{
  "id": 17810924,
  "title": "My Manager Fired an Employee the Day After His Mother Died. Should He Still Be a Manager?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/my-manager-fired-an-employee-the-day-after-his-mother-died-should-he",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-02T14:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Inc.",
    "slug": "inc",
    "url": "https://www.inc.com/alison-green/my-employee-fired-someone-whose-mother-had-died-the-night-before/91414408"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "After an employee’s mother died, his manager went ahead with a planned termination. Alison Green weighs whether one callous decision makes him unfit to lead.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}