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Ever been fired?

If so, for what?

Are you afraid of getting fired?

Reason I ask: I have never been fired, but I missed some work lately (Just 2 days) but I was already on verbal warning for missing too much work :( and I think I might get fired for it. But I'm always afraid of getting fired when I miss work, so there's that, too.

Everyone says that they give you a written warning before they fire you. I have a recession-proof job and I've been there over a year, so I'm not THAT worried about it. Just kinda.

I think maybe I feel guilty for taking today off.

Ever been fired?

No.

If so, for what?

See above.

Are you afraid of getting fired?

Not really. Hard to fire somebody who is currently unemployed.

Reason I ask: I have never been fired, but I missed some work lately (Just 2 days) but I was already on verbal warning for missing too much work :( and I think I might get fired for it. But I'm always afraid of getting fired when I miss work, so there's that, too.

Everyone says that they give you a written warning before they fire you. I have a recession-proof job and I've been there over a year, so I'm not THAT worried about it. Just kinda.

I think maybe I feel guilty for taking today off.

Did you confirm with your employer/place of work that you were taking days of? Were you sick? Was it some sort of family emergency that you didn't have time to contact your employer about? If not, and you do get fired, welcome to the real world.

Did you confirm with your employer/place of work that you were taking days of? Were you sick? Was it some sort of family emergency that you didn't have time to contact your employer about? If not, and you do get fired, welcome to the real world.

I called in sick both days. At my job if you no call/no show you get fired for sure.

But if you call in sick too much out you go.

What industry do you work in? I'm looking for a recession-proof job myself :)

I have never been fired.... out of a cannon. But someday.... Someday.

What industry do you work in? I'm looking for a recession-proof job myself :)

Car Insurance Customer Service.

The turnover at the company I work for is so high that they can fix having too many employees by just not hiring for a while. People quit, etc. Most people who work there are working toward something else. I am.

They don't fire people very easily cuz of that. That, and also cuz it costs them a lot of money and a lot of time to train you in the first place.

And it's completely recession-proof because people are required to have car insurance. We've lost about a billion dollars but that's not really that big a deal cuz the company I work for has revenues of like 15 billion a year. They aren't laying anyone off.

Car Insurance Customer Service.

The turnover at the company I work for is so high that they can fix having too many employees by just not hiring for a while. People quit, etc. Most people who work there are working toward something else. I am.

They don't fire people very easily cuz of that. That, and also cuz it costs them a lot of money and a lot of time to train you in the first place.

Well then, what's there to be worried about? Don't make a habit out of it and you'll be in the clear, right?

Well then, what's there to be worried about? Don't make a habit out of it and you'll be in the clear, right?

Sounds about right, yeah.

Ever been fired?

If so, for what?

Are you afraid of getting fired?

Reason I ask: I have never been fired, but I missed some work lately (Just 2 days) but I was already on verbal warning for missing too much work :( and I think I might get fired for it. But I'm always afraid of getting fired when I miss work, so there's that, too.

Everyone says that they give you a written warning before they fire you. I have a recession-proof job and I've been there over a year, so I'm not THAT worried about it. Just kinda.

I think maybe I feel guilty for taking today off.
NEVER miss work days unless you got a damned good exscuse.

Being there over a year does not mean you are safe. you can still be let go no matter HOW LONG you've been there. espcially if you already got a warning about taking too much time off.

I called in sick both days. At my job if you no call/no show you get fired for sure.

But if you call in sick too much out you go.

get a doc's note next time.

Ever been fired?

Yes

If so, for what?
Technically stealing, but in this rare instance i was not guilty (I nicked shit loads they not caught me for, incling more then one a 16 inch t.v) They had very little evedence i nicked it (cos i did not) and they fire me anyway. I sued and got a few grand in the bank so can't complain to much!

Are you afraid of getting fired?

Nope, in my current job i know where to many of the bodies are buried

Reason I ask: I have never been fired, but I missed some work lately (Just 2 days) but I was already on verbal warning for missing too much work :( and I think I might get fired for it. But I'm always afraid of getting fired when I miss work, so there's that, too.

Fuck them, there always another job if your willing to work. I not been out of work longer then 2 months and i'm a slacker (though i come across good in interviews)

Everyone says that they give you a written warning before they fire you. I have a recession-proof job and I've been there over a year, so I'm not THAT worried about it. Just kinda.

Written warning the law over here in GB but don't know over there

I think maybe I feel guilty for taking today off.
Fuck them, they don't ive you enough time off anyway

NEVER miss work days unless you got a damned good exscuse.

Being there over a year does not mean you are safe. you can still be let go no matter HOW LONG you've been there. espcially if you already got a warning about taking too much time off.

Yeah, but only a verbal. Not a written.

There's a three-step disciplinary process there. Verbal warning, written warning, and then final written warning.

If you cant fix the problem in 3 strikes than out you go.

I have never been fired.... out of a cannon. But someday.... Someday.
I was fired out of a cannon. I had just been loaded in it, and the crowd was eager with anticipation when the manager stormed out and said, "Fiddlebottoms, we just discovered that you lied about being a licensed Human Cannonball! You have no qualifications whatsoever!"
So I said, "Why should it take qualifications to become a human cannonball?"
And he said, "It just does. Get out of there immediately!"
I tried to climb out of the cannon, but the spring mechanism went off, and flung me through the air. I was flying, flying, and I thought, "This is easy." Then, I landed, "WHUMPF!" on the target bag. I thought, "See, jerks? It doesn't take any special training to do this."
Just then the cushion exploded in an enormous fireball that consumed 2/3rds of Walther's Traveling Circus. And that's why you should only hire licensed Human Cannonballs who have passed all their exams and are in good standing with their Union.
Also, storing 200 lbs of black market nitroglycerin under the landing cushion is probably not a good idea either.

get a doc's note next time.

I've tried that. On days I took off when I actually did have a good excuse I brought in documentation.

My supervisor didn't want to see it. She said the company's view of attendance isn't based on individual days taken off. They look at the record as a whole. Are there any patterns in the absences? Etc.

I've tried that. On days I took off when I actually did have a good excuse I brought in documentation.

My supervisor didn't want to see it. She said the company's view of attendance isn't based on individual days taken off. They look at the record as a whole. Are there any patterns in the absences? Etc.

Well, then don't call in sick ever long weekend to smashed or whatever it is you do. If your are actually sick, then there isn't much that can be done about that other then get better. No sense in showing up to work and giving everyone else a day off is there?

Yeah, but only a verbal. Not a written.

There's a three-step disciplinary process there. Verbal warning, written warning, and then final written warning.

If you cant fix the problem in 3 strikes than out you go.
and Verbal warnings can be put into your work record. My Rule of thumb is to treat each warning as "the only chance you'll get". better safe than sorry. especially if it's a job you want to keep.

I've tried that. On days I took off when I actually did have a good excuse I brought in documentation.

My supervisor didn't want to see it. She said the company's view of attendance isn't based on individual days taken off. They look at the record as a whole. Are there any patterns in the absences? Etc.
keep the Doctor's note. that way should it come up in review, you can produce it. it should have the date it was issued and for how long as well as the Doctor's signature. two things that can be verified.

the fact that your company can 'lose workers quickly' means it's a job where you can be let go since it sounds like there's a que of people waiting for your posistion to open up.

I was fired because the assistant manager didn't like me and went over the manager's head to the regional manager and somehow convinced this person I was too slow for the job, which was a load of horse manure because I had worked the evening shift for the entire time I had been at my crappy minimum wage job. While on evening shift, I was never late, always promptly answered when the shift supervisor had me switch tasks, never had a customer complain, and was one of the faster evening workers. Yet I was deemed to be too slow, which the evening supervisor admitted was not true since there were people he knew were much slower but were not on the verge of getting fired.

Personally I think it's because there was evidence that I was going back to finish up my last semester of my networking programme... you know, asinine BS about being "over qualified". Another way of saying the assistant manager is a moronic twat who doesn't like you and makes no secret of it.

But if you call in sick too much out you go.

Hail, Mighty King!

I'm no lawyer, so you may want to look at the Family and Medical Leave Act (http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/fmla/) to see if it applies to your situation.

I was fired out of a cannon. I had just been loaded in it, and the crowd was eager with anticipation when the manager stormed out and said, "Fiddlebottoms, we just discovered that you lied about being a licensed Human Cannonball! You have no qualifications whatsoever!"
So I said, "Why should it take qualifications to become a human cannonball?"
And he said, "It just does. Get out of there immediately!"
I tried to climb out of the cannon, but the spring mechanism went off, and flung me through the air. I was flying, flying, and I thought, "This is easy." Then, I landed, "WHUMPF!" on the target bag. I thought, "See, jerks? It doesn't take any special training to do this."
Just then the cushion exploded in an enormous fireball that consumed 2/3rds of Walther's Traveling Circus. And that's why you should only hire licensed Human Cannonballs who have passed all their exams and are in good standing with their Union.
Also, storing 200 lbs of black market nitroglycerin under the landing cushion is probably not a good idea either.

*takes notes*

Never been fired. I've only ever quit jobs I'd had because I moved away for school or because I had to go on a deployment. The only full-time job I've ever had was rather difficult and painful to get fired from.

What industry do you work in? I'm looking for a recession-proof job myself :)

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I was fired from my first job 31 years ago. I told my boss to F off.

I was fired from my first job 31 years ago. I told my boss to F off.

Before or after?

I was nearly fired for committing a film-inspired act of violence involving a grapefruit. Luckily, though, she got the reference and had a laugh instead. But it was close.

When they told me they were thinking about firing me, I announced my retirement. I then postponed my retirement for three months because I could and, as long as my retirement was in the works, they couldn't fire me.

The reasons given for the possibility of firing me were manufactured.

I called in sick both days. At my job if you no call/no show you get fired for sure.

But if you call in sick too much out you go.

I get 10 days paid sick leave at my work, I'm pretty sure that's the standard in Aus. I only need a medical certificate if I'm off for 2 or more consecutive days. I'm not sure what happens if you're off for more that than, say 8 weeks in hospital for instance. Maybe it'd be just unpaid leave.

came close but I quit. It was my highschool job at a fast food restaurant.
The managers son worked their too as sort of a assistant manager (he wasn't official yet due to corporations rules).the managers son was stealing money from my till (he had everyone codes). He would only steal from one person at a time until they quit. 3 months after I quit corporate caught him doing it on camera.

Ever been fired?

yes

If so, for what?

Financial reasons, the company was going down hill and could no longer afford to keep me

Are you afraid of getting fired?

From my current job? No as I am my own boss, however, my contract could be terminated.

Other jobs I have had not really as I am a hard worker and always a valuable asset to any team.

I think maybe I feel guilty for taking today off.

You slack bastard go and do some work, you good for nothing layabout.

i prefer to use the euphemism "laid off", and see every REAL reason as being political matter.

i prefer to use the euphemism "laid off", and see every REAL reason as being political matter.

Do you get into heated political arguments`with your boss' and then finding yourself laid off?

Do you get into heated political arguments`with your boss' and then finding yourself laid off?

more like differences of perception, nonsocial as i am, i didn't even realize existed, or result in my apparently misapprehending their intentions.

i also think there's a predominance of some kind of prejudice against being non social. i really see this as having been more often then not, at the root of it.

and to answer the question more directly, no, not in the sense of ever being intentionally confrontational.

(in at least one case, it was simply a 'reduction in force termination', or supposedly so. at least it WAS part of an actual reduction in personpower. HOW who was chosen to be reduced did not, however, seem to be based on any objectively observable standard)

more like differences of perception, nonsocial as i am, i didn't even realize existed, or result in my apparently misapprehending their intentions.

i also think there's a predominance of some kind of prejudice against being non social. i really see this as having been more often then not, at the root of it.

and to answer the question more directly, no, not in the sense of ever being intentionally confrontational.

(in at least one case, it was simply a 'reduction in force termination', or supposedly so. at least it WAS part of an actual reduction in personpower. HOW who was chosen to be reduced did not, however, seem to be based on any objectively observable standard)


Ahh, fair enough those type of bosses I see.

Never been fired, I have been layed off before though.

I'm a good worker.

No, my current job is very secure.

Yes, once, from a shit job in a small textbook publishing company, because they fired all their assistants just before the yearly review so they wouldn't have to give them a raise. Wish I'd known that before accepting the job -- it would have prevented me from having a lot of emotional stress.

Best thing that ever happened to me. Got me out of a dead-end job with no pay into a job I used to segue into a career with darned good benefits that I truly love.

No, I'm not afraid of getting fired. I'm good at what I do.

If you were on verbal warning and missed more time, unless you have a darned good reason, you should be worried. They've already put you on notice that they're starting the process to get rid of you. The next step may be a letter and a very strong warning that unless there is improvement, you're out. There may be some places in which they can simply call you into the office and tell you to pack and go.

Here's an idea. Don't take any more days off that you're not entitled to take.

I've never been fired, but I have been "let go" from a job before. Admittedly, it was a Saturday job at a garden centre and I wasn't being anything than a dogsbody, doing the tasks no-one else wanted to do, so I wasn't that important or anything.

It was irritating because they rang up on the day before I was supposed to go in and told that I wasn't needed any more. I would have liked a bit of a longer period of warning.

I was nearly fired for committing a film-inspired act of violence involving a grapefruit. Luckily, though, she got the reference and had a laugh instead. But it was close.

Cagney you're not. ;)

I got fired for pissing off my dad. Yes, I WAS FUCKING FIRED BY MY PARENT!

I was technically fired, I think. I stopped going into work one day. So I don't know if that counts as me quitting, or them firing me for absence of work.

I got fired for pissing off my dad. Yes, I WAS FUCKING FIRED BY MY PARENT!

Rule #1: Don't work for your family.

I've been fired a few times. It's a rite of passage.

I've been fired a few times. It's a rite of passage.

Changing the design brief on a $40 million dollar aerospace project bid to include "Must transform into mighty robot of justice" is not a rite of passage, it wasn't funny, and those test chimps are still dead.

You bastard.

Changing the design brief on a $40 million dollar aerospace project bid to include "Must transform into mighty robot of justice" is not a rite of passage, it wasn't funny, and those test chimps are still dead.

You bastard.

My next one will be better. :)

I got fired for pissing off my dad. Yes, I WAS FUCKING FIRED BY MY PARENT!
Did he have cause?

My next one will be better. :)

Oh, sure, like the time you got homeland security to greenlight you $440,000 dollars for "Operation Holy Chucker" because you told them President Bush had just seen "Raiders of the Lost Ark", and wanted to make sure we got the Spear of Destiny before Al Qaeda did, and they just sighed and went "okay".

Fast forward 3 weeks later, we're in Jerusalem, and we've spent the whole time trying to set up a meeting with "a Mossad", but we pronounced it wrong or something, and instead we wind up being evaluated at a mental institute.

You suck, LG.

Rule #1: Don't work for your family.

Agreed.

One job I was fired for was a temp. job at the local community college. My job was to take phone calls from students and schedule them to meet their counselor so they could sign up for classes in the Summer semester.

I got fired after a week of working there because the students couldn't understand me over the phone. Not like many of them were easy to understand themselves. One of them sounded like mush mouth.