History PlayingWith / GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity

** Mr Pointyhair adopts a new "Quantum Hiring Policy," where instead of hiring you and then firing you he just fires you ''first'' to save time.

** Bob wasn't that great a worker and his job wasn't a truly vital function, so firing him doesn't hurt that company in the long run.

* '''Inverted''': UltimateJobSecurity
* '''Subverted''': Bob is in Mr. Pointyhair's office, expecting a dressing-down and the phrase "you're fired". Instead, he only gets the dressing-down.

** Bob is fired, but the plot makes a point of showing his incompetence and/or misconduct first.

** "Let me guess ... I'm fired."
** "You lost your job again, Bob? All right, back to the want ads..."
* '''Implied''': Bob is a parody of the StandardFiftiesFather. He is presenting his résumé to a new company after the old one closed and he has a '''lot''' of date ranges with one company.

** Mr. Pointyhair decides to be a {{jerkass}} to his employees.

** Bob gets hired on by a complete MagnificentBastard, who points out that with one more firing, he'd be practically unhirable.
** Bob gets ample proof that he was fired purely because of Mr. Pointyhair's whims and launches a wrongful termination lawsuit aiming to fleece at least four figures out of the company and [[ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine get Mr. Pointyhair fired]].

** TropeCo/TropeCo has policies specifically against this in both directions. Not only do bosses need documented and valid reasons to fire someone their rules call for never rehiring someone fired for proper cause.
** TropeCo/TropeCo's human resources department has the policy of doing an extensive investigation regarding whether employees have become incompetent at their job assignments or have committed serious misconduct, which they roll out every time Mr. Pointyhair arrives to order them to fire Bob. After the fifth time that Mr. Pointyhair almost [[HoistByHisOwnPetard got fired himself]] because they nearly discovered that he wanted to fire Bob because he didn't choose his daughter to win the local beauty pageant (because HR also has a zero-tolerance policy regarding abusing company resources), he backs down.

* '''Exploited''': Bob gets hired on by a complete MagnificentBastard, who points out that with one more firing, he'd be practically unhirable.

** Bob gets wind that he's about to be fired for a meaningless reason. Feeling he has no incentive to do a good job, he decides to run out his tenure at TropeCo/TropeCo by [[TheSlacker neglecting his duties]] ... or by sabotaging the company actively.

** To Deconstructed 4: Mr. Pointyhair finds out about this and fires Bob for a perfectly legitimate reason.

* '''Played for Laughs''': Bob's résumé is shown. The employment history alone would kill a tree if printed.

** Mr. Pointyhair tries to fire Bob, only to find out Bob doesn't work for him. So, he hires Bob for the sole purpose of immediately firing him.

** Bob's repeated firings are indicative of his lack of desire to work with others.

* '''Zig-Zagged''': Bob is fired from his job for something inconsequential, then promptly rehired for something equally inconsequential. Then he's fired again, and rehired again, possibly for good reasons this time. The sequence continues until neither Bob nor Mr. Pointyhair is certain whether Bob still works here.

** Bob is fired, but the plot makes a point of showing that he was a pretty bad employee first.

** TropeCo/TropeCo's Human Resources department has the policy of doing an extensive investigation regarding whether employees have become incompetent at their job assignments, which they roll out every time Mr. Pointyhair arrives to order them to fire Bob. After the fifth time that Mr. Pointyhair almost [[HoistByHisOwnPetard got fired himself]] because they nearly discovered that he wanted to fire Bob because he didn't choose his daughter to win the local beauty pageant (because HR also has a zero-tolerance policy regarding abusing company resources), he backs down.

** Bob gets wind that he's about to be fired for a meaningless reason. With no incentive to do a good job, he decides to run out his tenure at TropeCo/TropeCo by [[TheSlacker neglecting his duties]] ... or by sabotaging the company actively.

** The repeated firings eventually teach Bob a valuable lesson, and he starts to build the crucial skills he needs to last at a job.

** To Deconstructed 2: Rather than hire Bob as a full-time employee, TropeCo/TropeCo brings him on as a (frequent) consultant when they need his expertise. This way Bob can still work at the company while everybody understands he isn't expected to be there indefinitely.