Today, I worked 24 hours straight fixing my company's servers. After it was over, I breathed a huge sigh of relief and promptly fell asleep at my desk. My boss found me an hour later, refused to listen to me, and fired me for sleeping on the job. 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 accidentally fell asleep at work after working a 12-hour shift. Instead of waking me up, my coworkers spiked my coffee mug with whiskey and told my boss I was drunk. My boss wouldn't even listen to my side of the story and fired me. FML
Today, after a sleepless night, I fell asleep at my work desk. When I awoke, I found my co-workers had duct taped me to my chair. I was yelling at them to untape me, when our boss came in, scolded me for fucking about on the job, and left without saying a word to my colleagues. FML
Today, I got into trouble for sleeping at work. FML
Today, while working from home, I was super drowsy after a heavy bar hangout with the boys. I took a call from a customer. Next thing I know, the call was no longer there. My boss called me to tell me they left a one-star review on our site, saying I fell asleep and snored mid-call. Yes, I was fired. FML
Today, I fell asleep at my desk. It's bad enough that it was for 45 minutes and that I was snoring. What makes it worse? My boss woke me up. FML
Today, I was fired for falling asleep at work. I’m still not sure how I fell asleep, seeing as I’m a stocker and I was actively putting cans on the shelf when it happened. FML
Today, I apparently fell asleep during a work Zoom meeting. I awoke to no meeting on my screen and an e-mail from my boss saying I was terminated, and to do something about my "sleep apnea." FML
Today, I fell asleep while on the toilet at work. When I woke up, I tried to quietly sneak back to my desk, only to be caught by my boss. He immediately sent me packing and gave his "best wishes" for me in the unemployment line. FML
Today, I was let go from a position that I spent 11 years pouring my heart into. I was fired for ranting in an group chat, after getting 37 minutes of sleep in two days. FML
Today, at work, my computer started acting up. I told my boss I could fix it, but he told me to call the IT department instead. Neither the IT technician or his supervisor could figure it out, so I showed them what was wrong and how to fix it. I was promptly fired for wasting 2 hours of company time. FML
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Redoxx_fml 22
Wrongful termination suit?
DocBastard 40
Too bad you can't rewire your boss so he isn't a dick.
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Comments (110)
Redoxx_fml 22
Wrongful termination suit?
MorsFalce 12
Depends if it is an "at will" company.
Redoxx_fml 22
Just make sure you get Harvey Specter
frizz101 22
You can still file for wrongful termination even if it is an at will workplace. It's just harder to win.
Zebediabolical 45
Win or lose it's still a lose-lose situation. If you win many bosses will watch you very closely and fire you with cause the next time you do /anything/ wrong. If you lose you're 'That Dude' who files wrongful termination suits. And that can negatively impact your future employment possibilities. They say there's no blacklists anymore. But what a couple bosses say over scotches at the bar might as well be.
wallandpiece 16
Surely working for 24 hours straight is illegal?
Habu987 9
Nope. Plenty of jobs can require 24 hour stints on the clock, or there could be emergency situations and stuff like that. I have a normally 40 hour a week desk job and have had to pull a 24 hour stretch a few times fighting fires at work a few times in the last year.
incoherentrmblr 22
Time to go Die Hard 4 on them...
tjv3 10
Get a lawyer, and also file a complaint with the labor board. Since you worked so many hours straight and they didn't do anything to make sure you could rest it is a huge safety risk. If you would have driven home and fallen a sleep on the way and killed someone they would be liable. Now file a complaint and get a lawyer, get your ******** boss canned- I'm a fellow Texan and an IT worker
KrazieKleo 13
Lawyer up op. Not to sue but to file a wrongful dismissal case. Good luck and good job working extra hard!
Arrow44 10
Or you could always accidently hit ctrl-z ....
DocBastard 40
Too bad you can't rewire your boss so he isn't a dick.
LanceGoodthrust 19
Too bad he can't rewire his boss's dick
narkill 13
Uhm.... What?
j_cat187 20
I think his brain shorted out.
Redoxx_fml 22
52- He got f*%ked over by his boss not f*%ked by him
JuliaaNoelle 26
Well you know what they say, you are what you eat.
Redoxx_fml 22
Stop eating stupid
iSativa 24
It's your bosses loss. People like you are as rare as unicorns.
cakefete2 31
Actually... I ran in to three unicorns on the way to OP.
sniper4613 13
Talk to HR about it. Of not sue for wrongful termination
Rozza17 29
Hopefully there is security cameras that can prove that OP was actually working extremely hard and not sleeping.
Sp4de 9
I'm sorry. :(
Welshite 40
I personally don't think you could sue for wrongful termination. It was /wrong/ of the boss, certainly, but sleeping on the job is termination-worthy. Most self-respecting bosses would have been more understanding though. I don't think suing will work in this particular instance.
monnanon 14
there is mitigating circumstances plus the fact that working for 24hrs straight is almoat certainly illegal unless OP signed some sort of paperwork with regards to emergency proceedures.
ptoka 20
A wrongful termination suit in Texas won't get you anywhere. I don't see why Welshite is getting buried for the comment. Circumstances or not, in the state of Texas you can get fired at whim, with no reason at all.
monnanon 14
maybe not wrongful termination then but some sort of class action suit.
perdix 31
#55, one person can't file a class-action suit. Unless they are really, really fat.
ptoka 20
#66, or really, really loud (with a megaphone).
ThunderLightTSV 31
Cause Texas ******* sucks. Now watch me get down voted all to hell by every Texan on the planet. What a shame it's not like racism where I can say I'm not racist no matter what because I have a black friend.
dRpRdP 8
he'll eventually know about fixing of server and will call you back..
SWC_Penguin 17
Surely there is some kind of digital record of what you were doing for that time? Computers tend to remember stuff. Ha! Who am I kidding? As if "proof" matters to people like that.
Gingerette 8
Proof is better known to most advisors as details.
perdix 31
You painted yourself out of a job. You need to pace your work so you don't get such extreme exhaustion. Hopefully you know a secret back door into the system so you can sabotage the shit out of it.
rickAUS 22
And sometimes it is a matter of fix or be fired. From the sounds of things OP would have been screwed either way.
j_729 18
He could have just gone home or at least walked out sleep in his car. I agree he shouldn't have been fired but I don't think sleeping at work is something you should do
monnanon 14
i agree with you but it was maybe not a concious decision to go to sleep. sometimes you are just to tired to care.
DougK76 11
Having been in the same situation (up 24+hrs fixing servers), sometimes your exhaustion level is to high to safely drive anywhere. I've been pulled over for driving to work with an insane schedule where I barely could sleep between shifts. Officer said "next time, call in late..."
Natetc13 6
Sabatoge may seem appropriate in some cases but never a good idea. Talking jail time and hefty fines.
perdix 31
#54, sabotage is often a good idea -- getting caught at it is always a bad idea. Let's keep that straight. :D
ChibiChibi_fml 28
From the way the fml is worded I don't think the OP had a choice in whether they fell asleep or not. I think it just happened. I go through that sometimes where I'll be sitting at my computer doing something and then all the sudden I'm waking up, half an hour or more has gone by and I don't even remember feeling that tired. The Op worked for 24 hours straight and was awake for who knows how long before that, he/she may have gone through a similar experience.