My friend is a customer service rep who is ready to retire. Her company is talking about layoffs with 13+ weeks of severance, but when she asked (anonymously) if they were accepting volunteers, they said no. In case she’s not one of the ones told to clean out her desk, what are the ways she could get terminated while preserving her ability to claim unemployment (which would equal the 13 weeks of severance)?

UPDATE: She took my advice and saw her doctor. He agreed that she’s experiencing a job-related stress injury, set her up with a Disability claim, and referred her for psychiatric counseling.

  • @[email protected]
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    401 year ago

    Does lemmy have an unethical life pro tips community yet? You’d probably get better results if we did.

    • Pons_Aelius
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      411 year ago

      Funny thing is I see nothing unethical in this request. Companies have no ethics that are not enforced by laws, so it is not unethical for employees to adopt the same behaviour.

      • @EatYouWell
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        101 year ago

        What’s unethical is the unemployment process.

    • Drusas
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      71 year ago

      I really don’t think there’s anything unethical about this. They’re going to be laying people off anyway; they may as well lay off someone it will hurt less.