Today, it's been a few months since got fired from a job I'd spent two years at. Before getting fired, I trained the entire new staff, and to this day they still message me for help, even though I was fired months ago. 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, I was let go at work. About 2 years ago, we had hired an eager-to-learn "assistant" for me. When they canned me, they let me know that I should've trained him faster so I could've been fired sooner. FML
Today, I got fired after three days at my new job. They told me it was because of downsizing. They were still interviewing people and had a help wanted sign in the window. FML
Today, I was told I was being fired from my job after "5 months for poor performance." I helped lead my team to the highest possible success they’ve had the last 4 years. FML
Today, after a month at my new job, my boss fired me because I didn't have enough experience. She hired me with full knowledge of this fact. FML
Today, I received the "employee of the month" title from the job I was fired from last week. FML
Today, after a long couple of months working non-stop, I finally got someone to cover my shift. Turns out she was joking, and when I didn't show up for work, I was fired. FML
Today, I won employee of the month. I was then fired for being late. FML
Today, I lost my job to the individual I just finished training. Within 2 hours after being escorted out, my old boss called and yelled at me for doing a lousy job. He was angry that the training was deficient and because the new person is as bad as I was. FML
Today, I was fired on my second day of work after a year and a half of unemployment. Apparently, my "tendency to solve problems instead of just accepting them made the other workers uneasy". FML
Today, the company I was fired from three years ago merged with the company I work at now. The new owners' first order of business was to fire me again. FML
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Top comments
Ellimac21 14
Time for some revenge: tell them you can help them but that you'll need to be pay as a consultant. Reddit is full of stories like this if you need. If the new staff still asks for your help and your old boss doesn't want to pay you, then just tell him you no longer work for him so you can't help them.
inthesticks 19
If you keep helping them for free they're going to keep calling you
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DonULFonso 22
You don't answwr, I hope, other than congratulating them?
cuz803 46
That sucks. If people are still messaging you for help, that's a sign of how good you were at your job. :(
wawa_sxm 15
setup a company and send a bill for consultation fees. put in copy all the messages your replies and time spent look at the competition and show them how valuable you are
Ellimac21 14
Time for some revenge: tell them you can help them but that you'll need to be pay as a consultant. Reddit is full of stories like this if you need. If the new staff still asks for your help and your old boss doesn't want to pay you, then just tell him you no longer work for him so you can't help them.
bleachedraven 14
this!
inthesticks 19
If you keep helping them for free they're going to keep calling you
Tammy Gabb 5
Sorry meant to hit thumbs up not down.
Chazzster 32
I certainly hope you have been able to find another job since then! It sort of sounds like after you trained the shift, they fired (hopefully actually laid off, making you able to receive unemployment benefits) the most expensive person - you. And they kept all the cheaper new hires. Real A-hole move on management’s part! While you might want to help your former trainees, when you answer their questions it just makes it all the less likely that you would be rehired. Why pay someone when they are doing the support job for free? Cut it off now - No more free help. This isn’t helping you at all, and you might be a crutch for the current workers who ask you instead of figuring it out themselves or going to their boss like they should.
bleachedraven 14
very true
thatslifeiguess7 16
So don't answer the texts
bleachedraven 14
Free is the best price.
Warp1978 15
Don't respond, make the bosses know that they can't do it without you.