I got fired today. It was a small retail job and I got fired for doing something stupid that I definitely should have known not to do. No one to blame but myself. It's more embarassing than anything. Thankfully I'd only been at the job three months and it is nothing important towards my future.
So moron, what's your point.
Sorry to hear that. I know how it feels, but let me tell you, for some mysterious reasons, it's always for the BEST.
I did get fired once, and it was the best thing that happened to me. A week after, I met someone who gave me a great job offer, and my career really took off after that.
My old boss was a sadist and all my friends who stayed are very unhappy (and badly paid). They all envy me now!
Tomorrow will be the beginning of a better life.
I\'ve been fired 4 times. Mainly politics. I work in an ambitious field, venture capital. If you take the chance you will sometimes fail, just like Bekele did on Saturday. That\'s life. Take your licks like a man. You\'ll be better for it.
I got fired once. It wasn't an important job, but I still feel dumb for what I did. Still to this day if I get an application that asks if I've been laid off from a past job I immediately throw the application away. I can't lie & say no & live with myself. I also know no one would hire me if I put yes.
Everybody will get fired at least once in their lives unless you're a total milktoast type who stays in the background; playing it safe.
Did you have sex with the cleaning lady on your desk?
I've been fired twice i believe. once for just not showing up anymore, kind of like office space. the other i got fired for writing some deragatory remarks about my boss' sexuality on a poster and then sticking it outside in the drive through so the customers could see (obviously wasn't the highest class job).
I got fired for posting on letsrun.
4 times wrote:
If you take the chance you will sometimes fail, just like Bekele did on Saturday.
idiot, Jesus H you are an idiot
What does the H stand for?
pacci wrote:
4 times wrote:If you take the chance you will sometimes fail, just like Bekele did on Saturday.
idiot, Jesus H you are an idiot
Got fired-my Supervisor said "I can't help it came from above".
Fast forward 4 years.I'm now Director of sub-Human Resources at the largest company in my field. My old supervisor's resume crosses my desk. In bold on top I pen:
Do Not Hire !
Tell him "This comes from above."
backatcha wrote:
Got fired-my Supervisor said "I can't help it came from above".
Fast forward 4 years.I'm now Director of sub-Human Resources at the largest company in my field. My old supervisor's resume crosses my desk. In bold on top I pen:
Do Not Hire !
Tell him "This comes from above."
You petty little man.
Live and learn.
I was working for a Fortune 100 company - first job out of college - had been there 10 years - had a young family - 1 year old daughter and a wife 6 months pregnant - fresh mortgage, the whole nine yards - had nothing but stellar performance reviews - got laid off.
Remember, unless you are one of the lazy ones, working in the public sector, living off the sweat of the taxpayer, or in a union shop, your ass in on the line at all times - it sucks, but it is the strength of the nation's economy - free enterprise.
Being laid off from that company was the best thing that has ever happened to me (career wise) - that was 12 years ago, and my income has at least tripled since then - some years quadrupled.
So chock this one up to experience and hang in there.
This petty little man usually chalks them up!!
Yes. I got fired and it is demoralizing. I was fired from a teaching job when I was like 24 years old. The principal was an ex-military guy and we were just not cut from the same cloth.
All my reviews had good marks, all my peers had good things to say, but he did not renew my contract. He actually told me that he thought your first year of teaching should be your best because "you are right out of school and full of energy." I asked him if he thought the same applied to when he was in the military, or if the reason they gave promotions based on expierience is because the you learn on the job. He had no answer, except to tell me to hit the bricks.
I recently told my boss to let me go when the company does the next round of lay-offs. Its a win-win. They have me in their pocket, ready to let me go. I've got short-timer's disease and look forward to the severence package! I can't wait to be fired!
idiot II wrote:
What does the H stand for?
It stands for Herbert Walker. Everyone knows that.
Well, being fired and being laid off are two different things really.
I have never been fired, but I have moved around enough I guess. I don't really get into arguments with my superiors, maybe it is my field of work, I don't know.
Usually I am hired for my knowledge, and they want to utilize it. I did get into a huge argument with a co-worker one time, he was a moron and wanted to run the company into the ground.
I think knowing how to argue a point and remain professional is key.
I just don't get into personal issues at work.
If I find myself personally disliking someone, I am usually extra nice to them just so it doesn't get in the way.
When I was young, I worked as a bagger at a grocery store with some friends and we used to steal beer out of the back of the store. We would hide it under the loading dock and pick it up with the car after we got off of work.
One time I was still working, and my friend had just gotten off, and the manager started walking back there... I knew my friend was going to pick up his beer, and so I tried to stop the manager and stall him with a few questions.
He told me to wait one second, walked straight to the dock, heard my friend scooting cases out from under, fired him on the spot, and told him that if he ever showed his face in the store again that he would call the cops.
Afterwards, he called me into his "office" and asked if i had known about the beer. I said no, and he smiled and told me there were other ways of getting beer than stealing it from where you worked.
I didn't see it at the time, but this guy knew what we were doing the whole time, and was actually really cool about it. He could have had my friend arrested. Instead he just fired him, and never said anything else about it to any of us, even though he knew we were in on it.
So was your boss cool because he didn't bust you two harder or cool because he let you stay on even after having theived AND lied in hopes that your feeling of being a very small person would be a better lesson for you? Did you learn anything?