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'How callous!': Woman shares heartbreaking footage of the exact moment her company lays her off only 2-weeks before the holidays

'How callous!': Woman shares heartbreaking footage of the exact moment her company lays her off only 2-weeks before the holidays

"Please know that your employer will always value their bottom line over your dignity. I loved this job. I am so so sad."
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‘How important is it really to leave on good terms?’: Employees Working In and Out of Different Industries Discuss the Pros and Cons of Burning Corporate Bridges When Quitting

‘How important is it really to leave on good terms?’: 20+ Professionals Working In and Out of Different Industries Discuss the Pros and Cons of 'Burning Corporate Bridges' When Quitting

Everyone has their own style of quitting a dead-end job.
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'Long story short, I just quit my full-time job': Sole employee at a hotel that holds nearly 200 people shares exact customer interaction that made her quit on the spot

'Long story short, I just quit my full-time job': Sole employee at a hotel that holds nearly 200 people shares exact customer interaction that made her quit on the spot

What does management expect when they don't have the backs of their employees?
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‘Watching his face fall was beautiful': Entitled comedian gets himself blacklisted from performing after not realizing he was using the manager of the venue to fuel his insulting punchlines

‘Watching his face fall was beautiful': Entitled comedian gets himself blacklisted from performing after not realizing he was using the manager of the venue to fuel his insulting punchlines

"The joy as I said, 'No thanks, I'm the manager and I will never book you again.'"
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'I didn't even think it was possible to get fired at orientation': 20+ Employees who were stunned to be fired for their big mistakes

In case you've never considered it before, yes, you can get fired at your job orientation . It probably makes things easier for the hiring team. Why bother hiring a person who can't even make it through the first few days of the gig? Some people get hired at a job , but they make it clear from day one that they're just utterly uninterested in doing work for even a minute. One guy chose to only work from 10 AM-12 PM each day, which is iconic of him, and I wish him all the best. Another woman bec…
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'Guy told me he couldn't really move fast because his motorcycle boots were too heavy': 20+ Employees who got fired for surprisingly funny reasons

No one wants to get booted from their job unexpectedly, but these people had some pretty embarrassing reasons for losing their jobs ! Have you ever had one of those friends who will tell you the wildest story you've ever heard, and then expect you to take their side even though they're clearly wrong? A lot of these people are just like that, displaying the most unhinged behaviors at work, and then expecting their bosses and coworkers to side with them. I know those HR PowerPoint sessions about…
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‘Cool, right?’: Employee goes on a 2-week vacation after working 24-7 for 4 months and only making $15 per hour, gets fired over email due to small miscommunication

‘Cool, right?’: Employee goes on a 2-week vacation after working 7-days a week for 4 months and only makes $15 per hour, gets fired over email due to small miscommunication

"They fired me over email, while I was on vacation. I just can’t understand how people can treat someone like that."
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'I wasn't "loyal" to this dealership': Car dealership employee quits on the spot after boss's firing joke goes wrong

This dude's former boss had an interesting idea of what loyalty meant. It's an odd query: should you shop where you work ? If you work at a restaurant, would they expect you to eat their food? Or if you work at a clothing store, would your boss be offended if you showed up wearing clothes from a different store? It depends on the workplace, but it's a bit strange to force requirements like this on your employees. I mean, don't show up to your retail job wearing the competitor's clothing… but wh…
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‘It's your dogs isn't it?’: Entitled manager tries to force employee to work longer, employee claims he has a 5 and 7-year-old at home to care for, it's his dogs

‘It's your dogs isn't it?’: Entitled manager tries to force employee to work longer, employee claims he has a 5 and 7-year-old at home to care for, it's his dogs

Fur babies are JUST as important...
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24 Work Memes That Could've Been an Email Instead of Another Meeting

24 Work Memes That Could've Been an Email Instead of Another Meeting

Another work day, another pointless meeting...
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'They are literally chasing a beaver around in their golf cart': 20+ Employees who were fired on day 1

Being fired from your job on day one should earn you some type of medal. It's a very special achievement after all. When managers are training a new employee, they expect them to mess up basically every task for a while. But you can't chock up everything to being unaware or untrained. Some things, like employees who can't focus on the job or those who berate the customers, have to go ASAP. Up next, read about a couple of the “worst lawyers ever," who got lazy when drafting a retirement document…
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‘What a mess up!’: New employee accidentally prints 3,600 shipping labels instead of 1 on his third day there, sparks others to share their embarrassing new job stories

‘What a mess up!’: New employee accidentally prints 3,600 shipping labels instead of 1 on his third day there, sparks others to share their embarrassing new job stories

We've all been the new kid at a job.
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‘Kiss getting a full-time offer goodbye’: CEO of small company sends mass email talking down to the intern, gets private follow up email saying the intern was actually in the right

‘Kiss getting a full-time offer goodbye’: CEO of small company sends mass email talking down to the intern, gets private follow up email saying the intern was actually in the right

"An intern “failing” at ANY task is not a failure of the intern, it’s a failure of the leadership of the organization."
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'Enjoy the stress!': Minimum wage worker finds herself scheduled even though her vacation days were approved a month prior, leaves them high and dry

'Enjoy the stress!': Minimum wage worker finds herself scheduled even though her vacation days were approved a month prior, leaves them high and dry

What's the point of having vacation days if you're not allowed to use them?
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‘We fired… A customer!’: Arts and crafts store employees share times they had to ban customers who were regular Karens

‘We fired… A customer!’: Arts and crafts store employees share times they had to ban customers who were regular Karens

Arts & Craft stores seem to attract a lot of Karens…
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'Dracula voices at [the] drive thru': 20+ People who got fired from their jobs

'Dracula voices at [the] drive thru': 20+ People who got fired from their jobs

Listen, I just think you should be able to take a drive-thru order in whichever voice you feel like. The employees at fast food restaurants get super unbelievably bored of saying the same, “Hi, how can I help you?” phrase over and over. After you say it dozens of times per day, you start to hate the phrase. Why not change it up a little? One person replying to this hilarious thread did just that, but sadly, they got canned for their creativity.
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