Simply Fired Stories

Fired For YouTube Video

planetchad — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:54:05 PDT

I had been working off and on for three years as a sub in the third-largest school district in the state. A couple of months ago, I put a video on Y

Ok so I ate a great big green grasshopper...

darn_the_luck — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:47:18 PDT

I work, well, I DID work as a houseparent... at a group home for youths in crisis. Boys actually... Everyone knows how gross teenage boys are. They

Fired for being ON TIME!!!

Moaneekwa — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:47:13 PDT

Okay...so, I had only been on the job 3 weeks. Staying late, coming in early and yatta yatta. So, one day, the power goes out, my alarm clock is d

Didn't See That Coming

chewedupandspitout — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:46:52 PDT

"Can you come in the office with Tom and I? Please shut the door behind you." "We've made an offer to hire Tim Smith. He's going to start the

Waiter Fired For Myspace Blog... Fake "witness"

momentsinfrailty — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:46:44 PDT

I was recently fired from my job a few weeks ago because of a blog posted on a private account on myspace this was also followed by a conversation r

Wasn't technically fired, but....

JerryC — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:46:23 PDT

I was a Consultant and was told the project ended due to a reorganization (transfer of the division to another department that didn't budget for my r

Don't be a hero

Disgruntled — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:46:12 PDT

The next time your boss tells you to report an employee stealing from the company think about this: I and several other employees compl

Forced to quit/was told I was to be fired anyway

kimmers1970 — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:45:51 PDT

I am a Christian, I worked for Group Health Cooperative of Southern Wisconsin and was sent an email from a higher up supervisor instructing me that i

Fired for what they say was "Dishonesty"?!?!

vicky_mosqueda — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:45:42 PDT

Ok so I worked part-time with an after school club. One day another co-worker came up to me while we were at work and told me that the summer schedul

Fired for trying to protect co. from lawsuit...or was that the real reason?

FlamelessCandle — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:45:16 PDT

As an HR Generalist at a local behavioral health company I became aware that an employee was physically threatened by another employee. For those of

Love Sex And Getting Fired

Osympathy — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:18:22 PDT

I am a married man. I have never cheated on mywife in 15yrs of marriage. After sleeping on the couch for at least 6yrs I was vulnerable. Then it happ

First comes harrasment...then comes the firing axe...

camarochic7 — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:18:12 PDT

OK, I'll try to make this short and sweet. I worked in a factory, here is the percentage of types of people white and european immagrants-75% Hispan

20 years down the drain

loser — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:18:02 PDT

i workrd at a metal stamping job, for 20 yrs. i have been sexually, mentally and physically abused. the granddaughter of the company and 1 of her

"let go"

skayd26 — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:17:53 PDT

After 9yrs of GREAT service at a place I actually loved working at, I was "let go" on Friday March 28, 2008. The only thing the boss could say was "t

Me a Perv?

pelican — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:17:28 PDT

I was working as a security guard at a grocery store. They were open all night, and needed someone to escort women to their cars for safety should t

hospital help

todd — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:16:48 PDT

I started a new job at a hospital. I was cleaning with a chemical and got really sick. My face swelled up and got hives all over my neck and my blood

Set up and terminated.

raymoss1 — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:44:01 PDT

I worked for this nursing home for 6 years as a nurse. I worked 16 hour shifts, bailed then out in staffing crunches. Never called out sick. I worke

they didn't like what she wrote on her website

KareAnderson — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:43:50 PDT

Heather Armstrong is not bitter (or at least not too angry) because, as she writes, "Two weeks ago an anonymous person emailed every vice president o

Why he got fired from Apple for frank customer service

KareAnderson — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:42:39 PDT

Taking performance art to a whole new depth (not heighth) hear how this customer service rep got fired from Apple. Funny on-stage, perhaps leading

I got fired over a prank!

firedup7433 — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:42:12 PDT

Last Friday night while at work, I thought it might be funny to play a little prank on my shift supervisor. Someone had left a bottle of whisky below

broke (5) ribs on the job and fired 40 days later for being off to long

bustedmybutt — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:41:34 PDT

I was at work at clars auction gallery in Oakland California I was a truck driver that went to homes and businesses to pick up articles to be auction

"He's lucky he isn't dead"

resignedtoretail — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:41:15 PDT

Here now, the sad tale of Assistant Manager Fred, (Not his real name) who was hired on at my store a year and a half ago, and lasted only a couple mo

"wanna tell us about your little Bloggggg?"

tlo — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:14:03 PST

Pre-firing: Extremely hard-working, well liked and very popular employee. Put in 50 hour weeks, took work home, worked on sick days, worked on weeke

Stabbed in the Back

killa0039 — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:45:27 PST

Back in November of '06, a "friend" offered me a job in his company because he knew I was unhappy in retail. Now, I knew this guy for about 7 years,

The Lady is Insane

tyllerist8 — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:44:39 PST

My boss is crazy. Every day I dread going to work because it is an 8 hour repetition of how she hates her job, hates her life, and everyone here hat

Getting Fired For My Bosses Mistake

paulgreco — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:43:09 PST

While working for my boss in the mail room at college there was an incident of some missing mail. One night while I was working my boss told me to t

Fired for Choosing my Safety over Them

sweetsamara — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:42:50 PST

I used to work for Giant Eagle and I hated that job more than any job I've ever had in my entire life. Just to give you a brief overview of that horr

How is this for messed up?

amanwhofelltoearth — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:41:53 PST

The COO, Head of HR, and the CEO have knowingly retained: - an entry level worker who was late over 30 times (documented) in just a few months. -

My fake boss fired me for being sick

MistakenA — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:09:34 PST

As of about 2 hours ago I worked for a Credit Union that doesnt stand for anything they claim to be. Here is my story of walking into work and being

apparently, your personal life is not your own...

bubbychickens — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:10:23 PST

Apparently, because I said I prefer text messaging to talking on the phone (AWAY FROM WORK MIND YOU), I'm not good at my job, and therefore, fired.

Mouse Droppings and Movie Stars

nyag — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:09:32 PST

"Cool" jobs are often the worst jobs. You know, the job that everyone wants at that one cool bookstore or record store or coffee house? And you won

3 of us fired from the Spa, funny though

william222 — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:09:19 PST

So i worked at this really beautiful wellness centre and spa in a nice party of toronto doing guest service (reception) . Some days were sooo slow so

Harassed in Drag!

pinkslip — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:59:12 PST

This story goes back quite a ways, but it was completely insane. This was one of my earliest jobs---a front desk gig at a motel while I was attending

Fired during Holiday Vacation

mimimouse — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:59:02 PST

Does it get any worse than this people? About two months ago I met with this Realtor that seemed like an ambitious driven person with big plans in

Boss's dad fired me for not "gellin'"

hrtofire — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:58:55 PST

My dream job; working at a newspaper. It's a small office, only 2 full timers; my boss, the owner, a 21 year old silver spoon who is as green as I a

I need daytime work. I cannot work late evening hours.

nanlisa — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:58:16 PST

For nearly four years, I have been working part-time as a telephone market research interviewer. The company is about 20 minutes from where I live an

Can You Help Me?

Boniface — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:57:17 PST

So it's crunch time; I was swamped with work and you could hear the female boss breathing down the neck of her male toady as he demanded I handle cha

Fired for being disabled.

tzndago92111 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:56:53 PST

I have been working for a company that other companies hire to promote their products as in brand awareness. I am somewhat disabled and can only do

Land what?

d@nny — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:55:59 PST

So I was about nine-teen and I started a job as a surveyer of land. Basicly a work horse for a bunch of red necks. Well I was put on a crew with a gu

Reporting racist act get stabbed in the back

hellindef — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:55:45 PST

I worked for a security company at a mall and worked there for 6 years.I did my job and followed all their rules as close to the T as possible.I woul