Halloween Land Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Have you ever been fired from a job before and if so, how come? As for me, I have never been fired before so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale with Cheese Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Yes. The place where I was fired from is probably going to get a laugh....Applebees. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 oh yeah, my tendency to space-cadet resulted in dismissals from construction and other summer jobs i didn't want in the first place was very ill a decade ago and doctors wouldn't sign off on anything, so i was fired from an office job with cause signed back a few months later with the same folk for a lot more $$$ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo716 Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Yep Tops friendly markets as a teenager Screw that place! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Nope. Been laid off, I've quit, but never fired for cause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewPort71 Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Never fired. Laid off in a RIF , but then called back in 2 weeks as my replacement could not perform the work I did, even though I spent two weeks training him. And yes, I trained him the correct way to do the tasks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopsGuy Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Fired twice. First place was as a CAD engineer at a metal stamping place. They burned through junior engineers like crazy. No biggie. I learned a ton but didn’t really care for it. I was probably going to leave in a few months anyway. They fired all the guys I liked. Second one was as a Product Manager. I was really good at it but the stress was unbelievable. I had to give a “vapor-ware” presentation to a National magazine reviewer (Software that doesn’t exist and probably never will). I didn’t get along with my boss. She would’ve been a good client-end PM, but had no business leading people that knew more than she did. Heck, when she was on maternity leave another PM ran the shop & everything went smoothly. He’s the president of the company now. Anyway, I wasn’t technically fired. I transferred to another department. I don’t really worry about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 40 years of working for other people - never fired. Now that I'm self-employed, I'm a little worried about it - my new boss can be a prick sometimes. 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv's Neighbor Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 1 hour ago, Joe in Winslow said: Nope. Been laid off, I've quit, but never fired for cause. Same here! Laid off 4x in the early 80's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket94 Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 (edited) It was "recommended" that I go some where else and save the world. I was a social worker and I had a number of ethical battles with upper management. So I did. I like what I do now. Edited October 9, 2019 by Rocket94 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jauronimo Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 I was 48 and half hours late for my shift at a home improvement retail store. I did not get credit for being 2 hours early for that days shift and was fired. Probably didn't help that I was horribly hungover and possibly still drunk. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 1 hour ago, Buffalo716 said: Yep Tops friendly markets as a teenager Screw that place! Another reason to shop at Wegman's. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. L. Hot-Flamethrower Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Got fired from my summer painting job in college, not because of my work. It was because I recommended a buddy of mine for a job on the painting team. He turned out to be a real screwup as a painter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US Egg Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 I knew of a guy who got fired and lost his apartment and his girlfriend all in one day. John Winger. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket94 Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 1 minute ago, I am the egg man said: I knew of a guy who got fired and lost his apartment and his girlfriend all in one day. John Winger. That would suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jauronimo Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 First real corporate gig my boss was a real piece of work. There was always someone in her doghouse and that person was on borrowed time. Never thought it could happen to me since everything I did was magic for my first 18 months. Eventually there was no one left to blame and I was on deck. Anything I did was second guessed. All decisions were subject to a review in hindsight about why I didn't do the opposite. The micro-managing was unbearable. She made me print out draft emails before sending, then she would edit in front of me. Typically this meant tearing it up and starting fresh. Just to make sure I wasn't nuts I took her "edits" re-wrote the email verbatim in her words and gave it back to her as "my draft". She asked if I wrote the message and I confirmed it was my writing with some of her input. Shredded. She didn't recognize her own writing. It basically confirmed that anything I did was going to be wrong. Not long after, I got dismissed. From what I heard, they chased their tails for a while, replaced me with 2 or 3 people, and after destroying the department she got "promoted" out of the way and put in charge of a sales team or some such crap. At my next stop I met a woman who had previously worked for the same company. When I asked her why she left she said "Because [person] is a total [see you next Tuesday]". 2 minutes ago, I am the egg man said: I knew of a guy who got fired and lost his apartment and his girlfriend all in one day. John Winger. Ya know, one day Tito Puente is going to be dead and you're gonna say "Oh, I've been listening to his work for years!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teef Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 only once, but i was an an adult in my professional phase of life. i was working a very swanky practice in the area was we were growing faster than we thought. I was in line for a partnership, and things were moving forward...until the practice appraisal came back. to make a very long story short, the owner did not think the appraisal was enough for his practice, and increased the amount considerably, (6 figures considerably). we started to have "discussions" about that number, and it got uncomfortable. the owner had a very nice lifestyle, and was getting himself into debt...especially with the IRS. the consultant who appraised the practice actually called me one night and told me i'd be paying his debt, and not to do it. this is unusual because they're supposed to be an impartial party. it was the wednesday before thanksgiving, and i got a call from the owner. i was done. he didn't like how our discussions were going, so they were over and i was out of a job. i went from being inches away from a partner to having nothing. on top of that, i didn't want to tell anyone because my brother and his wife were announcing they were pregnant with the first grandchild in our family, and i didn't want to take away from it. it's been the only time in my life that i've been in a deep depression. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 2 minutes ago, teef said: only once, but i was an an adult in my professional phase of life. i was working a very swanky practice in the area was we were growing faster than we thought. I was in line for a partnership, and things were moving forward...until the practice appraisal came back. to make a very long story short, the owner did not think the appraisal was enough for his practice, and increased the amount considerably, (6 figures considerably). we started to have "discussions" about that number, and it got uncomfortable. the owner had a very nice lifestyle, and was getting himself into debt...especially with the IRS. the consultant who appraised the practice actually called me one night and told me i'd be paying his debt, and not to do it. this is unusual because they're supposed to be an impartial party. it was the wednesday before thanksgiving, and i got a call from the owner. i was done. he didn't like how our discussions were going, so they were over and i was out of a job. i went from being inches away from a partner to having nothing. on top of that, i didn't want to tell anyone because my brother and his wife were announcing they were pregnant with the first grandchild in our family, and i didn't want to take away from it. it's been the only time in my life that i've been in a deep depression. you're a good man, Teef. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Ever been convicted of a felony? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teef Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Just now, Foxx said: you're a good man, Teef. thanks foxx. we do what we can. it ended up being the best thing to happen for me. i bought my own practice months later, and two weeks ago we moved into our new building. i own the land, the building, and everyone inside works for me. i even created a space for my lab guy who pays me rent. i'm now totally autonomous and i'm never going back. i've been very, very lucky. 4 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coloradobillsfan Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 1 hour ago, Buffalo716 said: Yep Tops friendly markets as a teenager Screw that place! Awesome, me too. Well technically I was asked to resign, as it seems most places try to do to avoid any liability I presume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 19 minutes ago, Jauronimo said: Ya know, one day Tito Puente is going to be dead and you're gonna say "Oh, I've been listening to his work for years!" The vodka guy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jauronimo Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 9 minutes ago, teef said: thanks foxx. we do what we can. it ended up being the best thing to happen for me. i bought my own practice months later, and two weeks ago we moved into our new building. i own the land, the building, and everyone inside works for me. i even created a space for my lab guy who pays me rent. i'm now totally autonomous and i'm never going back. i've been very, very lucky. and now you give the hygienist a little extra to rub up on @Mike in Horseheads elbow?!?!?! That the kind of practice you're running now? You're a regular Tim Whatley. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 (edited) 21 minutes ago, teef said: only once, but i was an an adult in my professional phase of life. i was working a very swanky practice in the area was we were growing faster than we thought. I was in line for a partnership, and things were moving forward...until the practice appraisal came back. to make a very long story short, the owner did not think the appraisal was enough for his practice, and increased the amount considerably, (6 figures considerably). we started to have "discussions" about that number, and it got uncomfortable. the owner had a very nice lifestyle, and was getting himself into debt...especially with the IRS. the consultant who appraised the practice actually called me one night and told me i'd be paying his debt, and not to do it. this is unusual because they're supposed to be an impartial party. it was the wednesday before thanksgiving, and i got a call from the owner. i was done. he didn't like how our discussions were going, so they were over and i was out of a job. i went from being inches away from a partner to having nothing. on top of that, i didn't want to tell anyone because my brother and his wife were announcing they were pregnant with the first grandchild in our family, and i didn't want to take away from it. it's been the only time in my life that i've been in a deep depression. You know what one piece of advice I've truly taken to heart? The old saying that no one on their deathbed wishes they'd spent more time at work. I will never let a job emotionally ruin me, though getting laid off the first time was a REAL challenge, going from 6 figures to not was not fun. Edited October 9, 2019 by Joe in Winslow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Fan Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 I was technically laid off from one job as management didn’t actually have anything on me in terms of write ups. I got told one day we can’t afford to keep you here any longer. Still I think they dismissed me because I wasn’t of the powers that be ilk and didn’t get along the best with them. Some of that was my fault. In the long run the whole experience was positive though. Though to this day at work I’m always afraid it might be my last 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaoulDuke79 Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Can't say that I have......I'm running on a hot streak. Had 6 jobs over the past 26 years. I got laid off from one and quit from Totes/Sunglass Hut after 1 day of dealing with tourists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 46 minutes ago, JR in Pittsburgh said: Another reason to shop at Wegman's. I went into a Wegman’s just to check it out a few weeks ago. Oh, how I wish I had that near me! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 I’ve been in a banking position where an entire layer of management was eliminated. That sucked! I know the big accounting firms will also lay off young CPA’s right after tax or audit season because they aren’t going to have work for months. Great! Work 75 hour weeks for months, then get to the end and be let go. That also sucks! We had an employee who was stealing. I knew it, but couldn’t prove it. We let her go, and she found a job with one of our largest clients. You want to say something, but...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Not fired. Laid off from 2 construction projects, but that is expected as the project winds down. Laid off from a steel mill when the CEO ran home to Georgia with the funds. As for resigning, I immensely enjoyed watching 54 years total millwright seniority walk out the door of a previous employer to go on one of the construction projects mentioned above. I was a week shy of 18 years, and two other millwrights were over the 18 year mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket94 Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 26 minutes ago, Another Fan said: I was technically laid off from one job as management didn’t actually have anything on me in terms of write ups. I got told one day we can’t afford to keep you here any longer. Still I think they dismissed me because I wasn’t of the powers that be ilk and didn’t get along the best with them. Some of that was my fault. In the long run the whole experience was positive though. Though to this day at work I’m always afraid it might be my last I feel the same way. Doing perfectly fine...but what if! ha! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Nope. But my saintly wife has. Super Duper... She was cashier and someone slippef through line. I think it was all made up... She was seeing the owner's kid and they broke up shortly before. LoL... Wow! Sounds like soap opera drama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasons1992 Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said: Yes. The place where I was fired from is probably going to get a laugh....Applebees. You do kind of look like Mike Judge........ And yes, I've been fired, once. Only got 8 months on that job. But it led me back to my old company, and my current one, and the people I've met and the reason I'm where I'm at now personally. Had I been successful there, who knows how my life would have turned out........not as good as it did. Edited October 9, 2019 by Seasons1992 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 (edited) 48 minutes ago, teef said: thanks foxx. we do what we can. it ended up being the best thing to happen for me. i bought my own practice months later, and two weeks ago we moved into our new building. i own the land, the building, and everyone inside works for me. i even created a space for my lab guy who pays me rent. i'm now totally autonomous and i'm never going back. i've been very, very lucky. obviously, good deeds have their own rewards. self employment isn't for everyone. it can be a lot of extra work but it can be very rewarding for those who are good at it. you have to wear many hats. you can be the secretary, janitor, worker bee, estimator, bookkeeper and HR all rolled into one. myself, i have been self employed since '92. being i am very good at what i do, i have been very blessed. with my profession though, construction is a young mans game. having worked quite hard my entire adult life, i think i am ready to kick it back a bit. i enjoy what i do so i am not going to retire just yet but having to wear less hats would be welcome. after this coming year, i will probably look to go to work for someone else. it will be nice at the end of the day to leave the job there and not take it home with me. but... who am i kidding, i am so ingrained in my ways that i will probably still do the work in my sleep. ah well. to bring it back around to the thread topic... yeah, we were fired from Burger King back in the day... it was on purpose though, we didn't care. there were some shenanigans going on that weren't right. Edited October 9, 2019 by Foxx 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 31 minutes ago, Another Fan said: I was technically laid off from one job as management didn’t actually have anything on me in terms of write ups. I got told one day we can’t afford to keep you here any longer. Still I think they dismissed me because I wasn’t of the powers that be ilk and didn’t get along the best with them. Some of that was my fault. In the long run the whole experience was positive though. Though to this day at work I’m always afraid it might be my last You’re Kramer! And this employment is the time he just started showing up at that office gig! Kramer: “I don’t really even work here!” Boss: “That’s what makes it so difficult.” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Goat Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 3 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said: Yes. The place where I was fired from is probably going to get a laugh....Applebees. They microwave damn near everything, don't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Yep. And laid off a few times. I have the type of career where that tends to happen. It’s made for a couple nice sabbaticals, other times has been a drag. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Beard Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 I’ve been through many lay-off cycles as my company downsized and consolidated. Lay-off dates were usually announced a couple weeks in advance. Each time I would go to work after many sleepless nights and nervously await the summons to the manager’s office. I was never summoned. I survived 40 years. My daughter worked for a company that had a lay-off after she had been there for just a few months. Since she was newly hired, she was safe from the lay-off. She witnessed middle aged family breadwinners getting laid-off unexpectedly. She said to heck with this and changed her career. That was about three years ago, and she’s much happier now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 1 hour ago, teef said: only once, but i was an an adult in my professional phase of life. i was working a very swanky practice in the area was we were growing faster than we thought. I was in line for a partnership, and things were moving forward...until the practice appraisal came back. to make a very long story short, the owner did not think the appraisal was enough for his practice, and increased the amount considerably, (6 figures considerably). we started to have "discussions" about that number, and it got uncomfortable. the owner had a very nice lifestyle, and was getting himself into debt...especially with the IRS. the consultant who appraised the practice actually called me one night and told me i'd be paying his debt, and not to do it. this is unusual because they're supposed to be an impartial party. it was the wednesday before thanksgiving, and i got a call from the owner. i was done. he didn't like how our discussions were going, so they were over and i was out of a job. i went from being inches away from a partner to having nothing. on top of that, i didn't want to tell anyone because my brother and his wife were announcing they were pregnant with the first grandchild in our family, and i didn't want to take away from it. it's been the only time in my life that i've been in a deep depression. This is one of the most important lessons in life! Don’t get too high, or too low. The next thing will happen, and more often than you would think, despite all the fretting, the next thing is even better. The fear of the unknown is hard to turn into the excitement for what’s next, but that is often how it turns out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figster Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Worked Nuclear construction for many years so getting layed off went with the territory. Getting actually fired takes me back to a young teenager washing dishes at my mothers restraunt. ( 13 years old ) Awww come on maw, I was just taking a quick break. ( shooting pool or playing pinball ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 (edited) Holy poop, hell yea been fired..and more than once..in order 1) Dishwasher Chinese place in the falls..good fire..i was smoking weed out back and making owners kid do the dishes 2) Place i met my wife..not technically a firing, an understanding the relationship was not "approved"..one of us had to go...i went. Difefrent time in the mid 90's 3) Laid off from 2 startups..not sure if you call a firing, but i wlll.. they kept some folks, but the majority let go, i was in the majority Edited October 9, 2019 by plenzmd1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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