My fiancé (22M) and I (23F) moved down from North Carolina in October for a new job he was hired for in Florida. When he finished the training program, we would be compensated $10K in moving expenses. Other candidates weren't offered the same amount. Avg is $2,500 and expected to finish the associate program in 6 months. He was laid off yesterday despite being the top performer. Set records, scored 100% on all tests.
They broke the news just before he graduated to account executive and would receive the moving bonus this month. At the time, his manager said he didn’t know why, but we’d be sent a document later. So, perhaps you can understand why we, our families and his coworkers are extremely confused. Up until the time we received messages from others on his team who were laid off later last night/this morning. The reasoning for others being laid off was not a fireable offense.
Right now, no document or reasoning has been provided. It's presumed that they aren't trying to cause panic in-house. Since Florida law doesn’t require reasoning, we likely will never get one. Currently applying to jobs and filed unemployment. Any opinion on this sucky situation?
TL;DR – Fiance was laid off yesterday before we were about to get our $10K moving bonus this month. Contract was signed saying once we completed his training program, we’d get this compensation. Company did not say it was a layoff but others are getting let go for reasons that aren’t a fireable offense. Anything we can do?