Not true..there are a million reasons not just one reason very good people get fired
Years ago I had a great job putting together outpatient clinics for a rehab center. I had to find the location and then Get corporate to do the leases and then Market this to doctors so they would work at the clinics etc etc. I worked very hard and got several of the clinics set up. On Christmas Eve I got fired I was devastated.
I knew it was bad for the campany’s public relations issues that they would just go ahead and fire a good employee and they would accept that I would go for unemployment and not fight that. I gave unemployment the reason for my leaving was my position was phased out...hahaha ..it was phased out allright! In a couple hours.
The next week I went back to the HR department and walked into the CEO’s office and handed her a reference letter draft. I told her it would probably be best for their image in the community that when I looked for a job it appeared that the company like to hire very good people but for whatever reason I had resigned and so they wrote this nice reference letter. I asked the CEO to have her secretary type it up right now on their stationery and have her sign it. She did.
I had never before in my life ever been fired from any job so it took me a few months to recuperate and start looking for work soon I got a good job. A year later I found out the reason they fired me. Their plans for the clinics expanding had failed and eventually that company was taken over by another rehab center company. Two years later I was hired by that company that had taken over and when I walked into HR in that same building I noticed the same painting on the wall from 2 years ago. I commented on the painting and said “that’s a very nice painting.”
I hope my story helps your friend
interesting idea, although i think your community must be smaller and tighter than some. in a larger pool, with a higher unemployment rate, i would be inclined to imagine that people for food on the table and a roof over their heads would take whatever job they are offered and not bother worrying about the employer’s reputation.