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An answer of "No" would be very detrimental to the business owner as well.

This yes, of $2000 would surely be beneficial to everyone.

And empathy has little to do in business. Where was the empathy in firing someone? Answer: "It was business".




If it was just business, she could have fired him outright rather than giving him the extra time of not officially firing him.


No she couldn't. In countries like Belgium or France when you fire someone you must give them notice. They then get 3 more months until the point they no longer work for you.

This gives employees time to find something else, and is also beneficial to public finances : the employer effectively bears the cost of the first 3 months of unemployment of this person, after which the state will cover.


But, to be fair, it also discourages hiring employees unless you know you can keep them, so there is more unemployment than there would have been otherwise.


Not in Europe. He'll have to have been given weeks/months of notices, so that he can look for a new job in his spare time and not be completely fucked up.




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