Ryan Bevard was in the field getting one veteran off the streets and another from surfing his parents’ couch when the termination email hit his server.
He did not know the name of the person who fired him on the spot without, he said, so much as a “thank you for your service.”
What he did know was that his 11-month career as a Veterans Affairs assistant social worker was over because his performance, someone with the title of “Chief Human Capital Officer” wrote, “has not met the burden to demonstrate that your further employment at the Agency would be in the best public interest.”…