I heard about the case of a person who was fired, allegedly for no particular reason. It wouldn’t surprise me at all if that were true. People advised filing a lawsuit. However, I am interested in how effective do you think this is and is it worthwhile to sue ATT? I believe most lawsuits against this company end in losing the case.
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From my own time with this company there are only 2 classifications of people that have ever been actually fired... classification 1 are the people that actually want to be fired, and it's not easy, it really takes some effort on their part to get fired. The company keeps people WAYYY past when they should have been kicked to the curb. classification 2 are the crazies, those that steal from the company, or physically threaten someone, or say they are working overtime when they are really at their girlfriends house.. It is highly suspect that this company actually fired someone that was a decent worker trying to keep their job. Surplus/Layoff, that is a completely different occurrence and it does happen often...
Forget it, you will never suceed challenging T in a employment dispute.your time would be better spent enhancing your resume and finding a new job elsewhere.
att keeps lawyers on staff for a reason. when I left on my own the vp that took before I left had a law degree and she was in charge of IT? wth? didn't even have an IT degree. one of the reasons I left because I saw who the were hiring to make IT decisions. oh well.
att is a cesspool and it wasn't worth stooping down to the cesspool and being drawn down with it in a lawsuit.
att the cesspool will get what they deserve in the end. just glad I got my pension out from their greedy little hands before they destroyed it. because now it is making more money than it ever would if att still had under their control.
I'm sorry, but that's simply not accurate. The documentation and justification required to terminate an employee is quite lengthy. Even in cases of extreme nature, like a theft that was caught on tape, go through the same process. "No particular reason" just wouldn't fly.
obp+1aAoAd7k That is seriously a LOL comment!!!
You heard... for no particular reason... was this you? And what did you really do?
What the others said. Almost every state is an 'At Will' state, which means companies don't need any reason to fire you. In fact, it's better for the companies to not have a reason, because if the give one they likely would violate some sort of legal protection.
The only way to fight at will termination is if one can make a case that there is a pattern (i.e. only women or only employees over a certain age are let go), and even then the evidence needs to be compelling.
Say what you want about T, but they are a wonderfully equal opportunity firing company.
In most cases, it's not worth it.
Thank God, no solid reason needed for an employer to eliminate an employee as long as it is not for reason that covers the protected classes - race, color, religion, gender, se-ual orientation, national origin, age (over 40), and disability.
Unlikely, AT&T will be found guilty of any of the above - including age!
"Employer dislikes you" is sufficient/lawful reason to eliminate you.
Aren't most states at will employment? You can quit anytime. They can fire you anytime. You would have to prove something illegal to win a lawsuit. Discrimination, whistle blowing retaliation, etc