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Anyone else think "at will" work states are a joke? Is it just me?
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<blockquote data-quote="JJJ" data-source="post: 576882" data-attributes="member: 1169"><p>I live in an at-will state and I am the daughter and granddaughter of union workers. My husband is the son and grandson of non-union small business owners. So I have lived both sides. I think there needs to be balance. My family has been stuck working with horrible employees because the union fought every firing, no matter what. My dad tried to take on the union and get a co-worker fired because they were dangerously incompetent. He lost and the guy died just weeks later when he made a critical error and fell into the machinery. It broke my dad's heart that he couldn't save this man. But, overall, the unions are needed in certain fields. </p><p></p><p>As a small business owner, it hurts to fire someone. My father in law had to fire a worker last year and he was physically ill from the stress of it. And this was a poor worker! At husband's company, there are less than 20 employees. If someone doesn't "fit" it will make for an unpleasant environment for all. They need to be allowed to hire/fire at will because sometimes it is a legitimate to fire someone just because their personality is not a fit for that company.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JJJ, post: 576882, member: 1169"] I live in an at-will state and I am the daughter and granddaughter of union workers. My husband is the son and grandson of non-union small business owners. So I have lived both sides. I think there needs to be balance. My family has been stuck working with horrible employees because the union fought every firing, no matter what. My dad tried to take on the union and get a co-worker fired because they were dangerously incompetent. He lost and the guy died just weeks later when he made a critical error and fell into the machinery. It broke my dad's heart that he couldn't save this man. But, overall, the unions are needed in certain fields. As a small business owner, it hurts to fire someone. My father in law had to fire a worker last year and he was physically ill from the stress of it. And this was a poor worker! At husband's company, there are less than 20 employees. If someone doesn't "fit" it will make for an unpleasant environment for all. They need to be allowed to hire/fire at will because sometimes it is a legitimate to fire someone just because their personality is not a fit for that company. [/QUOTE]
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