Today, after I'd got into a steady routine for months, the new manager waltzed into the store out of the blue and began changing every single rule. I had a panic attack and cried, for which she promptly fired me for “acting like a baby.” I’m autistic and I don’t do well with sudden changes. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I was fired for being a very happy and perky employee. According to my boss, it freaks both the customers and my co-workers out. FML
Today, I thought I was finally over my anxiety problem, and confidently went to my first ever job interview. Halfway through, the manager told me that if I didn't stop being so nervous, he couldn't give me the job. I cried. FML
Today, the company I work for is now under new ownership. Somehow, this set off a series of events that resulted in the best boss I've ever had being effectively fired. I'm badly disabled, and she was the only thing stopping me from experiencing rampant ableism at work. I may be jobless again very soon. FML
Today, despite filling all the parameters for a model employee and being praised by multiple people over the time I was working, I was fired because a client complained to my manager that I didn't seem to know what I was doing. FML
Today, the most obnoxious customer came into my job. She surprisingly scrutinized everything I did. She even mentioned I didn’t offer our store credit card (I honestly forgot due to being overwhelmed by her rude attitude). Turns out she was a secret shopper. Apparently, I failed her little tests. I was fired. FML
Today, my boss fired me, saying he’d had a lot of patience with me, but now the time had come to part. Funny, a few months ago he told me that he had to have a lot of patience with each of my coworkers when they started, but that I was the only one who grasped it all right from the start. FML
Today, I lost my job to the individual I just finished training. Within 2 hours after being escorted out, my old boss called and yelled at me for doing a lousy job. He was angry that the training was deficient and because the new person is as bad as I was. FML
Today, my boss called me into her office to tell me I needed to mind my own business and not question everything my newest co-worker does. Yesterday, I stopped the new girl from giving $6,000 to the wrong person. I was fired on the spot. The new girl was promoted into my job. FML
Today, I was fired on my second day of work after a year and a half of unemployment. Apparently, my "tendency to solve problems instead of just accepting them made the other workers uneasy". FML
Today, after a month at my new job, my boss fired me because I didn't have enough experience. She hired me with full knowledge of this fact. FML
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slhiggx 17
That is discrimination. There is a law suit in that.
ShortCaffinatedTitan 11
I'm sorry you've gone though this, depending on where you live there are laws protecting you from this sort of thing, I hope you fight this if your happy too as you deserve better than what they did to you 😊
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RichardPencil 32
You should have no problem finding a calcified organization that is insanely resistant to change. Many of us are frustrated at places that insist on doing things "the way they've always done it." Those would be paradise to you.
slhiggx 17
That is discrimination. There is a law suit in that.
ShortCaffinatedTitan 11
I'm sorry you've gone though this, depending on where you live there are laws protecting you from this sort of thing, I hope you fight this if your happy too as you deserve better than what they did to you 😊
D J's MOM 17
since you're autistic, that's a major lawsuit. go for it.
wysegirl 24
So before jumping to discrimination, did the new manager know your medical issue?
yahok 3
Seeing as they are the manager they should know who works under them. You also can’t fire some one for having a panic attack or crying. It’s bad management.