Money: Today, I was fired because I skipped a week of work without calling... - FML

By solarecliptic - 08/12/2009 15:30 - United States

Today, I was fired because I skipped a week of work without calling nor telling anyone. His secretary forgot to tell him about my scheduled days off for anticipation for my daughter's birth. My boss had already hired someone else so he gave me his secretary's job. Wrong time for a pay decrease. FML

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solarecliptic 0

Thursday 10 December 2009 19:25

We are to notify the secretary of extended leave of absence - not the boss. The day or two after I made this post, the Boss gave me my old job back. Thankfully the new guy hadn't actually started working yet - so he was apologized to and did not start working. My boss hasn't filled his secretary position and I don't think he intends to. The company gave me a 10k/yr raise due to the circumstances.

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popoman 0

Tuesday 8 December 2009 23:10

Secretary deserved it.

fegd 0

Tuesday 8 December 2009 23:23

I say get a lawyer and sue. That's ridiculous. The least he could do, if he was gonna give you his secretary's job, is paying you the same he did before.

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LemonLolly 10

Friday 9 March 2012 17:55

Why not tell your boss that the idiot secretary was supposed to tell him??

doglover100 28

Sunday 8 July 2012 23:59

Glad you got your old job back and congrats.

allisadawn91 8

Friday 9 November 2012 4:32

Uh. Sue.

misslifeguard 7

Sunday 20 January 2013 17:34

Thats why i go straight to my boss

cwl727 32

Wednesday 9 April 2014 0:31

at least you still have a job.

dccomics94 12

Wednesday 21 May 2014 18:54

At least the person responsible was fired and you still have a job.

swaggyswagswag 17

Saturday 28 June 2014 20:10

At least he gave you a job..

NoBothersForMe 29

Friday 1 January 2016 6:09

That's shitty, but the secretary had it coming and at least you got your old job back

SookyLala 13

Saturday 20 February 2016 7:26

old fml but -least it wasn't a total pay loss. sucks though for sure

jc1015 25

Thursday 25 March 2021 5:37

still better than no job at all... Just sayin

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