Timbiat

That username could be taken two ways. I definitely took it the wrong way at first.

This might sound stupid, because I don't know shit about science and medicine, but if you shake your head around do you feel it rattle around now or did they fill it with something to keep a tight fit?

That was when it was a primitive, small operation. Early on they borrowed hundreds of thousands of dollars from his parents to really get it going. Certainly paid off for them to take the chance on their kid, as I believe a lot of the family had stock when the company went IPO.

That's not exactly how that works. They can fire you at any time, but there are a ton of things they can't give as the reason for firing you. The thing here is, she gave a reason. She didn't just say, "We've made the decision to let you go" and left it at that.

A good example of this would be, if you fired someone because they were black, and told them that, it would be an open and shut case in court. If you fired them and just said it was a reduction in workforce, or didn't give a reason, then it's not so open and shut.

So it's not just because they can fire anyone for anything. There are things that are protected. The only thing protected from a medical standpoint is taking FMLA, I'm pretty sure. So as long as he wasn't protected by that, it's just not one of those things.

EDIT: And disabilities. You can't fire someone for a disability. I don't even pretend to know if or how that factors into cancer.