Today, my boss fired me from my job at a local family-owned business. Thanks, mom. FML
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Today, my boss fired me after chewing me out for the horrible date he had with my mother. FML
Today, I got fired from my job. I worked for my parents. FML
Today, my boss fired me because he wants to start dating my mother and apparently doesn't want it to be "awkward." FML
HOW CAN SHE SLAP?
Today, my boss fired me. I still can't really explain where the slap I gave him for it came from, though. FML
Communication breakdown
Today, I got a notice in the mail saying I had been fired from my job. My dad's the boss, who I happen to live with. FML
Today, my boss fired me for acting "inappropriately" at work. I gave him a hug. He's my dad. FML
Today, my boss fired me by locking me out of my workplace after I went out to throw out the trash. FML
Today, I was fired from my job. Why? Because my boss has been dating my newly divorced mother, and he didn't want family get-togethers to be "awkward." FML
Today, my boss fired me because I corrected him after he misspoke during a meeting. FML
Today, my boss fired me for causing a "commotion" at work while running the vacuum. FML
Top comments
TwitchingNebula 17
Just because she's your mom doesn't mean you get special treatment. If one of my kids worked for me and they weren't up to par, yeah I'll can them. Welcome to the real world.
jessherself13 21
You don't deserve special treatment just because you're family, OP. If you don't work hard there are plenty of people who need jobs who are willing to take your place.
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Comments (85)
SmittyJA24 26
You gotta work hard (not) for "mom" to fire ya!!
eur0 14
Hes already been fired...
ScruffyFML 10
I know the pressure of being 1st is tremendous, but come on now.. That was bad.
TiddleyMoney 7
Nooo? I think he has to work hard so he can develop proper work ethics and skills to further advance in the working workd to successfully land a decent job to provide for himself.
TwitchingNebula 17
Just because she's your mom doesn't mean you get special treatment. If one of my kids worked for me and they weren't up to par, yeah I'll can them. Welcome to the real world.
Pretty_Pink_Lady 10
I agree with you about special treatment, but OP could've been a pretty good worker. A friend of mine works at his mom's bookstore and she threatens to fire him all the time. He's 22, but she says she'll fire him if he tries to move out.
MrConcise 34
I have to disagree about the special treatment portion. Nepotism isn't uncommon, but often times family members ride each other harder than the average employee. It's a two way street, special treatment isn't always a good thing.
AbstraktThoughts 13
I would think that because OP is her kid, the mom actually holds higher standards than that of a brand new employee she doesn't know.
not_a_robot 15
If you don't work the best that you can, then don't expect to be treated the best that you can.
wickedbitch505 1
Who cares she does who wants to work for their mommy
tennis06 7
cry me a river
hanacurse 11
Parents can be cold.... But you must of really sucked at your job
TourettesGuyFTW 25
Must HAVE... oh my eyes!!
toalysium 15
Yes, she should of used have instead. ;)
hanacurse 11
AT lest i dnt type lykE tis, like come on dude. It's not THAT bad!
not_a_robot 15
It tends to be the small details that set the grammar parasites off.
TourettesGuyFTW 25
I'm not a grammar Nazi. I'm a teacher. Bazinga! (but I really am a teacher)
jessherself13 21
You don't deserve special treatment just because you're family, OP. If you don't work hard there are plenty of people who need jobs who are willing to take your place.
etishuman22 32
Amen. I work in a family business which so happens to be owned by MY mom, and that's what I remind myself on a daily basis before I get snippy with her. OP should have been glad to have a job!
Pussycat86 18
Trust me you are better off working away from the family!!! I'm stuck at family business and I wish they would fire me!
deathy94 14
If u wished they fired you, why don't you just quit?
DanishPeach 8
because she's a pussy
Pussycat86 18
:'( I tried many times, they won't accept it and call me an ungrateful heartless person for leaving my family to work for strangers :'( Fml, right?
Pussycat86 18
Tried that! **** I'm really stuck for ever! :'(
Yessi_Boo 14
Mom being boss doesn't really give you immunity. Maybe she doesn't think you were a good worker, OP?
juliaannw 11
Just gotta show her the best work ethic you can offer. Best way to keep any job (or get one back in your case).
olpally 32
tough love it is then. Jeez. I'd never do that to my kids. A bitch mother ya got there, op. :/
iwadasn 32
You think it's better to coddle them and keep them from learning how the world really works? If someone doesn't do their job, they get fired. OP had to learn that sooner or later.
olpally 32
I know, but damn, in this economy? I know nothing comes easy, but that was just cold. If Your own mother did that to you, how would you feel? That's shitty. Don't coddle them but don't give them a shit deal.
Zomg_Okay 26
FMLs are short. For all we know, the OP has been refusing to pull his weight for weeks.
SomeRandomGuy15 18
46- And by the same token, the OP could actually be a decent worker, but is held up to higher standards because he's her son. Or his mom IS a bitch who fired him for trivial reasons. This is one of those FMLs where we really need more information before judging OP...
TiddleyMoney 7
#38 he's right, we don't know what he did wrong. but there is no difference of feeling between getting fired by your mom, or just another boss. it feels shitty all together, but if she just let him do whatever he wanted then if he jumos in his career with the same mentalities and habbits.. then he'd REALLY be screwed. maybe this time (if he did anything wrong) he'll kearn from it and not be screwed out of potential jobs that are better in the fututre. I think she did him a favor.
mzmush 2
Are you also grounded?