Actually, that's illegal in all fifty states. But try proving your boss gave you a deliberately false bad reference in a court of law ... Alice could just beat the tar out of PHB 'til she gets what she wants, she's totally capable. Say, there's an idea for a future strip - Alice fights, tortures and intimidates her way to the top of the company until she's brought down by something even her pure aggression can't defeat - and you know what that is, right?