“Employment at will” doctrine means that, an employee can quit a job whenever

he want to and for any reason and an employer can terminate an employee at
anytime for any or no reason, without notice. The employment at will doctrine
gives the employer the right not only to terminate the employees without notice or
cause, but also change their job duties, benefits, and compensation. And an
employee can quit his job without any notice or cause .

The essence of the ‘At Will Employment’ doctrine is to avoid wrongful

termination of employees and reduce employment lawsuits between employees and
employers.

The pros and cons of the “Employment At Will” doctrine may be described as
follows:
Pros:
 It helps the employer to fire the employee without justification.
 It provides the employees the flexibility to change jobs
 Employees can be promoted or can be changed to different positions in the
organization basing on their performances.
 Inefficient and revolting employees can be got rid of.
 Employers can be able to reduce the wages of their employees without any
proper reason.
Cons:
 Mostly the disadvantages are from the point of view of the employees as
there is lack of job security. They can be laid off for no proper reason.
 In the long run it may be disadvantageous to the employers as it may result
in large employee turnover which may increase the cost of training and
development as the company may not be able to retain its efficient
employees.
 It disturbs the employee belongingness or loyalty.they may not ready to
share their ideas for the improvement of the organization.