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A job is not forever. Whether due to changing career goals, personal mistakes, or lousy management, virtually everyone experiences what it's like to say goodbye to their employer sooner or later. So when Reddit user Sometimes_Cleaver posted the question "Why did you get fired?" on the platform, they received a range of funny and infuriating stories that illustrate the chaotic reality of the modern workforce. One thing's clear, though: don't underestimate how quickly bosses can turn "I'm just trying to be honest" into "please pack your things."
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#1
The new shop manager was openly racist and the HR manager fired me because she was tired of being informed every time I got called cracker or honkey.
The opening arguments for my suit will be laid out in August- wish me luck.
Rebecca Joan 1 year ago
I would have just laughed in his face, Cracker and Honky are the most ridiculous “slurs” I ever heard. But I suppose if it was constant it would start to get on my nerves.
Hoi-Polloi 1 year ago
It's not the dictionary definition of the word -- after all, the dreaded "n-word" comes from English-speakers trying to say the innocuous Spanish word for "black" -- it's that people *use* the word as a slur and it's used with intent to hurt people's feelings. Heck, yesterday's approved name for an ethnic group can be tomorrow's slur. This has happened many times.
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Robert Beveridge 1 year ago
In a just society, luck would not be needed. But as we live on this planet, all the luck in the world to ye.
Beth Wheeler 1 year ago
Sue them to hell and back and the place burns itself out from the lawsuit.
Melody 1 year ago
This stuff is all from Reddit. This particular comment is from six months ago. They posted this update in response to their comment 4.5 months ago: “ Major Update I finally got a settlement offer I can work with- specifically I'm going to be opening a business that'll work hand in hand with my side hustle. And as part of it the HR manager has been fired as well.”
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#2
I was tasked with washing something that would have 100% electrocuted me. I refused. They fired me. Then asked another employee to do it. They were electrocuted. Sued into oblivion and the place is gone now. Missed my chance for a big payout but eh... didnt nearly die.
The Other Guest 1 year ago
If this one takes place in the US, then the money was most definitely spent paying off the medical bills.
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Papa 1 year ago
You're correct, but it's a mistake that's easy to make. In fact, one definition I found said it could also mean severe injury caused by electric shock (all the others agreed with you).
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According to Heather O'Neill, a career expert from Resume Now—an online platform that provides useful tools and resources to job seekers—if you find yourself facing the challenge of being fired, remember that it’s an opportunity to regroup and move forward stronger than before.
"Start by reflecting on what happened and why," O'Neill told Bored Panda. "Understanding the situation clearly will help you identify areas for growth and create a plan to avoid similar issues in the future. This self-awareness is the foundation for rebuilding your career."
Next, she said, you need to refresh your resume to highlight your most recent role and, more importantly, your accomplishments. "Employers are looking for more than just a list of job responsibilities—they want to see measurable achievements," O'Neill added.
"Use bullet points to showcase the impact of your work, such as the number of clients you served, projects you completed, or goals you exceeded. Include any professional successes that demonstrate your value and set you apart."
#3
I got fired because I got cancer, and after the chemo I wasn't as sharp.
America, the land of the free, baby.
Robert Beveridge 1 year ago
One of my exes spent thirty-odd years at the same company. Had a stroke a year or so before retirement. The insurance company(!!) she worked for, immediately upon finding out there was no chance of her recovering, fired her in order to get her off their med insurance. Had she not had a dedicated team of people who knew disability paperwork inside out, and who were literally willing to fight that company's attempts to get her off their insurance every single week, she would have been tossed out into the street to fend for herself despite being unable to move or talk. Unfortunately, this is par for the course here in America.
Load More Replies... Beth Wheeler 1 year ago
I know a lady that was out on FMLA for knee surgery and the company fired her in week 11 out of 12 which is illegal. They said she had done a bunch of stuff wrong which is total BS. They had somebody in there that was cheaper than Terri. Wellll Terri and her husband got a lawyer, the company agreed to not fight disability for her and she got a bunch of money out of it.. and the cheaper chick only lasted about a year because she was embezzling from the company.
Robert T 1 year ago
This is difficult and there are limits as to how far a company can "carry" an employee. I went though cancer treatment twice and my employer was brilliant - they let me take as much time as I needed and paid me full wages whilst I was off. When I came back to work the first time, I was pretty much at full strength and able to do my job. When I came back the second time, I wasn't, as I'd been in a hospital bed for 7 months. I started with a few hours a week setting up trianing rooms with the idea being that I work my way back to consulting work again over time. I was let go as they stopped doing training. You could say this was short-sighted on their part, but it took another couple of years before I was up to going out on consulting work. They can't be expected to "carry" you forever, but they do have to make reasonable adaptions to let you continue your job if that is possible.
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 1 year ago
Conversely, I've just had a tooth extracted under local anaesthetic, boss said to take it easy, but I decided to just pop into the office for an hour or so because there were things I wanted to do. Boss was pleased to see me, said I didn't need to be here but it was good of me to do so, and that he would take my insistence that I'm good to work tomorrow with a pinch of salt. Of course this isn't the US...
Jonas Fisher 1 year ago
To be fair, it's also "America, where lawsuits like this are possible."
Sunny Day 1 year ago
I'll be the bad guy here - you got fired because you couldn't do the job. Cancer, stroke, car accident - sucks, but doesn't matter. What matters is that you weren't able to do the job you were paid to do. Did you think they would keep paying you and hire another person to do your job?
Kristin 11 months ago
I worked in a hospital and ended up having emergency surgery. Was admitted into same hospital i worked in and was let go cause I missed too many days and didn't find someone to cover my shift!!!! I worked ER and it's always chaotic but to let someone go for something out of their control is beyond me. Colorado is an at will state.
#4
Came in to do some mechanic work on my day off. I fixed small engines on go karts, taught by my friends dad. My main job was running the go karts but on my off days I’d come in for OT and to keep up on the maintenance of the cars.
The manager that day saw me working on go carts and told me to take over for whomever was running the carts that day. I told her I was there to fix some karts and do some regular maintenance as it was my off day. She told me she didn’t have the people to watch karts today and she needed me to do it. I had to explain that wasn’t my problem as I was there on my off day. She escalated and told me to go run the karts or I could leave and not come back. I finished the kart I was working on and left.
The general manager called me the next day and invited me in for a meeting where I got my job back, got an apology from the manager who fired me, and I got to watch the manager who fired me get fired after apologizing to me. It was wonderful.
I worked there 2 more years in the highlight of my teen years.
Penguin Panda Pop 1 year ago
This story confused me. Was the OP on paid overtime or not? If you're getting paid, then you should probably do whatever is a reasonable requirement during the normal hours. If you're not getting paid then, don't do that. Never do that. Never work for a company for free.
BewilderedBanana 1 year ago
If i understood correctly, OP was on paid overtime but that overtime was specifically for mechanical works/repairs and not for what his main job was (running the go karts). I had something similar a few jobs back where i would work overtime in weekends but only on a specific task (covering for someone else when he was away) and was not expected (or asked) to do any other tasks while on overtime.
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Ron Man 1 year ago
A lot of this is head shaking, meaning it makes no sense. If you're working on your day off for OT, it doesn't matter what YOU came in to do. Meaning, your company is still paying you to do what they need you to do. You don't become your own boss and get to do whatever you want that day, like this poster seems to be suggesting.
Tom Brincefield 1 year ago
Unless that was the specific work he was assigned to do for that time.
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Wouldn't sleep with 2 of the 3 managers. I was 16. They were grown men.
Shannon Donnelly 1 year ago
Depending on when/where this took place, a lawsuit would have been, unfortunately and disgustingly, pointless. Even 20 (maybe even 10?) years ago a case like this could and would have been easily laughed out of court, and the amount of stress put upon this poor teenager would have been overwhelming to say the least.
Load More Replies... Livingwithcfs 1 year ago
Everyone assuming she slept withtge third one aren't taking into account that the third manager may have been a decent human being and not sexually harrasd her. Everyone seems to thinking she as a 16 year old was sexual active and therefore she carries some on the blame.. no where does she say anything except 2 or the 3 managers sexually harassed a 16yr okd and then she got fired for saying no
Robert Beveridge 1 year ago
This raises some serious questions about the other 33.3% of the managerial team and their relations with the OP
SweetCheesySpaghetti 1 year ago
Hopefully that third manager didn't want to sleep with her and therefor wasn't a problem
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O'Neill believes it's also a good idea to ping your professional contacts.
"Now’s also the time to lean into your professional network. Reach out to former colleagues, mentors, or industry contacts to let them know you’re on the market," she explained.
"Networking can open doors to opportunities you might not find otherwise, and personal referrals can go a long way in securing interviews. Plus, when you land your next role, in some cases these contacts can serve as professional references."
And, of course, start preparing yourself for future interviews—especially the inevitable question, “Why did you leave your last job?”
Practice a professional, positive response highlighting lessons learned and enthusiasm for new opportunities. If you stay proactive and focused, O'Neill said, you’ll soon advance in your career.
#6
My dad was dying and the company didn’t want me spending so much time helping him. I offer to have my dad die at a more conducive time for them but they didn’t take that well so I changed my number in the company directive to a local pizza shop and got things in order.
Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
Worked for an auto supplier. Mom died on a Saturday, called the supervisor before flying out. He assured me to take what time was needed to grieve and get everything set up for my sis to be executor of Mom's estate. Called a week or so later to let HR know I would be back in a week or so. "Ok...we'll TRY to hold your job"...(10 years seniority in a union shop). Called no one else, and when I returned I slapped my Mom's death cert on the person's desk..."THAT good enough???" Couldn't even look me in the eye.."yes, that's fine"
nottheactualphoto 1 year ago
"I'm sorry that my mother's death is inconvenient for the company. Next time she dies, I will try to be more considerate."
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MotherofGuineaPigs 1 year ago
My dad was dying. They got me a laptop with all the links so I could work remotely (this was in the 2000s). They both had parents that passed from cancer. They let me be there for him.
Robert Beveridge 1 year ago
Pizza shop? Might as well go the extra mile and use the number of a funeral home...
#7
Not me, but my favorite nursing assistant was fired because she couldn't figure out how to apply for FMLA so that she could get off work and receive chemo. She was just old and computer stuff really confused her, but she was a phenomenal Aide. They let her work her full shift then fired her. She had just applied to nursing school using our program to pay for it. I quit a month later. The fact that they didn't have someone from HR sit down with her and show her how before it got to that point disgusted me.
Ron Man 1 year ago
By law all you have to do is ask for the (paper) form from HR and give it to your doctor to fill out and return.
Glenn Cuneo 1 year ago
HRs' sole purpose is to protect whatever company they work for. Do not trust anyone from "HR"
RagDollLali 1 year ago
My company's hr woman is generally useless but the one good thing she did was suggesting and helping me sign up for FMLA during maternity leave
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Elizabeth Mellisa 1 year ago
The chemotherapy doctor's office should have been the one's to help her.
Lila Allen 1 year ago
Our HR manager quit for a better job and she stayed late her last day just to fill out my FMLA. That OP worked for monsters.
Nicola Roberts 1 year ago
UK. A colleague had a fall and broke multiple bones (not at work) but it was serious enough to keep her in hospital for months before she could start slow recovery at home. Under the glossy website of work benefits was listed Income Protection for long term sickness. My colleague wasn't aware because EVERYTHING we do is via our laptops which she wasn't using and even when I provided her with all the information she needed, HR didn't know how it worked and how she should claim it. It's easy to have a pop at the US when it comes to healthcare/workers rights but sadly they're not the only ones.
Nils Skirnir 1 year ago
USA. And this is the kind and gentle version of USA. Wait until Trump eliminates all protections
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Ruth Watry 11 months ago
I hate how most HR departments are there for the employer and no the employee. I was out on medical for a year, and although I had disability insurance through work, they did not help me when the long term disability kept turning me down. I had to re-fi my house and double my interest rate.
BookFanatic 1 year ago
I've had my fair share of experience with FMLA, but the first time I had to do it I was overwhelmed. Luckily my library is full of amazingly smart people who offered to help.
#8
District manager emailed the whole store giving us a (large) list of tasks to complete before Black Friday. Jokingly, I simply typed "No." and showed my co-worker, just to get a cheap laugh. I was obviously not going to send that.
Before I could react, my co-worker reached over and hit "send". My heart dropped and I got a phone call later that evening saying I wasn't a team player, I was refusing a "direct order from a superior". I tried to explain it was a joke and that I accidentally hit send, then I got berated for "not taking the job seriously".
Looking back it was a blessing in disguise. It was the last Thanksgiving with my brother before he passed.
Corwin 02 1 year ago
and that is why you do not fill in the address line before you are done, even on replies
Tabitha 1 year ago (edited)
Or show things like that to idiot a*****e coworkers.
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Ivo H 1 year ago
It would be enough to write "problem" in second message, maybe with en explanation that I accidently hit enter after first word. Or just delete the message. Or like 100 different methods of deal with this situation. Just waiting for the consequences is probably the worst possible thing to do.
Understanding the statistics might also help you stay positive. While many of these stories belong to the extreme end of the spectrum, the phenomenon itself isn't rare. In fact, according to a report by Intoo and the Harris Poll, 40% of Americans have been laid off or terminated from a job at least once in their lives.
However, nearly half of employed Americans (48%) suffer from layoff anxiety. One-third of them say it's because they fear a pending recession (34%), while slightly smaller shares cite rumors around the office (32%), or a recent round of layoffs at their workplace (30%).
#9
I was 16 and working at an Ace Hardware as an after-school/weekend job. One of my responsibilities was taking out the trash at the end of the night. One evening, I was closing with another guy who was a long-time employee. He said he would get the trash and that I could go home.
Come in the next day to boss waiting for me. Says, "WonManBand, how come trash wasn't taken out last night?"
I respond that other employee said he'd do it and told me go home. Boss says that's not what other employee is saying, says I was supposed to do it and just left. I disagree, get fired.
Over 20 years later, still salty. Didn't even like that job but f**k you, John.
Edit: John is the co-worker, for clarity.
Ivo H 1 year ago
Probably the reason why he was the long-term employee. Just always frame the new guy for everything.
Tabitha 1 year ago
More like, who was John related to, f*****g, or lifelong friends with, or what kind of dirt did he have on the owner, manager, or franchisee?
Load More Replies... B 1 year ago
Had something similar happen . I worked as a shampoo girl at a hair salon. I was 15 & could not drive. One of the women that worked there as a stylist & just did not like me, commented on my clothes hair etc all the time, called me & said I needed to come in on my day off. My mom dropped me on her way to work. I get there & the owner says why are you here I said Sue called & said you needed me to come. She said we don't need you today we are slow. Sue said I never called her! ( this was before cell phones so no proof) I walked the 3 miles home & never went back to that job again. F you Sue you were a 40 year burnt out divorcee & I was just a kid. YOU could have taught me the ropes instead of being a Bi@#h
KatSaidWhat 1 year ago
Yeah was reminded of that when I joked about something and had to explain to my direct manager who already thought some of the story was missing.
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Got fired because my company hired replacements while I was recovering from Cervical Disc Replacement under workers comp, from an injury that happened while on the job, at that company.
Helena 1 year ago
Yes. But almost every state is a right-to-work state. Which means they can fire you for any reason. If they're actually firing you for an illegal reason, they'll just make up a legal reason and say that is why they're firing you instead.
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Lila Allen 1 year ago
US - hey employees getting illegally fired. Most employment lawyers work contingency so you don't have to pay unless you win. Start fighting back.
StumblingThroughLife 1 year ago
Wow, I won't assume where it happened, but whatever Country it was, the employees needs better workers' rights. Governments get paid to 'serve' the public ... yeah, I know that Govts actually don't look at it that way (when they get voted in).
Seadog 1 year ago
My son got terminated for reporting for military basic training. Needless to say the Army paid that employer a little visit. Really doesn't matter though. So they put him back on payroll but they can't hold his job and they had no openings so all it did was make him quit anyway.
Deb Bennett-Jónsson 1 year ago
I was fired from a job because I had carpal tunnel surgery. This was pre-approved time off. During my recovery (4 wks), I received a letter from the company that I had been fired due to the fact that I did not have enough sick time to cover my time off. I spoke to my work union and that is technically not legal here, but there is a loophole and this company is very good at using it and I was not the first victim. They were thinning out staff as they only wanted Scandinavian speakers and this was one ruse they would use, because they could not openly discriminate against us non-Scandinavians. Sweet part of this? The person in HR doing the firings, got fired herself a few months later.
#11
Changed my status to "available for work" inadvertently while job searching on linkedin. Was connected to HR at the firm and they saw it. I realized my mistake a couple hours too late but they saw it and let me go.
Honestly was the best thing ever. I started my own business after it happened a year ago and am thriving. Thanks, a******s!
Sky Render 1 year ago
It is. But the US is rapidly degrading back to the days where workers would be denied pay for their labor for arbitrary reasons. So it's not surprising.
Load More Replies... Robert Beveridge 1 year ago
NEVER, EVER, EVER have ANY connections to your current place of work on social media. Or, in the case of the useless pile of excrement that is LinkedIn, antisocial media.
Lila Allen 1 year ago
US - hey employees getting illegally fired. Most employment lawyers work contingency so you don't have to pay unless you win. Start fighting back.
Ruth Watry 11 months ago
I went to a job fair, and accidentally ran into my employer's HR people. When they asked me what I was doing there, I honestly told them what was going wrong in my job. We had 41 stores and I was one of their superstars, and things at work were immediately fixed (and others go into trouble).
tori Ohno 1 year ago
I got into an argument with a job recruiter about job hunting being a fireable offense. Yes little girl, it IS my right to job hunt, but it's also THEIR right to get rid of an employee who doesn't want to be there. It's not a legitimate reason, they have to pay your unemployment, but in an at-will state that's what they do.
Miriam Insidecor 1 year ago
Best to remove any connections from work on LinkedIn when you're considering looking for another job.
When you haven't been told to pack your things, it's best to focus on what you can control, especially during the first few months of establishing yourself within the company.
"This is your chance to build relationships, learn the ropes, and demonstrate your value," O'Neill commented about this critical period, providing seven tips for making the most of it:
Understand expectations: The career expert advised to take the time to clearly understand what’s expected of you in your role. "Establish open communication with your supervisor and colleagues, and don’t hesitate to ask questions if something isn’t clear," she said. "Regularly check in with your manager to ensure your priorities align with their goals and the organization’s objectives."
Be proactive: Enthusiasm and initiative are some of the most valuable features employers look for in their workers, so O'Neill suggested to show them off by "volunteering for tasks beyond your core responsibilities." She said, taking on additional challenges not only helps you learn more about the company but also demonstrates your commitment to contributing at a higher level.
Seek feedback: "Make a habit of asking for constructive feedback early and often. This shows that you’re open to improvement and have a growth mindset," the career expert explained. "If possible, schedule regular check-ins with your manager to discuss your progress, address challenges, and fine-tune your approach to tasks."
#12
Worked at a gun store for a minute in my 20s. Boss was in his late 50s, and his wife was about 5 years older than I was. As I was bending over to close the floor gun safe, the bosses wife complimented my butt. The bosses office door was open.
Fired the next morning, and he attempted to deny my unemployment claim. "Fired for cause!" "What cause?". "Because!".
Michael Largey 1 year ago
In situations like this, the Bible instructs us to turn the other cheek.
Deb Bennett-Jónsson 1 year ago
I worked at a well know big box store and a female supervisor bent over and an assistant general manager smacked her on the butt. He kept his job with no repercussions.
Brian Droste 1 year ago
If that was reverse the guy would have been fired for sexual harassment.
#13
I worked at a shelter for homeless teens. Admin staff were some of the most incompetent humans I've ever worked for. So incompetent one of our teens got r*ped.
I started raising hell because there was no accountability for the administration. They kept f*****g up and doing nothing when s**t like this would go down.
They scheduled a meeting to talk to me about "my concerns" while I was on vacation and then fired me for not showing up
Still makes my blood boil to think about it.
Lila Allen 1 year ago
US - hey employees getting illegally fired. Most employment lawyers work contingency so you don't have to pay unless you win. Start fighting back.
BeesEelsAndPups 1 year ago
It's a sweet thought, but I used to work for attorneys, and they would likely not take a case like this unless they thought they could win very quickly and cheaply. They prefer class-action lawsuits, as the risk vs reward ratio is more in their favor. You may need to find more employees who were similarly mistreated before an attorney would accept this.
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Reset Game 1 year ago (edited)
The Homeless Industry - where the only people who are truly succeeding from anything in the homeless industry are the companies, politicians and commercially branded homeless agencies
#14
Because I wouldn't let my boss at a new job put my name on a nasty email. I called her out and said I don't speak to people that way. She was awful. I was happy to see that pink slip in her hand a week later.
KatSaidWhat 1 year ago
I Blind copied my boss into a reasonable response to a really nasty personal attack from a client and they doubled down, so my boss got involved and told them that abusing staff is unacceptable and they need not return.
#15
The owner was from India. His son wanted Valentine’s Day off to go to a seven day wedding, but I already requested and had it approved. He crossed my name off the calendar and put his and told me if I wasn’t there I’d be fired. Expected me to pick up all his missing shifts the whole week. I picked up all his shifts, but I wasn’t there on Valentine’s Day. I was fired.
Barong 1 year ago
Nepotism is alive and well. It’s hard to have fairness and unbiased behavior when families work together.
tori Ohno 1 year ago
I recently quit a company like that. They were shocked 😲 I'd only been talking about wanting out you idiots!
Load More Replies... Dee Rutherford 1 year ago
Not your problem. Good riddance to that job. Hope you found something better.
Dolly_of TheCowboy 11 months ago
Yup and there is a wedding season as well where lots of these week long extravaganzas (when it is rich families involved trying to impress everyone) happen constantly. Mates who are from India will often take 6-8 weeks of leave and attend multiple ones in that time. The stories and gifts they come back with from them are wild. Similarly weddings in Middle Eastern cultures and some Mediterranean cultures where there can be 1000 people easily invited and the shebang is completely OTT because often it is more about the appearances to others and impressing people with displays of wealth than the actual couple getting married (again words from people I know or work with that are members of those communities). Keeps me in lots of good paying contract work covering those 6-8 weeks so I am all for it :)
Load More Replies...Be reliable: According to Resume Now's career expert Heather O'Neil, "consistency and dependability are critical in the early months[, so] arrive on time, meet deadlines, and deliver high-quality work. Being someone your team can count on will help establish your reputation as a reliable and trusted colleague."
Build relationships: Next, she suggests connecting with your team and other colleagues. "Introduce yourself, engage in conversations, and learn about their roles and how they contribute to the organization. Building positive relationships helps create a supportive network and fosters collaboration."
Learn the company culture: As you begin to familiarize yourself with the people around you, "observe how things are done, from communication styles to meeting etiquette," O'Neil said. "Adapting to the workplace culture will help you integrate seamlessly and demonstrate your understanding of the organization's values."
Focus on continuous learning: Lastly, take advantage of any training opportunities, tools, or resources that are available to you. "Demonstrating a commitment to personal and professional growth can set you apart early on," the career expert concluded.
As this viral discussion vividly illustrates, we can never be one hundred percent sure that we will retain our jobs for as long as we want to. However, we can improve our chances!
#16
I told them in March I’m taking a week off in May. May comes and they tell me they can’t approve it because we’re short staffed. I remind them that we were short staffed when everyone else took their vacations this year and didn’t complain, so come May 15th I’m outta here.
They acted weird for a week after I got back before dropping the news. Wasn’t even mad, I was part time consistently pulling 32-38 hours. Thinking of reporting them to the department of labor.
Panda-sized Potato 1 year ago
You should. They'll investigate and if they find something, punishment. If not, then no skin off your shoulders.
Lila Allen 1 year ago
US - hey employees getting illegally fired. Most employment lawyers work contingency so you don't have to pay unless you win. Start fighting back.
Apatheist Account2 1 year ago
I tried this, and they removed the fifth month from my calendar. I was dismayed.
#17
Reporting sexual assault to authorities when I was an exotic dancer and wouldn’t take the bribe offered to keep my mouth shut.
ElfVibratorGlitter 1 year ago
Wowwwww. Being a stripper doesn't entitle people to do what they want with your body.
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They hired me, didn't give me any work to do, then fired me for not doing any work despite me asking for things to do.
Addendum: I was a junior PR associate then. Since I had nothing to do, I spent the time monitoring the social media pages of our brands to get insight (this was under my then-superior's advice).
One of the reasons why they fired me was "you spend too much time on social media while at work".
The Scout 1 year ago
Unfortunately often people do not have an idea what others in their company are doing. I once worked at a company where the new Social Media Manager (!) needed nearly two weeks to convince the head of IT that he really, really needed access to facebook and youtube to do his job. The IT honcho said it would be unfair to unblock those for him when the rest of the team did not have access per policy so he spent all of the first weeks of his job exclusively sparring with IT instead of getting any work done.
David 1 year ago (edited)
I know someone who is her workplaces Digital Marketing Manager. Not only did they give her access to every social out there, they let her have subscriptions for all the metrics software, and more, so she could get the best feedback to their online marketing, as well as which social media accounts to offer partnership deals with. Her boss is a 70 year old man who has trouble using most tech, but told her "we hired you to handle this, tell us what you need, and we will get it, within the budget"
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#19
Boss apparently didn't know I had a lazy eye(but able to control it consciously)
I was at this job for 3 years without an incident.(Transporting materials)
Calls me in and asks me about my vision.
Tell him I'm legally blind in right eye, but have been driving since I was 10.
Said we can no longer continue with you being employed here.
Was so out of my mind, I didn't even think to lawyer up.
But FU them, their new driver " accidentally" pierced 4 vehicles with the long forks... Within 1 week.
FoxEcoLimaIndiaCharlieIndiAlfa 1 year ago
I'm curious if this was a liability thing and if OP was legally allowed to operate a vehicle/machinery, licensed. It sounds like another employee may have had something against you and said something about your eye/vision, to the boss. Either way it sounds like Karma worked her magic.
Tommy DePaul 1 year ago
I'm legally blind in one eye. I've had a driver's license in all 4 states I've resided in and have had many driving jobs.
Nathan Lewis 1 year ago
you've probably informed your employers about the blindness though
Load More Replies... Ron Man 1 year ago
A lot of this is "depends". In the US, you can have 1 bad eye and still be a licensed driver. But that doesn't mean you are legally able to transport things commercially, which it sounds like he was doing. It sounds like possibly the company didn't realize his eye issues and when they found out they had to let him go.
Scott Rackley 1 year ago
Probably this, mandated by their insurance company. I remember our lift drivers had to have a vision check, blood pressure check, and hearing check.
Load More Replies... Lila Allen 1 year ago
US - hey employees getting illegally fired. Most employment lawyers work contingency so you don't have to pay unless you win. Start fighting back.
Tom Brincefield 1 year ago
In the US, you can legally drive private vehicles with one eye, as long as it meets vision requirements. Commercial Drivers Licenses require a minimum of 20/40 in each eye to drive interstate. If you are legally blind in one eye, it's possible to get an exemption to drive commercially, but there are a lot of hoops to jump through. Different states may allow you to drive commercial vehicles within the state, even if your vision doesn't meet Federal DOT requirements. Sounds like this guy was driving forklifts, which have different rules in each state and possibly each company.
Sandra Angulo 1 year ago
Well they didn’t say “legally”. I was driving a beat up pickup around my uncles ranch to help out when I was about that age. Always supervised and had to drive verrrry slowly on the rough terrain, but yup I would drive. It was a stick shift too! I was so honored that my dad and uncle trusted me enough to help out that I was (and continue to be) hyper-vigilant while driving.
Load More Replies... #20
Back in highschool, I didn’t invite my 30 something year old manager to my underage drinking party. Fired the next shift at work during a rush.
Ron Man 1 year ago
Why would you tell your 30 something year old manager about your teen drinking party? Sounds like someone else learned a valuable lesson early on in their work life than later when it makes a bigger difference.
Sophia Athene 11 months ago
Maybe he was eavesdropping or simply overheard while OP talked about it to someone else.
Load More Replies... Robert Beveridge 1 year ago
If you fire a server during rush, you deserve the shellacking you are about to receive, amen and hallelujah.
Barong 1 year ago
I worked as a line cook in restaurants in highschool and was often invited to parties with the rest of the staff. I told my parent and went. I obviously couldn’t drink, but there were plenty of other non alcoholic options. I usually just drink water. The parties were fun. It was nice to see my colleagues in a different light as normal human beings. No ulterior motives, just hanging out.
Sami-Jo Ross 1 year ago
See, this is a catch-22. You either invite the manager and get fired for underage drinking, or you don't invite them and they do this.
#21
I put too many olives on a sandwich and got fired from Subway. On my first day.
Tabitha 1 year ago
I would imagine their training is not only lightning quick as if you’re already trained to make sandwiches their way even though you’re only 16 and have never had a job before, and extremely vague, like “Put a handful of olives on top” which actually means a child’s handful and not an adult’s handful, when they should actually say something more precise and universally understood, like “Put 1/4 cup of olives on top”. Almost like they hire people for no other reason than to set them up to fail. No wonder they’re always hiring but eternally short-handed.
Load More Replies... Ron Man 1 year ago
lol No. Nobody gets fired for putting on too many olives. You're talking about less than $0.02 of product at best. I think there's a lot more to this.
Heras buddy 1 year ago
No , that's being a petty a*****e. Just tell the person to be more careful next time.
#22
Worked at Rite Aid, some scammers came with stolen gift cards that were actually accepted by the system and they made a huge purchase, obviously I was suspicious and the manager approved the transactions. A month later, I was let go citing stating I wasn’t vigilant enough!
Michael Largey 1 year ago
"In baseball, they say "You can't fire the team, so you fire the manager." In business, it's the other way around.
Lila Allen 1 year ago
US - hey employees getting illegally fired. Most employment lawyers work contingency so you don't have to pay unless you win. Start fighting back.
Robert Beveridge 1 year ago
Rite Aid was the worst company I ever worked for. Left in 1992 and haven't set foot in one or any of its affiliates since.
Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
Nor will you..as Walgreens(parent company) shut 'em down
Load More Replies... Seadog 1 year ago
Thieves used to pick up a handful of cards, photo or write down the info, put them back and then watch it to see when money appeared. Now with the security field obscured, it makes it a bit more difficult. Never buy a gift card if the security code appears to be tampered with.
Dee Rutherford 1 year ago
That job was no loss. It could have let to fraud and you have had to take the fall.
#23
Got fired for quitting.
See, phones weren't allowed on jobsites. But, we were expected to call into dispatch before 5pm to get our next daily assignment. Buuuuuuut, we worked from 7a to 7p almost every day, so we couldn't call into dispatch. After being reprimanded for not calling in on time, I said "Ya know, this job isn't going to work out and I quit." Dispatcher said "You have no idea how stressful *you people* make things for me. You're fired, and no longer allowed to work for this agency!".
Rivka Ostroff 1 year ago
I also was once "fired" after r quitting. I told my manager I quit and she said no you don't quit I am firing you. Lol like that changes anything.
Pencil McGovern 1 year ago
It changes whether or not you can file for unemployment. [In the U.S., anyway.] Never quit if you can get them to fire you instead.
Load More Replies... Kelly Scott 1 year ago
I handed in my two-week notice once and about 9 days later was told by my manager that I could just take the last days off if I wanted. I knew I wouldn't get paid for them, but my commute was 6 hours a day, so I elected to not come in those last days. Imagine my surprise when I received a notice saying I had been fired for job abandonment by the same manager, but get this one: she had backdated the notice to the day I had handed in my 2-week notice. Long story short, HR changed that back real fast and I ended up getting my ex-manager fired. It's quite a story - I wish I had more room here to tell it.
Schmebulock 1 year ago
Sounds like a s****y job, but you had multiple breaks (legally required) where you could have called in.
Jeremy Bolanos 1 year ago
Back in my 20s, I worked for Manpower (RH&A). They sent me to a crappy job where I got yelled at the entire week. I told them on Thursday what was going on and I wasn't comfortable going back on Monday. They said if I don't show up they'd never place me with another company (fired from temping). I didn't go back, got a temp job through one of the other 10 agencies in town. A year later, they call offering me to temp for a company they'd placed me at before (did 2 months for someone on maternity leave) because they'd asked for me specifically. I reminded them they banned be from being placed again. She said, "we don't do that, we just say it to get people to stay on a job for the contract." I told her I would never work for them again. To this day I ignore any position listed by RH&A.
Cpt. Christan "Panda Bombero" 1 year ago
Well at least getting fired it makes you eligible for unemployment insurance.
#24
Because I wouldn't lie to people. Worked for a cell service affiliate in college. Had the worst coverage, price, and customer service of any of the 4 major carriers in my area. Only feather in the cap was cool devices (for the time). Sales expectations were high, only way to get there was lie through your teeth. I refused. Spent most my shifts unfucking accounts other employees had f****d in order to get commission. Was actually relieved to get canned. Was destroying my mental health.
Robert Beveridge 1 year ago
So f*****g is censored but unfucking is okay? Actually I kinda like the poetic justice there, censorbot.
#25
It was my third day in a small warehouse that supplied ingredients to local pizza places. I was instructed to get a box that had a bag full of crushed red pepper and fill some shakers. The bottom of the box came apart and the bag fell, hitting the ground and scattering the pepper flakes everywhere and filling the air with dust. My eyes, throat, nose and lungs were almost immediately on fire. A coworker escorted me to the bathroom where I started having a coughing fit and throwing up. I couldn't see, I could barely breathe, and then the bathroom door bursts open and the owner is SCREAMING at me about the pepper flakes and how much money I had just cost him. F**k that guy. His business went under a year later.
Lila Allen 1 year ago
Wait do you know of bosses that actually care if their employees are ok? I assume not in the U.S.
Load More Replies... Ron Man 1 year ago
Yeah, I'm not sure the OP gets why he was fired and what the manager was talking about. A box of red pepper flakes is maybe $10. Just like he had a bad reaction to the pepper in the air, so did everyone else in the warehouse. A big box of pepper flakes isn't that much different than pepper spray. Everything would have needed to be shut down until that cloud settled, and then it would have needed to be cleaned up by someone with the proper PPE which may have had to have been hired out. He wasn't fired for dropping a box of red pepper, he was fired for causing a hazmat incident and still not realizing what he did.
#26
I pushed 10 carts at a time at target when the maximum is supposed to be 7. They were the last 10 carts in the lot and I didn’t feel like making 2 trips was necessary. Got fired the next day.
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 1 year ago
It's the US.... you *can* be fired for anything.
Load More Replies... BWC 1 year ago
So you got fired because you didn't "feel like" following policy? Perhaps there was a legal reason that made the company create that requirement.
David 1 year ago
possibly insurance reason. My local grocery, their insurance has a limit on how many carts can be moved together by an employee. If they did more and got inured, they would not be covered. Very likely the 7 cart was an insurance thing.
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john doe 1 year ago
I'm guessing this was a while ago, I worked for target back in the day and they would fire people for the littlest things because they had a mountain of applicants, now a days tho they wouldn't fire someone unless legal issues might be brought up, because they have very very few applicants.
Jonas Fisher 1 year ago
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that I'll bet there was more going on. This smacks of a boss who's been looking for a way to fire someone.
Ruth Watry 11 months ago (edited)
Sometimes, if company policy is not followed and you become injured, employer can be in a lot of trouble with Workman's Comp company.
Nathan Lewis 1 year ago (edited)
company has rule, employee doesnt follow rule, employee gets fired.
Traveling Lady Railfan 1 year ago (edited)
My suspicion is that this was a regulation put in place based on the weight or the amount of shear force that you would have to twist to move the carts etc, and they put a maximum of "no more than seven carts rule" (Just like some workplaces have a you can lift no more than 50 lbs rule even if you personally can lift more than that, if you get caught, you'll get in trouble) because if you get hurt doing something that they've told you not to do, and then you try to get workers comp, it creates a whole bunch of problems. I can totally understand grabbing an extra three carts if he thought he could handle it so he did have to make another trip, but lots of accidents happen because someone thought they could handle something. (Having said that, and understanding the logic behind the rule, I probably would have done the same thing and grabbed 10)
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Called a customer a witch. And that was being polite. I could have and should have been a lot worse.
Luke Branwen 1 year ago
Retail workers should have an immutable right to curse a nasty customer into oblivion if they see fit.
Kari Panda 1 year ago
Siding with the employer here. I always tell our student helpers, you are free to hang up on rude people, you are free to refuse them service, you’re free to get security involved, but you can’t condescend to them
BookFanatic 1 year ago
Reminds me of the time a newly hired librarian butted heads with one of our more...challenging patrons. He called her a b***h and she fired right back "I'd rather be a b***h than an a*****e." No repercussions for her...but I think the guy got banned for a while.
Scott Rackley 1 year ago
Heard this one from my sister. Her boss asked a lady to gather her things and use the door to egress from the store and to not use that door ever again. Sis looked at her boss and said that's the nicest way she'd ever heard someone tell another to pack their s**t and leave.
BeesEelsAndPups 1 year ago
I worked for a consulting firm, and one of my fellow engineers told the client he was being an idiot. In fact I believe he said "if you're going to continue to act like an idiot, I will continue to treat you like one". Our bosses fired the client, not my coworker. Because the client was being truly stupid and awful.
#28
I was working at Taco Bell as a teen and forgot to turn off the headset and went on a full insult tirade to my nemesis.
Donna Peluda 1 year ago
Happens to me once over the walkie talkie at a job. My language is colorful on a good day so when I found out just as I was knocking of Friday that someone had forgot to get 300 T Shirtsfor a party at one of the clubs and I had to do a 300km roundtrip to go and pick the up I let rip.with realising that my finger was on the trigger. The whole company heard it. The up side was the owner did to and he made the guy who had forgotten to order the T-shirts go and get them. I also got reprimanded for using foul language, but I Shure I could see a hint of snail on the HR ladies face.
Papa 1 year ago
I can't help it. I know you meant a hint of a smile on the HR lady's face, but I was amused that autocorrect (I assume) put snail.
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Seadog 1 year ago
Friend is a tower crane operator. For those who don't know, most of what they do, they can't see. Someone on the ground is giving them instruction over a 2 way. One day he doesn't realize he hit the vox button so after guide give him instructions he starts mothing off about the workers. Some of who heard it all. No one said a word about it. Last lift of the day comes and he's guided to a spot where he'd never lifted from before but, it's construction, it is what it is. As he's lifting his jeep comes into view. Yep, they hooked up his jeep by the roll bar. He said he was actually impressed as that roll bar was just ornamental, not a true roll bar. He made sure he wasn't on vox after that day.
#29
After my training and onboarding, I was only getting 2 shifts a week consistently for over a month. Asked for more, was given the "we are unionized, we have to follow seniority, you've only been here 3 months" schpeel.
So I went and got a second job and started telling the first one which of the 2 or 3 days a week I'd be available to work for them. Got let go for not being available for shifts 7 days a week.
Verena 1 year ago
This is not how unions work in the European countries I live and work in. They are a support for all employees, members or not. The benefit for being a member (paying membership fees) is some financial support if you need a work related lawyer, and some little other things.
Ron Man 1 year ago (edited)
Seniority doesn't matter in European countries? So the union is able to tell a 30 year employee, hey you only get 1 shift this week because we've got this new guy with 1 week experience we're going to give them all to?
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Dusty's mom 1 year ago
Should have spoken to your union rep. Real unions want employees to have safe, fairly paid, and reasonable shifts. If your boss was using the union as a scapegoat, they could have gone to bat for you. Unions don't like when bosses misrepresent them.
Jeremy Bolanos 1 year ago
They wanted you to starve to death while homeless and you dared get in the way.
Trista JW 1 year ago
This is pretty normal, if the poster had a union job in the USA. Seniority is a big thing, as is jumping through the employer's hoops. And you still have to pay your dues to keep the job after a certain period of time. (I had a union job for all of three months. Worked insane hours taking phone surveys for a political union. I quit, even though my manager wanted to know if I was interested in being trained and promoted to supervisor status if I stayed with the company another three months. I wasn't willing to actually join the union to keep my job, since it's not mandatory in my state, but since I wouldn't join the union, other higher-ups had started insisting that I had no choice.)
#30
I refused to uproot my entire life and move to New Jersey after 17 years of working on the other side of the country (the last two of which were done fully remote rather than in a satellite office).
Lila Allen 1 year ago
US - hey employees getting illegally fired. Most employment lawyers work contingency so you don't have to pay unless you win. Start fighting back.
Ron Man 1 year ago
This wasn't an illegal firing. The job moved locations and he chose not to move to the new location. This happens all the time.
Load More Replies... Verena 1 year ago
Well, as long as you get your dream job where you are, you do you. I have worked abroad all my life because of better working opportunities, partially sent out by the company, partially applied for work in that country. I am fed up with local colleagues complaining about salary, and that one international company pays their foreign employees a monthly extra to be able to stay in contact with family and friends in their home country. My suggestion to apply for an exchange to an office in another country (all in Europe) by this also being paid this extra, was refused. Because then they would have to move their families and could not meet their friends every weekend. Yes, exactly. This is what 70% of employees in that organization did, and this is why they get that compensation. To do better in life, you sometimes have to move your a*s. Either by applying for a job abroad with all expenses paid, or getting on a wonky rubber boat after a trip by foot through a desert abd risking your life.
#31
Alcoholic Chef here, self explanatory. 1 year sober!
FoxEcoLimaIndiaCharlieIndiAlfa 1 year ago
Congrats! Being sober is not an easy feat, especially given your occupation. I will have 3 years clean in a few months and life is so much better. Even though I'm struggling, significantly rn. I'm a disabled veteran and I receive monthly benefits from the VA. I have a pending claim to increase my benefits with the VA, as well as a pending SSDI case. My rent has increased, leaving me with just over $200/month, after only paying my rent. There's a lot more to it, but I know things would be even worse if I were still using. When life gets difficult just take things one day, hour or minute, at a time and it will get better.
Heras buddy 1 year ago
Good luck. It's a tough business to stay sober in. Most restaurants I worked in over 75 percent of the people were either users or alcoholic. 10 years sober for me.
#32
I worked as the setup staff for my colleges sporting events. Sounded cool at first, but it was horrible in reality. Insane micromanaging yet at the same time operationally it was a cluster f**k. I didn’t have an actual set supervisor, and nobody seemed to ever know what the f**k was going on.
So the minute I got a new job I went to put in my two week notice. I go to the HR office after class one day, and it was open but no one was in there. I go the next day, and same thing. So I left my written notice on the front desk, and made sure to email them too. I didn’t get scheduled for any games during those two weeks and just figured my time there was done.
I got an email 8 months later saying “you have been terminated for unexcused absences and are no longer eligible to work for (insert higher education system) again in any capacity.” I reach out and they’re like “we recently discovered you haven’t shown up for a game in months.” I told them I submitted my resignation months ago and they insisted I never did.
What’s funny is now I work at a different school in the same state system in a professional job, and when I was getting screened for my interview I’m not going to lie, I was a little worried it would f**k everything lol. Luckily it didn’t.
Brian Droste 1 year ago
If you have saved your email, you should have emailed that emailed back to them to show you informed them that you put your two weeks noticed in.
ElfVibratorGlitter 1 year ago
That's what I was thinking, just forward them the email. But sounds like OP had already moved on.
Load More Replies... #33
I was a wastewater/drinking water operator in charge of the facilities at a local college. I was fired so that they could give my job to a person to be able to get them a visa to stay in the country. This was around the time of Covid, and they were having issues finding jobs for people they wanted to retain. While this guy had an impressive education, he was not certified to the job(there are several state licenses required). They initially offered for me to stay on as a crew member at less pay(and use my licenses). To the HR rep's shock, I declined and told them I either kept my job or left. They chose to let me go. I called the state governing body on my way home and informed them that I was no longer in charge of that facility. To the university's shock, they discovered it took a fair amount of time, educational courses, and work hours to get the licenses. I think they thought they would just stick their guy in an office for a few years until they could place him somewhere else.
SheamusFanFrom1987 1 year ago
The way I see it, letting OP go only got his old workplace a license to sink...
#35
Because the boss's son was a lazy liar.
When I was in high school, I worked Friday and Saturday nights from midnight to 6am at a 7-11. The worst part of it was dealing with people that wanted to buy beer after 2am on Sunday, but almost as onerous was having to put together the Sunday NY Times. It was delivered in about a dozen sections, each on neatly strapped into a pile. I had to take each section and put them all inside the main section. It was dull and repetitive and took half the night to put together hundreds of them.
One night, the NY Times was not delivered. I advised my relief (the boss's son) of this when he arrived in the morning and went on my way. Come next Friday I went in to work as usual and found the boss there, which was strange in and of itself. He told me that I was fired for not putting the Times together the previous week. I told him that they were never delivered, and that I told his son about this.
My brother, who worked the same shift I did, was standing right there, and backed up my account. The guy fired me anyway. At which point my brother quit. Which meant that the boss and his son had to work our shifts until they hired some more people.
#36
Only time I ever got officially fired from a job was from the Children’s Museum of Manhattan. I worked coat check, and was specifically told that on rainy days strollers needed to be folded by the parents before they could be checked in. I told a parent this, and this parent became a Karen (this took place way before the term Karen became a thing). After a pretty long time of complaining about why she shouldn’t have to fold her stroller, I simply told her that in the amount of time she spent complaining, she could’ve folded her stroller, been checked in, and been in the Museum. She complained straight to the top, and I got fired because of it.
FoxEcoLimaIndiaCharlieIndiAlfa 1 year ago
Idk how some of these companies stay in business, when they fire an employee for doing their job. 🤦🏻♀️
#37
I worked in a supermarket. Boss doesn’t want us to work overtime. I finish at 4PM and so I pack up at 15:55 as I need to get clear of the shelves. Boss see me in the reserve at 15:58 and ask me “why you're packing up? You have 2 minutes left.” My contract get terminated the next fortnight.
ElfVibratorGlitter 1 year ago
You can't have it both ways management! The job I just left last month, we were supposed to be finished at 10pm, I never got out of there before 1030/1045 every night. It was frustrating but I did just get my overtime payout and that stuff adds up:)
#38
I was a girl.
Tech company. We were split into teams of 15+ people that reported to one supervisor. The company was primarily male, so some teams didn't have any girls. Those that did only had 1-3. My team had 2 girls on it, me (overweight and ugly)and another girl (who was a conventionally pretty young Asian girl). I was consistently average as a worker. She would take naps in the hallway while on the clock and couldn't tell you anything about the products we were supporting.
He would give the other girl random excuses or benefits, like not reporting her using incorrect time clock stamps that showed her data into the positive. He'd feed her easy tickets that would buffer her numbers. (He wasn't supposed to hand us tickets to begin with). Whenever she made mistakes, he would say it was because she was new, but she started just a month after me and at this point it had been around a year since we started.
For me, he'd find everything wrong that he could find. If I fixed an issue he brought up, he'd magically forget he asked me to fix it and just complain about the next thing that came up. He never told me how to fix weak spots. One he literally told me "you are the worst stats on the team, but at least there are 7 people worse than you at our company!" Didn't tell me how to fix it. Never told me anything positive. He'd send me tickets saying "You can handle this one, it looks easy!" And I'd be stuck with them for weeks because they would end up being super complex problems with unresponsive clients. He'd then chastise me for not solving "an easy problem. "
All the boys had very different experiences. He'd help them (but was bad at it), and they got just average treatment from him. Some of those who had been there longer than i had been had terrible stats but didn't get as much backlash over it. They eventually noticed that my personality was changing (depression) and started noticing the way he treated me. They started trying to help me themselves, and saw first hand some of the tickets he would give me. Not at all easy, which was obvious before he even sent them over to me. They helped significantly, but he kept undoing everything they did (saying I was doing things wrong, saying I was talking to my coworkers too much, etc). As one of my coworkers put it, everytime I got back on my feet he would shove me back into the ground. Upper management ignored us, even though we found out he had a history of teasing other girls this way. Pretty girls got special treatment, others got pushed away until they were off his team. (Either fired or transferred). It got to the point where I would seriously consider calling in such on days I knew I was supposed to meet with him, because I'd leave our meetings in tears.
Covid came and we went WFH. By this point, I was depressed, stressed, and shutting down. The lenient work from home policies we had because of the sudden shift meant I could get away with slacking off. I went from being a hard worker to barely scraping by. I couldn't even remember how to fix simple problems (like password changes) because he had dragged me so much through the mud that I was questioning every little thing I did. I lost all of the little confidence I had. I'd take tickets and then watch tv for an hour or two while pretending to work, or play games on my phone. I did the bare minimum, and my stats got worse. It didn't help that it was much harder to ask my coworkers for help, because instead of them being next to me they were miles away only reachable by chat.
At one point, I realized how bad things had gotten and tried to pull myself back up. At this point I was on an improvement plan (your last chance before firing) and I tried to get it together enough to keep my job. I bothered the hell out of my coworkers, started researching weak spots in my freetime, got better about reaching out to customers and closing tickets for my getting answers. My stats improved and I had my first somewhat positive meeting with my supervisor. He still found everything wing, but said if I kept improving then the next week I'd be off the improvement plan.
I got fired the week after. I got some really nasty tickets that tanked my stats, despite utilizing every resource I could. They were very weird issues that got pushed up to our engineering team, and I had several all at once. It was just your run of the mill bad week, we all have them and you can't avoid them. While it messed up my stats, they were still better than they had been for a while. But I got fired for it. During my meeting with him that week, he had an hr guy with him and they told me I was fired. At this point I had gotten enough confidence back to say that I didn't understand how I could go from "improving enough that I might get off the improvement plan" to getting fired in one week, without ANY warning or instruction during that week that this was a possibility. As far as I was aware, I was still improving and had no indication that this wasn't the case. The hr guy asked if I felt like I had received sufficient support, I said no.
My supervisor was fired the next week.
I'm now in a different field where I am very happy, and my confidence is the highest its ever been. I'm constantly receiving praise for how hard of a worker I am, how quick to learn I am and how coachable I am. My current supervisors are always saying I'm super easy to work with because I look for and respond to criticism and ways to improve. The issue with my past job was never me, and I can guarantee you it was because I was a girl.
#39
I was trying to report my bosses boss to HR for harassing and bullying me. He was taunting me on a phone call with a client, making childish voices and rude statements about me while pressuring me to work faster than I had been in the moment. He would ask me if something was done while I was working on things throughout the call, demanding updates every 15 seconds or so. I left the call and told my boss I was reporting this guy to HR, and I was told I was fired instead.
I ended up getting a call from HR the following week, and they hadn't yet been informed I had been fired. They opened a case on my behalf to look into these issues. Unsurprisingly, they investigated themselves, and found themselves guilty of no wrongdoing. They did tell me I had been terminated due to issues with my professionalism. That was painful, hearing he'd completely uno reversed me. I hadn't at any point been unprofessional, as I take great pride in these types of things for some stupid reason. Call me old fashioned, I suppose.
This was so unexpected that it caused me a great deal of financial issues and completely tanked my credit in the process. Due to the time of year when it happened, it took nearly 4 months to start a new role and begin earning money again. I have so much debt now because of this guy bullying me directly, openly, and then immediately firing me for being "unprofessional".
Pro tip: if you're going to HR to report your bosses boss, do NOT tell your direct boss first. Corporate America will destroy you if you're a good person at heart.
Lila Allen 1 year ago
Not in the US. In the US the HR department is to protect the company. It will utterly destroy any employee who tries to speak up. Watch Paige Sparks ( employment lawyer) on instagram or Youtube. Most of her cases involve HR doing their best to cover up for the boss.
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#40
Using my vacation days as sick days.
Chronic illness is a b***h. Didnt know my autoimmune disorder was the cause at the time but some days my body just didn't work.
Captain Awesome 1 year ago
If you're in the US get FMLA if you have an auto immune disease. Doesn't guarantee you won't get fired, but it does help with time off. I get another bucket for FMLA when I have to miss due to a Crohn's flare up
Rinso The Red 1 year ago
Ours are lumped under the "PTO" umbrella, but I can sympathize. Autoimmune disorders can be completely debilitating. "RA Fog" is no lie.
Robert Beveridge 1 year ago
The whole reason we now have the scam known as PTO is so benefits would no longer have to give both vacation and sick leave...and yet we're still getting screwed for it. Prost!
Lila Allen 1 year ago
US - hey employees getting illegally fired. Most employment lawyers work contingency so you don't have to pay unless you win. Start fighting back.
#41
I worked for a European swine genetics company.
One of our selection and multiplication nuclei was outsourced to a neighboring country.
When animals of high genetic value had to be shipped to a customer, I would go to the farm and spend the day grading, sorting and marking the animals to be loaded on the truck.
Once, a client rightly complained about the poor quality of the animals we had sent them. I went to see them, and their identification numbers did not match the ones I had registered in my notebook. The farm had replaced them with others and, in turn, had sold the ones I had selected on their own.
After a meeting between my company and the managers of the multiplication farm, it was decided that we would continue to work together and that I would be the "scapegoat" for the customer.
I was fired.
#42
It's literally just for being a man. I worked at a local bookstore. Me and this other dude got hired to help with the Christmas season rush and because they needed people that could lift more the 50lbs. After 5 weeks me and the only other dude got called in to the owners office and basically got told that we were being let go for performance issues, which was a bunch a bull. Also, the other reason was cause the other employees, which were all women, didn't feel too comfortable around 2 dudes and that we didn't fit into the work culture. From me and that dudes perspective, we worked hard, we're respectful and positive. Honestly, I'm glad they fired me because I got an even better job.
#43
A long time ago I was fired from a massive retailer that's known for the color blue for "time theft."
Their own asset protection investigation showed I was actually owed hours above what I had clocked.
A fair number of other heads rolled for that one but they still refused to hire me back.
#44
I was working two jobs at the time. A manager at my part-time job didn't like me. So he changed my schedule so I'd have to work the same days as my main job. He did this after my shifts were over for the week, so I'd not see the change. I came to work on Monday and was informed I " no showed" 3 days in a row and was fired. Honestly, I was relieved. Working 76 hours a week was too much.
#45
Was working at fedex just part time and i couldn’t come in multiple days in a row because i had such bad back pain that i could barely walk let alone stand up. i explained this to my manager and he told me he agreed with my decision 2 days later all of my shifts were taken off my schedule without any call or text to let me know why. i call my manager to ask why. he said i was fired for not coming into work. these were the only days i ever missed there. but the fact I had to call them for them to tell me i was fired really pissed me off.
#46
Because I smelled bad.
They weren't wrong. I had just recently moved out on my own for the first time, nobody was really encouraging me to take care of myself, I was struggling with depression and just.. didn't bother.
It was pretty f****n embarrassing.
FoxEcoLimaIndiaCharlieIndiAlfa 1 year ago
I hope you filed for unemployment, they could have at least said something to you in private, and given you a chance to take a shower and address the problem.
ElfVibratorGlitter 1 year ago
That does seem a bit challenging to navigate. I'm sure I've been the smelly coworker, but never told as such.....🤷🏿♀️
#47
I put 12 chickens in a chicken coop overnight instead of 6. I was just told the chickens had to be in a coop.
Immortal Jellyfish 1 year ago
Company I worked for had a storeman/labourer that was missing one eye and had a massive thick lense for his other. He was also the traffic marshal!
#49
Quality standards kept changing unpredictably while time limits kept crunching tighter and tighter. Eventually my quality slips one too many times and boom, that's all folks.
The entire program shut down about a year after I fell off. The company had lost their contract. I sure didn't have to wonder why.
#50
First time was from Walmart. I wouldn't kiss the manager's a*s at all because he was a useless f**k stick and he made up reasons to fire me including doctoring the time clock and cameras. A few months after I left he got busted doing it again by the GM and fired.
Second time was doing door to door frozen food sales and some lady claimed I hit her stupid expensive road bike. She claimed it was sitting across the road behind branches of a downed tree after a storm. When I said so why was a several thousand dollar road bike just left next to the road 300 yards from someone's house? She couldn't answer that but I got blamed anyway.
#51
I asked too many questions but also did too much on my own without asking for clarification. Then I pointed out that those two things in my review conflicted, and they really didn’t care for that.
#52
Work biotech, was fired from my first job
I was originally in charge of package receipt at a smaller company where RAs (and even Sci's) were handling a lot of the logistics. We eventually purposefully hired a guy to handle alot of these roles because they effectively were getting in the way of us doing sciencey stuff. Showed the guy the general ropes of where we receive shipments, how to distribute and logging receipts, etc.
Well three weeks later, I was pulled into the boss' office and was told I was being fired. I wasn't necessarily mad but more so confused so I asked what made them come to that decision. Apparently that douchenozzle just blatantly forgot to check packages one day and voila... a multi-thousand dollar (and several months to manufacture) specimen was left to thaw and die at the receiving area. I was fired so I just protested that wasn't it this guy's job to do all of that. Was told I was still expected to check in on him to make sure he did his job.
Then just hit em with "The f**k am I supposed to know if he did his job or not if we hired him in the first place for all of this." Got up and went to pack my shiz at my desk and walked out.
I know its not the most exciting story but that's my only story of being fired. I have been laid off once though.
#53
The first time - I was a 21 year old hostess at a new restaurant. I was in a sorority and you have to take like 2 whole weeks every summer for recruitment - one week for training and practice and another for the actual recruitment. It's incredibly exhausting. Most girls get really sick. I got so terribly horribly sick, I had to skip our bid day activity and it still breaks my heart. I slept for several days. I told the restaurant I was very sick and couldn't come back yet and they said not to worry and to take the rest of the week off. The schedule for the next week comes out and I show up as scheduled. Then about an hour into my shift, I got pulled into the back and fired for not telling them I was coming back. You gave me the week, I took the week, then showed up as scheduled. Wtf. He also told me that they purposely hired too many people anyway.
#54
I caught my boss falsifying an employee's d**g test, so I asked HR what should I do? She said to talk to his boss, so then went to his boss...who called me a liar and told me I must be mistaken. so I went back to HR...where it was never mentioned again. Until the end of that year, in which I could nothing right apparently...and the "undermining" was one the things brought up during my termination meeting. Also, my bosses didn't like me asking too many questions or my disciplining my employees when safety policies were broken.
#55
A mutual distaste between my boss any myself. My firing was the nicest thing he ever did for me. It got me out of a dead-end and freed me up to discover a job I spent the next twenty years at.
#56
I openly mocked my supervisors spelling errors and didn't show up to a shift they scheduled me for after I specifically told them I couldn't work that time.
Papa 1 year ago
You're right, assuming there weren't multiple supervisors making spelling errors.
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I accidentally snitched on myself lol. Used to work at radio shack and I tried selling a personal cell phone to a friend (not realizing that the phone wasn’t working properly) so I switched it with a brand new phone from our store. Months later a radio shack internal affairs guy came in and said I can fess up to what I did or basically get in trouble with the police. I told him about the phone thing, welllll as it turns out he was there because the company suspected me of credit card fraud which I did not do so they fired me for the phone incident and made me pay back the full price of the phone. This was back in 2005.
#58
Worked second shift for a beverage company as a shuttle driver. For 5 weeks I couldn't get a fuel card and used 2 of the other drivers' fuel card. One day they weren't there and had enough fuel to do 1 run instead of the usual 3-4. I called my supervisor who was at home and told me to figure it out so I packed my bag full of free soda and went home. The next morning he called me and asked why I didn't make the runs I told him to get f'd and hung up.
#59
Owner's granddaughter graduated from college with a degree in accounting. I knew they were going to fire me and bring her in.
Also, I asked the owner for a private meeting at her house, we needed money. She gave it to me. Said she couldn’t tell anything to her kids (president and vice president) but pretty sure she did.
I was glad actually, the president (owner's son) liked to splurge on equipment he had no business buying.
They were so far in the red, and the owner (woman in her 70’s) floated that company for several years.
#60
I just got fired from the job I had been at for over 10 years last Monday. I am 33 years old, so I basically spent my entire adult working life there. I watched as the upper management slowly made the place miserable. It was an office type, state job. I hadn't gotten a raise in 4 years, no one was ever replaced ... the work just fell on the rest of us. I just stopped putting in any effort to meet their constantly changing expectations. Took 4 years, but they finally let me go. I had seen the writing on the wall though and had already lined up something else to start in a few weeks. This has been the best vacation ever.
Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
Document,document,document. They change expectations, send an email or demand some written proof of expectations. Create a 'CYA' file in your computer for reference.
#61
I failed to successfully interpret: "I need you to stay a little later than your shift officially ends to help close.", "We can't pay you.
Lila Allen 1 year ago
I would interpret this as an illegal request to work without pay and immediately call the labor board.
#62
I drained my FMLA because of migraines, and I had thought I had sent in all the necessary paperwork as I had been in communication with HR. I was sleeping off a migraine when I got a missed call that I had to come into the office that day or I would be fired by the afternoon. I naturally did not answer and it was too late when I got the message.
It sucked how they kind of sprung a termination on me, but at the same time I understand they need people who can actually work to be there. I eventually got approved for disability after a two year fight for it with no pay and almost losing our home.
Robert Beveridge 1 year ago
The amount of time it takes to get disability in this country is horrifying. I had to crowd fund my life for nine months during the application process. Nearly ended up homeless (again) in the process. And I'm one of the lucky ones! Had a relative (way, way worse off than me--no working liver, on dialysis, waiting list for transplant, etc.) die while in his fourth year of waiting for them to clear yet another round of paperwork...
#63
My boss told HR I was behind on all my projects, which was true, I was behind because all designs were waiting on my boss's approval.
Lila Allen 1 year ago
So much this... send the " to clarify I am waiting on approval for x,y,and z. Can you please let me know when you will have approvals." Make sure the email contains the information so when they respond it's clear they know the problem is there.
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I was in pharmacy school and working as an intern at Walmart. To be a pharmacy intern you have to register with the state and stay in pharmacy school. I had already had to repeat a semester and was on academic probation. Then I absolutely bombed one of my exams the following semester. I had 3 weeks before the final and needed a really high grade to not fail and get kicked out of pharmacy school. So I called my boss and told them I couldn't come into work because I needed to study. They said they understood and let me off.
A couple days later I got a call from my boss saying his boss told him that I would not be retained in the intern program that Walmart has. Didn't really matter as I ended up not getting the grade I needed and was kicked out of pharmacy school so I would have been let go anyway.
I did eventually get back in and was able to graduate but I decided not to seek regular employment so I could focus on school.
nottheactualphoto 1 year ago
Wait... are you saying that Wal-mart pays its interns? That is very off brand for them!
#65
On my second day at Subway, my boss told me I didn't have "it".
16 years later I still don't know what that means.
FoxEcoLimaIndiaCharlieIndiAlfa 1 year ago
"It" is either something you have or something you don't have, it is not something that one can learn, usually, so not really attainable. At least that's what I've been told throughout my life.
Kiss Army 1 year ago
I never understand the elusive "It" until we got one of our cats, Andy. I still can't define "It" but, by golly he has "It" in spades. (Picture doesn't do "It" justice...) andy3-6765...e85ce9.jpg 
#66
Worked at a start up. And these were their words verbatim:
"You're too soft on the team"
"We need someone that can come in everyday at 7AM"
First off, upper management (business bros) goes over my head and drives my team to the bone. We're talking 10 hour sporadic shifts trying to sell and demo their product to investors every month of so. My team appreciated my efforts to protect them from the b******t.
Second, no one is in the office until 9.
Basically I wasn't a yes man and cracking the whip.
Edit: Also f**k the product management guy. He was trying to get me fired and it worked just because I challenged his ideas on how to do my job. He was good friends with one of the founders.
#67
In high school I had a job at a place called Mr. Fix-It. Just as you would imagine - a one-room mess of a place where he would do everything from simple electrical work on an appliance to welding.
I was fired for mixing epoxy on a newspaper.
Clearly there was more going on. But I was 16. F**k ‘em!
#68
I left a USB stick with sensitive files plugged into a computer that was turned off, inside a locked office, which was inside a secure area.
Lila Allen 1 year ago
Having done the federal security training... they tell you like a billion times never to leave anything plugged into the computer. So that's on you
#69
I was making a lot of money working banquets and the restaurant as a busboy way back in 2006-2008. Someone got jealous and made up rumors, and I got fired. I didn't know about my rights back then.
#70
I threw a fit cause i was stuck washing dishes alone when everyone else went out back to drink beers and smoke pot on the clock. Then they came back inside and complained that they couldn't leave until the dishes were done and that I was taking too long.
Brian Droste 1 year ago
Should have walked out and as you were walking out should have said If I am to, slow you can do it yourself.
#71
I started working at a rough time of my life and had to force myself to cope with personal issues while trying to work. I took a few too many sickies along the way.
#72
Was a supervisor for one department and was sleeping with a supervisor from another department. we would hook up in the car on breaks. Plant manager 1 week before I was fired, did my evaluation, which was the highest in my plant and top 10 for the entire company, received a 6% pay increase. Termination was for not fulfilling my job duties.
Dragon mama 1 year ago
Well... I don't know what they expected considering the first sentence.
Lila Allen 1 year ago
Well unless you were working porn and your job was hooking up with someone.... DUH.
#73
I missed a “busy day” and couldn’t “find someone to cover my shift” because my girlfriend was sick and kept passing out. They told me “can’t she take care of herself?” Yeah they can lick my nuts.
#74
We used the water slide after hours as a beer bong.
FoxEcoLimaIndiaCharlieIndiAlfa 1 year ago
That's disgusting, imho. The amount of germs and bacteria that are on that water slide, would definitely had deterred me from consuming any of that beer. I'm sure some of them got sick, no thanks.
Lila Allen 1 year ago
Dude you could actually have seriously harmed people. You're lucky they didn't file a police report. At least tell us where so we can avoid that park.
#75
Pandemic, and most recently the interest rate environment as I pivoted into the mortgage space after getting through COVID.
I’m really starting to doubt my ability to work, as it’s been 4 years of this really grueling time finding gainful employment. All this, in “the land of opportunity”. I really wish I could find a stable well paying job, where I enjoy the work and people I work with. It’s been my dream since getting to college 13 years ago and I’m writing this as a way to manifest it.
FoxEcoLimaIndiaCharlieIndiAlfa 1 year ago
A stable, well paying job, that one actually enjoys going to and also has great co-workers that you enjoy being around as well, is clearly asking way too much. You're lucky to find a job that offers 2 of those things, nowadays.
nottheactualphoto 1 year ago
"Pivoted into the mortgage space?" Where do people learn to talk like this?
Trista JW 1 year ago
They pick up on corporate lingo because evidently, people think they sound smart when they use it.
Load More Replies... Trista JW 1 year ago
HAHA HAHA good luck. Corporate lingo and the associated buzzwords made me not want to read this blurb,but good luck living in a fairy tale. Typing random stuff like this will not "manifest it" or make your wishes come true, as it doesn't seem as though you have found a mythological magical lamp with a wish-granting Djinn inside.
#76
Losing my s**t one day and just trying to get back at the company lol. I was a TL for Target and it's a very stressful job for the s**t pay. Each year Target ASKS their employees to donate money to one of several charities at any amount but really try to push you to do something like $5 but to agree to have it pull from your check once per month for 12 months so $60 or some amount like that. Really saying stuff like "it's only a cup of coffee per month!" They don't hide it or be sneaky about it they're all up front about how it works BUT they make it seem like the employee can write this off during tax season because they give you a receipt to show your donation. But surprise surprise Target claims the donation and takes the tax break so you can't.
So I decided f**k that and would inform my teams about this and tell them if they want to donate go do it on their own directly. They don't need to donate through Target and give them another tax break just to fire us all later to hit their bottome line.
Well obviously my prissy sit in office all day SD and HR lead didn't like this so they decided to pull a skeleton out of my closet they kept for a rainy day when I asked a coworker out but they weren't interested and nothing ever went past that. We even had a great work relationship together for almost a year without it ever coming up again. But I guess she told a friend who told a friend that landed on HR's ear and they kept that information for until they needed it and said they "conducted and investigation" into my work ethic and fired me for it saying it counts as harassment.
I just laughed and said "okay wtf ever helps y'all sleep. Where's my check?"
Ended up doing me a huge favor doing that because being young at the time I was stupid and was trying to move up in Target but f**k that s**t. I now have a career in a feild I'm actually interested in at a great company making even more money with 20x less stress! Thanks for being a s****y company Target!
Pencil McGovern 1 year ago
This trope about how companies use employee and customer charitable donations to get a tax write-off for themselves has to stop. It simply isn't true. The benefit to the company is in the PR they get from it. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/06/10/fact-check-false-claim-checkout-charities-offset-corporate-taxes/7622379002/
Kelly Scott 1 year ago
It doesn't excuse the s****y practice of trying to force your low-wage employees to donate. Those companies make profits in the billions. They want donations - let THEM donate. BofA used to do this as well. They'd come stand by your desk and not leave until you made a donation to United Way. I think I was the first person in the office to tell them to go fly a kite somewhere. They want me to donate, they can pay me more.
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john doe 1 year ago
Very similar thing happened to me when I worked for target, only I didn't ask a coworker out I had worked for my target for about a year and an ex of mine was hired as a cashier, things seemed fine we weren't fighting or resenting each other, but my ex started texting me again and one day she was accusing me of a bunch of b******t that never happened so I replied you're crazy just please leave me alone. Well she went to hr showed them the text that I said she was crazy and this constituted harassment in their eyes, they were wanting to get rid of me as I worked asset protection and they just didn't want to have me in the payroll anymore to save money. So they used the "harassment" as the excuse to terminate me, I ended up suing them for wrongful termination, about 6 months after the suit was filed I got a settlement for a year of wages, so not too bad but it goes to show corporate America will do anything I mean anything to make a buck.
FoxEcoLimaIndiaCharlieIndiAlfa 1 year ago (edited)
So many of these posts use all these abbreviations that aren't well known or that are specific to the company that they work for. No idea what a TL or SD is, as it relates to this story. To me a TL is a car model made by Acura and SD is a type of memory card. Lol
Crescent 3 1 year ago
From the context, my guess is that TL means Team Leader. I don't know what SD means, and HR is definitely Human Resources. But you're correct, folks need to remember that Bored Panda is an international site and that jargon and acronyms are nation, language, and industry specific.
Load More Replies... LaurieAnnaT 1 year ago
I'm sorry, but this author is an idiot and Target is well rid of him. Target is well known for their philanthropy. They have a matching gift plan whereby employees can give to a charity and the company will match that contribution. I don't know the specifics of their plan, but if it's like plans I've seen at other companies, if you donate $100 through the company to The Red Cross, the company will also send $100 to The Red Cross. That's great if you want to support The Red Cross because The Red Cross ends up with $200. The company sends you a letter documenting your contribution which qualifies as proof to the IRS for the deduction you take on your tax return, and the company deducts its own $100 contribution on its own tax return.
Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
Unless it's United Way or some other well regarded outfit, don't do auto debit.
#77
Supervisor yelled at me, I tossed him off the loading dock. He did get fired for yelling first, but obviously I also got fired.
FoxEcoLimaIndiaCharlieIndiAlfa 1 year ago
Well that escalated rather quickly. OP physically assaulted their supervisor for yelling at them and yet the supervisor was fired first? For yelling?? OP deserved to be fired for literally throwing his boss, from the loading dock, which is likely a few feet from the ground. I hope the supervisor reported this to the state or Department of labor and got some compensation and his medical bills paid, at least.
Apatheist Account2 1 year ago
Who is sniggering in the back there? Did you stop reading before he added "the loading dock"??
#78
Because I wasn't very good at the job.
I was originally declined for a promotion because I *didn't have the experience and knowledge* to do it. A few months later, the senior management team reached out to me. They indicated the position was still vacant as nobody else wanted it. They offered it to me. Only thinking about the $$, I took it.
I did the best i could, but wasnt effective at getting the desired results. 6 months in, I got called to a meeting with my supervisor. He candidly asked if, given more time, did I think I could get better at the job. I candidly answered him, "NO!" The next day, I was terminated.
FoxEcoLimaIndiaCharlieIndiAlfa 1 year ago
I'm probably going to be downvoted into oblivion but this sounds like the OP just wanted the higher pay but didn't want to put the work into it. Six months into working in the new position, he should have been better at the job than he was when he first got the promotion. It sounds like the supervisor was willing to give them a chance to help them succeed but OP didn't want it. Now if they had reached out and asked questions or did research on how to do their job better and just wasn't getting anywhere, that's one thing but OP doesn't say anything about this. So given the limited info, it sounds like OP just wanted the higher pay.
Michael Largey 1 year ago
They at least could have given the OP his old job back. They're the ones who asked him to take the promotion knowing that he didn't have the experience or knowledge for it.
What do you think ?
ElfVibratorGlitter 1 year ago
Only job I was ever fired from ( I was laid off a few times but that was like me and 600 other people) was when I was 16 and working at an ice skating rink. I was working in the snack bar and another coworker, Kaitlyn, went into my purse without my knowledge and took some caffeine pills I had. I wasn't even aware. I then went home after my shift. Apparently, Kaitlyn over exaggerating her symptoms, said I'd given her d***s, and I got fired. Oh yeah, Kaitlyn's older sister Megan, was my manager. So.....
Shadow 7 months ago
Did you report the theft. After all, she went in your bag and took something, what if it had been much needed medication that she stole?
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Mari 1 year ago
Once I was hired as a secretary. I had to work in the boss his private home, he was always out to work on construction sites. A bit weird, but I needed the money.Every day after my shift he asked me if he could me drop me off of bring somewhere. I always said there was a busstop nearby, so no thanks. After a week he invited me to dinner because he was so glad with such a good secretary. I said I was just doing my job, so no need to thank me. The next day I was looking for the bathroom in his house and I saw a women and child in the hall. She told me she was the wife of the boss and the child his son. She came from a foreign country. She felt very alone and was so sad.That week she asked me the whole time to come to the kitchen, to eat with her and keep her company. At the end of the week the boss called me and said he wanted to go out with me, that this time I couldn't refuse. I said ok, we can go out together with your lovely wife and son. He fired me of course.
Mike F 1 year ago
Very few companies are out for anything other than their bottom line. If I hear about how wonderfully pure the intentions are of European employers I'm going to scream because, if they are, in fact, pure as the driven snows the laws ensuring that they cannot misbehave would not be necessary.
michael reid 1 year ago
I was working away from home and had a company-paid-for hire car. I left it on the beach and the tide came in, totally ruining it. They fired me! It was so unfair.
Sami-Jo Ross 1 year ago
Sprained my ankle getting out of the car after my first day. They wouldn't provide accommodation even though I couldn't put any weight on my ankle.
Chelsea Bates 1 year ago
Reported an employee for sexual assault to me. I got fired because they "didn't believe me"
Richienotsorich 1 year ago
I dont know why Americans put up with these awful labour rules. You can basically be sacked at will for ridiculous reasons and none of you really seem concerned!
Pencil McGovern 1 year ago
Some of us are deeply concerned. Unfortunately, many others have been brainwashed into believing that protecting workers is socialism which will destroy America and that if we just suck it up long enough the bounty will start to "trickle down" and we'll all be rolling in money and guns and freedom.
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panther 1 year ago
I was fired because my boss said I didn't seem happy. Found out it was actually so he could hire his friend. Then he lied to the unemployment agency about why I was fired, saying I would disappear when there was work to be done. Hell I was skipping lunch and breaks to get things done. Found out later that he fired his friend because he didn't like her attitude, maybe it wasn't her attitude that was the problem Peter.
sweet emotion 1 year ago
Late 1990's, I worked for a name-brand temp service and was assigned to a big name mortgage company. I was go-fer for 5+ loan officers - pulling reports, gathering and sending faxes, entering data. They loved me because apparently I was faster and more accurate than previous temps. A month in advance I got approval from both the office manager and my agency manager to take a Friday off for my birthday weekend. Got home from a great trip on Sunday to find a message from the temp agency saying that I was no longer needed. Never got an explanation, and it took them two weeks to deliver my few personal belongings to the temp agency for me to pick up. (n.b. - a couple of months later I was head-hunted by that mortgage company's primary competitor and just celebrated my 25th anniversary with them.)
Makenzie McNeal 1 year ago
I'm applying for my first job soon. I pray this doesn't happen to me.
ElfVibratorGlitter 1 year ago
Only job I was ever fired from ( I was laid off a few times but that was like me and 600 other people) was when I was 16 and working at an ice skating rink. I was working in the snack bar and another coworker, Kaitlyn, went into my purse without my knowledge and took some caffeine pills I had. I wasn't even aware. I then went home after my shift. Apparently, Kaitlyn over exaggerating her symptoms, said I'd given her d***s, and I got fired. Oh yeah, Kaitlyn's older sister Megan, was my manager. So.....
Shadow 7 months ago
Did you report the theft. After all, she went in your bag and took something, what if it had been much needed medication that she stole?
Load More Replies... Mari 1 year ago
Once I was hired as a secretary. I had to work in the boss his private home, he was always out to work on construction sites. A bit weird, but I needed the money.Every day after my shift he asked me if he could me drop me off of bring somewhere. I always said there was a busstop nearby, so no thanks. After a week he invited me to dinner because he was so glad with such a good secretary. I said I was just doing my job, so no need to thank me. The next day I was looking for the bathroom in his house and I saw a women and child in the hall. She told me she was the wife of the boss and the child his son. She came from a foreign country. She felt very alone and was so sad.That week she asked me the whole time to come to the kitchen, to eat with her and keep her company. At the end of the week the boss called me and said he wanted to go out with me, that this time I couldn't refuse. I said ok, we can go out together with your lovely wife and son. He fired me of course.
Mike F 1 year ago
Very few companies are out for anything other than their bottom line. If I hear about how wonderfully pure the intentions are of European employers I'm going to scream because, if they are, in fact, pure as the driven snows the laws ensuring that they cannot misbehave would not be necessary.
michael reid 1 year ago
I was working away from home and had a company-paid-for hire car. I left it on the beach and the tide came in, totally ruining it. They fired me! It was so unfair.
Sami-Jo Ross 1 year ago
Sprained my ankle getting out of the car after my first day. They wouldn't provide accommodation even though I couldn't put any weight on my ankle.
Chelsea Bates 1 year ago
Reported an employee for sexual assault to me. I got fired because they "didn't believe me"
Richienotsorich 1 year ago
I dont know why Americans put up with these awful labour rules. You can basically be sacked at will for ridiculous reasons and none of you really seem concerned!
Pencil McGovern 1 year ago
Some of us are deeply concerned. Unfortunately, many others have been brainwashed into believing that protecting workers is socialism which will destroy America and that if we just suck it up long enough the bounty will start to "trickle down" and we'll all be rolling in money and guns and freedom.
Load More Replies... panther 1 year ago
I was fired because my boss said I didn't seem happy. Found out it was actually so he could hire his friend. Then he lied to the unemployment agency about why I was fired, saying I would disappear when there was work to be done. Hell I was skipping lunch and breaks to get things done. Found out later that he fired his friend because he didn't like her attitude, maybe it wasn't her attitude that was the problem Peter.
sweet emotion 1 year ago
Late 1990's, I worked for a name-brand temp service and was assigned to a big name mortgage company. I was go-fer for 5+ loan officers - pulling reports, gathering and sending faxes, entering data. They loved me because apparently I was faster and more accurate than previous temps. A month in advance I got approval from both the office manager and my agency manager to take a Friday off for my birthday weekend. Got home from a great trip on Sunday to find a message from the temp agency saying that I was no longer needed. Never got an explanation, and it took them two weeks to deliver my few personal belongings to the temp agency for me to pick up. (n.b. - a couple of months later I was head-hunted by that mortgage company's primary competitor and just celebrated my 25th anniversary with them.)
Makenzie McNeal 1 year ago
I'm applying for my first job soon. I pray this doesn't happen to me.
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