Today, I got laid off. Why would they lay me off right before the holidays? Because they want to make sure every one else gets a nice holiday bonus. 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, while at work, I was asked to see my boss. I was informed that the company would be laying off 20 people, and that I was one of them. I was told I could finish off the week, then was sent back to work. Twenty minutes later, my boss walked around and handed us all Christmas party invitations. FML
Today, my employer gave me a gift to celebrate the one-year anniversary of my hire date. It would have been a really nice gesture if they weren't laying me off at the end of the month. FML
Today, I found out I'm being laid off. Because I'm the only person at this company who knows how to process a layoff in our HR system, I get to have the pleasure of laying myself off. FML
Today, at work, I found out that they are taking all bonus pay away, but giving us an extra $1 an hour due to Covid-19. Last week, they laid off half my department. Those people laid off are making more money on unemployment than I am now. FML
Today, my boss announced that instead of holiday bonuses being on the cards, the company is going under and we'll all be out of a job next year. FML
Today, my boss got a promotion and I got laid off. FML
Today, I found out why the temps were not invited to the company Christmas party. The company paid for the regular employees to go to a nice restaurant, gave them nice presents, and handed out substantial bonuses. They keep telling me they can't hire me on because the company can't afford it. FML
Today, I asked my boss if I could take a vacation day for my birthday on Monday. She called to tell me yes, and then told me I'm getting laid off. 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, 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
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Top comments
MrSassypants 34
That is both thoughtful and an asshole thing to do.
mackdeezy 22
Is that what they told you? If so, then thats messed up and i hope you get back on your feet.
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Comments (49)
Enslaved 38
Weakest link? Enjoy your holidays. Your ex-co-workers thank you. :P
annie_nk 23
There's severance pay but no guarantee OP got it. From what I hear, it isn't that much anyway.
m0rr1s 3
At least they care about their employees enough to make that call. You're so selfish. LoL
jwebster 8
Hostess?
RedPillSucks 33
I'm sorry that happened to you, but I can't help wondering how much you make if firing you allowed them to give everyone else bonus money.
Redtick 9
That's terrible and has happened to me before, I feel your pain OP. Makes me appreciate my union job even more now.
Redtick 9
That's terrible and has happened to me before, I feel your pain OP. Makes me appreciate my union job even more now.
badactor009 0
Yea, companies and management are always wrong, huh. There might be other reasons they terminated you.lets open our mind to some other possibilities. Could it be that you were not a model employee? Were you a productive team player who contributed to the value of the company? Perhaps you just were not very good at the job you had? In that case they can let you go and take a chance on hiring someone who is better. It's also possible that you just got screwed. It happens.
supermann13_fml 11
Who the **** puts YDI?? Really?
viper8608 9
probably people that realize the boss probably looked at the roster and said "who is the most useless guy here?" and OP came up. dont be a scrub the next time OP.
vbmg152 19
Then you don't have a lot of bills! 3 months salary is nothing!