Was I Wrongfulyl Termination in California?

Yesterday I inquired with a MGR from our sister branch my company has in the same building I in if it would be feasible to seek a transition to their branch. The MGR said he was fine with it & I told him I'd let him know if I wanted to move over to his branch on Mon.
Seems Iike he ran this request to his MGR, the DM, & he notified my manager of my request.
She asks me to go into her office, where she begins to complain that I should have asked her first & that I if I'm so unhappy I should "man up" & resign. Then she said the DM was not going to honor that request, due to subpar production #s, which I admit aren't as strong as they should be, but no written or verbal mention of this was recently made to me. She also said they suspected I along with another loan officer was brokering out leads, but that's false. I didn't resign & left.
Fiften minutes later she said in light of my request to be transferred they viewed it as me seeking other employment and fired me. Case?

No case. You can be fired for virtually anything that isn't race, religion, national origin, etc. even in California. Don't bother to cite the employment manual either. Just about all of them have language in them saying that it is not a contract.

Ouch. I don't know, but that sucks.

Sounds like one to me.

Not likely.
Its not right, but it happens.
You can consult with an attorney but it could cost you quite a bit of money to carry them to court. And then you might not win.
Chalk it up as a valuable learning experience and hit the pavement.

I would think that seeing as you were only seeking a transfer to a sister branch of the same company and not seeking other employment you may have a case. The Mgr seems to have taken offense that you bypassed her and went straight to the ohter office to ask for the transfer. You may need to talk to a lawyer first but did you mean she said you were right or as you spelled it light in you request? If she said you were right then she may have used it you looking for other employment as an excuse. Besides if you didn't complain since when is it a terminating offense to look elsewhere for employment when you have a job. That sounds a bit like slavery to me.

yes they cant fire you for wanting to be transferred If you did your job and not been written up for anything then you can appeal her quest for firing you.

Nope. You typed 3 reasons by my count that she cited to fire you, so they would win by bringing those to court.