Re: Moved from NC to KC only to be fired on first day with C

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Damages for what?!

On 3/08/10, Daniel wrote:
> I was offered a job with cerner corp in Kansas City. I'm
> from Charlotte NC and basically we have put all of our
> savings into moving out here. We bought a house at the
> height of the housing bubble in 07 and now of course we owe
> more on it than its worth. So to sell it we have had to put
> $7500 into fixing it up and another $10,000 towards
> principal. It will likely cost us another $10000 in closing
> costs to get the house sold. My wife also quit her job to
> move out here. So, long story short we've put all of our
> eggs in the "cerner basket". Shortly before I started my
> first day of work I posted what I thought was an anonymous
> question on a site called yahoo answers asking if cerner
> would drug test me on the first day. On my first day after
> orientation HR reps came in and showed me that they had
> tracked down the post somehow and fired me on the spot with
> no regard for everything I had put into coming out here.
Now
> I am in danger of losing everything. Can I recover damages?
>