Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 1

"Mr. Jones, I am sorry to inform you that you have been fired."

In a small conference room, there is a long circular wooden table.Ethan Jones turned his back to the glass partition covered by a venetian blind, and in front of him sat a man and a woman in suits.

Although the blond lady who spoke was apologetic, there was no emotion in her green eyes.

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

"So what about compensation?" he asked.

"Compensation?" The blond woman raised her slender eyebrows.

Turning his head to look at his companion, the man beside him immediately laughed.

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

At the same time, he also raised his voice, "Mr. Jones, I think you may not understand the current situation." The man shook the document in his hand and said, "The reason why we fired you is because you have brought huge benefits to the company." economic loss."

"On the eve of our company's Odyssey new product launch conference, you sent an invitation letter to Nolan Bushnell. This behavior directly caused the other party to plagiarize our company's work and made us lose the market that should belong to us. , in this case, it is already kind to you for the company not to hold you accountable, and you still want compensation?"

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

With a slightly teasing tone, Ethan Jones smiled.

"Okay, okay."

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

Following his movements, the sleeves of the white shirt also protruded from the cuffs of the suit.

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

Ethan Jones smiled and said, "You are an employee of this company just like me. 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 own home?"

Ethan Jones stared at the man with burning eyes.

Hearing the sarcastic words, the face of the other party changed.

Before the man could express anything, Ethan Jones had already looked away from him.

He looked at the woman who spoke 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 fire me at any time for any reason or for no reason. Directly terminate the employment relationship between the company and the employees, but this does not mean that you can fire me indiscriminately."

"I admit that I sent Nolan Bushnell an invitation letter for our company's new product launch 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 is 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 such an excuse to lose the compensation I deserve."

Ethan Jones' tone was calm, and there was even a smile on the corner of his mouth when he spoke.

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

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

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

They thought that this was an easy job, because the notorious deeds of Ethan Jones had been spread in the company for a long time, but the original boss was kind and didn't bother him.

But no one thought that when they really started talking, this guy was as smelly and hard as those rednecks!

Ah no!
It's the same as the group of WASPs on the east coast!
The surface is gentle!

Glancing at her companion, the angry look of the other party made the woman put away her communication thoughts, and said directly: "Oh, Mr. Jones, I understand your mood at the moment, and I can even understand your starting point when you speak. Everyone has self-protection Instinct, when encountering troubles, always seek results in a good direction, but this is not a reason for you to make trouble for no reason."

"Do you think that if you are not at fault, you are really not at fault?"

"Not really."

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

"Then sue me directly!"

Before the woman could finish speaking, Ethan Jones spoke.

"What?"

The blond woman thought she had heard wrong.

Ethan Jones, on the other hand, leaned back, spread his hands, and raised his legs.

The face was full of ridicule, "I said—" he stretched his voice, "Since you keep saying that I have caused huge losses to the company, then go easy and go directly to the court to sue I!"

"Just right, I also want to stand in 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 that by cleaning up the old employees, the company can quickly obtain book profits to reflect its own value."

"There is no problem with this kind of behavior, or in other words, many companies do this, but they will not try to save employees' severance funds like you, because this is illegal."

"California's employee employment law stipulates that all companies must notify employees in advance before firing employees, and must pay compensation according to the employee's working time. If you want to save even these, then I can only seek help from the union Now, I think, my workers' union would love my complaint very much."

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

"Philips in Holland?"

Having said that, Ethan Jones paused, raised the corners of his mouth, and smiled confidently at the two of them.

"When Liben's auto industry had a huge impact on us in America, can I think that your dismissal of me is a capital invasion led by Philips in the Netherlands? If not, can you explain your current behavior? "

"When I told the media about the fact that I was laid off and couldn't get compensation, would they think that foreign capital was running rampant? They didn't seem to be prepared to abide by our American laws? After all, you are clearly breaking the law now. "

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

"If this is the case, then I have to apply for assistance from the American Legal Services Company, which was just established last year, or do you still want me to send a letter of appeal to the affirmative action organization in San Francisco? Tell them, I feel here. discriminate?"

Having said that, Ethan sat upright, straightened his suit collar, and then continued: "Although I am a biological white person, I respect human beings of all skin colors and their right to speak. "

"All men are created equal!"

"..."

The continuous words made the faces of the man and woman twitch.

And when the declaration of 'all men are created equal' appeared, the man who joked about Dr. King frowned even more.

Although Ethan Jones did not vent his anger hoarsely, his calm tone made people even more frightened.

They looked at Ethan Jones for a while, and finally chose to give in.

"Okay, Okay, Okay, Mr. Jones, please calm down, we just made a joke for you." The blond woman brushed her hair by her ears.

Then he said: "You have worked in the company for three years. According to the company's compensation plan, we will compensate you for four months' wages, and 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 blond woman took a breath and was silent for two seconds. After seeing Ethan Jones' unusual persistence, she still agreed to the plan.

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

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

"I won't miss you!"

The man wrote a note to Ethan Jones with a gloomy expression, "Go to the finance department and get the check!"

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

However, when he left the meeting room, he turned around and added, "Sir, there is one thing I want to reiterate."

"This is not your home, and I don't take your money."

"So please be happy."

"Oh! SXXt!" The man couldn't bear the ridicule one after another.

He wanted to yell.

"Oh!"

But the only response to him was the closed door.

Looking at the shadow passing under the venetian blind, the man angrily threw down the documents on the table.

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

The sharp voice faintly entered Ethan Jones' ears, but he didn't pay attention to it. Instead, he nodded to his former colleagues outside with a smile on his face, and walked towards the company's financial department go.

Relying on the dismissal note issued by the Human Resources Department, I received my own compensation.

After that, he left the company directly.

As soon as he went out, he was greeted by the warm sunshine of California in April.

The golden light made Ethan Jones squint his eyes.

Looking back, the door with its back to the east made the company logo hidden in the shadow look very clear——

Magnavox.

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　　Note: ① Odyssey: The world's first commercial home game console, born in 1972. ②Nolan Bushnell: The founder of Atari, created the era of electronic arcades. ③at-will: at-will employment, the employment can be terminated at will, unless there is a contract or other written agreement, the employment relationship between the employer and the worker is basically based on their own free will. ④America Legal Services Corporation: This is a national legal aid organization established by the US Senate. ⑤Magnavox: Miravox, a US electronics company, released the world's first commercial home game console. Excluding the game console, it is also a very good company. It is as famous as Polaroid in the 60s.

　　
　
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