Quit, Fired, Laid off or Other?
By breepeace
@breepeace (3014)
Canada
June 4, 2007 7:34pm CST
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 almost every job I've ever had, except I was laid off one job since it was seasonal. I've technically never been fired, although one of my jobs tried to dismiss me for unjust cause, but pulled the papers before they served them to me since I had already put in my notice over a week earlier and they would have had to deal with a lawsuit for firing me for something that had nothing to do with my employment (my horrible roommate, who was also unfortunately my coworker there, accused me of stealing a shirt she claimed was her shirt, but was without a doubt mine since I had a picture of me in it from over 3 years prior, then she changed her story to say there were over 10 of her pieces of clothing missing. All because she wanted the master bedroom to herself!).
What about you?
3 responses
@carlaabt (3504)
• United States
11 Jun 07
I've quit every job I've ever had. Not that I've had many. My first job I quit because the way that one of the managers was treating one of my pregnant coworkers. I wasn't going to just stand there and let her take it. So I left. lol I was also getting ready to move, so it wasn't a real big deal. The next job I quit because I found a better one. That one I quit because I was sick and they wouldn't let me cut down to only part time. The next one I knew was only temporary because I started it just 10 weeks before my wedding, and my husband is stationed 1100 miles from home, so I knew I would be moving. I've only had one job here, and I quit it to stay home with my son.
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@friendship (2084)
• Canada
5 Jun 07
I have never been fired in all the job that I've ever had. It is like you... I've quit almost every job I've ever had because I would like to focus on my education or there were other personal reasons that I couldn't discuss here. Some of my jobs were seasonal or contract jobs.
