Today, my boss explained that the company will be letting me go. She got so upset that she couldn't leave her office and I had to console her. I had to make her feel less sad for laying me off. 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, my boss got a promotion and I got laid off. FML
Today, my boss let me know that I'm being laid off, via a text message that ended in "lmao". FML
Today, I went into my boss's office to confront her about not consulting me before switching my shifts with someone else. I left in tears. FML
Today, my girlfriend came to my workplace to tell me she was breaking up with me. My boss, who was passing by, fired me for "chatting with friends" during work hours. 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
Today, while trying to get my boss to reconsider laying off much of my department, I accidentally convinced him to lay me off too. FML
Today, I had to fire an employee because she constantly calls in, or is late to work. She became very emotional and I felt kind of bad, so I walked her out myself. We then got stuck in the company elevator. FML
Today, I found out that when my boss said she was considering bumping me up to full time, she actually meant she was planning on letting me go. Everyone in the office except me knew. FML
Today, my boss made me give a presentation to several senior company officials about the serious financial losses our division has made this year. Barely an hour later, my boss had palmed all the blame off onto me and gotten me fired. 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
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feven 32
Well then you must be a great employee OP. Hopefully you won't have much trouble getting a new job with a good recommendation
nicolemf4 13
You're a good person OP. Sounds like you'll have a good reference at least.
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Comments (45)
born_hustla 26
That's messed up, you must be a great asset...or she played you well. She better write you a kick ass letter of recommendation.
JackFaire 27
Oh my god so I am not alone. I totally had a boss do this. The owners of the company were ******* up the whole company and she had to lay off two training classes full of people who really needed this job she ended up breaking down while laying us off. A month later the whole company closed it's doors I hope she was okay.
kingJon 7
reverse psychology...she's evil. sucks for you though Op hope your alright and good luck
kanyewestsson 1
FDB
gintwinsmoore 20
age-old trick some managers use to keep from getting their asses kicked during the lay off process...
farmboy555 7
Your immediate boss usually isn't the one who makes the decision to lay you off, she's probably truly upset that you're leaving.
Chibicase 19
Well, at least you know she was really sad about it. Better than an asshole boss doing it right?
Abidawe 15
"Now now, look at me I'm not sad, I get it, you found someone better for my job. Could you at least tell my future employers how great I am?"
Rababco 29
She must've really cared about you, OP. It's really sweet of you to comfort her even though you must've been upset about being laid off. Maybe you can ask her to give you a recommendation so that you're more likely to be hired in the future.