When my former ex company was exporting IT jobs to India (which they may still be doing), they did the layoffs in the US the US way. You’re here and the next minute you’re gone, kick in the butt, twenty some years on the job, Affirmative Action black one year on the job fires you, and you’re walked to the door by a security monkey. In the EU, because India is cheaper than EU as well, the company was forced by the local laws to give the IT guys 3 month notices. Who’s more civilized?
Sounds like so many I know of. The AA ones are always protected no matter how much they text on the job, wear whatever, esp in business settings, send e-mail with all kinds of horrendous grammar and spelling problems, and generally running rampant without fear of reprisals.
At my last company, I was the one who followed the cell phone rule (none), clocked in and out normally, taught and trained techno-illiterates to be useful, only one with a real technical background and an IT cert of two, helped break an employee theft ring by keeping honest records, and never turning anyone away who needed help.
For my troubles, I was told by the head man himself that I was being put in a department to be failed on purpose. It did and I left because of disgust and a couple of AAs got my old job plus weeks of training and the ear of the main manager.