Today, I found out that my best friend is being sacked. He's also about to rent a new apartment which he won't be able to afford when he loses his job. I can't warn him or I'll breach confidentiality and lose my job as well. 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 best friend was fired from the place we both work at because she's a bad employee. After they fired her she said, "If I go, I'm taking my best friend with me." So they fired me too. I actually liked that job. FML
Today, upon applying for a new job to leave my old crappy job I was informed by my new potential employer that he was unable to hire me because he is friends with my current boss. FML
Today, I found out that a coworker and I may get laid off soon, all because my boss's niece told him she can do both our jobs all by herself, and for less money. FML
Today, my boss found out I had applied for a much better paying job. He told me I'd do a better job and make more money there. Then he fired me. FML
Today, I found out that my girlfriend has been cheating on me. I also found out that my best friend knew about it all along. When I confronted him, he tried to justify the betrayal by saying that she paid him to keep quiet. FML
Today, after moving in with a friend I've known for 9 years, I found out he's going to jail soon, and refuses to work or get a new job, making me unable to pay rent as he eats all my food. FML
Today, I found out that after three years of telling my boss our strategy wasn't going to work, that I was right - it didn't work. I also found out that because it didn't work, I lost my job. My boss still has his. FML
Today, I found out my best friend has been stealing hundreds of dollars from me and my fiancé. My wedding is tomorrow morning. Guess who my best man is. FML
Today, after finally getting a job offer after months of unemployment, I found out that the person who was going to hire me got fired. Which means I'm not getting the job. FML
Today, it's been five days since I started my new job in a new town, and just signed the lease on my new apartment too. Now I find out the company's closing down, and since I'm still on probation, I'm told I'm not entitled to any kind of severance. FML
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loueasy 23
Send him a letter in the mail anonymously.
tj1540 16
Try your hardest to talk him out of the apartment maybe offer to let him move in with you.
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shavednipples 22
i would try to get him to quit his job, if that means telling him he's going to be fired, then so be it. it looks bad on your record if you've been fired. although, maybe he'll have a good severance package if he gets fired. let him decide. whether he finds out anonymously or not, he should know what's to come.
9a_1z 12
When I wanted to rent the house I'm currently at I had to get a reference from my employer, would the people letting his apartment ask for the same? I sorry this sounds like such a difficult situation.
TreyA 10
Bro if that's your best friend you gotta step in. I don't know how old you are or what kind of situation you're in but no matter what that's your best friend. I would get him out to dinner or a drink and let him know just tell him about the confidentiality agreement
ashleyaugust 9
Talk him out of the apartment by finding things "wrong" with it. The power of suggestion is incredible.
drivingmoleman 3
Oooh, that sucks! Best to you and your friend, OP.
Bragi 12
Seriously, OP? You can't figure out how to warn him without getting caught? Moral dilemas like this are how you find out who you are.
Joshawott 21
I think there might be an easier, risk-free solution: OP could explain the situation to their superior and request that the news be broken before his friend has placed a deposit on the apartment. That is assuming however, that the OP was directly told and didn't simply overhear a conversation he shouldn't have. OP, do you also happen to know the time scale of your friend being told the bad news and placing a deposit on the apartment? Because if he is going to find out beforehand anyway, I wouldn't worry about it, but there's nothing you can really do if he's already put money down. The problem with telling anyway is that the friend's reaction could very well expose OP's cover; as I imagine anyone would be pretty furious if they found out they were about to be fired just before making a huge financial commitment like that. Even if the OP tells their friend confidentially at a pub or a restaurant, the friend could very well go into the work next day with all guns blazing.
mariri9206 32
Finally, someone using their brain and giving good advice.
nasenna 15
All of you who want the person who is getting fired to quit- in MA, if you quit, you don't get unemployment. If you are fired, you can file for unemployment which will at least give some sort of income until another job is found. Why is quitting the better option (unless another job is lined up)?
SwagBasket 10
Unless OP's friend doesn't tell anyone and just keeps it between himself and op then how will anyone find out?
Witchylady 18
Convince your friend not to rent the apartment. Speak to the real estate agent and let them know that your friend won't be able to afford the rent and maybe they will rent it to someone else