Today, I got fired from the job I've only had for a week. Between paying for a physical, my own background check and uniforms, I paid more money to start working there than I'll get from my one and only paycheck. 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 employer fired me, less than a week before I could become permanent full-time staff. FML
Today, it was my first day on a £600 a week job. I was fired for being 10 minutes late. FML
Today, it's been less than a week since I finally got a job, after over a year of searching. I just found out that there's about to be a wave of layoffs. I haven't even gotten my first paycheck, and already I'm going to lose my job. 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, I got fired from my job. I worked for my parents. FML
Today, on my first day of work, I got fired after 45 minutes. FML
Today, my boss told me I was fired 3 weeks ago because there's no money to pay me, meaning that I worked the last three weeks for free. FML
Today, I got fired from my volunteer job. FML
Today, I found out I'm getting a pay cut, a week after I told my boss I need a raise or second job just to afford bills. I made the company 10k last week. FML
Today, after moving provinces and working my ass off to find a job, and finally finding one, I got the flu and had to call in sick two days on my first week. They fired me today. FML
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Top comments
Yudith 28
The company is supposed to pay for your uniform, background check and all exams, not you. Sounds like a scam to me. Report them.
WeirdUS 30
What happened that you got fired in a week? Did you get injured or were you that bad they didn't want to keep you?
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WeirdUS 30
What happened that you got fired in a week? Did you get injured or were you that bad they didn't want to keep you?
Fran Rolli 8
Did uSuck that bad
skippydoda 32
This really needs more information.
Yudith 28
The company is supposed to pay for your uniform, background check and all exams, not you. Sounds like a scam to me. Report them.
stormy0307 16
Plenty of companies make their employees buy things out of pocket. The company is in no way obligated or required to pay for everything. I used to work for an engineering company that employed 4000 people nationally and they made us pay for everything that wasn’t a regularly recurring corporate contract out of pocket. We were supposed to submit all business expenses for reimbursement but even with receipts and a written explanation of what was purchased and why, corporate would randomly decide some things that were legitimate business expenses were just personal expenses and they wouldn’t pay you for it.
LostSoul 20
I have never seen a company that requires a physical and background check require you to pay for it. Sounds like a scam. Once you are hired, you do pay out of pocket and get reimbursed. NOT before you are even hired.
skippydoda 32
I worked somewhere where we had to pay for everything upfront and if we passed probation got reimbursed for it.
0neiros 14
Hence my advice to NEVER work for a company like that. **** them because they will ALWAYS find a way to **** you over to save a couple of bucks.
xxWTFxx1981 23
Sounds like a pyramid scheme to me. I remember this one they pitched to me. I had to buy their product so I could have a demo set cost over $1k dollars... I didn't fall for it but i googled and plenty of reviews from people who did. the background checks physical and uniform may be what they were really selling and they pretend to give you work so you purchase them.
sallygee 9
who pays for their own physical and background check? this whole thing sounds a bit fishy.
ViviMage 40
Um, they pay for the background check and physical. Uniforms SHOULD be ordered and paid for by them, it depends on the company if and how many they cover. I would get reimbursed for the medical and background check!
0neiros 14
NEVER work for any shithole that makes you pay for ANYTHING you need to do your job. They want you to work there? They can damn well pay for it. **** them. If they ask for the uniforms back, tell them no reimbursement check, no uniform it's your property, they can pay for it. If it's a security type of uniform, maybe you can get your body in good condition and use it as your stripper uniform, or be the Cop in a Village people cover band, or wear it around in public just to see how people act differently when you are round. The use for a law enforcement/security type of uniform even if just for Halloween can make it worth shelling out the $ for it.