I was fired today

[Dinner]

I'm sorry to hear this Diss, it sucks. Just think of it as a chance to get a better job.

[Tiamat]

Jrabbit as well....good point take a little time off to regroup as well as just have some good ol' fun!

[asleepathewheel]

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Asher
If you genuinely did nothing to get fired, look into wrongful dismissal suits. Use your time off to look up state laws and see what you got.

Is Nevada an at will state? If so then they can fire anyone for any reason except under certain very specific cases; I.E. because of sex, race, religion, or national origin.

[SlowwHand]

When you work, you have money and little time.
Not working, lots of time and no money. Sucks.

[Tiamat]

Texas is a hire and fire at will state to. It's just finding the tactful way to explain it without looking like a twit.

[Barnabas]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
When you work, you have money and little time.
Not working, lots of time and no money. Sucks.

That is why owning many properties, and living of the rent people pay you for letting them use your properties, rocks

[Krill]

Originally posted by Oerdin


Is Nevada an at will state? If so then they can fire anyone for any reason except under certain very specific cases; I.E. because of sex, race, religion, or national origin.

What about just plain not liking you?

[Zkribbler]

Is Nevada an at will state?

I believe every state in the U.S. is an at-will state.

But even if good cause were required, he wasn't following his bosses' directives. That's pretty good cause.

His only recourse would be if there's a labor contract or a personel manual with provides for progressive discipline. Then he can claim he should have been reprimanded, or written up, maybe even suspended...but instead management jumped right away to the ultimate sanction.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Krill


What about just plain not liking you?

Literally any reason other then the handful of protected reasons (race, sex, religion, or national origin) are free game. Certain states, like California, have added sexual orientation to that list but to my knowledge only progressive (read Democratic leaning) states have done so. There are a handful of non-at will state, mostly in the old union rust belt, but they are a minority.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Brachy-Pride
That is why owning many properties, and living of the rent people pay you for letting them use your properties, rocks

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Grandpa Troll


Q F T

I allways check ex employers, although I wait until last employer until we are ready to close the deal.

Thats a deal breaker

A must have

GT

Good way to get sued, at least in California. If someone says don't contact current employer, you ignore them and contact the current employer, and the current employer does something detrimental to the employee you can be held for damages. True fact.

[-Jrabbit]

Oh, and Sloww is wrong. If your next employment is something you really want and not just a McJob, don't lie to them. It will come back to haunt you. Or keep you from getting the gig.

[LordShiva]

Sorry to hear it, Dis

[Geronimo]

Originally posted by Oerdin


Good way to get sued, at least in California. If someone says don't contact current employer, you ignore them and contact the current employer, and the current employer does something detrimental to the employee you can be held for damages. True fact.

But GT would be perfectly within his rights to not hire someone who refused to grant permission wouldn't he?