My personal observations have been that if the company doesn’t want a person then the person shouldn’t want the company.
The amount of pain it takes with the minimal relief provided appears it would be more productively put into locating another employer.
I don’t know your situation, but the situations that I have seen where this pay off is with pensions and/or where the benefits were extremely good and you wanted to get these extended while you look for a new employer.
Good post. Why want to work for a company that did you dirty? Although my bil got a 40k settlement for wrongful termination. He didnt have to go back.. But otoh. Its hard to leave a job for most people. Even if it sucked.
During the last recession company’s leveraged the economic downturn to (IMHO) pinkslip employee’s who were “toxic”, or poor performers, malingerers, etc... without the legal ramifications because those company’s were facing going under due the economic circumstances.
Arbitrarily firing employees requires that supporting documentation is required lest a court rules against the offending company and compensation is awarded to the plaintiff seeking damages. UNLESS, the company can show financial duress as the root cause of laying employee’s off.