amf
United States
Reasons to be cheerful, pt. 4
Today, I got fired via text. The last sentence was, "Wish you the best, take care!" FML
Collection
Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Same thing different taste
soon to be unemployed
Southampton, United Kingdom
Today, my boss let me know that I'm being laid off, via a text message that ended in "lmao". FML
maxthndr
United States
Today, my boss fired me via text message. I don't have a text messaging plan. I paid $0.25 to get fired. FML
CalebNotShomo
Houston, United States
Today, my boss sent me a text message saying, "You're fired. Merry Christmas!" FML
Anonymous
Toronto, Canada
Double blow
Today, I was driving to work and I got a text from my girlfriend. She said she was breaking up with me. I was a little heartbroken, but I had to get on with my day. I got to work and my boss fired me. Turns out, my boss and girlfriend have been having an affair and she told him to fire me. FML
Anonymous
Today, I got fired from my first-ever job. Via text. I hadn't even started the first day but I'm expected to drive an hour and a half to my now ex-boss's house to return the key. FML
Anonymous
United States
Nice meeting you
Today, my boss finally pronounced my name correctly. My name was then followed by the words, "You're fired." FML
damngurl
Make your minds up
Today, I got fired. Yesterday was my birthday and I was told I was getting a promotion. FML
Anonymous
United States
Today, I got fired from the job I'd had for eleven years for going onto Facebook while on the clock. When I got home, I saw that my boss had updated his status, from work, to "Finally fired that bitch." FML
WrongPlaceWrongTime
France
Today, my girlfriend came to my workplace to tell me she was breaking up with me. My boss, who was passing by, fired me for "chatting with friends" during work hours. FML
feistychick
United States
Today, I was fired from my job of 5 years. I was let go because I couldn't take the company to 'the next level'. My now ex-boss asked me if I could process my severance check because he didn't know how. I had to write myself my last paycheck. FML
Top comments
dreamering 16
What did you expect? "You're fired asshole?"
tigerkyle92 0
Texting is never the right way for firing or break ups. What happened to being sincere and having a face to face conversation?
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Comments (106)
LemonStarship 5
Who the hell was your employer?
shortstuffs23 7
you ask the question as if the they'll actually reply lol. No offense :)
OCDC 9
Sometimes the OP will reply to a comment on their FML. There's not a rule that says once you post an FML, you can never revisit it again.
geeksaresexy 18
Some times OP's do actually reply
shortstuffs23 7
oh, my badddd!
geeksaresexy 18
I've only seen it 4 or 5 times but they do sometimes..
dbt88 15
I was gonna ask if it was Teavana. My friend was fired from one via text message and I wonder if that's just how they handle everybody.
bibit1990 2
I got fired by phone while at work once..lol that sucked... my boss left for the day,shortly after I got a call on the phone in my bosses office..thinking they were letting me know I had been there long enough to move out of my "probationary period" I was ecstatic, until they told me to grab my stuff out of my locker and my last paycheck from my manager (who obviously knew all day due to the fact she had my last check)... I was just days shy of my 3 month mark which would have symbolized the end of my "probationary period".. :(
birdfreak 24
ouch that's not right I'm sorry
THEmuffinpan 0
I'm kind of a muffin expert... and I agree.
JumbledGirl 2
yeah... sorry about that... calling you just seemed so mean. I didn't have the heart to tell it to your face :)
thatnucca 36
At least you didn't get to see the smile on the face of the person who sent that text message... Still very impersonal though... Sorry!
N3v43h 0
reply with... "I will... take care, wish you the best finding who's been sleeping with your wife/husband/boyfriend/girlfriend hahaha"
bloddyhell 2
I'd refuse to be dismissed so unceremoniously. Fck it, I'd go to work and pretend I never received the text. Make the asshole man up and fire you in person.
RockstarRN 10
Haha! I love that!
littlemisschat 0
best idea ever! do it! say you never got the text.
shortstuffs23 7
your job must have sucked then, ha. Sorry but that blows!
GoodLookingGeese 10
Unfortunately one of the things I have to do is to hire and fire people. And doing it by SMS or e-mail is either unprofessional and illegal. It's always very important to finish cooperation as professional and nice as a it start, and to pay the person for the job he/she did.
geeksaresexy 18
'either unprofessional and illegal' or what?