Quote Originally Posted by GeoFisher View Post
WHATS wrong with THAT........it is not your RIGHT to be employed. Any employer should be able to fire you for ANYTHING........PERIOD. YOU do not have a right to work PERIOD..........end of story.

When people get over the entitlement ******** ideas, maybe we will get back to realistic values.

Lose your job because they fire you BECAUSE they didn't like your pants. FIND a different job, because the boss was probably a freakin douche anyways.......

WHY should you really CARE about getting fired for something lame.

You know LIFE is not fair. When we try to legislate fairness in "life" we get the garbage we have now. MOVE ON, get over it and stop crying about it.

My company gets tired of me or outsources me to India for 1/4 of what I make........MORE power to them. I will find something better, and probably with BETTER PAY. Good people can make it happen. Now granted, there is nothing in Louisville for me, but hell, I've always wanted to live in Phoenix, or Minnesota, or Texas, or Florida, or Tennessee, or, or, or......you get the picture.

Later,

Geo
Nothing wrong with that. Just saying that KY is an at will employment state.

If you want any job security in KY you need to have an employment contract. Then you know what is expected of you and your employer will pay you per the terms of your contract.

If there are terms in your contract that say he will not replace you if the job is needed and you meet standards, he cannot fire you and hire a new worker from Mexico at a fourth of your salary.

How do you get an employment contract? One way is through union representation or you may negotiate a contract for yourself with your employer.

Many (if not most) independant insurance agents have contracts with the insurance carriers like Allstate, Nationwise, State Auto. If the agent meets the sales criteria and other requirements of the contract, the company will not replace him with an another agent. Some contracts may have geographical districts that protect the agent from unfair compition in an area for the same product. But if the agent does not meet sales quota, breaks a law, or misrepresents himself or a product, the company may fire him as well as sue him for damages.

So unions are just another employment contract. Some good for both employer and employee and some contracts not good for either or both.

I guess the country is changing. We have all of these disposable products coming from China, use once and throw away. I guess it's just the next step to have disposable people. Work for a company for 29 years and have to take two weeks off sick, just fire them and get you a new one from Mexico, India or Korea.

Geo I don't think you would like Phoenix very long. You would be trading your boat for a dune buggy. Its a long way to Lake Mead or lake Powell.