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WCDT: 2878-2882 (19-23 January 2015)

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swapna:
I must admit, my first reaction was more or less 'Really? She fires her on the spot? How messed up is that?' I think it was more a reaction to the possibility of being fired like, right now. Not with a week or two having to take her vacation days and THEN be jobless, or be sent home with some variation of 'this is a severe offence, go home now and we will discuss the consequences later'.

As other posters have pointed out, that might be non-US-citizen-sensibilities perking up.

Especially since Faye has been employed for years, even QC-time; she has been made assistant manager, whatever that means at the Coffee of Doom, it meant that she had additional responsibilities. I don't know if she even got a pay raise for that, since it's never been brought up after Angus mentioned it (as far as I remember). She's been in charge of training and hiring new employees, scheduling, even delegating tasks. I understand Dora protecting her business, but she owes Faye. She owes her at least a proper termination of employment (including paying her for unused vacation days), and not that kind of casual dismissal.

I think (hope) that yesterday's comic portrayed it that abrupt for the sake of drama, and Dora still does her duty as responsible (non-vindictive) employer.

TRVA123:
Faye is being fired for misconduct, or fired "with cause" as opposed to being laid off/let go by a company that is downsizing. As far as I understand if you are fired "with cause" you don't get any severance package, you forfeited it when you broke your employment contract. If you are fired "without cause" the company should include vacation days and other compensation as part of the severance package, as they are the ones breaking the employment contract.

Faye might be eligible for unemployment?

ReindeerFlotilla:
Unemployment depends on the interplay of state and federal rules. Being fired for cause can delay or reduce your unemployment benefit in some states and eliminate it in others. I don't know of any where it doesn't matter, but I guess that's possible.

Is it cold in here?:
Faye has almost hit bottom before.

Undrneath:
Faye has broken what could be considered COD's one and only hard rule after being told in no uncertain terms that it was not allowed. In the restaurant in which I work there are several offenses which will lead to instant termination, drinking and doing drugs on the clock being high on the list. I'm theorizing that since not drinking at work has been mentioned several times that something has happened in the past that brought about the policy. Ultimately Dora is responsible both intellectually and financially for everything that happens inside that building and needs to make any decision based on that responsibility.

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