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Boss fires employee and gives them $1000 for moving costs, demands money back when they file for unemployment: 'He thought the $1000 would be enough until I found a new job'

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CEO Fires Marketing Employee “On the Spot” for Standing Their Ground Against Impossible Targets: 'He expected organic traffic to increase by 45% in 4 weeks'

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12 employees share the fastest times they've seen a coworker get fired at their workplace: 'Intern used their corporate credit card to BUY a Honda civic.'

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Fast food restaurant hires employee, declines to contact them, and fires them within 2 weeks: 'Never went in or earned a cent'

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Fired employees confess the biggest lies HR told them during their termination meetings: 'It isn't personal'

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'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

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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’

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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"

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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’

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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'

An employee and her boss work at opposite desks, with her pushing her chair towards him as he shows her something on a clipboard.

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'

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

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

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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'

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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'

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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