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
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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 had a Zoom meeting with co-workers. I didn’t get enough sleep last night and it was early in the morning, so I was super tired. I dozed off and my head hit the keyboard’s space bar. Apparently, this feature allows the mic to unmute itself. The entire group heard my snoring. I woke up unemployed. FML
Today, I so obviously dozed off during a video call at work. Afterwards, my manager messaged me asking if I was OK. I was mortified, and now I'm "on his watch." FML
Today, I almost got fired from my job because I was caught "sleeping" during a virtual meeting. I wasn't asleep; I was on mute, and my internet froze while I was mid-yawn. It took a while for my boss to grapple with and understand the concept, but still… FML
Today, I was really, REALLY tired at work. I went to the restroom to take a little break, and must have dozed off, because I was awoken by my boss, knocking on the door of the stall. Apparently, I had been snoring. 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 yelled out while I was asleep. However, I was sleeping during a very important meeting with customers and my boss. FML
Today, I was working from home. I felt very sleepy, so I set my online status “Active” and went back to bed. I woke up to 3 missed calls from my boss and an email from him, containing a webcam screenshot of me asleep in bed. I totally forgot he has remote access to my computer. FML
Today, as always, I had a desk nap on my lunch break with an alarm set to ensure I woke up. Some jackass disabled my alarm so I only woke up when my boss bull-roared directly in my ear about ignoring time sensitive emails and missing an entire Teams meeting. I’d been asleep for three hours. FML
Today, I fell asleep during my division emergency meeting. As I about to head home that evening, my boss patted me on the back saying, "Wrong move. Good luck". Turned out, it was a meeting to determine who will be kicked out of the company due to recession. My name was written first on the list. FML
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Top comments
Charlie Given 28
if you have sleep apnea or your boss knew about this technically he can't fire you because that is a medical reason
RichardPencil 32
The boss was likely commenting on the OPs snoring. Falling asleep on the job is often a firing offense.
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Comments (4)
Charlie Given 28
if you have sleep apnea or your boss knew about this technically he can't fire you because that is a medical reason
RichardPencil 32
The boss was likely commenting on the OPs snoring. Falling asleep on the job is often a firing offense.
mas12806 24
He can’t fire you for that, I’d call HR
RichardPencil 32
HR works for the bosses to defend them from the workers. If you've been wronged, call your own lawyer.
checamuk 7
YDI. It's super unprofessional to fall asleep at work. doesn't matter if you're working from home or in an office. if you're in a meeting you should be conscious.
BDove 17
YDI. Unless you have narcolepsy, you 100% deserve it. Sleep apnea doesn’t cause you to fall asleep randomly, sounds like boss was saying it to refer to snoring.
Bonnie Koster 5
Sleep apnea can 100 percent cause uncontrollable drowsiness. Sleep apnea causes you to not get quality REM sleep cycles, meaning while you're sleeping, your body is not resting, leaving you exhausted. Your body wakes you up several times an hour to keep breathing... like this is sleep apnea 101. Excessive daytime sleepiness. EDS.