Today, I worked 24 hours straight fixing my company's servers. After it was over, I breathed a huge sigh of relief and promptly fell asleep at my desk. My boss found me an hour later, refused to listen to me, and fired me for sleeping on the job. 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 accidentally fell asleep at work after working a 12-hour shift. Instead of waking me up, my coworkers spiked my coffee mug with whiskey and told my boss I was drunk. My boss wouldn't even listen to my side of the story and fired me. FML
Today, after a sleepless night, I fell asleep at my work desk. When I awoke, I found my co-workers had duct taped me to my chair. I was yelling at them to untape me, when our boss came in, scolded me for fucking about on the job, and left without saying a word to my colleagues. FML
Today, I got into trouble for sleeping at work. FML
Today, while working from home, I was super drowsy after a heavy bar hangout with the boys. I took a call from a customer. Next thing I know, the call was no longer there. My boss called me to tell me they left a one-star review on our site, saying I fell asleep and snored mid-call. Yes, I was fired. FML
Today, I fell asleep at my desk. It's bad enough that it was for 45 minutes and that I was snoring. What makes it worse? My boss woke me up. FML
Today, I was fired for falling asleep at work. I’m still not sure how I fell asleep, seeing as I’m a stocker and I was actively putting cans on the shelf when it happened. FML
Today, I apparently fell asleep during a work Zoom meeting. I awoke to no meeting on my screen and an e-mail from my boss saying I was terminated, and to do something about my "sleep apnea." FML
Today, I fell asleep while on the toilet at work. When I woke up, I tried to quietly sneak back to my desk, only to be caught by my boss. He immediately sent me packing and gave his "best wishes" for me in the unemployment line. FML
Today, I was let go from a position that I spent 11 years pouring my heart into. I was fired for ranting in an group chat, after getting 37 minutes of sleep in two days. FML
Today, at work, my computer started acting up. I told my boss I could fix it, but he told me to call the IT department instead. Neither the IT technician or his supervisor could figure it out, so I showed them what was wrong and how to fix it. I was promptly fired for wasting 2 hours of company time. FML
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Redoxx_fml 22
Wrongful termination suit?
DocBastard 40
Too bad you can't rewire your boss so he isn't a dick.
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mylifeequalsfml 5
I would go back and undo everything I just worked on. that'll show em
TheHeavyOne 15
Hopefully you made a trip to HR. Might get yourself in some trouble for working too long but you should also get your job back… unless they think the hours worked is just as bad as sleeping on the job.
Bigfabthetruth52 22
I know how stressful getting severs straightened out can be,what a douche.id put them back in disarray as much as possible before i left.and his argument against you was that you were just sleeping.so you doing that can make life harder for him while at the same time making a point for you that you were in the middle of "working hard"on fixing the problem and eventually passed out from exhaustion.
Zebediabolical 45
I don't know about OP's place of business but every time I've ever fired someone or witnessed someone getting fired they get escorted off the premises within minutes. And aren't left alone with anything. Any boss worth his salt will have the passwords changed before the tech can get to a laptop in his car or home anyway.
LifeStinks227 10
I might not sue, but I'd write a letter to my boss about what I'd done, not an angry one, but about how I come to fall asleep. go out on a high note.
Omniprism 15
I'd sue. But maybe be thankful too cause now you can get unemployment and find a job that appreciates you. But you should file for a wrongful suit. Good luck. Oh hey can you complain to people higher than him? Take action.
DanielleinDC 34
I'm sorry about that, OP. Did your boss not let you explain that you'd spent 24 hours trying to fix the servers?
ChibiChibi_fml 28
It says in the FML that the boss refused to listen.
est000dog 11
If you can fixed a server and you got fired for sleeping, well you could talk to company owner about that, if he refuses to listen to this then take that server down
notsofriendly 17
Sounds like time to undo what you fixed
TheBadAndGnarly 19
Who are you? The Jack Bauer of the IT world?
Satoshi08 5
You should have put a whole bunch of viruses on their server and make it worse than before.