At US firms, fired employees typically have short meetings with their employer or HR manager on why they've been fired. They usually only have hours or days to pack their belongings and leave, Meyer said.
Part of the reason for this is the country's "at-will" employment contracts between workers and their companies. "At-will" contracts are those that allow employers to fire subordinates for any reason at any time, so long as it's not discriminatory.
The US is only one of a handful of countries where employment is at-will, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Another reason could be because US managers don't want to expose sensitive corporate information to fired employees who may reveal trade secrets out of anger, Meyer said.