Rebirth of America, this is my era

Chapter 1 Expulsion

"Mr. Jones, I regret to inform you that you are fired."

In a small conference room, there was a long curved wooden table. Ethan Jones had his back to a glass partition covered by blinds, and in front of him sat a man and a woman in suits.

The blonde lady who spoke looked apologetic, but her green eyes contained no emotion.

Ethan Jones nodded, accepting the fact, "Okay, I understand."

"So, what about compensation?" he asked.

"Compensation?" The blonde woman raised her long eyebrows.

He turned his head to look at his companion, and the man next to him just started laughing.

The index finger knocked on the table, making a 'dong dong dong' sound.

At the same time, he raised his voice, "Mr. Jones, I think you may not understand the current situation." The man shook the documents in his hand and said, "The reason we fired you is that you caused huge economic losses to the company."

"On the eve of our company's Odyssey new product launch, you sent an invitation letter to Nolan Bushnell. This action directly led to the other party plagiarizing our company's work, causing us to lose the market that should have belonged to us. In this case, the company's decision not to hold you responsible is already a kindness to you, and you still want compensation?"

"Do you think this is Washington? I have a dream?"

The slightly teasing tone made Ethan Jones smile.

"Okay, okay."

He raised his hands and pressed them down slightly, signaling the other party to calm down.

As he moved, the white sleeves of his shirt also poked out from the cuffs of his suit.

"Sir, I respect your right to speak, but before you speak, please make one thing clear to me."

Ethan Jones smiled and said, "You and I are both employees of this company. The biggest difference between us 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, okay?"

Ethan Jones stared at the man with burning eyes.

The other party's expression changed after hearing the sarcastic words.

Before the man could say anything, Ethan Jones had already turned his eyes away from him.

He looked at the woman who had spoken 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 terminate the employment relationship between the company and its employees at any time for any reason or no reason, this does not mean that you can fire me at will."

"I admit that I sent Nolan Bushnell an invitation to our company's new product launch conference on the eve of the Odyssey product launch, 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 an accident, an accident that no one wants to see."

"You can't use this excuse to deprive me of the compensation I deserve."

Ethan Jones spoke in a calm tone, and there was even a hint of a smile on his lips as he spoke.

But his gentle appearance made the woman who was looking at him purse her lips.

At this moment, she just felt that the guy in front of her was very difficult to deal with.

As the HR of the company, the first task they received after work in the morning was to fire Ethan Jones.

They thought that this would be an easy job because Ethan Jones's notorious deeds had been circulated in the company for a long time, but the former boss was kind and did not cause trouble for him.

But no one expected that when they really started talking, this guy turned out to be just as stinky and tough as those rednecks!

Oh no!
It's the same as those WASPs on the East Coast!
Looks polite on the surface!

Glancing at her companion, the angry look on his face made the woman give up the idea of ​​communicating with him and said directly: "Oh, Mr. Jones, I understand your mood at the moment, and I can even understand your starting point when you say that. Everyone has the instinct of self-protection. When encountering troubles, they will always seek a better result, but this cannot be a reason for you to make trouble unreasonably."

"Do you think you have done nothing wrong if you have done nothing wrong?"

"Not really."

"If the company wants to hold you accountable, you can't escape no matter what..."

"Then just sue me!"

Before the woman finished her words, Ethan Jones spoke.

"What?"

The blonde thought she had heard wrongly.

Ethan Jones leaned back, spread his hands and crossed his legs.

His face was full of mockery. "I say..." He stretched out his voice, "Since you keep saying that I have caused huge losses to the company, then just go ahead and sue me in court!"

"That's great. I also want to go to 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 to make the company quickly make a profit on paper by clearing out old employees, so as to reflect its own value." "There is nothing wrong with this behavior, or in other words, many companies do this, but they will not try to save employee severance funds like you do, because this is illegal."

"The California Employee Employment Act stipulates that all companies must notify employees in advance before firing them and pay compensation based on their length of service. If you want to save even these, then I can only seek help from the union. I think my workers' union will like my complaint very much."

"After all, the current boss of our company is..."

"Philips of Holland?"

Having said that, Ethan Jones paused, raised the corners of his mouth, and gave the two of them a confident smile.

"At a time when Liben's automobile industry has had a huge impact on America, can I believe 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 that I was laid off and won't get compensation, 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 now clearly breaking the law."

"If you still want to deny all this, then can I understand that this is a deliberate exploitation and oppression of workers like me by the company?"

"If this is the case, then I will have to apply for assistance from the American Legal Services Corporation, which was just established last year. Or, do you want me to write a letter for help to the equal rights organization in San Francisco? Tell them that I feel discriminated against here?"

At this point, Ethan sat up straight, adjusted his suit collar, and then continued: "Although I am a biological white person, I respect people of all skin colors and respect their right to speak."

"All men are created equal!"

"..."

The continuous words made the man and woman's faces twitch.

And when the declaration of "all men are created equal" appeared, the man who had previously made fun of Dr. King frowned even more.

Although Ethan Jones did not vent his anger at the top of his voice, his calm tone was even more frightening.

They stared at Ethan Jones for a long time, and finally chose to back down.

"Okay, okay, okay, Mr. Jones, please calm down, we were just playing a joke on you." The blonde woman lifted her hair behind her ear.

Then he calculated: "You have worked in the company for three years. According to the company's compensation plan, we will compensate you for four months' salary. Your weekly salary is 1280 US dollars, so you can get US dollars..."

"I want the highest standard of 2N+1." Ethan Jones interrupted.

The blonde woman held her breath and was silent for two seconds. Seeing that Ethan Jones was extremely persistent, she agreed to this plan.

"Okay, 2N+1, that's seven months' salary, or $2240."

"And my salary for this week," Ethan Jones continued to remind.

"You won't be left out!"

The man wrote a note to Ethan Jones with a gloomy look on his face, "Go to the finance department to get the check!"

"Thank you." Ethan Jones took it with a smile, not caring about the other party's bad attitude.

However, before leaving the meeting room, he turned back and added, "Sir, there is one thing I want to reiterate."

"This is not your home, and I am not taking your money."

"So please be happy."

"Oh! SXXt!" The man couldn't help but laugh after hearing the constant ridicule.

He wanted to rant.

"Oh!"

But the only response he got was a closed door.

Looking at the shadow passing through the blinds, the man angrily threw the documents on the table.

"Hua Q! Doesn't he know that our performance appraisal is how much money the company saves?!!!"

The sharp voice faintly entered Ethan Jones' ears, but he did not pay any attention to it. Instead, he smiled and nodded to his former colleagues outside, then walked towards the company's finance department in a cool manner.

I received my compensation thanks to the dismissal note issued by the Human Resources Department.

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 squint.

Turning back, the gate facing east makes the company sign hidden in the shadows look very clear.

Magnavox.

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Notes: ① Odyssey: the world's first commercial home game console, launched in 1972. ② Nolan Bushnell: founder of Atari, pioneered the era of video arcades. ③ at-will: at-will employment, employment can be terminated at will, unless there is a contract or other written agreement, the employment relationship between employers and employees is basically based on their respective free will. ④ American Legal Services Corporation: This is a national legal aid agency established by the U.S. Senate. ⑤ Magnavox: Magnavox, an American electronics company, released the world's first commercial home game console. Apart from the game console, it is also a very excellent company, as famous as Polaroid in the s.

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