This was likely a Business Decision

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Originally Posted by jkmaletic

Where did you get the impression that they simply fired him for just asking?

From the scenario that was posted, I got the impression that they felt he was asking for too much. They found his request unreasonable. They fired him.

ETA: It's like if you go to your boss and you say, "I'm really valuable to this organization and I deserve a considerable raise." Maybe it was presumptuous of you to ask, but typically, you'd expect the boss to either say "Yes" or "No." What you wouldn't expect is for the boss to say "You're fired!" If he/she does, then you were fired for asking, weren't you?

However, as I said in my post. I believe there's more to it than that in this case.