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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Top comments
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)
Ferpect_fml 0
#9 said it first, your customers are your fellow employees. The fact that you didn't get that is likely what led to your dismissal. Live and learn.
24788 7
Companies can fire for any reason I believe nowadays. It's a terrible practice.
Dannyohboyoh 0
Wow THAT IS A HUGE YDI. I work in IT and in the world of IT the word "customers" refers the people who request projects from you (aka other employees). You deserve to be fired if you don't know that.
TimSchwall8 0
Maybe you should have met some of them. People like to see a face. Also, any email, phone, IM is in that realm. Also, how timely and effective your solutions were. Customer Satisfaction isn't just meeting people. Probably would have helped to spend 15 minutes under your bosses desk providing satisfaction.
legendofdon 0
YDI for not knowing who your customers are.
charbz 0
seeing how you said you've met no customers, maybe that's why.
nitemare0 17
the people you work with are your customers, and you are servicing their computers, be nicer to your co-workers
go0fy 15
if you work in IT and you didn't know your "customers", you deserve to be fired.
fantasyworld 39
Your customers are the people that work in the building.