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I am not making this up

Avatar Senior Exec submitted 643 days ago
As a senior executive at an online insurance company, I inherited a staff of four women who spent a significant amount of time partying, gossiping and... read more

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Fired for not picking up donuts in a snowstorm (Sep.2005 entry)!

Avatar simplyfiredstories submitted 643 days ago
Each day I was required to pick up donuts on my way to work. This particular December day in suburban Chicago was bitterly cold and we were in the mi... read more

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Drunk boss forgets comments made the night before

Avatar simplyfiredstories submitted 643 days ago
One day last year I was given a review by my boss. He told me that I was doing well and that he was pleased with my progress in new business developme... read more

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Finalist for contest: "Hot" potato!

Avatar simplydamon submitted 643 days ago
I was 17 and just got a job as a cook at a real fancy place in Toledo, Ohio. The owner, unsure of my qualifications at such a young age, he hired me o... read more

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Getting a Divorce? Get Fired.

Avatar simplydamon submitted 643 days ago
A university in Oklahoma is proposing that employees that get divorced could be fired. In my opinion, this is insane (marital status is a protected ri... read more

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Ybored City!

Avatar simplyfiredstories submitted 643 days ago
Another time I was fired, was as a security guard for a florida firm. Twelve hours of watching an empty building all night long. Well I also found out... read more

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$100k+awol+sex+promotion=fired

Avatar mchase submitted 643 days ago
A wise man once said that the best revenge, is success. Ah, Amen, and Amen.

So there I was back in 1995, a young strapping lad of 25 & ful... read more

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Fired for throwing out notes?

Avatar simplyfiredstories submitted 643 days ago
I was recently fired from a small family-run business for the reason of "destroying company property".

When I began working there, another... read more

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Fired because they disagreed with a policy!

Avatar simplyfiredstories submitted 643 days ago
After college in 1978, I took a job with a rental-car company. Well, this company pushed a ridiculous insurance called "deductible protection." You ... read more

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Fired after losing state contract!

Avatar simplyfiredstories submitted 643 days ago
I was laid off from my job earlier this year when another company won the state contract that my company had held for a decade. Newspaper and televis... read more

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