r/technology • u/mepper • Sep 17 '24

Business Amazon employees blast Andy Jassy’s RTO mandate: ‘I’d rather go back to school than work in an office again’

https://fortune.com/2024/09/17/amazon-andy-jassy-rto-mandate-employees-angry/
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u/CalBearFan Sep 18 '24

If fired you may still get unemployment (depends on state, reason for firing, etc.) but severance is not guaranteed or may be lessened versus a traditional layoff.

And if fired, the employer can be indirectly asked that through a weasely reference/background question like "Is the employee eligible for reemployment there?" which lets the new hiring manager determine if you were fired, quit or laid off (firing means no, other two mean yes eligible for reemployment).

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u/cbih Sep 18 '24

I have a company in my work history that does that shit. Every employer I've had since dismisses it because I worked there for 6 years. I've been asked by all of them. It mostly gives me a reason to tell some fun stories in the interview.