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By Anonymous - 25/10/2012 20:13 - United States

Today, I was fired for actively seeking employment with another company. Because of having just been fired, the other company will no longer give me the time of day. FML

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By fired - 04/11/2011 04:04 - Australia

Today, I was fired for the second time in as many days. I received a letter notifying me that I would no longer be working for the company, effective immediately. When I did not attend work the next day, I received a phone call firing me for not turning up. FML

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By Schuyler Davis - 21/09/2020 02:01

Today, my employer fired me, less than a week before I could become permanent full-time staff. FML

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By tjm - 23/12/2010 06:05 - United States

Today, after finally getting a job offer after months of unemployment, I found out that the person who was going to hire me got fired. Which means I'm not getting the job. FML

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By unemployedaussie - 23/06/2016 12:35 - Australia - Perth

Today, I was fired because my boss found out I had been looking for a new job. Then, I got a call from my only job prospect, saying I was overqualified and too young to work there as a waitress. FML

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By secretninja64 - 21/08/2014 03:47 - United States - Saint Francis

Today, I got fired after three days at my new job. They told me it was because of downsizing. They were still interviewing people and had a help wanted sign in the window. FML

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By anonymous - 24/04/2013 04:55 - Germany

Today, I was fired on my second day of work after a year and a half of unemployment. Apparently, my "tendency to solve problems instead of just accepting them made the other workers uneasy". FML

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By So I can go now then? - 09/02/2019 20:00

Today, I got fired from a job I had already resigned from after agreeing to stay on and help them out for an extra month, despite having no contract. They fired me because a colleague refused to work with me anymore because I wouldn't date him. FML

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By Kan23 - 26/01/2016 03:37 - United States - Altus

Today, I got fired from my job. When I asked why, all that was said to me was, "We don't have to disclose that information, but you did nothing wrong. It's just not working out." FML

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By Nico - 16/02/2013 01:37 - France - Asnières

Today, the company I was fired from three years ago merged with the company I work at now. The new owners' first order of business was to fire me again. FML

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By Volunteer - 13/09/2013 22:24 - United States - Elwood

Today, I got fired from my volunteer job. FML

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DocBastard 38

Friday 26 October 2012 2:59

The only way they could have found out that you were looking for another job is if you A) mentioned it or B) used your current boss as a reference. In either case, you're an idiot.

Psych101 9

Friday 26 October 2012 3:00

And also well established means of producing a regular income to support oneself and possibly family. You got the main points though.

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BobbieH 19

Friday 26 October 2012 18:28

If you were actively seeking employment during the work day, even on lunch, then you deserve it. It's company equipment and that is not likely an approved use. However depending on your state, you don't list it, if you were fired because they contacted your current employer, then you have grounds for a wrongful termination suit

infectedsense 15

Friday 26 October 2012 21:10

This is how they screw you. It's either that, or you can't get the time off work to attend interviews. Or a lot of the time, I find, companies don't like offering jobs to people who already have jobs. So what do you do, quit your job in the hopes someone else will hire you? Then six months and hundreds of applications later you're still unemployed, and NOW (as OP said) no company will touch you. FYL, OP, but even more than that, **** the system :(

rreyes79 0

Saturday 27 October 2012 14:52

This is Obama's fault. It was his idea to give tax incentives for hiring someone who is unemployed rather than a candidate who already has a job.

infectedsense 15

Friday 26 October 2012 21:13

It's a catch-22. How many people are lucky enough to land their dream job on the first try? What about when you've been unemployed for a while and get desperate and take a job you're overqualified for? How is there ANY alternative to "actively seeking other employment", for any of us, ever?? Who stays in one job their whole life??