What would you do if your job refused to acknowledge your contributions? It’s hard to know when you’ve taken on too much work. Sometimes things can just pile up, and before you know it, you’re doing way more than is in your job description. These things have a way of sneaking up on you. But …
Seguir leyendo ‘This is a cautionary tale’: Worker quits after being refused a promotion despite doing the work of 3 people, they hire 3 people to fill their role
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24-year-old girlfriend dumps 22-year-old boyfriend for losing 2 jobs in 6 months and living off her mom’s money: ‘He was fired because of his attendance.’
He had complete control over whether he had a job. There are a lot of people out there who can’t get a job, no matter how desperately they try. They are constantly searching for any position to put bread on the table, but for whatever reason, nothing is coming through. They might be overqualified for …
Seguir leyendo 24-year-old girlfriend dumps 22-year-old boyfriend for losing 2 jobs in 6 months and living off her mom’s money: ‘He was fired because of his attendance.’
Sister lies about brother being fired, so her brother exposes that she secretly flunked college and spent years pretending to have a degree during big family birthday: ‘[Even] her fiancé didn’t know this’
Grandpa’s birthday, everyone dressed in their best pretending everything is fine energy, and the sister decides this is the perfect moment to improvise a new origin story for a firing. Suddenly, a layoff becomes showing up tipsy to work, announced at full volume in front of extended family and a brand new girlfriend. That’s a …
Seguir leyendo Sister lies about brother being fired, so her brother exposes that she secretly flunked college and spent years pretending to have a degree during big family birthday: ‘[Even] her fiancé didn’t know this’
Part-time bookkeeper refuses to train replacement after company director fires her, demands to be taught her job: ‘[They] have no idea what I do’
There are times when getting fired can be a blessing in disguise. Yes, it is an awful feeling to not know where your next paycheck is coming from, and the shock can be a lot when it is something that you are not expecting. Still, there is every chance that the role was one in …
Seguir leyendo Part-time bookkeeper refuses to train replacement after company director fires her, demands to be taught her job: ‘[They] have no idea what I do’
VP of Sales fires 22-year-old employee weeks after his parents passed because his work performance deteriorated: ‘He’s not motivated at all.’
She didn’t even offer support or give him a performance review before kicking him to the curb. We all go through things in life that are not workproof. You can’t be the best sales representative at a cosmetics store if you’re constantly crying off your mascara because you’re still grieving the loss of a family …
Seguir leyendo VP of Sales fires 22-year-old employee weeks after his parents passed because his work performance deteriorated: ‘He’s not motivated at all.’
Fired employee pays Etsy witch 25 dollars to cast a spell on her boss, then hears the boss got demoted after her behavior finally caught up with her: ‘Etsy magic isn’t something to take lightly. It might end up working’
Closure is a funny, sometimes overrated thing. But it gets way funnier when a burned-out ex-employee finds closure in the strangest corner of the internet by spending twenty-five dollars on an Etsy witch. After years under a department head who ruled through fear and humiliation, the office had become a slow-motion breakdown factory. The boss …
Seguir leyendo Fired employee pays Etsy witch 25 dollars to cast a spell on her boss, then hears the boss got demoted after her behavior finally caught up with her: ‘Etsy magic isn’t something to take lightly. It might end up working’
Manager discovers that the new hire is an employee from his previous company whom he fired for lying on his resume: ‘The higher-ups are aware of the situation and don’t seem too concerned about it.’
Well, this is awkward. We’ve all had a former coworker that we hope we never see again. I’m not talking about a guy who chews his gum too loudly or is a little too into the office Christmas party. I’m talking about the coworker who was incompetent in every conceivable way, and you knew from …
Seguir leyendo Manager discovers that the new hire is an employee from his previous company whom he fired for lying on his resume: ‘The higher-ups are aware of the situation and don’t seem too concerned about it.’
Company fires employee for no reason, immediately hounds them to return equipment within 24 hours: ‘Are they trying to intimidate me?’
Jobs are a lot like relationships. You’d rather leave than be left. It’s a lot easier when you’re in the driver’s seat. But you aren’t always in control of that. Sometimes you can get dumped for no reason at all, and you’ll spend your precious time trying to figure out why. Getting fired is never …
Seguir leyendo Company fires employee for no reason, immediately hounds them to return equipment within 24 hours: ‘Are they trying to intimidate me?’
‘Say bye-bye’: Pizza place’s new management drastically cuts working hours, so disgruntled employee of 9 years gets them shut down, demoted to a B rating, and the incompetent managers fired
A pizza place came crashing down after a disgruntled employee reported them to the city when they cut his hours for the 3rd time. Working at a pizza place is an entirely different service industry ballgame then, say, working at a fancy bistro. Usually, pizza place culture is more casual, with a chiller crowd of …
Seguir leyendo ‘Say bye-bye’: Pizza place’s new management drastically cuts working hours, so disgruntled employee of 9 years gets them shut down, demoted to a B rating, and the incompetent managers fired
Manager lies to boss that her employee quit while she was out sick: ‘I explained that I never said that I quit, he said he already terminated my employment status.’
Your coworkers can make or break a job for you. I know people who’ve met their life partner while clocked in at the same place of employment. I know people who got hired at another company by their boss from their previous company. I know people who hang out with their coworkers at Happy Hour …
Seguir leyendo Manager lies to boss that her employee quit while she was out sick: ‘I explained that I never said that I quit, he said he already terminated my employment status.’