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That's what at-will employment means. Really he was fired for crossing the power structure of the office, which is always a disaster even if it's a secret power structure.

Sounds like they work at a big old company with lots of layers of middle management. I can't imagine a startup with a lunch thief being able to be realistically hidden.

I mean, they fired the HR person who did it because of this. Turns out they were sleeping with the food thief.