On Nov 24, 2009, at 11:04 PM, Nick Gould wrote:
Fair points, Jared. Although in actual fact, in most states people can be fired for any or no reason - that's called "employment at will." There would need to be a process, of course, to validate that there was no discrimination in the termination and they prefer to have some kind of paper trail. In this case, it would be a no- brainer as the employee almost certainly violated company confidentiality obligations.
And, since we're talking about actual fact (versus any other type of fact), most companies have a process to protect them from litigation which involves written warnings, probation periods, and disciplinary reviews. None of this happens quickly. While companies *can* dismiss quickly, if there's no threat of imminent risk, they tend not to, to protect their ass/assets.
That's why I find this whole thing suspicious. Jared ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
