Comment on Cloudflare Employee records her final meeting where HR tries to fire her
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 10 months agoShe knows that, she just wants them to admit it’s not her. As someone who has been in that seat, there’s being laid off, and then there’s people telling you you are incompetent. It’s a vastly different experience. By not proving to her that they knew she was a bad employee they said more about their company and culture.
snooggums@kbin.social 10 months ago
It is likely that firing her for 'performance issues' costs the company less than just firing her for whatever the actual reason would be.
newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It’s the difference between nothing and severance.
snooggums@kbin.social 10 months ago
Depends on the state and how they were hired. It could be unemployment benefits, penalties for breaking a contract, or to avoid being sued if they mostly fire people in a protected class. For the employee it is most likely severence or unemployment.
Using performance is a catchall way to avoid the possible negative outcomes for the company. All they have to do is use the metrics that result in firing the people they planned on firing anyway!
admiralteal@kbin.social 10 months ago
In all 50 states, firing someone with cause without cause to avoid paying them benefits is illegal.