Today, my duty manager demanded we close the bar early because she wanted to go home. I was subject to abuse from customers for closing early, then shouted at by the duty manager for not being done. My actual bar manager fired me for closing early. 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, my boss yelled at me for leaving on time. After months of management hounding us about our overtime, I get in trouble for doing what I was supposed to do. FML
Today, I got fired from my job because I closed the store 84 seconds early. They found out because the state manager was sitting across the street with binoculars watching me. FML
Today, I was in a work Zoom meeting that was supposed to end at 5 pm, which is my shift end time. It dragged after 5 pm so I decided to disconnect and leave to go home, since I don’t get paid overtime. My manager called demanding to know why I left early, said I was unprofessional, and fired me on the spot. FML
Today, I got fired. There was a customer last night who showed up two minutes after our closing time, 11 p.m.. She knocked on the door many times, but I ignored her and kept sweeping the floor. She eventually left. Turns out she’s the VP’s daughter and told him I was “rude and inconsiderate” to her. FML
Today, 30 minutes before I was supposed to quit work at 6pm, my boss showed up. After telling him how the day went, he asked why I was still there. Apparently, for the holiday, we close early. 4 hours earlier. FML
Today, I was fired for job abandonment. Yesterday, my boss told me to go home early because we were so slow. After I reminded him, he laughed and said, "Oh yeah... You're still fired." FML
Today, I was fired from my job because I, in my boss's words, "Abided by company policy to such an extent that customers were starting to hate me." FML
Today, my boss told me I could do my university work as long as I served customers when they came in. No customers came in all day, then I realised I’d been so focused on my laptop, I'd never noticed I’d left the bolt on the door, so customers couldn’t get in. My boss sacked me. FML
Today, I was fired, all because I asked my manager for help on the line when we were short staffed and he was on his butt in the office. He said it wasn't his job to help us. Apparently, asking your manager for help when you're busy gets you fired. FML
Today, I came in to work to hand in my resignation. The minute I walked in, my manager took me aside and said he wanted to talk to me in private. He then cancelled my position and fired me. FML
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s13495 19
completely unfair dismissal, I'm positive you can put a complain in for that.
that_band_nerd 22
Tell him what happened and your duty manager will get what they deserve!
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Comments (62)
Ryodin 11
You need to go back and explain the situation, yeah. But remember this, management is a chain of command. Your Bar Manager gives power to the Duty Manager so that they can manage in their stead. Its _your_ responsibility to listen to the DM, only second to the BM. BM wasn't there, so your only choice was to do what you were told. Set your phone to record the audio of the conversation with the BM. If they don't rehire you, then yeah- explain the situation to a workforce attorney and see if _they_ are willing to move forward with a suit. If they're paid on commission and they take your case, they think you'll win. No harm done in asking.
Zebediabolical 45
If you're going to record a conversation make sure you check into the legality of such an action first. Some states or provinces or nations require all-party consent (everyone involved on the call), others single party consent (essentially just you). Make sure you know which you are in before you record any conversation for legal use.
grumpybr 13
Sorry OP, that really sucks. Finger pointing is never taken lightly but maybe in this case you should have them all together and explain what happened so blame will directed to whoever deserves it.
LookAttMyyLifee 12
just next time be one of the customers causing abuse to the person closing early
XxcaitanatorXx 12
thats just retarted i hope u find a next job better than that one
Neesalun 20
If they lived in UT, you can get fired for ANY reason. They don't have to tell you why either.
dejahree 7
Closing the bar early = Epic party fail.... Shame on you.
Olympiakos10 15
Writing a stupid comment = Epic Comment fail...Shame on you
Grayness_ 26
Just find another job , one days yes the other no. It'll always be like that.
alfred07 18
Shouldn't the duty manager be the one who was fired?
Shmatterhorn 38
Rank has it's privileges.
FrankHotpants 31
Every time I read of an incident like this I often wonder if these people just take it, go home, and cry about it without standing up for themselves when clearly they haven't done anything wrong.
skyeyez9 25
Omg....crap like this makes me so mad! I hate shitty bosses who tell you to do something, and you end up getting in trouble regardless.
skyeyez9 25
Reminds me of my old boss. Tell me to done something, then when another supervisor asked me why I was not at my station, I told him why....and my other boss denied he sent me to clean his ******* car. Sucks to be a peon in a company. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.