Ever been fired?

[Dr Jekyll]

Going through some CVs and reading between the lines it seems that a few of the candidates have been sacked from previous positions. Doesn't necessarily rule them out providing they've held a couple of other jobs down successfully, but I'm curious as to how common this is.

So, have you ever been fired? Not including genuine redundancy but including being asked to resign/take early retirement or else.

[Dr Jekyll]

talksthetorque said:

I tried to go to sleep once at work on nights.
Found the comfyest thing I could to settle down on - Didn't get much sleep.
Don't bother trying to sleep on bubble wrap.

The trick if you have your own office is (so I'm told) to sleep with your feet against the door and with an upturned container of paper clips under your desk. If someone comes in the door hitting your feet wakes you up and you explain you are picking up the paperclips. But that's only what I'm told.