Comments | housepiglet: Sacking of LJ staff with immediate effect & without severance pay -- legal in USA?

housepiglet

Sacking of LJ staff with immediate effect & without severance pay -- legal in USA?

Jan 07, 2009 14:19

I've read a couple of links on my f-list to the news that LJ sacked 12 of its 28 US employees without warning this week.

( Thoughts about this )

lj, usa

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housepiglet January 8 2009, 03:21:31 UTC

*g*

It's very cold over here at the moment, and remember--we're always at least 6 months behind on episodes of House!

blackmare January 8 2009, 02:29:21 UTC

What LJ did was morally wrong, without question. I would not be averse to some law requiring more notice and/or severance pay in these situations ( ... )

housepiglet January 8 2009, 03:13:39 UTC

Hi there! Dissenting views are entirely welcome here :)

I think the fact that Americans tend to define the sort of social provision discussed in the comments on here as 'socialism' is interesting in itself, and a reflection of the difference in national attitude that we've been discussing.

In fact, I'm emphatically not a socialist. I believe strongly in the need to take personal responsibility, and I've always voted Conservative rather than Labour or Liberal Democrat (or whatever they're currently called :) But even amongst those who consider themselves to be towards the right of the political spectrum over here (i.e. the Conservatives) there's been a gradual acceptance over time, and with the introduction of what seems to me to be socially responsible legislation, that in a developed and responsible community a balance needs to be struck between defending the rights and needs of the employers, and those of the people they employ. (FWIW, I'm 47 now and I've been self-employed for all but the last 6 years of my working life ( ... )