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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Top comments
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)
1gullible_bugger 34
Wrongful dismissal. Fight the power. On the bright side, you have a longer vacation.
Fake Profile 6
You need to sue the hell out of that bitch.
onceuponatime456 16
Get a lawyer!
nyagemini23 22
I had the same thing happen to me, when I took the time off, I went through the appropriate channels. I get a phone call a week into my vacation, from my supervisor talking about if I don't come in I'd be fired. I called by to speak to her and explained things to her and she still fired me. Me being who I was at the time just said ok and went back to enjoying my vacation and my time with my family. When I came back I figured I didn't have a job so I went and looked for another. A couple days later I got a call asking why I wasn't at work. I told her so and so fired me, from what I heard she got cussed out and I got my job back. The issue was lack of communication, not on my part because I told the old broad several times I was going on vacation and for how long. Even though she loathed to do it she had to apologize and give me a pay increase. She definitely wasn't happy about that
DeathWish5452 12
You can sue
DeathWish5452 12
You can sue