getting fired
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (112717)
• United States
24 Mar 25
I have been around firing people for a very long time, although these days of course, I am retired. So, I've seen people being fired many times, and have been involved in the decision-making process and the act of firing people as...
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bostonphil
@bostonphil (4459)
• United States
4 Jul 17
I am a senior citizen who gets social security which covers my basic expenses.
However, I need to earn extra money for luxuries. I had a permanent job and in March, I got the boot without so much as a thank you after 27 years of...
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6 people
Four Walls
@FourWalls (86575)
• United States
4 Feb 16
If you're young and just looking for a first job, let me give you some advice to keep in the back of your mind: you ARE going to get fired. We've all faced that terrible fact of life: the office is downsizing and you're...
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6 people
katsmeow1213
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
3 Dec 15
On Tuesday at the end of the work day the coworker I really disliked got fired.
The manager tried to make it a private matter. Most of the employees had gone home already. I stay late on Tuesdays as the drive thru is open an hour...
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10 people
phyrethyme
@phyrethyme (1267)
• Philippines
11 Aug 10
Okay, I've been working for a week. It's my first job. I'm a microbiologist in a company..
The thing is, I've been unhappy. I'd go home and cry. I go to bed wishing tomorrow will never come. In the morning when I prepare to...
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1 person
Starwulf
@Starwulf (43)
• United States
10 Feb 09
It has been a long while since I last posted. In that time I worked for a guy who owned a company who didn't know how to run a company. I was told by other employees and his partner that he couldn't tell the difference between a...
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1 person
prestocaro
@prestocaro (1251)
• United States
5 Sep 08
Day before yesterday, I told my boss I wasn't comfortable doing any more personal tasks for him. I am a booking agent and admin assistant for a restaurant group, and in the past month, my boss has had me buy him shoes, buy his...
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1 person
Marcola
@Marcola (2774)
• United States
28 Jun 08
What do you think is worse? Obviously, getting fired isn't the most positive thing. However, I have a friend who once told me thats it's better to be fired than to quit, because when you quit, you do it for your own selfish...
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gitfiddleplayer
@gitfiddleplayer (10362)
• United States
16 May 08
Have you ever had a job that you hated but you didn't want to quit and give them the satisfaction of running you off? I've been fired from 3 jobs, I stuck to my guns and wouldn't let them force me out. Once they gave me the boot...
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2 people
ChaJudLeoBit
@ChaJudLeoBit (1656)
• United States
12 Apr 07
What's the shortest? Did you quit or were you fired? Have you ever been fired? From where and why?? Let's get some good stories here.
My longest job was in the military. I did 8 years and got out when I got pregnant. The...
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3 people
shywolf
@shywolf (4514)
• United States
21 Jan 07
Apparently, a woman was fired from her job for keeping a journal (a handwritten one, not an online one *laugh*) about things that she was doing to avoid work. Not only that, but now she can't even get unemployment benefits...
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