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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I Got Terminated From A Temporary Job

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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Most Interesting Way I've Ever Learned I've Been Fired

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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Bow out gracefully?

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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afraid of getting fired?

clouds0327 @clouds0327 (1389) • Philippines 17 Sep 10

I am... I have made a few posts about my boss. I have a very difficult boss.She is really demanding and sometimes impossible. But I love my job so much not just because I get my main income from it but because I...

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Wrongful termination

Catkin @Catkin (480) • United States 24 Aug 10

Last week, I came into work only to be informed over the phone by my boss that one of my coworkers was no longer with the company. When the entire work force consists of fewer than a dozen people, this comes as a shock; there had...

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I need advices on.. work. Help me. Especially if you work in HR perhaps

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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Getting fired because of no concrete reason

hanagi @hanagi (390) • Philippines 15 Jul 10

"We don't need your service anymore","you should try to look for another job." What if you hear those words from your supervisor? What will you do if you got fired for just the reason of being late? What if you don't have the...

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getting fired from job without no reason

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How did you get fired?

epticalindustries @epticalindustries (5) • United States 13 Jan 10

I bet people will have a sh*t load to talk about. I was fired for being a man once. Also fired for getting my teeth pulled out.

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At long last...

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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Am I getting fired?

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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Getting fired vs. quitting a job.

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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I'm glad I got fired!

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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Part two of that job discussion from last weekend...

ChaJudLeoBit @ChaJudLeoBit (1656) • United States 28 Oct 07

Anyway... to continue on from this discussion: http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1309720.aspx I was feeling kinda good for the rest of the week. I was freaked out about the whole ordeal, but then I decided that if Lani was...

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Quit, Fired, Laid off or Other?

breepeace @breepeace (3014) • Canada 4 Jun 07

In all the jobs you've ever worked in your life, what has happened more often to end employment? Have you been fired, quit, laid off or had something else happen most often? If something else happened, what was it? I've quit...

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What do you put on a job application if you were fired from your last job?

luv2cook4u @luv2cook4u (398) • United States 26 May 07

My husband had a good job and he was good at it. Unfortunately, he forget to do one important step in his job one day. It was something that may have never come to light, but could have also resulted in people getting hurt if it...

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What's the longest you've held a job?

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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Who has been fired/sacked from a job and why???

jan135 @jan135 (535) • Australia 20 Mar 07

I have had many jobs since I left school and done many interesting and not so interesting jobs to to make ends meet. I have left jobs voluntarily and also been fired. I was disapointed when I got fired from a driving job I had...

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A good way NOT to make extra money - keep a journal about slacking off! LOL!!

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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