Today, I lost my job because I was doing my work too quickly, getting too much done and the supervisor was afraid I was bored. I have only been here for 3 weeks and already had the best stats on the team. 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, I finally started my first job. I also lost it, for being too "enthusiastic" and making my fellow employees look lazy. FML
Today, I was let go from my job, because I'm "progressing too quickly and there's no promotions available" and I "can find a better place to work at." 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, despite filling all the parameters for a model employee and being praised by multiple people over the time I was working, I was fired because a client complained to my manager that I didn't seem to know what I was doing. FML
Today, I was fired without warning from my job because I was not consulting my boss about things like washing dishes and throwing away garbage. Basically, I was fired for being too good at my job. 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, I’m a supervisor who swore 50-hour weeks were “the minimum.” My team preferred having lives, I missed my quota, and my $10,000 bonus vanished. FML
Today, I was scolded by my boss, all because I can finish most tasks in a quarter of the time it takes him, and he doesn't want to be shown up. FML
Today, my supervisor was in a leadership meeting pulling random calls for quality. Mine was chosen. He got excited and told them my stats and how I put him to shame with how I drive my team, that I'm the best and this call is going to be amazing. I was then written up for arguing with a customer. FML
Today, I started a new yard maintenance job. Before the day had even ended, I got fired, because I apparently didn’t have enough experience, and I moved too slowly. It was supposed to be my training day. FML
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Top comments
E40_fml 0
Maybe you're just too good for everything.
namhowell 6
Bullshit! If you believe it really was the case, file a lawsuit!
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Comments (76)
E40_fml 0
Sucka what
E40_fml 0
Maybe you're just too good for everything.
kerrygirl 13
you were making it look bad for the rest of the staff....
tisiphone_fml 0
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
Yeah, that was my first though, OP - you were probably scaring the long-time employees into thinking they would lose their jobs. You have to try to fit into the team, even if that means slowing down a bit until they feel more comfortable around you. I'm leaning towards YDI for trying to be an overachiever at the expense of everybody else.
capilot 10
More importantly, the supervisor was afraid OP would get *his* job.
ppatty 0
ima go with 58
brutal_banger 10
that's why you don't try and show up everyone else cause it's your bitchass going home be 2nd best next time
containsnosoy 0
Are you suggesting the OP should have worked at pace painfully slower than their normal pace? There are some offices that don't have a lot of work to do, or not a lot of difficult work to do. The people who typically work at those offices (instead of moving on to better things) are used to slacking off. Why wouldn't they if they were going to finish their work halfway through the day anyways? So when someone new comes in, especially someone who has a good work ethic, they are going to outdo the employees already working there. If that makes someone a "bitchass" than so be it, but nothing would get down without "bitchasses" like that. Maybe this isn't the OP's situation, but it does happen.
Moemoemoe_fml 0
#12 is right. I lost a job that way, btw. :-/
obnum 19
4 - If people just got their shit done like OP no one would have to lose their jobs. Why would you try to justify slacking off at something you're being paid to do quickly and efficiently? OP - I'm sorry that sucks you can get a better job where they actually like hard workers. ;)
namhowell 6
Bullshit! If you believe it really was the case, file a lawsuit!
saaaammmmm 0
Filing a lawsuit is too cost prohibitive for most people. He is unemployed and his time would be better spent finding work.
koalasloverain 0
It would have been within the trial period nearly all jobs have, anyway (most are no shorter than 1 month), so they can fire the OP for any reason, without having to explain it.
lettertjes 0
I don't know about Texas of course, but in most countries it's pretty illegal to fire someone for doing their work too good.
Moemoemoe_fml 0
No, it's actually legal. Ridiculous, isn't it? :( If OP could go to court and prove that there was gender or race discrimination etc., there would be a case, but otherwise, nope.
jcpt1984 0
it's legal. we're an "at-will" state which means an employer can fire us for pretty much anything as long as it's not discriminatory (race, disability, gender, etc) but it's a pain in the butt to file suit in discrimination cases so most people don't bother with it.
lelanatty 0
lionhead bunny! And yes, Texas, home sweet home that she is, there's nothing you can do about it. OP will just have to find a better employer who likes people who are good at their jobs.
dickster 0
Texas isn't a country...
N9ne_ZxxZxxZ_ 3
...its a state, says that up top
stevenJB 25
Too well*
Gwyndion 9
Afraid that soon enough you'd take his job I guess...really, "too bored" oO?
tyrob911 0
#5 how would the OP file a lawsuit? haven't you ever heard of probation period at jobs? she's been there for less than 90 days and can therefore be fired without cause. I'm sure it's in the job policy that he/she signed.
chaos753159 4
its just like sex go too fast at first and it doesnt work
chaos753159 4
#6 texas isn't a country
lettertjes 0
I never said Texas was a country.
SadinSherman 16
No,Texas just has some crazy rules