Employee is let go after 11 years with no severance: 'Why is this underhandedness tolerated?'

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  • A man fired from his job walks down the hallway with his belongings
  • Let go after 11 years and not even a severance package.

    ? | I mean, what the actual f was let go (and my spouse too- Who worked there for 13 years) on the same day. These ghouls basically f ed us after being at this company for over a decade and I'm so angry. Why? THe MaRket. How is the United States this cruel to its workers? Why is this underhandedness tolerated?
  • I'm really mad, and really disappointed. It feels so unethical and Both household incomes were cut and they couldn't be bothered to show one single solitary f What do I do?
  • Commenters gave their takes.

    leuchebreu Loyalty never pays off in America
  • sephron_tanully Americans collectively got manipulated into abandoning worker rights and worker protections. You got told unions are the enemy. That they only want your money. That you are better off without them. I pay monthly less then 1% of my income to a Union. If I get misstreated I go to them, they will collectively fight for me and I will fight for all protections. I will get a yearly bump to my income to cover inflation and a bit more. I can go on strike if I get misstreated or not paid
  • wilcobr27 This......is why no one wants to work. No loyalty, no justice, you get nothing from work anymore, not even the ability to live.
  • A frustrated man sits at his desk with his arms folded
  • squirtwv69 Why do people never call out these places by name?
  • airbornx File for unemployment and put out 24-50 resumes a day
  • AnonyGuy1987 The united states is the centre of cruel to its workers. That dystopia has you guys thinking its a first world country. Just look how little you guys actually get and tell me with a straight face that the USA is a first world country. The only things that make that place look that way are the companies. Your people have sh all rights
  • muchquery Holy sh (Y'all have my sympathies. Decades ago, my now-ex and I lost our jobs on the same day. We weren't there for that long and I remember how jarring it was. I can only imagine the feeling of being somewhere for years. (The closest I have is having a boss change after over 14 yrs at my last place of employment and having to leave suddenly after being wrongfully accused of malicious behavior by the new guy.) We had to move in with his parents back when; I had to move in with my dad a
  • Dont_Heal_Genji It's tolerated because a bunch of old people who still get paid from their job 20 years ago decided they got theirs and vote against it
  • NOLALaura Until all the working class joins together politically to fight the wealthy class this crop will continue. The rich is good at keeping the working class fighting each other.
  • jaybirdie26 Definitely file unemployment. I'm sorry you're going through this.

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