2006-12-19 04:01:25 · 4 answers · asked by concerned 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
Depends on the laws of your state. Generally speaking, however, new employees are considered "at will" for a certain period of time -- 90 days to one year -- and during that time an employer can terminate your employment without having to show cause in most cases. In the situation you describe, you'd have a hard time prevailing in court against your employer because as an employee you're pretty much bound to do whatever your employer tells you to do as long as it's not illegal, immoral, unethical, or unreasonable. Writing out your goals clearly does not fall into any of those four categories. If I was your boss, I would question not only your ability to do what you're told but also your motivation to better yourself and my business.
2006-12-19 04:12:04 · answer #1 · answered by sarge927 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What kind of goals?
Job related goals, then yes, you can get in trouble if they have a program that tries to set and determine goals. If you have no goals for the company then why are you working there? That would be the way I would look at it as an employer. This is not an end all response to this part. As an employer, I would look at many different factors before I decided to do anything.
Personal goals, probably not. Well, the company can try but they would be opening themselves up to a lawsuit. They would have to show how a person not sharing personal goals with the company impacted the person's performance with the company. Kind of a legal sticky bog thing. Not pretty for anyone involved in it.
2006-12-19 12:06:21 · answer #2 · answered by A.Mercer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In most countries, the laws are heavily weighted in favor of the employer. An employer usually may legally fire a worker for any reason (except certain prohibited ones, such as your race), or for no reason. You don't have a defence from being fired unless you can, in a court case, make it seem that you were fired for a prohibited reason. This sometimes works even if you were not really fired for that reason.
2006-12-19 12:09:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you were directed to do something job-related and refused to do it, then sure, you can be fired for that.
In most places at least in the US, employees are considered at-will which means they can be fired even without a reason, unless it's due to such things as their race, religion, age....
2006-12-19 14:59:09 · answer #4 · answered by Judy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋