terminated

I feel sorry for one of my friends. He just got axed from his job. What makes it worse is that it's his birthday tomorrow.

A super-salesman in an IT firm, he joined the company a little over two months ago. Last week a new VP for marketing came in. Even with no background in IT (her previous stints were in banking and shipping operations), her very close friend (the company owner) hired her. On her first week, she decided she didn't like my friend and axed him, after which she pulled in two people from the bank where she used to work.

My friend, whose status was on probation, couldn't do anything.

I really feel sorry for him. And to think I owe him 500 bucks.