You're fired and Work: Today, my boss let me know that I'm being laid off, via a text...

By soon to be unemployed - 28/01/2014 22:36 - United Kingdom - Southampton

Today, my boss let me know that I'm being laid off, via a text message that ended in "lmao". FML

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Wednesday 29 January 2014 2:11

Your boss sounds very mature. Sorry op.

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Daydreamer4466 6

Thursday 30 January 2014 13:29

What a jackass.

fatkidfalling 11

Thursday 30 January 2014 14:15

Wow, how unprofessional

cloud1138 10

Thursday 30 January 2014 15:10

Laid My Ass Off

amb95x 17

Friday 31 January 2014 2:09

Your boss is an arse.

lol_fuck_you 3

Friday 31 January 2014 4:15

Wtf lol

jimbo365xlm 3

Friday 31 January 2014 20:05

Boss sounds like he has a dry sense of humor. Lmao.

cbhoward1998 8

Wednesday 5 February 2014 8:18

your boss is a jack ass

finklefck 5

Saturday 15 February 2014 4:11

That's illegal actually has to be a formal written termination of employment..

Baller121 9

Saturday 12 March 2016 1:03

Lmao

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