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Fired by email (200 word entry)...read entries before rules...I'm fired!!

Avatar Stormtrack submitted 406 days ago
I applied for an accounting position with a small Community Services District. After three intense interviews (CFO?), I was employed as an accounting ... read more

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Firing Announced to the Whole Company via E-mail

Avatar onfire submitted 406 days ago
A few years ago I was fired from an Internet startup in a very public way. The CEO of the company had evidently been having a conversation via e-mail... read more

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Falling in love

Avatar Copernicus submitted 406 days ago
Fired for falling in love

In April 2004, I was fired for falling in love with a co-worker. After the co-worker expressed vague interest in... read more

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You're Toast!

Avatar davebo11 submitted 406 days ago
I was working at a large company and at some point my folder of work related files, as well as those of several of my co-workers disappeared off the s... read more

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Stranded in NYC

Avatar moshix2 submitted 406 days ago
I moved from Tokyo to be at this company in the Bay Area … after just 10 months, my manager came to me on the trade show floor at Internet World (in N... read more

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Scrambled Eggs - The End Of The Line?

Avatar zipper submitted 406 days ago
Drafted. Hello Vietnam. Scratch the army, the navy’s for me, you don’t see aircraft carriers floating around in the jungle.

I volunteered... read more

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I Love Corvettes!!!!

Avatar rkc submitted 406 days ago
As a young man in my early 20's I had a job installing computer hardware/softare at car dealerships across the southern U.S. One day I was sent to a d... read more

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Loosing A Good Job For What???

Avatar moval submitted 406 days ago
Going back in time to the 70's. Landing a private secretarial job in Southern California for a nationally known Life Insurance Company was a big deal ... read more

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Scotch tape

Avatar simplyfiredstories submitted 406 days ago
I know this sounds weird, but I was fired over a piece of tape. And not just any tape... Scotch Tape.

At the time, I worked for a subcontr... read more

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HOT potato!

Avatar simplyfiredstories submitted 406 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... read more

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