Today, my boss called me to inform me that I'm being laid off. In my ensuing fit of rage, I deleted the recent project I've been working on for weeks. Pretty soon after, he called me back to let me know it was a prank. 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 let me know that I'm being laid off, via a text message that ended in "lmao". FML
Today, after three weeks of my boss telling me how much he appreciates my hard work and has submitted my name up for a promotion, he called me into his office to announce I'm being laid off. FML
Today, just a few minutes after I got to work, my usually laconic boss came into my office and said, "Pack your stuff and get the f*ck out." Apparently, half my department was being downsized. Thinking it was an April Fool's, I burst out laughing and told him how funny the prank was. He wasn't kidding. FML
Today, while trying to get my boss to reconsider laying off much of my department, I accidentally convinced him to lay me off too. FML
Today, my boss got a promotion and I got laid off. FML
Today, I was at work when a co-worker decided it would be funny to email me from my boss's computer to tell me I had been laid off. It wasn't funny when I was fired for real after "skipping work without giving notice." FML
Today, when I got to work, I found out that I was being laid off. Two hours later, I found out my boss had my name on the wrong list. I was elated. I went to lunch, but on the way back was rear-ended, in the rain. I was an hour and a half late getting back to work. I was fired upon returning. FML
Today, my boss called me to say that I'm fired because I was "deliberately ignoring" the messages from a head of another department who wanted to contact me regarding some "urgent" (not really) project. I was on "Do not disturb" because it's my vacation, and this SOB is not even my boss anyway. FML
Today, after I spent the last year working overtime to prove myself at my tech job, I got an email saying I was laid off due to “strategic restructuring.” My boss posted a vacation picture right after. FML
Today, my boss was fired by the board. A few days ago, he dropped several strong hints that he was going to promote me soon. FML
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Top comments
otisnme94 14
Id be so mad. Bosses shouldn't joke about that kinda of stuff.
Vanessa_Leeann26 17
You can't pull it out of the trash can from the computer? Or were you so pissed that you fully deleted it? Either way, that way a dick move on your boss' part. Sorry, op.
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Comments (129)
thequeen_fml 6
You can sue. What employer jokes about 'firing' an employee? It's not the correct work ethic, so it's their fault. You deserve work cover. Hope it works out!
Zebediabolical 45
Sue for what exactly? Any lawsuit that OP files will be crushed by the much larger one the company counterfiles about their deliberatley destroyed work. I'm pretty sure in such a case the only winners will be the lawyers.
knight2109 12
Plus you would need proof of the prank, and not everyone records every single phone call they receive.
imjanty 10
Sorry OP! This is why I loath pranks, it's just another lie. But i guess you learned your lesson, getting laid off doesn't mean that your project is totally useless, you could use it else where.
lifeofpie25 16
try not to recover the project
JRT98 12
Nope nope nope, get another job the boss is a dickbag.
LukyBugger 7
Trash folder!
mimi_ivana 13
sorry OP. your boss is a jerk.
SpotDog 11
In my country that kind of prank would be grounds for a Constructive Dismissal case and compensation. At the very least I would find another job quick smart.
sNOOBie_fml 24
You should retaliate and prank him back. Restore your project if possible, put it on an external harddrive and say to your boss, that you deleted it because you got angry for being fired/pranked. Let the sucker roast in guilt, which is my desired outcome, for a few days and then magically find your project. In my opinion, you should scold your boss for even joking about such a thing because it's pretty serious business getting fired and having to find a new job.
laden_swallow09 35
There's one glaringly fatal problem with your plan. The data's deleted. "Just retrieve the lost data!" Oh, suuuuure, and I suppose OP could pull an Elizabeth Montgomery and "just get" another job.
mkayden 23
That's a really stupid prank. I hope you still have it in your trash or that you have a back-up somewhere..
VanOBrien 14
Normally I wouldn't advocate this, but if your boss has a supervisor at work, I would report him for extreme un-businesslike conduct. It may also help to cover your rear when it comes to why that project isn't done. I know that it wasn't mentioned, but it would be particularly bad if the project were for an outside company. FYL OP, your boss is a Class A Jackass.
yerawizardlizzy 27
Personally I'd skip the boss of boss and go straight to Human Resources.