Then mull your options. Asking others for advice can help, but beware that friends and family are there to console you and won t be objective. Consider talking with more disinterested parties. Think about how you ve been damaged. Sure, your feelings have been hurt and you re angry, but that doesn t necessarily translate into legal damages.
Any damages start with lost wages and benefits as a result of being fired.
And if you land another job with comparable pay and benefits, it may make sense to forget about your firing and move on. If you think discrimination is a factor, there are federal and state laws in your favor. Well-known examples include prohibitions against discriminating on the basis of race, religion and sex. Another is age discrimination, which generally applies to persons over 40, and sometimes those with disabilities. But the law doesn t preclude an employer from firing someone who s in a particular category.