Fired by a Micro-Managing Boss Who Wore Wife-Beater T-shirts
After being fired, I felt like I couldn't do anything right. My former employer was belittling and nasty. If you made a mistake, he rolled his eyes. He would correct the way you answered the phone, h…
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Stabbed in the Back by a Colleague
This has destroyed my life. I had my daughter taken away from me last year by my ex, had numerous court hearings regarding this. Lost friends through our break up as they were originally friends of m…
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Fired After 10 Years of Giving 100 Percent
As a single parent, I lost my apartment, my health insurance, my salary, my home that I lived in for 10 years. My family and I were completely devasted. We now live in a garage and it has been so har…
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Fired, But Now I'm on Out of My Slump
After 2 years of training and building trust, my confidence was shot down mercilessly. I looked at myself like a failure for months, suicide was on my mind everyday but I knew I could never do it. I …
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Hurt on the Job, Then Fired
I lost my apt, and my mind is going 100 miles an hour. It is so hard to understand and I ask myself why...what I did wrong? I got all my things in a storage, and it's just too much. See, I was progra…
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Separate Your Work from Your Personal Life
It was devastating. I loved my job and wanted to keep it. I felt like my employers didn't have my back. They told me they understood why I did it, they understood how hard it was on me and it wasn't …
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Fired for Making Too Much Money
It was extraordinarily painful. I had poured my blood, sweat and tears into that company. I helped start 2 departments, implemented process improvements, trained managers, supervisors, associates. My…
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Getting Fired Derailed My Career Plans
I never had a career. I allowed that experience to be so devastating to me. I've had probably 30 jobs since then. As a young woman I considered I was the absolute worst worker. I've had 6 years of co…
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Fired for Being Jewish
It has been AWFUL!!!! I have been looking for work since the day I lost my position. But HOW do you explain WHY you left? You do NOT want to lie, nor do you want to use them as a reference. Lies abou…
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Targeted by My Manager and His Cronies
After the firing I was so liberated and stress free. The first thing I did was start looking for another job. I did indeed get another job however, its turning out to be something that I am not good …
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Honesty, Fidelity and Tenure Are Now Meaningless
Physical - excellent. Strict budget diet and surplus time for exercise and proper sleep has erased persistent health problems. Some improved ability to cope with stress.Mental - fair. Canned after 14…
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I Told the Truth and They Used It Against Me
Betrayal. If anyone had something to say about my action, why didn't they tell me? Abuse. The company operates with few resources, and drags every drop out of those who are available... to meet deadl…
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I Stood Up for My Convictions
It's hard getting up and not having something to do. Days are empty. I have lost a very great relationship with a client and reference. This is the second time this has happened, so I'm questioning w…
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Fired After Going To HR
Well considering I have been unemployed for 4 1/2 years until I was offered this position in customer service, I find it very insulting to my intelligence, humiliating, and very overwhelming. I feel …
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I'll Never Eat a Sub Sandwich Again
I never want to work in the food business any more. It's a living hell. I can't eat a sub anymore, or any sandwich. After having to make 100's of them, I don't want to see another one for the rest of…
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