Today, I found out that after three years of telling my boss our strategy wasn't going to work, that I was right - it didn't work. I also found out that because it didn't work, I lost my job. My boss still has his. FML
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Today, my boss found out I had applied for a much better paying job. He told me I'd do a better job and make more money there. Then he fired me. FML
Today, after three weeks of my boss telling me how much he appreciates my hard work and has submitted my name up for a promotion, he called me into his office to announce I'm being laid off. FML
Today, I found out that when my boss said she was considering bumping me up to full time, she actually meant she was planning on letting me go. Everyone in the office except me knew. FML
Today, I found out that a co-worker of mine that I had originally hired, trained, and mentored to work in my department for the past 4 years had just got the promotion that I had applied for. He is now my boss. FML
Today, after two and half years at my company and after recently being promoted, I was told by my boss the business doesn't feel it needs me, and invited me to find another job. FML
Today, I discovered my former boss from the job I quit 3 months is now my boss at my new job. He was the reason I quit my old job. FML
Today, my boss got a promotion and I got laid off. FML
Today, the CEO of my company wanted to meet with me. I was excited until I found out she just wanted to bitch me out and personally fire me. Later on, I found out my boss had totally shafted me and blamed the failure of a big project on me instead of admitting it was all his fault. FML
Today, my boss fired me because I corrected him after he misspoke during a meeting. FML
Today, my boss told me I was fired 3 weeks ago because there's no money to pay me, meaning that I worked the last three weeks for free. FML
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Top comments
Jatok 17
Good riddance. Find a company that appreciates your input. Also, maybe try telling the upper management of the company next time. Good luck!
tm13mg19 14
What a douchebag
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Comments (40)
CaletheLion 15
You should have been the boss OP.
cooltatgar 31
Being a whistle blower is a tough decision to make, you basically have to choose between your personal benefit and the company's. I salute your courage.
Luluthus 41
How is OP a whistleblower? As far as I can tell, he didn't call attention to illegal or incorrect practices of the company, he simply objected to the strategy of the company.
Acid85 7
You should only post when sober, or not stupid.
Rebles 15
Yeah never work for a boss that does not listen. You're the idiot if it works and you're then one at fault if it doesn't.
dramaelf 37
Sounds like enough of an idiot that he'll get himself fired sooner or later. Then you can have justice.
Acid85 7
People like the OPs boss end up in upper management quickly. Idiots like keeping other idiots around them.
igive 29
See if you can speak with one of the board members.
gratunka 11
put in a resume to your former boss as a consultant siting your ability to forecast success ratios.
worldclassrager 41
It's more like he made you take the fall...you should have kept but with you gone and he messes up again I don't think an anyone break is fall
callabos921 14
nobody likes a told-you-so.
jocamo 24
Out of curiosity, is there proof you informed your boss? If you still have date stamped emails showing you tried to warn him, I'd try for wrongful termination.
TheNewGuy03 29
I hope you have a paper trail of the interaction between yourself and the boss.
lenehey 7
Its an important life lesson. There is no fairness, no justice, no redemption in the workplace. The only way you can be relatively certain that you will keep your job is by being (a) someone coworkers like having around, (b) someone that addresses a need by the company and by your immediate supervisor, and (c) someone that is appreciated for a and b. OP - sorry you lost your job. It really sucks. But why did you stay in a job for 3 years when you knew what you were trying to accomplished was doomed? You had THREE YEARS to find another job that you could be successful in. THREE YEARS! YDI.