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Employee asks for a raise after 3 years at the company, gets fired for a fabricated story about an interaction with a client, CEO steps in to cover his tracks: 'I asked why I was fired and he still wouldn’t even give me a reason'

Employee asks for a raise after 3 years at the company, gets fired for a fabricated story about an interaction with a client, CEO steps in to cover his tracks: 'I asked why I was fired and he still wouldn’t even give me a reason'

Employees share the biggest ‘I’m definitely fired' moments that they got away with: ‘[My boss] just laughed so hard for about 5 minutes…’

Employees share the biggest ‘I’m definitely fired' moments that they got away with: ‘[My boss] just laughed so hard for about 5 minutes…’

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20+ Workers who got fired for ridiculous reasons: 'I got fired from a grocery store for being too enthusiastic'

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Mid-sized marketing firm outsources IT firing the single employee who had been there for 4 years, he gets a job paying $20k more: 'The first week after I left, their main server crashed. The outsourced company took 6 hours to respond, another 8 to fix it'

Employee gets booted off Zoom call in the middle of getting fired: 'I had to rejoin with my personal email'

Employee gets booted off Zoom call in the middle of getting fired: 'I had to rejoin with my personal email'

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17-year-old employee gets fired for not personally calling in sick after fainting and going to the emergency room: 'We're praying for you but you're fired'

17-year-old employee gets fired for not personally calling in sick after fainting and going to the emergency room: 'We're praying for you but you're fired'

A Savings Account Full of Memes for Anybody Trying to Make That Money

A Savings Account Full of Memes for Anybody Trying to Make That Money

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'Enjoy your holiday and don't bother coming back': 15+ Bosses who got to tell their least-favorite employees, "You're fired"

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20 HR professionals who had bizarre days at work: 'It was the most petty, childish reaction'

'He left with over $4,000 from the cash register': 10+ Managers share the most memorable employees they had to fire

'He left with over $4,000 from the cash register': 10+ Managers share the most memorable employees they had to fire

HR phone call leaks rumors of mass layoffs, all employees retaliate by not working, HR forced to do damage control: 'They'll still sit around and wonder why nobody wants to work anymore'

HR phone call leaks rumors of mass layoffs, all employees retaliate by not working, HR forced to do damage control: 'They'll still sit around and wonder why nobody wants to work anymore'

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Grocery store employee fired after one trial shift, then reprimanded for not showing up to their next shift: 'I didn't know I was scheduled!'

Grocery store employee fired after one trial shift, then reprimanded for not showing up to their next shift: 'I didn't know I was scheduled!'

Senior executive abruptly fired after he tried to transfer employee to his department just to assert his authority: 'I’ve asked Head Office to transfer you to my site. Then I’ll see how you refuse me'

Senior executive abruptly fired after he tried to transfer employee to his department just to assert his authority: 'I’ve asked Head Office to transfer you to my site. Then I’ll see how you refuse me'

Competitive coworker tries to get engineer fired, ends up getting fired himself: ''[He's] trying to play games with my career!'

Competitive coworker tries to get engineer fired, ends up getting fired himself: ''[He's] trying to play games with my career!'

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Fast food worker fired by manager for throwing his half-filled soda away, gets immediately reinstated by his manager's boss: 'He asked why I was back since he fired me'

Fast food worker fired by manager for throwing his half-filled soda away, gets immediately reinstated by his manager's boss: 'He asked why I was back since he fired me'

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Employee is fired after being placed on a PIP and being given the cold shoulder immediately following medical leave : 'HR is not your friend. Learned that the hard way...'

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Parents allow unemployed 23-year-old son to move home, he requests $10k from Dad after quitting new job: 'You don't quit your job without having another lined up'

Parents allow unemployed 23-year-old son to move home, he requests $10k from Dad after quitting new job: 'You don't quit your job without having another lined up'

15+ Employees who walked out of their jobs and never looked back: 'I looked at my boss, deleted my files, and left'

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Entitled neighbor refuses to stop letting his dog out around the neighborhood unsupervised, then confronts new neighbors when they report him: ‘I'm friends with the mayor’

Entitled neighbor refuses to stop letting his dog out around the neighborhood unsupervised, then confronts new neighbors when they report him: ‘I'm friends with the mayor’

‘The hardest part of my job isn’t the work, it’s the constant urgency over nothing‘: Company treats every minor task like a crisis, drowning its staff in fake emergencies until stress becomes the main worload

‘The hardest part of my job isn’t the work, it’s the constant urgency over nothing‘: Company treats every minor task like a crisis, drowning its staff in fake emergencies until stress becomes the main worload

‘Just fix it’: Retail customer blames employee for not stopping her from buying the wrong phone charger for her iPhone, then demands a refund without a receipt, worker refuses

‘Just fix it’: Retail customer blames employee for not stopping her from buying the wrong phone charger for her iPhone, then demands a refund without a receipt, worker refuses

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