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December 2, 2020 18 mins

This may sound familiar to some of you: you’re diligently preparing for a routine evaluation with your boss. You step into their office and an HR rep is there too. What’s going on? Before you have time to digest what’s happening, your boss is telling you that you’re being terminated. What just happened? You never saw this coming. You’re confused. And, you’re angry. Now, security is escorting you out of the building like a criminal. What are your rights? What should you do next?

On this episode of Walking Papers podcast, Attorney Josh Van Kampen takes us inside the mind of your company and tells you not only what to expect during a termination meeting, but how to be prepared, how to conduct yourself, what to do, and what not to do, after a termination meeting.

Attorney Josh Van Kampen tells us that he used to represent companies so, from his experience in the field; he explains why companies choreograph these termination meetings down to the last detail Todays talk aims to give you an insight on the best ways to approach meetings like these.

Highlights From the Episode:

  • What to expect during a termination meeting (3:00)
  •  Additional dark motives employers bring to termination meetings (3:52)
  •  How to turn the tables on your employer in a termination meeting by deploying Attorney Van Kampen’s R.A.W. strategy (5:58)
  •  Do I really have to submit to the security escort “walk of shame?” (10:52)
  • To record or not to record your termination meeting? (14:40)
  • How you can leverage your co-workers’ contemporaneous reactions to the termination for your lawsuit (16:19)

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The Walking Papers is a bi-weekly podcast by Van Kampen Law, a plaintiff-side employment law firm based out of Charlotte, NC, this podcast aims to give listeners, who are on the wrong side of some sort of situation at work, practical advice on how to turn the tables on their employers. This podcast is just an educational resource. It does not constitute legal advice and is no substitute for consulting an employment attorney about your unique situation before making legal decisions. Visit our website for more online resources and videos at NCemploymentattorneys.com, or better yet, call (704) 247-3245 for a free initial intake interview so Van Kampen Law can evaluate your case.

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