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Reader Stories: Share Your Getting Fired Story

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Fired from your job? Share your getting fired story and tell us about the job you lost, why you were fired and and what you might have learned from the difficult experience of being terminated from employment. Read, as well, about others who have been fired and what life has been like for them.

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Fired for Making the Wrong Person Mad

It has been very hard on me. I get very depressed and I haven't been able to find any work. I dont know what kind of reference they have given me. I have gone back to school to pursue another career.…More

Not Given a Chance to Redeem Myself

It has been hard for me to try to even find a job or work anywhere. I believe I deserve a chance to prove to them that I can be a good employee. Isn't Walmart a equal opportunity place to work no mat…More

Fired for Sharing Too Much Information

It's been tough, even though it's only been a day or so. I'm not sure how I will be a week or even a month from now. I wasn't allowed to say goodbye to anyone, nor was I allowed to collect hardly any…More

Sometimes Getting Fired is a Relief

More of a relief than a stress. I enjoyed the concept of the work, but hated the intricate procedures that it required. I was hired just before Thanksgiving and had an interview for another job just …More

Fired While On FML

I found out later from a friend who is also an HR manager (and this is only their opinion and guess) that it's likely that someone did not like me taking so much time off. Because you shouldn't fire …More

I Should Have Spoken Up

We finally found a good fit but in the process I got stuck training all 3 of the girls we went through. I was also consistently staying late past my work hours. We also went through tons of drama due…More

They Found an Excuse to Get Rid of Me

I honestly believe it was used as an excuse to get rid of me. I was often harassed by upper management to the point that other managers in the small company would comment on my treatment. Three month…More

Fired for Installing Unauthorized Software

Being fired sucks big time. I was made to feel incompetent and useless. I know I was good at my job. I focused on learning more within the IT industry, but because I was fired, I was unable to use th…More

Fired for Getting Angry and Swearing

I was originally hired as an Activities Aide in a nursing home, with a rotating weekend schedule. I ended up redoing my schedule to coordinate my hours with my college classes, which included every w…More

Set Up to Fail by Lack of Communication

When I got off the phone with my agency, I stared into space for about an hour just trying to comprehend what had just happened. I had never been fired from a job before, and I've always been offered…More

Accused of Stealing from the Register

I feel like I am being punished for something out of my control. I am angry and sad and feel like I should have been given a warning instead of directly terminated. I would never steal. It is not an …More

I Should Have Kept Quiet

This has really made me lose my confidence and not want to make new friends. I don't want to go out anywhere. I keep thinking I was bad at my job. It has made me look at life in a completely differen…More

Fired by an Impossible-To-Please Boss

I'd been there for four months. I arrived in the morning on time as usual and started prepping for the day. My supervisor came downstairs and asked me a question he'd already asked (and had answered)…More

Bad Job Experiences Won't Defeat Me

It has been a little hard, especially because when you get fired you feel like you're not good enough, or you feel like the unwanted one. Two of them have been unfair ones, getting fired for no reaso…More

I Shared Personal Information and the Boss Used It Against Me

Emotionally damaging. I LOVED my job and gained personal satisfaction because my members' success was MY success. It was my break to not obsess over my new daughter and gave me a break to not think a…More

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