. This fear is completely understandable, as getting dismissed is one of the most pivotal moments in our professional lives. It catapults us into uncertainty and the many upcoming challenges associated with the search for a newof Americans, this fear has come true. To find perspective or perhaps take such a burden off their chest, some people share their getting fired stories online. We atcompiled a whole list of them, ranging from ridiculous to downright unbelievable.
It was an insane amount of work and however I managed to do it for 6 months is beyond me, especially for how s****y I was paid. Oh and I was the only one in the company who knew the process for all these things. I have a very well written “how to” manual I sent to him last year with all the information to take care of this via email that he never responded to. I BCC’d myself because I had a feeling this would happen. And I’m glad I did.
I get injured and no loyalty. F**king replaced me while pretending I still had the job and only let me know when I'm ready to come back. When it was her turn, I asked her what she was looking for. The woman asked me where the “chicky figs” are. Later my manager said I was in the wrong. That I was being rude and condescending to the customer and I should have understood what she was asking for. I tried to defend myself and explain my side of the story but he would not listen. He said there are many college students he can hire to do my job and that I was a dime a dozen girl. I was fired and told to get off the property.
I ended finding out at the ER I miscarried. I bring my medical records to work, and tell my supervisor why I have taken days off and she said ok. never even informed Me of sedgwick the online system where you have to call out and reuqest sick time. A week later my supervisor tells me I'm fired and that it's from my missing days. I tell her why, she says to take it up with the store manager.
Had the craziest thing happen to me. I was headhunted for a role. I did multiple interview rounds and formally accepted an offer. I did my first day and in the first hour I talked to the CEO and we went over some stuff...then I was fired. He said because I yawned once during the meeting my energy wasn't right. If anyone has a rec for a good lawyer in CA let me know.. Indeed, pausing to reflect and letting go of any negative thoughts and emotions is crucial during such a time.
I remember back in the 90s when I gave notice at my gas station job to go to uni, they congratulated me and asked questions about what I was taking and if I'd like to work over my breaks . Noticed on my last paycheck that my clocked hours had been altered/ reduced and I was missing pay. When I asked my boss why he said he didn't like the time my shifts start so he removed half an hour from each shift and that he thinks I work too slowly so he took another half an hour off of each shift . So he's retroactively removing an hour's worth of pay from already worked shifts and is only paying me for 6 hour shifts.
It just really hurts to know that even if I do everything perfectly and even offer to TURN DOWN MORE MONEY to work with someone, they would still rather fire me and start over again from scratch than put up with my neurodivergence. It feels like there's nothing I can do. I hate that capitalism makes being even a little different from everyone else a freaking death sentence.
edit 2: damn not some of y'all agreeing with my boss about my work ethic 💀 this is the anti work sub are you lost? i was a wagecuck at an arts and crafts store. i was good at my job too- I know a lot about sewing, crocheting, embroidery, and such. but i just wasn't going to go above and beyond. My coworker would talk to me about this kind of stuff on the clock and seemed to have the same attitude about work but she's actually just a rat.
Yesterday I emailed them and told them to come get their s**t. I had the police come over and declare the vehicle abandoned. They would tow it in 24 hours. Aside from how s***ty of a thing it is for a boss to steal your pay, how the f**k can you do this to a man who has loyally worked for your company for 30 f**king years? It just goes to show that we are nothing more than pawns for these piece of s**t business owners to use until we dry up and die.First they cane for the young and inexperienced and we said"they were probably lazy and on their phone".
We had a new CEO come in about a year ago and I was the only member of the admin team that he didn't pick himself, yet I still thought my situation was different and I was safe. Today, in a mere 45 seconds, he told me I wasn't working out and he was making a change to the leadership team. After 26 years, my career ended in 45 seconds.
Edit: I now have a confirmation in writing that I was fired. Not an official report, just an email from my boss confirming it. I’m going to file for unemployment. Last week a coworker of mine got fired after complaining about one of the owners. This week, I complained to HR that admin staff are getting fired for talking “bad,” about upper management, but upper management calls us “idiots,” “re%ards,” & “dumb a*ses.” I sent an email expressing my concerns on Tuesday, & was pulled for a meeting on Friday where I was fired for not “calling back a patient,” over a year ago.
After that, communication with these so-called"trainers" became less and less, although they would send me work to input into the system, which I did without a problem. I have been working FOH at this restaurant for almost a year. Lately I had been wanting to quit due to a toxic misogynistic atmosphere. Today I was working, and I was going to be working tonight by myself bc we are understaffed and I am one of two employees who can close by myself.
ETA: he is the owner and takes an even split of the tip pool every day. Also I am only 21 so I am a bit young/inexperienced with things like this… My husband was a construction manager. He took the job at 19, so he wasn't aware of the real value his work and position had. When he was fired, he was making $17/hr. It's been a year and a half and they're realizing they can't get anyone else to do that job for less than 30.Feeling a bit numb and lost. I’ve only been working there for a little over a year, but it was the first job I’ve had that I actually looked forward to going to.
I dunno, just feeling lost right now because it was the first job I’ve had where I actually saw myself staying there for a while. I guess it’s just a lesson that no matter how good the company is or seems, you can’t count on them to have your back and you truly only have yourself.Showed up to work and my key card didnt work at the door. I tried calling my “friends” at work and they kept hanging up.
I was the manager of a network engineering team for a medium/large sized for 20 years and was terminated in 2019. We had various passwords for routers depending on line of business the routers belonged to. My team had the administrative passwords stored in a secure, electronic password vault. Fast forward to last week when something got into the routers and locked everyone out, now they need the admin passwords but apparently the vault was taken offline and removed two years ago.
What it was: Yesterday, while I was on my lunch break, I was outside in a little patio area where lots of people eat their lunches outside. The thing I said was a yo mamma joke. Not even a good one, just "and yo mamma so fat she has her own gravity" joking with my friend on the phone. Until she became pregnant. Once she advised them she was pregnant, management became cold and callous towards her. She would be lectured for going to the bathroom, scolded for being late from a doctor's appointment, etc.
An hour later, my department get visited by the store manager and two assistant store managers and they proceed to question me about the tea. I show them my receipt and tell them that they can check the cameras for proof that I in fact paid for my drink. Then they proceed to tell me that they did in fact check the cameras, and they saw me break company policy for drinking a beverage before paying for it… I was in such disbelief that I was speechless, jaw droppingly speechless.
My previous employer is asking me to pay back all the money they say they paid me when I wasn’t working. They’re saying that instead of suing me/reporting me to the police they just want me to pay $1,117 dollars. I was not the only person fired under the exact same circumstances. She left at the same time as me everyday and is not being asked to repay anything.
So now I’m thinking two things: 1. My supervisor just decided to have the legal department take care of it because I ignored him or 2. My supervisor was full of s**t and they’re investigating him. I’m hoping for scenario #2 but expecting #1. Anyway, they wont give me my pto now because of this. However, today they tried to use my PTO to bargain with because they need my help with an upcoming audit.
Was promised shares in a startup, worked 2 years and the day before registering the company got told I wasn't necessary I was recently laid off on a Friday morning. The circumstances were almost laughable as the company is battling unprecedented turnover, extremely low morale and everyone feeling overworked and undervalued. So they went ahead and decided to reorg and lay off a number of sales teams across the country.
Fast forward to this morning, get a calendar invite from HR and my manager "URGENT MEETING". Figured what it was, the writing has been kind of on the wall, even though just last week my manager asked me if I would be interested in her position if she got promoted. So kind of a surprise, but also not.
Also, I recognize and understand as well as empathize that there have been and are people in far worse situations. I'm just venting mine. My husband has enough stress trying to keep a roof over our head for me to dump it on him. The next day friend is terminated. The AM informed the manager that friend has taken 3 garbage bags from work. The manager even writes on his termination paper that friend is dismissed for "employee theft of 3 garbage bags"