[Lindsey]

You need to have an excuse here too, unless it's on your probation period, and I think the receptionist was just coming up to the end of her probation period. Usually it's 3 months but I think some companies have it longer. If they just don't like you in that time, they can get rid of you.

I heard through the grapevine that with one guy, they wanted to fire him, so they were searching for a reason to fire him. They even went through his company email account, including backups of any emails he might have deleted. I guess they found something good enough.