“And Then I Got Fired”: 30 People Share How They Got Fired

Its insane that American anti worker laws are so bad, many people have been driven to suicide over abuse from bosses and died from the stress.This is the RULE, NOT the exception. They are legally allowed to scream in ur face over anything and everything, call you names, undermine you, slander, smear you and lie to the big bosses about you, who believe all the lies and then they build a case against you for termination. As If that weren't enough,then the employer further destroys you by denying you unemployment benefits by claiming you were at fault for "misconduct", even though it's fake, all lies strung together to build "a case" and co signed by HR! So now, you were abused, maligned, terminated, lost your medical benefits AND denied unemployment benefits! Finally, to add even MORE insult to injury, they blacklist you and make SURE you will NEVER work again not only in that company, but in that particular field, ANYWHERE in the country and its the career of your DREAMS. This is Ameri

You might not have noticed that I made comments on severeral entries, rather supporting the employer. You are right about oversimplification. You are not right about US bashing. There is a difference between unconstructive bashing and justified criticism.

I'm American an will vouch that in America employees have no rights, even so called union employees have little say. I speak from experience. Practically ALL states are At Will employees and basically that means your boss can abuse and fire you for absolutely NO reason at all. The only people who have some say are those from a protected group and even then it is hard to prove the abuse. HR are jokes and are not there to help employees but to protect the corporations interests and warn them on just exactly what and how to get away with employee abuse and termination LEGALLY. Politicians of both parties will not touch employee rights or try to help workers because big corporation turn over is WANTED and encouraged to keep that job market flowing. Just image having job security for 30 years! All the jobs would be taken, nobody would retire and nobody would get fired if they actually kept good workers so that means nobody would get hired either.

If the US has so much stringent labor laws how come that "at-will" employment is standard in the United States? It is even allowed to put it in the contract. In Europe you can't put anything in a contract that is disadvantageous to employees, so you can't make them sign to agree that they can be fired at any given time without at much as a reason.

Not true. The laws all benefit the company. They don't have to treat you like a human being unless you are in a protected group and can PROVE you were mistreated. If they don't like you, for whatever reason, or no reason they have the legal protection to do anything short of physical assault to you in order to get you to quit....and I've actually seen managers even do THAT and flip and twist it around and lie about it! When all else fails they try to "build a case" against you, utilizing co workers and subordinates to spy and report anything and everything to upper management, and of course, HR will side with management and you're fired.

Be sure you understand what “at-will” employment is in the US before going on a tirade. An employer can terminate an employment relationship for any reason without warning as long as that reason IS NOT ILLEGAL. Employers are still required to follow labor laws. Which is why there are state labor boards and the federal labor commission that allow employees to submit labor complaints that are investigated by these agencies. Every single complaint is investigated.