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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Fall
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)
sammslife 2
u got Michael Scott'd
domolovesyoshi 33
Just explain why you deleted the project
Mimical 3
I don't think you are to bright #41 because clearly the project was being done at home because there Is such things as computers. So how does that have anything to so with companies security
nlow79 3
just restore your pc to a later date
yusaku02 20
if you're smart you're backing up the project to a server on your network. Someone in IT should be able to retrieve it.
sprints54 19
Or he could check the trash bin icon on his comp
haileyraink 6
Well since it was his fault he can't get pissed at you for not having it ready because why would you need to keep working on a project for a job you don't have.
manasstalker 7
If you can afford to do so I would recommend quitting and finding new employment. If you can't I would look for new employment while working there still. I know I couldn't afford to loose my job and a "joke" like that would be severely out of line. Also if he has any superiors I advise reporting him. Also consider he may have called back about "kidding" when he realized he never got said project from you first. I would definitely be interested in seeing a follow up FML on this one.
jdwmoore22 2
watch you really get fired now for not getting work done in time
neppy 6
FYL. That's a really shitty prank to play on someone.
Epickitty58 29
Can you say asshole?