# So I just had my first Unemployment hearing - as the corporate suit

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-had-my-first-unemployment-hearing-as-the-corporate-suit/583346>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 26, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-had-my-first-unemployment-hearing-as-the-corporate-suit/583346 "2011-05-26T20:13:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-had-my-first-unemployment-hearing-as-the-corporate-suit/583346/21 "2011-07-27T19:08:30Z")

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> [@smee\_goan](#):
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> A principal at an elementary school was fired for calling students on her Facebook page.

Yeesh. Lousy judgement? yep. Should be spoken to? yep. Will have trouble convincing parents she cares in the future, thus reducing her efficacy? yep.

Worth firing? Hell no.

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**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-had-my-first-unemployment-hearing-as-the-corporate-suit/583346/22 "2011-07-27T20:35:52Z")

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> [@mmb1](#):
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> Question: is there any point in contesting this? From what I’ve heard, the states generally side with the employees.

In my dad’s experience (30+ years of running a 4-6 employee general store) it was always worth contesting if the employee’s statement indicated they lied to the first-level bureaucrat. He won probably 95% of his unemployment hearings.

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