> Every US company I've worked at (and that's always been in at-will states) has not made it easy to get rid of people.
That's an internal choice they do, to avoid having a reputation of a company that fires people any second (but then you have companies like netflix which take pride in having that reputation, but make up for it by paying more).
However, it's very different from European companies where these processes are (often) driven by laws. In the US there are no employee protection laws (aside from protected classes) so even if the company has a rigorous internal process, they could at any second override it if someone high up says so and you'll be fired in the blink of an eye.
That's an internal choice they do, to avoid having a reputation of a company that fires people any second (but then you have companies like netflix which take pride in having that reputation, but make up for it by paying more).
However, it's very different from European companies where these processes are (often) driven by laws. In the US there are no employee protection laws (aside from protected classes) so even if the company has a rigorous internal process, they could at any second override it if someone high up says so and you'll be fired in the blink of an eye.