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I hope that these videos encourage others to leave, get their bag, or not apply to companies that employ shady at best firing policies. If I saw a person standing up for themselves in a place where corporate culture squashes out hope and individuality, I'd be more likely to hire them if my corporate culture actually matched the vibe of the person recording themselves getting fired.
Yeah, name and shame companies firing people for nothing or to pad quarterly profits. Not everyone can afford to be choosey in their employer but for those that can I hope stuff like this starves those companies of talent.
What isn't a shady firing practice?
Firing someone after telling them they need to improve their work performance and giving them a chance to do so?
The thing is, there's a difference between being let go as part of a mass layoff and being fired for cause. I've seen several of these videos where the employer is telling people they're being fired for low performance, but they were also firing a large number of other people at the same time, and they hadn't been employed long enough for "low performance" to be a realistic claim. In some cases, being fired for cause means you don't get access to unemployment benefits. If they're actually part of a mass layoff they should be entitled to those benefits. But the company doesn't want to admit that they regularly lay people off, so instead they list the dismissals as firings for cause.
I feel like getting fired or laid off is like being broken up with, along with the emotions attached. It is bullshit that a company can fire for cause a significant part of their workforce to prevent them from getting a severance or unemployment, but there isn't a good system to choose who to lay off.