getting fired

'What are some of the craziest "employee did something [dumb] and got fired" stories you've heard/witnessed?': Employees share stories about the dumbest reasons people got fired

María Cetra

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Employee automates 15 hours of weekly work, only to get fired by boss immediately after: ‘I literally worked myself out of a salary’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Los Angeles employee returns from a pre-approved vacation only to get fired and denied months of earned bonuses and commissions after boss claims they're "discretionary"

Cata Holmes

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Employee gets fired for low attendance after HR forgot to put in their PTO, only to get called back to work after HR realized their mistake: ‘My bad, if you come back, we'll pay you’

Bar Mor Hazut

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28-year-old employee gets fired, but her boss claims she resigned—all after she left work early upon being lectured for 2 hours about her request to be treated with respect: 'I received an email that he interpreted it as resigning and I could not return'

Brad Dickson

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Company plans to fire boss, employee feels conflicted about interviewing for his job: 'My boss is the whole reason I'm even in this position'

Ally Perry

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Employee develops crush on boss, gets fired for not acting on it: 'I just wanted to do the right thing'

Ally Perry

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Manager refuses to fund underperforming employee's training on critical thinking, claiming it's “wasting money” on a failing employee

Bar Mor Hazut

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Boss hints that coworker is about to be fired, coworker is racked with guilt wondering if they should say something: 'She just bought a new home'

JR Atkinson

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Tutor works from 9:00 AM to 6:30 PM, gets fired for refusing to come back to work at 7:30 PM: 'They expect to own my entire life for less than $2.50 an hour'

Ally Perry

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Cell Phone Store Employee Gets Manager and District Manager Fired for Defrauding the Company, Then Quits After Getting Passed Up for Their Manager’s Vacant Role, Leaving the Store With 2 Employees Remaining

Brad Dickson

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'Firing someone in front of their mother': Employee refuses a meeting with manager after realizing she is getting fired, then decides to invite her mom as "support person"

Bar Mor Hazut

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Personal assistant gets fired in the first week over the phone at 11:30 a.m on a Sunday, all because she couldn't handle the boss mistreating her and making her cry: 'I’ve never been fired before, and I’m kind of [scared].'

María Cetra

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Worker spends three years going above and beyond for his company, only to be fired after being labeled a "disruption": 'What should I have done differently?'

Cata Holmes

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Employees share different reasons that cost them their job and led them to get fired: 'It’s the only time I was ever fired in my whole career.'

María Cetra

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'I lost a lot of sleep': Fired employee finds out company lied on termination report to keep them from getting unemployment, spends months trying to win the appeal

Bar Mor Hazut

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