That's because we in the USA (unlike in Western Europe) are saddled with some pernicious nonsense called "employment at will", where an employer can pretty much fire someone for no reason even if he is doing his job just fine and causing no problems!
I guess you should move to Western Europe.
59 posted on 12/20/2013 8:56:45 PM PST by matt1234
(Hitler blamed the Jews. Obama blames the Tea Party.)