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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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)
Ninja_Plumber 9
Looks like that plan... Backfired.
Grants_69 2
Google "Recuva". There is a little program with that name designed for people with just this kind of A-hole of a boss.
worldclassrager 41
Better look for it hard in the recycle bin...that's a mean prank
abc_1_2_3 12
I wonder what the OP does when someone breaks up with him...
kost4060 14
I would've just said I deleted it and then the boss would probably be like we ****** up
jriley4u 17
Granted it was a bad move on your bosses part. But at the same time you showed bad character. You destroyed company property. They paid you for that project. Unless you're paid on a per completed project basis you destroyed company property. Both at fault here.
Axel5238 29
Exactly and the company could take legal action. That project still belongs to the company and potentially affect the lives of several there if it was to go missing.
RageWolf16 31
That's definitely his fault
bobslawnservice 16
This is why everyone should just act professionally in the work place. No matter what other people do you need to keep professional.
penpen1332 8
Seriously? Wow, your boss is such an asshole! Just quit on him, see how it feels for him, since he already 'fired' you...
sbrideau 14
As someone who works in the IT department of the company I work at, I'd be quite surprised if there wasn't a backup somewhere.