Ever been fired?
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I once had a job in a large national gym. The main receptionist was a total Bit3h and just did not like me at all. I have worked in a few gyms and tend to find the most of the staff in them have their heads stuck so far up their own dark side. Others would brown nose her and I just never did. One night they hid my bag on me and I simply stated if they did not find it, I would take the money out of the till. I got fired next day as super bit3ch was chomping at the leash to run to the manager with that story. He was also a nuisance. Little rat faced pen pusher. He probably drives a white A4 with black wheels on lease now. Made no difference to my life at all as I was only 20 years old and still lived at home.
I did.
I worked for a serial entrepreneur who ran a racing team, a classic/performance car dealership and started a side line in making pedal cars that looked like classic cars. It was all a bit haphazard and disorganised and the whole business empire was a hobby as he was already very wealthy.
Aged 17/18 it was a dream job and a lot of fun, especially since the owner was often away for his main job which meant we were left to muck around with stuff.
After a fairly pointless morning sorting out bolts and tinkering with a pedal powered D-type followed by a liquid lunch we decided to do some road testing and tied the pedal car onto the back of a 405 estate then towed it around the industrial estate with me as Norman Dewis.
After a couple of laps we returned to the pits to note the fast degradation of the hard plastic tyres and the extremely red face of the would be Sir William Lyons who had turned up in an unrecognised car to see his prototype going sideways round the corner next to the cafe.
I got sacked. So did the driver of the 405 and the supervisor who was holding the radar gun when the boss arrived.
I worked for a serial entrepreneur who ran a racing team, a classic/performance car dealership and started a side line in making pedal cars that looked like classic cars. It was all a bit haphazard and disorganised and the whole business empire was a hobby as he was already very wealthy.
Aged 17/18 it was a dream job and a lot of fun, especially since the owner was often away for his main job which meant we were left to muck around with stuff.
After a fairly pointless morning sorting out bolts and tinkering with a pedal powered D-type followed by a liquid lunch we decided to do some road testing and tied the pedal car onto the back of a 405 estate then towed it around the industrial estate with me as Norman Dewis.
After a couple of laps we returned to the pits to note the fast degradation of the hard plastic tyres and the extremely red face of the would be Sir William Lyons who had turned up in an unrecognised car to see his prototype going sideways round the corner next to the cafe.
I got sacked. So did the driver of the 405 and the supervisor who was holding the radar gun when the boss arrived.
AJS- said:
I did.
I worked for a serial entrepreneur who ran a racing team, a classic/performance car dealership and started a side line in making pedal cars that looked like classic cars. It was all a bit haphazard and disorganised and the whole business empire was a hobby as he was already very wealthy.
Aged 17/18 it was a dream job and a lot of fun, especially since the owner was often away for his main job which meant we were left to muck around with stuff.
After a fairly pointless morning sorting out bolts and tinkering with a pedal powered D-type followed by a liquid lunch we decided to do some road testing and tied the pedal car onto the back of a 405 estate then towed it around the industrial estate with me as Norman Dewis.
After a couple of laps we returned to the pits to note the fast degradation of the hard plastic tyres and the extremely red face of the would be Sir William Lyons who had turned up in an unrecognised car to see his prototype going sideways round the corner next to the cafe.
I got sacked. So did the driver of the 405 and the supervisor who was holding the radar gun when the boss arrived.
Respect. I worked for a serial entrepreneur who ran a racing team, a classic/performance car dealership and started a side line in making pedal cars that looked like classic cars. It was all a bit haphazard and disorganised and the whole business empire was a hobby as he was already very wealthy.
Aged 17/18 it was a dream job and a lot of fun, especially since the owner was often away for his main job which meant we were left to muck around with stuff.
After a fairly pointless morning sorting out bolts and tinkering with a pedal powered D-type followed by a liquid lunch we decided to do some road testing and tied the pedal car onto the back of a 405 estate then towed it around the industrial estate with me as Norman Dewis.
After a couple of laps we returned to the pits to note the fast degradation of the hard plastic tyres and the extremely red face of the would be Sir William Lyons who had turned up in an unrecognised car to see his prototype going sideways round the corner next to the cafe.
I got sacked. So did the driver of the 405 and the supervisor who was holding the radar gun when the boss arrived.
Techicalities aside (it was agency work) I've been fired once.
Was running a job (paid as boggo sparks no supervision money but hey) and rung the gaffer (now this was 2001 and he was this ali-g clone - hat, glasses, beard the works, he absolutely modeled himself on ali-g it was amazing and weird) to tell him that as we didnt have the materials I'd been asking for all week (that wasnt my job to request anyway) that work had come to a halt. Now I've never really tried to flatter peoples egos in these situations, just told him how it is. So he immediately dispatches his "electrical foreman", who was this older teddy bear character and his gay boyfriend, and didn't actually do any real electrical foremanning so much as mince around in the van all day and waste time, to site to tell me I was being "let go". "Is that for asking for materials to do my job?" "Erm kind of he was in a meeting in a bad mood".
They knocked me for hundreds in wages, and tried to complete the work using the two useless labourers that pretended to be electricians mates, then several weeks later I had a call from the rep at hays montrose asking if I could go back for a day for free to sort out the pickle they were in, which was apparently my fault or something I had a duty to do. And HE didnt see what the problem with that was. Un-f
king-believable
Really weird place. Had loads of high-value work, several jobs on the go around harley street, one of those complete mystery how it all holds together companies.
Was running a job (paid as boggo sparks no supervision money but hey) and rung the gaffer (now this was 2001 and he was this ali-g clone - hat, glasses, beard the works, he absolutely modeled himself on ali-g it was amazing and weird) to tell him that as we didnt have the materials I'd been asking for all week (that wasnt my job to request anyway) that work had come to a halt. Now I've never really tried to flatter peoples egos in these situations, just told him how it is. So he immediately dispatches his "electrical foreman", who was this older teddy bear character and his gay boyfriend, and didn't actually do any real electrical foremanning so much as mince around in the van all day and waste time, to site to tell me I was being "let go". "Is that for asking for materials to do my job?" "Erm kind of he was in a meeting in a bad mood".
They knocked me for hundreds in wages, and tried to complete the work using the two useless labourers that pretended to be electricians mates, then several weeks later I had a call from the rep at hays montrose asking if I could go back for a day for free to sort out the pickle they were in, which was apparently my fault or something I had a duty to do. And HE didnt see what the problem with that was. Un-f
king-believableReally weird place. Had loads of high-value work, several jobs on the go around harley street, one of those complete mystery how it all holds together companies.
Edited by hairyben on Tuesday 30th August 09:16
AJS- said:
I did.
I worked for a serial entrepreneur who ran a racing team, a classic/performance car dealership and started a side line in making pedal cars that looked like classic cars. It was all a bit haphazard and disorganised and the whole business empire was a hobby as he was already very wealthy.
Aged 17/18 it was a dream job and a lot of fun, especially since the owner was often away for his main job which meant we were left to muck around with stuff.
After a fairly pointless morning sorting out bolts and tinkering with a pedal powered D-type followed by a liquid lunch we decided to do some road testing and tied the pedal car onto the back of a 405 estate then towed it around the industrial estate with me as Norman Dewis.
After a couple of laps we returned to the pits to note the fast degradation of the hard plastic tyres and the extremely red face of the would be Sir William Lyons who had turned up in an unrecognised car to see his prototype going sideways round the corner next to the cafe.
I got sacked. So did the driver of the 405 and the supervisor who was holding the radar gun when the boss arrived.
That is an ace tail!I worked for a serial entrepreneur who ran a racing team, a classic/performance car dealership and started a side line in making pedal cars that looked like classic cars. It was all a bit haphazard and disorganised and the whole business empire was a hobby as he was already very wealthy.
Aged 17/18 it was a dream job and a lot of fun, especially since the owner was often away for his main job which meant we were left to muck around with stuff.
After a fairly pointless morning sorting out bolts and tinkering with a pedal powered D-type followed by a liquid lunch we decided to do some road testing and tied the pedal car onto the back of a 405 estate then towed it around the industrial estate with me as Norman Dewis.
After a couple of laps we returned to the pits to note the fast degradation of the hard plastic tyres and the extremely red face of the would be Sir William Lyons who had turned up in an unrecognised car to see his prototype going sideways round the corner next to the cafe.
I got sacked. So did the driver of the 405 and the supervisor who was holding the radar gun when the boss arrived.
Vandenberg said:
Have jumped ship a couple of times when I have spotted that the HR hags have started the managing me out of the door process.
It really pissed on their chips when I wouldn't play their HR games.
Yeah, I got managed out the door September 2008, I was a supervisor and they started to reduce my work load and then took my company email off me, that sealed it, 3 weeks later found a new job and left.It really pissed on their chips when I wouldn't play their HR games.
found out 6 months later my fellow supervisors were offered the choice of redundancy or demotion to a regular warehouse schivey
they went from 8 to 2 supervisors, who had manager level workloads, the man responsible was the asset stripping cost saving type who does this as his way of getting promotions/head hunted.
He got head hunted and just over a year later they was back to 6 supervisors.
Edited by cirian75 on Wednesday 31st August 07:44
I left halfords before wing fired after an altercation with a muppet who decided it would be amusing to stick some large magnetic sticker / graphics on my immaculate pride and joy. Altercation may have involved fists and chemicals to the face... I was passionate about my immaculate pride and joy back then.
GSP said:
I left halfords before wing fired after an altercation with a muppet who decided it would be amusing to stick some large magnetic sticker / graphics on my immaculate pride and joy. Altercation may have involved fists and chemicals to the face... I was passionate about my immaculate pride and joy back then.
So in other words you are a violent child?I remember I was fired from a the Hilton Hotel 24 years ago, I was a waiter and the restaurant manager was twonk, who was always picking on the 16yr old waitresses and making them cry, he had a hideous management style always barking orders.
There was a double door into the kitchen one to go in and the other to go out and I had developed the common habit of opening the door with my foot, and during a busy service with my arms full I was a bit eager with the door and gave it a good boot, the door flung open and unbeknown to me, directly behind was the restaurant manager, the door was stopped in its tracks by his nose.
Have never seen anything like it or that much claret, he was furious with me, and the head chef told him "served you right ya daft twunt, you never stand there"
After service and with half of the toilet roll supplies stuffed up each nostril he fired me.
3 days later he called me back as they were having a CID xmas do and none of the other staff were willing due to the previous years antics.
There was a double door into the kitchen one to go in and the other to go out and I had developed the common habit of opening the door with my foot, and during a busy service with my arms full I was a bit eager with the door and gave it a good boot, the door flung open and unbeknown to me, directly behind was the restaurant manager, the door was stopped in its tracks by his nose.
Have never seen anything like it or that much claret, he was furious with me, and the head chef told him "served you right ya daft twunt, you never stand there"
After service and with half of the toilet roll supplies stuffed up each nostril he fired me.
3 days later he called me back as they were having a CID xmas do and none of the other staff were willing due to the previous years antics.
Sacked Once.
I worked for my dream company and there was a guy (doing the same job as me) there that was a messer. Everyone knew he was coming in regularly suffering the effects of his out of work habits. Work quality wasn't all that. I never really had a problem with him tbh. Just sometimes the banter would cross the line. But nothing too serious. One day, he crawled under something I was working next to (I'm being vague deliberately) and whipped my ankles with an pneumatic air line (the metal end) and laughed. As he crawled back out from under it, I walked round and kicked him in the ribs. Not hard, just a fk off type thing. He wasn't hurt. He laughed that you bd" And he got up and scampered away.
Few of my colleagues heard about it and were of the opinion that "good for you, he deserved it" I thought no more about it until the out of depth manager summoned me and told me I was being suspended. I was in bits. This was my dream company. I was escorted off site. The other person didn't care either way.
Long story short. I went through the disciplinary process. Neither of us had complained about the incident. I offered my resignation, as I was thinking of not being able to get a reference (this was a long time ago now) I was told they wouldn't accept it.
Everyone staff and people conducting the process agreed I was the model employee. Good work, no absences. Never late. But I had to be fired as they wouldn't tolerate this sort of thing. He turned up to his procedure in jeans and a t shirt and was indifferent (I was told unofficially) They also fired him. We were both told "the company does not tolerate banter between employees" That's not the atmosphere we expect 
A few weeks later he died of an OD. (Well technically he passed out, and suffocated on his vomit) The local paper ran a story on it and the company provided a glowing statement saying he was a valued member of the team and will be missed by many. Completely omitting he had been sacked for gross misconduct.
I appealed, as someone there hinted to me they would overturn it, as they were out to get the other guy really. They didn't.
I have applied for many jobs with the company again over the past decade! But always get knocked back. I wish they'd just write to me and say "we don't hire people who've been sacked in the past no matter how much time and water has flowed under the bridge"
Pushed out Twice
Once because I was never a Yes man, made a genuinely minor mistake (cost my employer about £45 to sort) and they suspended me for gross misconduct so I walked
Second time, was because despite doing everything my site manager wanted (including moving to anther site as they were short staffed for 6 months)he didn't like me. When I was seen speeding in MY CAR. Out of work time. He tried to turn it into something else and I walked as was sick of it
Redundant Once.
2008 when the world imploded. Manager at least had the decency to look sorry.
Getting sacked is something everyone should experience. As wen you DO get back on your feet it's all the more sweet
I worked for my dream company and there was a guy (doing the same job as me) there that was a messer. Everyone knew he was coming in regularly suffering the effects of his out of work habits. Work quality wasn't all that. I never really had a problem with him tbh. Just sometimes the banter would cross the line. But nothing too serious. One day, he crawled under something I was working next to (I'm being vague deliberately) and whipped my ankles with an pneumatic air line (the metal end) and laughed. As he crawled back out from under it, I walked round and kicked him in the ribs. Not hard, just a f
k off type thing. He wasn't hurt. He laughed that you bd" And he got up and scampered away.Few of my colleagues heard about it and were of the opinion that "good for you, he deserved it" I thought no more about it until the out of depth manager summoned me and told me I was being suspended. I was in bits. This was my dream company. I was escorted off site. The other person didn't care either way.
Long story short. I went through the disciplinary process. Neither of us had complained about the incident. I offered my resignation, as I was thinking of not being able to get a reference (this was a long time ago now) I was told they wouldn't accept it.
Everyone staff and people conducting the process agreed I was the model employee. Good work, no absences. Never late. But I had to be fired as they wouldn't tolerate this sort of thing. He turned up to his procedure in jeans and a t shirt and was indifferent (I was told unofficially) They also fired him. We were both told "the company does not tolerate banter between employees" That's not the atmosphere we expect A few weeks later he died of an OD. (Well technically he passed out, and suffocated on his vomit) The local paper ran a story on it and the company provided a glowing statement saying he was a valued member of the team and will be missed by many. Completely omitting he had been sacked for gross misconduct.
I appealed, as someone there hinted to me they would overturn it, as they were out to get the other guy really. They didn't.
I have applied for many jobs with the company again over the past decade! But always get knocked back. I wish they'd just write to me and say "we don't hire people who've been sacked in the past no matter how much time and water has flowed under the bridge"
Pushed out Twice
Once because I was never a Yes man, made a genuinely minor mistake (cost my employer about £45 to sort) and they suspended me for gross misconduct so I walked
Second time, was because despite doing everything my site manager wanted (including moving to anther site as they were short staffed for 6 months)he didn't like me. When I was seen speeding in MY CAR. Out of work time. He tried to turn it into something else and I walked as was sick of it
Redundant Once.
2008 when the world imploded. Manager at least had the decency to look sorry.
Getting sacked is something everyone should experience. As wen you DO get back on your feet it's all the more sweet
Edited by Rich_W on Thursday 1st September 16:41
Came close twice.
Once, a student job at PC World. We had a customer come and request a new laptop with a very specific set of requirements. We had nothing that met spec and I advised her to try Dell. Over heard by a colleague who reported me to the manager and I was very close to being sacked for gross misconduct. At the time, I thought I'd done the right thing by the customer, but it turns out that only counts if said customer spends money in store
Second time, year out job in Southampton for the University Research arm. Totally wasn't the job advertised and nothing to do with my course so naturally sacked it off as much as possible. As it was flexi-time, I used to come in at 3am, stay till 5pm for three days and have the rest of the week off. This didn't go down well, but I really didn't care as I was getting nothing out of the role. Picked up a job with P&O while in Southampton, stayed 5 years and have been a model employee ever since
Once, a student job at PC World. We had a customer come and request a new laptop with a very specific set of requirements. We had nothing that met spec and I advised her to try Dell. Over heard by a colleague who reported me to the manager and I was very close to being sacked for gross misconduct. At the time, I thought I'd done the right thing by the customer, but it turns out that only counts if said customer spends money in store
Second time, year out job in Southampton for the University Research arm. Totally wasn't the job advertised and nothing to do with my course so naturally sacked it off as much as possible. As it was flexi-time, I used to come in at 3am, stay till 5pm for three days and have the rest of the week off. This didn't go down well, but I really didn't care as I was getting nothing out of the role. Picked up a job with P&O while in Southampton, stayed 5 years and have been a model employee ever since
Did a stint as a postman under the illusion it was still a start work at 5AM, be finished by 9AM and have the rest of the day off. It was actually start at 9 (but you have to be in unpaid by 8) and keep going on your round until all the post was delivered (again unpaid past the nominal 1PM finish). The bags weighed a metric fkton and the supplied shoes weren't great, I ended up getting tendonitis in my foot after about 3 months on the job and was off sick for 2 weeks until I could walk properly again, dhead manager then started disciplinary proceedings for excessive sick (doctors note was provided etc.) and I resigned before they could sack me.
Basically Royal Mail wanted to flog the guts out of new hires and of course you get assigned all the st rounds as a new kid on the block (uphill both ways etc.). st employer but I did get to see the inside of a sorting office with its ingenious mail sorting machines a couple of times.
kton and the supplied shoes weren't great, I ended up getting tendonitis in my foot after about 3 months on the job and was off sick for 2 weeks until I could walk properly again, dhead manager then started disciplinary proceedings for excessive sick (doctors note was provided etc.) and I resigned before they could sack me.Basically Royal Mail wanted to flog the guts out of new hires and of course you get assigned all the s
t rounds as a new kid on the block (uphill both ways etc.). st employer but I did get to see the inside of a sorting office with its ingenious mail sorting machines a couple of times.Been let go due to falling workloads and nothing for me to do. Basically redundancy but was too young to realise what was going on.
Did get fired once though, from my job in the City after about 3 weeks. Job not as advertised AT ALL. Even the working hours were different. I was late twice due to the working hours being awkward for train times. My working hours stopped at 5.45 but my manager expected me to stay for a 'catch up' meeting that began at 5:40 resulting in my walking out the office after 6 most nights sometimes as late as 6.15.
I questioned the contract to make sure I could do my volunteer work and extracurricular money making activities after work and at weekend. Recruitment consultant said it was fine and had it added in to the contract. That was swiftly clamped down on when one night I explained I couldn't stay for the catch up meeting past 5:45 as I had plans and I needed to leave on time. The next day I had a meeting with my manager and his manager and they explained how I should be willing to stay and do things for the company. The manager then left me and my boss in the room and my manager explained how during the week my focus was work and only work and that I shouldn't be doing anything else. No volunteering, no freelance, no nothing. I go home, rest, eat, sleep and be on time for work the next day.
In the end when I told him my volunteering was code for religious stuff and he couldn't say things like that he said in that case I was only allowed to be religious on weekends.
I complained to HR and got fired, walked off the premises and given 6 weeks salary. Again, young and naive I didn't take it any further or record any evidence but I having met a very good friend who's en employment lawyer guy I could have sued for discrimination and got much more than 6 weeks pay.
Oh well!
Did get fired once though, from my job in the City after about 3 weeks. Job not as advertised AT ALL. Even the working hours were different. I was late twice due to the working hours being awkward for train times. My working hours stopped at 5.45 but my manager expected me to stay for a 'catch up' meeting that began at 5:40 resulting in my walking out the office after 6 most nights sometimes as late as 6.15.
I questioned the contract to make sure I could do my volunteer work and extracurricular money making activities after work and at weekend. Recruitment consultant said it was fine and had it added in to the contract. That was swiftly clamped down on when one night I explained I couldn't stay for the catch up meeting past 5:45 as I had plans and I needed to leave on time. The next day I had a meeting with my manager and his manager and they explained how I should be willing to stay and do things for the company. The manager then left me and my boss in the room and my manager explained how during the week my focus was work and only work and that I shouldn't be doing anything else. No volunteering, no freelance, no nothing. I go home, rest, eat, sleep and be on time for work the next day.
In the end when I told him my volunteering was code for religious stuff and he couldn't say things like that he said in that case I was only allowed to be religious on weekends.
I complained to HR and got fired, walked off the premises and given 6 weeks salary. Again, young and naive I didn't take it any further or record any evidence but I having met a very good friend who's en employment lawyer guy I could have sued for discrimination and got much more than 6 weeks pay.
Oh well!
3 times.
I've never been a long stayer.
Lose interest unless challenged.
Never fired whilst working as a freelancer though. In fact have replaced staff on several occasions when freelancing, not knowing that the reason I was there was to facilitate the push!
Own business now but nearly sacked myself last Friday at noon because I was thirsty!
I've never been a long stayer.
Lose interest unless challenged.
Never fired whilst working as a freelancer though. In fact have replaced staff on several occasions when freelancing, not knowing that the reason I was there was to facilitate the push!
Own business now but nearly sacked myself last Friday at noon because I was thirsty!
Came close when my boss (who was a right knob) took exception to me seeing someone from work.
When he found out, i was hauled into his office and told either i stopped seeing her, or i was out of the door. I simply told him that my personal life was nothing to do with him, and I'll carry on as i like.
Shortly afterwards I'm getting verbal / written warnings for every insignificant incident, as part of his master plan to get me dismissed.
Anyway, what happened next was the woman i was seeing told one of her colleagues, who happened to be the mother of the woman who was shagging the MD.
Story then gets back to the MD, who invited me in for an informal chat to discuss. Upshot being that my warnings are rescinded and my boss gets suspended for his behavior - then laid off in a round of redundancies which included only him!
When he found out, i was hauled into his office and told either i stopped seeing her, or i was out of the door. I simply told him that my personal life was nothing to do with him, and I'll carry on as i like.
Shortly afterwards I'm getting verbal / written warnings for every insignificant incident, as part of his master plan to get me dismissed.
Anyway, what happened next was the woman i was seeing told one of her colleagues, who happened to be the mother of the woman who was shagging the MD.
Story then gets back to the MD, who invited me in for an informal chat to discuss. Upshot being that my warnings are rescinded and my boss gets suspended for his behavior - then laid off in a round of redundancies which included only him!
Some shocking stories on here and the fantastic employment % figures we hear only tell part of the story as many people are working in insecure and pretty unpleasant jobs. I've had a few run ins
- Student job at chemical plant, the stupid ignorant oaf who managed the facilities office and was a small minded ignorant fool. He didn't like an up and coming student who knew he was going somewhere with his life. I had a better car than him and he was a fully grown man. Sacked me for being late and it was an utter relief, there was no work for me there & all I could do was read a book all day
- Working in a marketing role for a prominent retailer, made a number of mistakes that lead to operational issues & was performace managed & rightly so. Had a terrible stupid manager who couldn't organise a round of tea and knew nothing about the market or had any commercial accumen. Pathetic bloke. Anyway I got out of the performance management as improved, but by the time they told me I had found another job with a competitor.
Fired a couple of times..
First time I was working for a car parts place, a mail order type warehouse, my face didn't fit and the work was drying up, was a victim of last in first out. To be fair to them I gave zero fks about the job so not a great loss.
Second time from a pub, supposedly had my hand in the till, I didn't it was actually the landlords son, but clearly I wasn't going to win that argument. I did eventually get an apology some time after I was binned as the money kept disappearing and he found out the truth one evening when he caught him.
Everyone should be sacked at least once, it is character building!
First time I was working for a car parts place, a mail order type warehouse, my face didn't fit and the work was drying up, was a victim of last in first out. To be fair to them I gave zero f
ks about the job so not a great loss.Second time from a pub, supposedly had my hand in the till, I didn't it was actually the landlords son, but clearly I wasn't going to win that argument. I did eventually get an apology some time after I was binned as the money kept disappearing and he found out the truth one evening when he caught him.
Everyone should be sacked at least once, it is character building!
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