Today, I was fired for "customer dissatisfaction." I work in IT and have never met one of my company's customers. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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 from my job because I, in my boss's words, "Abided by company policy to such an extent that customers were starting to hate me." FML
Today, I was fired for being a very happy and perky employee. According to my boss, it freaks both the customers and my co-workers out. FML
Today, my boss was angry at me because I had filed a complaint about him refusing to change our phone service to something more reliable. Later, a customer called him and said I had hung up on him. I got fired. I didn't hang up on the customer, the phone service just dropped the call. FML
Today, I got yelled at for providing horrible customer service, in a store I don't even work for. 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
Today, a customer filed a formal complaint with corporate about me, because I wouldn't help her find things she wanted while I was off the clock. We were in a completely different store than the one where I actually work. FML
Today, I was fired on my second day of work after a year and a half of unemployment. Apparently, my "tendency to solve problems instead of just accepting them made the other workers uneasy". FML
Today, I was fired for actively seeking employment with another company. Because of having just been fired, the other company will no longer give me the time of day. FML
Today, I won employee of the month. I was then fired for being late. FML
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ArmoredSandwich 0
How can people vote "you deserved that one" on this :/
Jimboom 12
You sure about that? Even via e-mail? Or a phone call that you may have been a little rude to the person because you had never met them? Because I.T guys are well known for their temperament and patience when it comes to speaking with plebs on the phone/e-mail. For the record I am in IT. So I get how it happened. You just got to be more careful about that. Even if you think you were joking or being funny. the wrong person reading it could take it another way and get you outta there very quickly. But on the off chance you actually didn't do or say anything wrong to this person, well then **** them. I hope you gave them a nice virus or at least reset all their passwords/encyrpted all their e-mails before you left.
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Comments (54)
zbots 0
#21 and #22 got it right.
TBF2 0
Your customers are the people inside the company you assist with their technical problems. If your customers were dissatisfied, then you were let go for that. I'm amazed that you never realized that you had customers, too - ones that weren't the same as the customers your company deals with.
Edmund_Dantes 0
You can't file a lawsuit, you were clearly fired with cause. If you're in IT, and not customer-facing tech support, your "customers" are the employees you help. One or more of them probably complained, and based on your failure to realize this, they probably had good reason. I'm also in IT, lost a lucrative job the same way, thought I got screwed over, then had this explained to me.
demonkey_fml 4
"The economy sucks and they don't want to have to pay you unemployment. Easier for them to skirt this if they claim it was your own fault you're unemployed." #13 What he/she said... See if you can collect unemployment anyway and appeal the decision with your state if they turn you down. By the way, this also just happened to a friend of mine (a teacher who was denied tenure). The administration needed to cut $1.4 million and in spite of having rave reviews from other teachers and parents, the administration decided she "lacked effective classroom management skills." Now they are waiting for her to quit in disgust and not receive unemployment - which she cannot financially afford. Bastards - but quite common in this economy!
patrickhb 0
I don't know how it is in America (I guess you're American) but that type of dismissal is very illegal where I'm from. There's been quite a few of these 'unfair dismissal' posts, is it really okay to do that to an employee over there?
CaptainBaconMan 0
It's probably bullcrap to cover up for cyclical unemployment.
roachspray 0
#27: It varies by state. In most of the country, you can be let go from a job without cause. The only illegal dismissals are racial, ethnic, religious, sexual or disability discrimination. Being an unsatisfactory employee is plenty of reason to be let go. And to the OP: It's been listed above, but I'll say it again. Your customers are the people you provide IT services to. If you're not aware of that, it's no surprise that you've been let go.
roachspray 0
Oh - and on the unemployment angle: yes, you'll still be able to receive it. Unemployment compensation isn't just for mass layoffs and firing without cause. If you committed a crime or were fired for gross insubordination, then you're out unemployment. "Dissatisfaction" and "Poor organizational fit" are common dismissal reasons that don't negate your ability to receive unemployment. Even inability to do the job won't disqualify someone in most cases (unless there was fraud involved during the hiring process).
kenddrraaa 0
That sucks! Sorry man.
iJack 0
Could you sue for wrongful termination?