Today, while on vacation, I got fired for not working a shift I wasn't scheduled for. Even after texting my boss a copy of my vacation approval letter, she still fired me. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I was enjoying my first vacation day in 2 years. My boss then called me to come in, saying it was an emergency. I got to work and got fired. Yes, my boss made me come in just to fire me. FML
Today, I lost my job for taking an unauthorized vacation. I just got married and requested time off for the wedding and honeymoon months ago; it was approved then. They forgot, and then got angry because I didn't remind them. I did remind them, the day before I left. FML
Today, after a long couple of months working non-stop, I finally got someone to cover my shift. Turns out she was joking, and when I didn't show up for work, I was fired. FML
Today, I submitted a vacation request to my manager and it was approved. I came back from lunch and was informed that I have been let go. FML
Today, I asked my bosses for three weeks off in July to go on a much-needed vacation. Their response was to fire me on the spot. My bosses are my aunt and uncle. FML
Today, I lost my job because my mom and stepdad forced me to go on our family vacation, even though my time off got rejected. FML
Today, I asked my boss if I could take a vacation day for my birthday on Monday. She called to tell me yes, and then told me I'm getting laid off. FML
Today, my boss called me to say that I'm fired because I was "deliberately ignoring" the messages from a head of another department who wanted to contact me regarding some "urgent" (not really) project. I was on "Do not disturb" because it's my vacation, and this SOB is not even my boss anyway. FML
Today, I was fired for not attending a mandatory meeting. I confronted my boss and told her I never heard anything about it, she told me that daily reminders had been sent out via email for weeks. She then discovered that she failed to enter my email address in the system. I was still fired. FML
Today, I was fired from a job I didn't have. The manager in charge of calling me to tell me if I got the job never called, and never called me back when I left messages. The only time he called me was to fire me for not coming to orientation, which, by the way, he never called to tell me about. FML
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UOFreak07 8
Wrongful termination lawsuit...
Druu 53
Whether you have a case depends on what state you work in, and the respective employment laws of that state. (If you're not in the States, disregard this comment.) Regardless of the actual laws, you can take a gamble on whether your boss is aware of the laws. Threaten a lawsuit. The workplace environment doesn't sound ideal and you may not want to return, but maybe you can finagle a severance payment out of it.
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Comments (36)
Lobby_Bee 18
Get her a Snickers ASAP!
SeniM 0
Even if you live in an at will state, this is wrongful termination. At will employers still need a logical reason to fire someone, they can't just fire someone who is following the rules and has actual paperwork against their reason. A lot of employers have tricked people into thinking they can just do as they please but that isn't what At Will means. Get yourself a pro bono lawyer.
raven_of_azarath 35
Everything I've read about working in an at will state says they can fire you for no reason or faulty reason. The only way you can fight it is if you get fired for discrimination (say they find out you're gay and fire you).
Shanelle Williams 1
They don't have to have a reason to fire you but if they actually give you one, it can't be completely unreasonable.
Kerry Claxton 5
You obviously are not a lawyer and know nothing about at will labor laws. At will does actually mean they can fire you for any reason they decide and they dont even have to give a reason.
DounutCereal 24
That's pretty shitty of them If you're in the US then you might have a nice wrongful termination story to shit all over that boss with, if in Australia, unfair dismissal can shit all over a shit boss. I mean, why would anyone pull something shitty like that if they aren't prepared for and wanting the consequences of being a shit person?
RustlingSoul 26
My boss fired me yesterday for taking two weeks off. I'm enlisting in the army, so I had to go some places, and my granddad died.
KrDizzy 16
Glad I'm union.
Jake Pangle 2
Sue
NisaSayshi 24
Time to lawyer up
Konarika 11
Sue her.
reymon8823 24
SUE THE PANTS OFF OF THEM
WardenWolf 26
Generally, in an at will state, they can fire you without having to give a reason. However, if they choose to give one, it has to be a legally valid one. As such, you probably have a case.