Re:How Adobe keeps key employees from quitting
by exacube on Thursday June 25, 2015 @04:04AM
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I would actually think otherwise -- with no formal documentation of poor performance, they'll have a much harder time justifying a layoff/firing if they are sued for discrimination or something.
Re:How Adobe keeps key employees from quitting
by mturmon on Thursday June 25, 2015 @12:57PM
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I see where you're going, but the constraints don't work out that way.
In an at-will state like California, you can be laid off for any business reason, such as "the work in this area is closing up." So, justifying a layoff (to the satisfaction of a court) is not a major constraint.
But if there is documentation stating that the employee's work is great, that future opportunities abound, etc., then that justification begins to look suspect.
On the other hand, in the absence of documentation, the at-will rules give great freedom to the employer.
Re:How Adobe keeps key employees from quitting
by onion2k on Thursday June 25, 2015 @04:14AM
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Were you told that by someone who was laid off?
Re:How Adobe keeps key employees from quitting
by mturmon on Thursday June 25, 2015 @12:50PM
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I'd rather not say, but: they were not laid off. They were in a position to know, at my 5K person workplace.
I don't want to seem like a conspiracy theorist. There was probably no one over-riding reason for ditching the written report. But I think the above was a big factor.
This gives greater freedom to lay people off, in the sense that there is no documentary basis for a lawsuit of wrongful termination.