I was let go with the explanation that I was not performing to expectations. I have been surpassing budget for over a year. I was in the service industry and complaints were way down, mainly compliments. I have never been told anything other that I was doing a good job and have never been disaplined. I was with the company 3.5 years and they gave me 6 weeks severance. I want to know if this is acceptable.

Thank you for reaching out to our firm.

Unfortunately, and generally speaking, a company can terminate an employee at any time and for any reason. However, that does not mean that they can do that without providing enough severance. To determine how much severance you may be entitled to, we will need more information you. In the mean time, though, we would invite you to use our severance pay calculator to get an idea what your entitlements may be (www.severancepaycalculator.com). Six weeks was likely too low.

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