"Mr. Jones, I'm sorry to inform you that you have been expelled."
In a small conference room, there was a long arc-shaped wooden table. Ethan Jones's back was facing the glass partition blocked by blinds, and in front of him sat a man and a woman in suits.
Although the blond lady who spoke looked apologetic, her green eyes contained no emotion.
Ethan Jones nodded, accepting the fact, "Okay, I understand."
"So, what about compensation?" he asked.
"Compensation?" The blond woman raised her slender eyebrows.
Turning to look at his companion, the man next to him immediately laughed.
He tapped his index finger on the table and made a 'dong dong dong' sound.
At the same time, he raised his voice and said, "Mr. Jones, I think you may not understand the current situation."
The man shook the document in his hand and said, "The reason why we fired you is because you have brought huge benefits to the company." Economic losses.
"On the eve of our company's Odyssey new product launch conference, you sent an invitation letter to Nolan Bushnell. This behavior directly caused the other party to plagiarize our company's work, causing us to lose our original product. This is our market. In this case, the company would be kind to you by not holding you accountable, and you still want compensation?"
"Do you think this is Washington?
The teasing tone made Ethan Jones smile.
"Okay, Okay."
He raised his hands and pressed them down slightly, signaling the other person to calm down.
Following his movements, the sleeves of his pure white shirt poked out from the cuffs of his suit.
"Sir, I respect your right to speak, but before you speak, please clarify one thing."
Ethan Jones smiled and said: "You, like me, are employees of this company, and our biggest The only difference is that I am in the marketing department and you are in the human resources department."
"So, please don't treat this place as your home?"
Ethan Jones stared at the man with burning eyes.
The face of the other party changed after hearing those sarcastic words.
Before the man could say anything, Ethan Jones had already moved his eyes away from him.
He looked at the woman who spoke first and said, "Since the company asked you to fire me, let's be honest. Although California is an 'at-will' state, any company can fire me at any time for any reason or no reason." Directly terminate the employment relationship between the company and the employee, but this does not mean that you can fire me at will." "
I admit that I sent our company to Nolan Bushnell on the eve of the Odyssey product launch . Invitation letter to the new product launch conference, but this was not my decision, but the decision of the company's marketing department. At that time, the core appeal of our entire marketing department was just to promote the company's products to the public." "
The so-called plagiarism is just a An accident, an accident that no one wants to see."
"You can't use such excuses to deny me the compensation I deserve."
Ethan Jones' tone was calm, and there was even a smile on his lips when he spoke. .
But that gentle look made the woman who looked at him purse her lips.
At this time, she only felt that the guy in front of her was very difficult to deal with.
As the HR of this company, the first job they received after going to work in the morning was to fire Ethan Jones.
They thought this was an easy job, because Ethan Jones's infamous deeds had been circulating in the company for a long time, but the original boss was kind and didn't cause trouble for him.
But no one expected that when they really started talking, this guy would be as smelly and hard as those rednecks!
Oh no!
They are the same as those WASPs on the East Coast!
Gentle on the surface!
Glancing at her companion, the angry look on her face made the woman stop trying to communicate and said directly: "Oh, Mr. Jones, I understand your mood at the moment, and I can even understand your starting point when you speak. Everyone has self-protection. When you encounter trouble, you will always seek good results, but this does not become a reason for you to make trouble unreasonably."
"Doyou really think that you are not at fault because you are not at fault?"
"No."
" If the company wants to hold you accountable, you can't run away no matter what..."
"Then sue me directly!"
Ethan Jones spoke before the woman could finish her sentence.
"What?"
The blond woman thought she heard wrongly.
Ethan Jones leaned back, spread his hands, and crossed his legs.
His face was full of ridicule, "I said -" he lengthened his voice, "Since you keep saying that I have brought huge losses to the company, then be happy and go directly to the court to sue. Me!"
"Just in time, I also want to stand in court and tell the judge about your illegal dismissal!"
"Do you really think I don't know why I was fired? It's just that the company has a new boss."
" The management hopes that by clearing out old employees, the company can quickly gain book profits to reflect its own value."
"There is nothing wrong with this kind of behavior, or in other words, many companies do this, but they will not try to save employees' severance expenses like you do, because this is illegal." "
California's Employee Employment Act There are regulations that all companies must notify employees in advance before laying off employees, and they must pay compensation according to the employees' working time. If you want to save even these, then I can only seek help from the labor union. I think, I The workers' union where I work will like my complaint very much."
"After all, the current boss of our company is..."
"Philips of the Netherlands?"
At this point, Ethan Jones paused and raised the corners of his mouth. He gave the two men a confident smile.
"When Netherlands automobile industry has had a huge impact on our America, can I think that your dismissal of me is a capital invasion led by Philips of the Netherlands? If not, can you explain your current behavior? "
When I tell the media the fact that I can't get compensation for being laid off, will they think that this is foreign capital running rampant? They don't seem to be prepared to abide by our American laws? After all, you are clearly breaking the law now." ."
"If you still want to deny all this, then I can understand that this is the company's deliberate exploitation and oppression of workers like me?" "
If this is the case, then I have to ask America Legal Services, which was just established last year, has applied for assistance, or do you still want me to send a letter of assistance to the affirmative action organization in San Francisco? Tell them that I feel discrimination here?" At this point,
Ethan sat upright. He turned around, adjusted the collar of his suit, and then continued: "Although I am biologically white, I respect humans of all skin colors and respect their right to speak." "
All men are created equal!"
"..."
The continuous words made the faces of the man and woman twitch.
And when the declaration that 'all men are created equal' appeared, the man who made fun of Dr. King frowned even more.
Although Ethan Jones did not vent his anger hoarsely, his calm tone was even more frightening.
They stared at Ethan Jones for a long time, and finally chose to give in.
"Okay, Okay, Okay, Mr. Jones, please calm down, we just played a joke on you." The blond woman flipped her hair around her ears.
Then he calculated: "You have worked for the company for three years. According to the company's compensation plan, we will compensate you for four months' salary, and your weekly salary is 80 US dollars, so you can get 1,280 US dollars..."
" I want the highest standard of 2N+1." Ethan Jones interrupted.
The blonde woman took a breath and was silent for two seconds. After seeing Ethan Jones's unusual insistence, she still agreed to the plan.
"Okay, 2N+1, that's seven months' salary, which is $2,240."
"And my salary for this week." Ethan Jones continued to remind.
"I won't miss you!"
The man wrote a note to Ethan Jones with a gloomy face, "Go to the finance department and get the check!"
"Thank you." Ethan Jones took it with a smile, not caring about the other party's bad attitude. .
However, when leaving the meeting room, he still turned around and added, "Sir, there is something I want to reiterate." "
This is not your home, and what I take is not your money."
"So, please be happy. A little."
"Oh! SXXt!" The man couldn't bear the sarcasm one after another.
He wanted to curse.
"Bang!"
But the only response he received was a closed door.
Looking at the shadow passing under the blinds, the man angrily threw the documents on the table.
"Doesn't he know that our performance appraisal is how much money we have saved the company?!!!" The
sharp voice faintly penetrated into Ethan Jones's ears, but he ignored it. Instead, he smiled and nodded to his former colleagues outside, and walked towards the company's finance department in a smart way.
With the dismissal note issued by the Human Resources Department, I received my compensation.
After that, he left the company directly.
As soon as he stepped out, he was greeted by the warm sunshine of California in April.
The golden light made Ethan Jones narrow his eyes.
Turning around and looking back, the door facing away from the east made the company's logo hidden in the shadows very clear -
Magnavox.
Note: ① Odyssey: The world's first commercial home game console, born in 1972. ②Nolan Bushnell: Founder of Atari, who created the era of electronic arcades. ③at-will: at-will employment, employment can be terminated at will, unless there is a contract or other written agreement, the employment relationship between the employer and the worker is basically based on their own free will. ④America Legal Services Company: This is a national legal aid organization established by the U.S. Senate. ⑤Magnavox: Magnavox, an American electronics company, released the world's first commercial home game console. Excluding the game console, it was also a very good company. It was as famous as Polaroid in the 1960s.
(End of chapter)