The “Great Recession” has been a Godsend for some companies that were looking for a reason to get rid of people they just didn’t like, but didn’t have a good enough reason to fire. They could just lay them off due to lack of work and blame it on the economy. It’s like a get out of jail free card for companies that feel they made a bad hiring choice or aren’t getting what they think they deserve out of a particular employee. It’s so much easier than confronting the employee and collectively working toward improvement. The question is if this should be allowed, or if there should be something stopping companies from discarding employees even though they have plenty of work.