Today, my boss told me I may lose my job due to underperformance. I was shocked, as he'd previously mentioned that I was performing well, and that I was safe from the current company wide layoffs. I asked him what I need to improve on. He said that my instant messages to him are sometimes too long. FML
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Packed lecture halls, a sketchy roommate and frat parties: welcome to college, the real thing.
Today, I received a two-page letter/rant from my boss notifying me of my imminent dismissal, based on issues such as me "speaking in a suppressed voice." FML
Today, I had a performance evaluation meeting with my boss. He told me I was the best in my department, and that the productivity has never been higher before I started working here. Oh, and he said that because everything is working so well, they don't need me as much, so he's cutting my hours. FML
Today, my boss got angry at me because my English is better than his. He accused me of trying to steal his management position, and implied that I'll be lucky if I still have a job by the end of the month. FML
Today, my boss - AKA Satan - told me I'd better watch out, because I'm now top on his list of people to lay off next time the company downsizes. All I did was give a report to the board admitting that our sales are down this year. He blames me for making him look bad. FML
Today, my boss told me that people from work have been complaining about me. Apparently, I'm not doing part of their jobs for them, and the other manager sometimes does. FML
Today, my boss threatened to fire me because I'm unproductive, and haven't been doing anything. He doesn't tell me what to do, and expects me to read his mind. When I ask him what he wants me to do, he gets pissed and says that I should already know what to do. FML
Today, I sent an email to my boss saying I'd fixed a glitch in our mail servers. He called me later, angrily shouting that I'd done a piss-poor job of fixing it, because my email had spammed his inbox with several hundred duplicate messages. FML
Today, my boss came into the office asked how I was doing and seemed totally normal and happy, then said, "I have to let you go. I heard some bad things about you." He wouldn't tell me what he heard, or from whom. FML
Today, my boss let me know that I'm being laid off, via a text message that ended in "lmao". FML
Today, I had my performance review at work. Under the "oral communication" category my boss wrote that I "act like an asshole." FML
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Chazzster 32
In other words, boss realizes that he has to lay off more people than he expected and is now laying the groundwork for a “reason”… OP, get your resume out there and start applying for a job at a healthier company. Don’t tell anyone in your company you are looking - that could cause more trouble. Find a new job then quit before your currently employer goes into death spiral. By the way, in most US states they don’t need a reason at all to lay you off. So read the tea leaves… In the worst death spirals, after dutifully laying off workers as upper management required, then the middle managers get laid off in really bad cases.
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core01 30
he's listing a generic woman sterotype in a desperate attempt to justify laying you off for being a woman.
Chazzster 32
In other words, boss realizes that he has to lay off more people than he expected and is now laying the groundwork for a “reason”… OP, get your resume out there and start applying for a job at a healthier company. Don’t tell anyone in your company you are looking - that could cause more trouble. Find a new job then quit before your currently employer goes into death spiral. By the way, in most US states they don’t need a reason at all to lay you off. So read the tea leaves… In the worst death spirals, after dutifully laying off workers as upper management required, then the middle managers get laid off in really bad cases.
dreams2383 20
Is your boss young? if so your lucky he didn't get upset that you use periods at the end of your sentences and it comes off as rude lol