Well looks like tomorrow I will be joining the ranks of the losers. I'm getting fired from my fucking job. This will be the first time in the 12 years that I've been working that I'm catching a pink slip. Ive been going through a range of emotions from anger to uncertainty to depression. It hurts more knowing I'm getting hosed out of my job rather than being a sorry fuck up. I've given close to 4 years of my life to this job, never called in sick once. I'm sure there are more than a few of you here that are actually fuck ups and have been tossed out on your ear. How did you guys cope with the emotions? Please guys come commiserate with me, make a guy feel a little better.
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FUCKING A I JUST GOT FIRED!!!!
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Baron Aloha
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ShadowRed said:
Sorry to hear about that man. I've never been fired but I can imagine how scary it must be. Are you living with someone else who might be able to help support you? Why are they firing you?
What do you do for a living? If you work in the private sector you should try and get a job with the government. They almost never fire people. You really have to be a sicko to get fired by them.
El Papa said:
I'm being fired, as in unsatisfactory performance not layed off.
"Sorry to hear about that man. I've never been fired but I can imagine how scary it must be. Are you living with someone else who might be able to help support you? Why are they firing you?
What do you do for a living? If you work in the private sector you should try and get a job with the government. They almost never fire people. You really have to be a sicko to get fired by them."
I have savings actually money I was saving up to buy a house with, so I'm not finacially fucked. I just won't be able to buy a house like I wanted to, at least until I get another job.
samus4ever
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maybe you should of worked alittle harder.
Saint Cornelius
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sorry to hear that, man. getting fired sucks, it's happened to me a few times in the last few years. i'm kind of "outspoken", to a fault. :/
but anyways
if you don't have money saved or anything, SIGN UP FOR EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. like tomorrow. if you need money for rent or school or food, whatever, DO IT. it takes a little while for it to kick in, one, and two: it's like 1/4th of your pay. but you'll need it while you're looking for a new gig!
good luck to you.
but anyways
if you don't have money saved or anything, SIGN UP FOR EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. like tomorrow. if you need money for rent or school or food, whatever, DO IT. it takes a little while for it to kick in, one, and two: it's like 1/4th of your pay. but you'll need it while you're looking for a new gig!
good luck to you.
"maybe you should of worked alittle harder."
It wasn't about my work I had just gotten an excellent evaluation a month ago, and my boss had told me that if a supervisor position came available he would offer it to me first. I had an incident happen on Monday, in which someone said I did something I didn't. Company policy says I have to be terminated even though I say I didn't and I have had no troubles in the company before.
It wasn't about my work I had just gotten an excellent evaluation a month ago, and my boss had told me that if a supervisor position came available he would offer it to me first. I had an incident happen on Monday, in which someone said I did something I didn't. Company policy says I have to be terminated even though I say I didn't and I have had no troubles in the company before.
Alcibiades
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where did you work?
what was your job?
what did they find unsatisfactory?
did you get along with higher-ups?
what was your job?
what did they find unsatisfactory?
did you get along with higher-ups?
Saint Cornelius
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what state do you live in? i know all about CA working laws. 
IANAL
IANAL
Saint Cornelius
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unless he did it, in which case, he's gonna need Johnny!
McLesterolBeast
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I'll bet those racist crackers had something to do with it.
Saint Cornelius
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you better not have been fucking the boss, or the bosses' wife
don't shit where you eat!!
don't shit where you eat!!
cvkpaladin
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Yeah, what exactly was said that got you fired? I mean, I can't imagine that if there is no proof that you did something you shouldn't have (which there shouldn't be since I'm assuming you didn't do it) that they should be able to fire you. It makes no sense. Time to get a lawyer and sue the fucktard.
Lemurnator
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What did you do to get fired?
Tough luck duders. You'll pull through in the end though, just work hard.
Tough luck duders. You'll pull through in the end though, just work hard.
"where did you work?"
I worked for a major multinational food company.
"what was your job?"
I was a Sales Represenative
"what did they find unsatisfactory?
did you get along with higher-ups?"
Yeah me and my boss was cool. He's not doing this because he doesn't like me he's doing it because there is a policcy in place that says I have to be fired.
"what state do you live in? i know all about CA working laws"
I'm in Texas and Texas is a work at will state. Anyhow it's not the company that I blame it's the person that I had the incedent with.
"Can't you sue them? The guy said you did something, it hurt your character...that's slander."
That was actually my first respone but it's all he said she said and I probably counld prove it in court. Plus I don't have the money to blow on an lawyer.
"So, was this sexual harrassment, or what?"
LOL no it's not sexual harrasment.
I worked for a major multinational food company.
"what was your job?"
I was a Sales Represenative
"what did they find unsatisfactory?
did you get along with higher-ups?"
Yeah me and my boss was cool. He's not doing this because he doesn't like me he's doing it because there is a policcy in place that says I have to be fired.
"what state do you live in? i know all about CA working laws"
I'm in Texas and Texas is a work at will state. Anyhow it's not the company that I blame it's the person that I had the incedent with.
"Can't you sue them? The guy said you did something, it hurt your character...that's slander."
That was actually my first respone but it's all he said she said and I probably counld prove it in court. Plus I don't have the money to blow on an lawyer.
"So, was this sexual harrassment, or what?"
LOL no it's not sexual harrasment.
WasabiKing
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Well, being fired as a sales rep is not too uncommon, you have goals you gotta hit, and if you don't make them, out you go. Just make sure you talk to your boss, see if you can use that person as a reference, and keep in touch. They can really help you when you list them as a reference.
Ninja Scooter
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WTF was that!?! If a 17 year old ever asked me if i had a lot of sex, i'd just fuckin' book it, Carl Lewis style.
http://firstgov.gov/Citizen/Topics/Education_Training.shtml#worksplaceissues
http://www.eeoc.gov/
http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/employee/
hunt around that first link, you are bound to find some government agency that you can at least file a complaint with, or call your head office.
Camillemurs said:
The short story is that I was a Sale Rep for a company that has space in grocery stores. I was stocking the shelves, with product from a cart my company owns. It was pushed up next to one side of the aisles I was working on. I was doing just as I had been trained to do, the same that I had been doing for 4 years. This manager approaches me as I am merchandising the self and I had product in my hand and asked me to move the cart. I said give me a minute. The manager screamed at me to do it now. I gave her the "Whatever, you ain't running nothing here bitch look, and finished placing my product on the self, which took like 10 seconds. When I stood up the manager told me to leave the store and asked for my supervisors name and number. I kindly pulled out his card and gave her the number and left the store. I talk to my supervisor later on and he tells me the manager claimed that I cussed her out, and that there was no way I would be allowed back into the store.
Company policy states that if a person is kicked out of a store for any reason they are immediately terminated. It didn't used to be that way, you could get with another Sales member and trade a store if you got kicked out, but they changed these 2 years ago. Since then 2 other people have been fired because of the policy over the same sort of incident. One guy was with the company 20 plus years when he was fired.
Ninja Scooter
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you said it'd take you a minute, but in reality, it only took you 10 seconds. You're a liar. Thats why you were fired.
cvkpaladin
Member
Thats a pretty fucking lame policy that your business has. Go back to that store and punch that bitch in the face "Way of the Gun"-style.
Dude, thats bullshit. Whether or not you blame the company, unless they have proof that you did something to that manager they cant just fire you. They cant say that you cussed this women out, or even that you talked to her while you were in the store. They cant prove anything at all happened. What if this women just called them and told them you cant come in the store anymore because she doesnt like you. Would they still fire you then based on policy?
Sue them for wrongfull termination, you can get a shitty lawyer who will work of commision. If they are a big company like you say they are (it will help if you are a minority here, pretend to be gay if need be) they will want to keep this out of the press. they will shovel money your way to shut you up.
I once worked with someone who was caught, by 4 different video cameras and two people lifting a large amount of money from my workplace (I wont say who, but a fortune 500 company). A month later we found out she got a 6 figure settlement on a wrongfull termination suit. They had her completely own3d, they just didnt want the press.
Sue them for wrongfull termination, you can get a shitty lawyer who will work of commision. If they are a big company like you say they are (it will help if you are a minority here, pretend to be gay if need be) they will want to keep this out of the press. they will shovel money your way to shut you up.
I once worked with someone who was caught, by 4 different video cameras and two people lifting a large amount of money from my workplace (I wont say who, but a fortune 500 company). A month later we found out she got a 6 figure settlement on a wrongfull termination suit. They had her completely own3d, they just didnt want the press.
"Dude, thats bullshit. Whether or not you blame the company, unless they have proof that you did something to that manager they cant just fire you.
Sue them for wrongfull termination, you can get a shitty lawyer who will work of commision. If they are a big company like you say they are (it will help if you are a minority here, pretend to be gay if need be) they will want to keep this out of the press. they will shovel money your way to shut you up."
Honestly I don't have a problem with my company, the policy is what it is. Also I live in Texas which is a work at will state, which basicly means they can fire you because you put too much starch in your shirt. I know this may come as a shock to a few people but I'm not interested in getting money I don't deserve. Now I would have no problem sueing the bitch that got me fired, but again it's he said she said.
"I once worked with someone who was caught, by 4 different video cameras and two people lifting a large amount of money from my workplace (I wont say who, but a fortune 500 company). A month later we found out she got a 6 figure settlement on a wrongfull termination suit. They had her completely own3d, they just didnt want the press."
When I got hired I replaced this guy who left just up and stopped coming to work. He didn't call anyone nor returned calls from the company. A month later he returns and demands that he get his job back and when they didn't he sued them and got it back. He claimed he went to take care of his sick grandmother, yet neglected to tell anyone he was leaving. Then right before he was about to get fired after a very bad evaluation, he claimed he feel off a latter and sued both the company and the store that he supposedly fell off the ladder at. He ended up getting a year severance pay from the company and 10,000 from the grocery store chain.
Sue them for wrongfull termination, you can get a shitty lawyer who will work of commision. If they are a big company like you say they are (it will help if you are a minority here, pretend to be gay if need be) they will want to keep this out of the press. they will shovel money your way to shut you up."
Honestly I don't have a problem with my company, the policy is what it is. Also I live in Texas which is a work at will state, which basicly means they can fire you because you put too much starch in your shirt. I know this may come as a shock to a few people but I'm not interested in getting money I don't deserve. Now I would have no problem sueing the bitch that got me fired, but again it's he said she said.
"I once worked with someone who was caught, by 4 different video cameras and two people lifting a large amount of money from my workplace (I wont say who, but a fortune 500 company). A month later we found out she got a 6 figure settlement on a wrongfull termination suit. They had her completely own3d, they just didnt want the press."
When I got hired I replaced this guy who left just up and stopped coming to work. He didn't call anyone nor returned calls from the company. A month later he returns and demands that he get his job back and when they didn't he sued them and got it back. He claimed he went to take care of his sick grandmother, yet neglected to tell anyone he was leaving. Then right before he was about to get fired after a very bad evaluation, he claimed he feel off a latter and sued both the company and the store that he supposedly fell off the ladder at. He ended up getting a year severance pay from the company and 10,000 from the grocery store chain.
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