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By Brightbulb - 16/11/2017 23:00 - United States

Today, I went to work feeling great. I'd just paid off my student loans and was planning a trip to see friends in Italy. I left work unemployed because a fraud case I exposed 3 years ago got the company sued for slander. It was thrown out because everything was fact. FML

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Today, I got a surprise raise and a promotion at work. Hours after accepting, our company was raided by police on fraud charges. Due to my new managerial position, I had to get grilled by cops. I may not have a job at all next week. FML

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By Anonymous - 24/07/2022 16:00

Today, my old company merged with a new one. I was calling our old clients, and ended up speaking with a reporter who was investigating our company for fraud. I now have a meeting with the CEO tomorrow morning. I just started. FML

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By unemployed - 18/10/2016 00:05 - United States - The Colony

Today, the store I work at got shut down and I got let go. Three days ago I got a promotion and a raise. FML

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Razell 13

Friday 17 November 2017 5:57

... so the company got sued for slander, the case got thrown out.... and your company still fired you? Damn. At least your loans are paid off.

indienerdgirl 27

Friday 17 November 2017 6:59

Well at least you don't have to ask for time off now.

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RichardPencil 30

Friday 17 November 2017 5:57

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Razell 13

Friday 17 November 2017 5:57

... so the company got sued for slander, the case got thrown out.... and your company still fired you? Damn. At least your loans are paid off.

indienerdgirl 27

Friday 17 November 2017 6:59

Well at least you don't have to ask for time off now.

Lobby_Bee 17

Friday 17 November 2017 9:16

It's nice to be disposable in a large company, don't you think so?

smc3106 25

Friday 17 November 2017 13:43

Well, you win some....oops, nevermind.

johnnyswallop 18

Friday 17 November 2017 16:47

"It was thrown out because everything was fact." What?

Seeya55 31

Friday 17 November 2017 17:06

I'm assuming another company was slandering his company, and he exposed it. In the end, the trial was thrown out because the Slander about OP's company was true. So OP pretty much destroyed his own company trying to protect it, thinking the info was fake. Hence, him being canned.

kbrightness22 10

Friday 17 November 2017 20:46

Op exposed fraud in another company. That company then sued op's company for slander. the slander case got thrown out because everything written in the fraud case was accurate. op still got fired even though their company won the suit

mythili 7

Friday 17 November 2017 20:02

at least you paid off your student loans

Tim Mayhew 3

Friday 17 November 2017 20:05

Sue them from wrongful termination as that's retaliation under whistleblowing.

Mortimer14 9

Friday 17 November 2017 21:30

OP exposed his company to a lawsuit. It doesn't matter that the suit was thrown out, if it hadn't been for OP, there wouldn't be a lawsuit. As far as "retaliation against a whistleblower" that would only work if the OP's company was the one who was caught committing fraud. He might still be able to claim wrongful termination, but not as a whistleblower.