perhaps it's due to where in the US I live, but getting fired is not just separating from your job, it's a reason for your spouse to divorce you, and an acceptable reason for your bank/landlord to break the lease and kick you out of your home. If you get canned, your life is over. This is the power employers wield over their employees, and they're right to do it. The boss is giving you their hard-earned money to provide a product, and if you don't deliver you're lower than trash. If at any point you lay your head back you should all but feel a .45 pressed against the back of your skull. No matter how valuable you think you are to your employer, they have earned the right to end your life (in a figurative sense) if you displease them, or they find someone better than you. I think that's why we have such a good economy in the US, is employees have a healthy fear of their bosses. If anything, getting fired should be even worse than it already is. Why should workers get to underperform without more serious consequences?