Employer-employee relations are totally skewed in the favor of employers.
This to such an extent almost any BS can be grounds for firing someone on the spot.
This costs the employer little to nothing and the employee quite a lot, sometimes everything.
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"Why would internet mobs do this," totally misses the point that largely, they didn't.
A single investor complaint can have the same result, sometimes even less.
You live or die at the caprice of your masters.