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I’m very sorry about this. You should look for another job. But make stink about this - write a letter to local congressman, senators and newspapers. It’s ok to hire and fire at will, but it should be not ok for Amazon to do this. A months pay is a spit in the face- they could have let you known upfront; it’s not like recession happened last night. You shouldn’t suffer for their mistake.

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I think U.S. expats (still citizens but living abroad) have largely found that their U.S. representatives aren't interested in their problems.

I've heard this in relation to banking (FATCA), and perhaps also regarding non-reciprocity of driving licenses.

So I'm guessing they'd be even less interested in the plight of a non-voter.

> It’s ok to hire and fire at will, but it should be not ok for Amazon to do this.

I mean, this seems to be self-contradictory.

"We don't want to have rules around hiring and firing! We just want companies to be good!"

If there are no rules against particular abuses of labor, large, unethical companies will commit those abuses, especially if it makes things more convenient for them or someone can argue that it saves 0.03¢.

It should not be considered to be OK to hire and fire at will.

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