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'Just do the important things and let the small stuff slide': Contract worker fired after supervisor insists they work faster

Remy Millisky

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'[He] just wanted to see how many free burgers he could eat before getting canned': 20+ People who couldn't make it through a single day of work before getting fired

Remy Millisky

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'No one here has the password': Network employee gets laid off in downsizing move, company realizes he has all the master passwords

Remy Millisky

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'You have decided to fire me? Miss your wedding dinner tasting then!': Phone kiosk worker makes their final day of work as annoying as possible for boss

Remy Millisky

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Update: 'He cc'd his boss and my supervisors so they could all see my big mistake': Employee sends receipts to higher-ups after being accused of major mistake

Remy Millisky

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Employee asked by new owners to teach their replacement how to do their impossible job: 'This guy got [a] full year's worth of training in a week'

Brad Dickson

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'[They] pushed the photocopier down the stairs': 25+ Workers who got fired expeditiously

Remy Millisky

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'I left pool noodles outside on accident': 20+ Confounding reasons people got fired

Remy Millisky

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‘I’m not proving my value, bye': Tenured team member told by boss he needs to become a manager to get a raise, despite being paid $40,000 under market value

Eleonora Bader

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'Boss doesn't like my new email address': Newly-fired remote worker creates petty email address to taunt ex-boss

Remy Millisky

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First-time homebuyer and single mom shares foreboding story about purchasing on one-income: ‘I do not regret buying… [But] please think about worst-case scenario’

Elna McHilderson

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‘Please come back': Programmer laid off in favor of new college grad hire, management desperately attempts to rehire him after finding out all their files are deleted

Eleonora Bader

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'They want to paint me out to be the bad guy': Coffee shop "hyped up" new barista, then fires them via text

Remy Millisky

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'1 month later I'm getting phone calls asking for help': Worker gets laid off by employer who panics after things go sideways

Brad Dickson

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'Billionaires aren't innovators, WE ARE, they just get to swoop in and take the credit': Employee laid off after finishing a major project for his company

Isabella Penn

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'[I] was immediately laid off when the app was complete': Development team gets gutted by new owner as soon as they deliver new app

Brad Dickson

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