I was working for a company in Idaho doing their social media marketing. I have been there since July. I created their ads and social media content out to February and I was told on multiple occasions that I was doing well. (I didn't know what I was doing when I first got there)
I asked if I could go full remote since many of the people at the company did full remote, and I was told I would get an answer yesterday. Well in the meeting they told me I was getting fired. They said I had bad attendance and that I didn't meet deadlines. I was confused because I had only heard good things about my work recently and management was singing my praises. While they weren't wrong about bad attendance, (that said I missed a lot of days and clocked in late a lot) I still got my work done. I also remember hearing we could somewhat choose our hours and I'm not joking when I say that my team lead would miss at least a day a week. Everyone was always “calling out sick” and they always said that we should put our health first so I did take a few mental health days, but I always made sure my work was done. I never missed “deadlines” because they never really gave me any. I actually had social media content built and its set to launch automatically till Feb. I also had ads built and it didn't need much work, doesn't help they had everyone create a document or video on how their job is performed so that “if any of us left out of nowhere someone could pick up where we left off) . I was pretty caught off guard so I went immediately into my ads and social account to take screenshots of my work (for future employment but also I kind of wanted to delete everything) but I had already been locked out of everything.
My team lead apparently didn't find out till the same day, and she argued for me to at least get a severance package. I was told I would be payed out the rest of Dec (1,500$ before tax) if I signed a document saying I wouldn't sue and such. Ask me question if you have any because I don't know what to do or if I even have any options. Do I qualify for unemployment? does this sound like a lawsuit? I don't know what to do. Luckily my parents are letting me move back in, and my brother might have gotten me a warehouse job that actually pays BETTER than my marketing job. So part of me wants to let it go and walk, what should I do?