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Originally Posted by chillrob
It's entitlement to expect to be able to go to a company picnic and not get shot?
You're conflating the general principle of "companies should do better" with the specific case of "it might have saved lives in this case."
I agree far fewer people should be surprised when they're fired than are currently surprised. For most people, I would give them some kind of warning and something specific I'd like to see change in a specific time. If I think they're emotionally unstable or something, I'd gladly offer assistance while they're still employed, with the hope of returning them to their full potential.
But once they're gone, they're gone. I'm not going to offer assistance (physical, mental, emotional) to someone I've decided will never work out.
People who get laid off are different from people who get fired. I think the HR term is "possibility of rehire" or something like that.