Are most employees hired in VA “at-will employees?”

[Anonymous]

Since Virginia lost civil war the answer is yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's also expensive to fire people and hire new ones because you have to find the new ones, and train them. It's generally not in an employer's interest to fire people willy nilly. It may not always feel this way, but employers generally want their employees to succeed. The other reasons people have given are correct, as well. The at-will language is so that an employee who does get fired can't go to court and claim some sort of contractual relationship, like tenure.

Also--most normal people hate firing people. Unless you're a sociopath, it's really unpleasant to tell someone they no longer have a job.