Work: Today, I was fired. For "lack of attention to details", specifically...

By JadeC - 01/12/2011 18:55 - United States

Today, I was fired. For "lack of attention to details", specifically spelling errors. My now ex-boss misspelled the name of his own company on my severance agreement. FML

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You deserved it 3 345

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Same thing different taste

By gt - 23/09/2010 00:52 - Canada

Today, my boss fired me because I corrected him after he misspoke during a meeting. FML

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You deserved it 35 786

By feistychick - 25/04/2009 13:31 - United States

Today, I was fired from my job of 5 years. I was let go because I couldn't take the company to 'the next level'. My now ex-boss asked me if I could process my severance check because he didn't know how. I had to write myself my last paycheck. FML

I agree, your life sucks 58 145

You deserved it 2 771

Nice meeting you

By Anonymous - 04/12/2010 00:14 - United States

Today, my boss finally pronounced my name correctly. My name was then followed by the words, "You're fired." FML

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You deserved it 2 580

Bye bye

By TheoBuckner - 21/01/2010 03:31 - United States

Today, I found out that I was being laid off via an email that wasn't even spell checked. FML

I agree, your life sucks 29 958

You deserved it 2 301

By Fml24609 - 09/08/2010 08:29 - United States

Today, I misspelled the word "failure" in front of all my co-workers. Now I'm not given any writing tasks. FML

I agree, your life sucks 9 817

You deserved it 32 635

By Rae - 02/10/2009 21:31 - United States

Today, I was fired for not attending a mandatory meeting. I confronted my boss and told her I never heard anything about it, she told me that daily reminders had been sent out via email for weeks. She then discovered that she failed to enter my email address in the system. I was still fired. FML

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You deserved it 2 815

Stuck

By Anonymous - 10/04/2021 17:59 - Canada - Regina

Today, I found out that I'm not getting a new position I applied for at my company. Now, I have to continue working for my boss, who recently severely criticized my spelling in my reports, only they weren't my reports, and when I pointed this out, she simply never responded. FML

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You deserved it 97

By LuckyLoser9 - 03/11/2011 15:44 - United States

Today, I found out that absentmindedly correcting my boss's use of the word "whom" could result in my immediate termination. FML

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You deserved it 8 997

Smart

By Anonymous - 22/08/2014 16:56 - New Zealand - Auckland

Today, my boss chewed me out for correcting several spelling and grammar mistakes in one of his reports. The words "Think you're so damn smart, don't ya?" were uttered. I'm his secretary, and proofreading his shit is part of my job. FML

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You deserved it 3 216

By Moose - 02/08/2016 11:18 - Poland

Today, my boss signed and sent me back my timesheet. He named the PDF file "Timeshit". Now I don't know whether he's terrible at spelling, or just expressed his view of my job. FML

I agree, your life sucks 13 743

You deserved it 1 246

Buttsexpirate 9

Thursday 1 December 2011 22:33

Man talk about irony. Hopefully you laughed and laughed as you left.

G97Alex 21

Thursday 1 December 2011 22:34

If you mixed your and you're then you probably deserve it.

Comments

Dcm210 19

Thursday 1 December 2011 23:14

send proof of his spelling to higher above and get your job back.

HaileyJunkin 0

Thursday 1 December 2011 23:14

He probably did it on purpose.

Marcella1016 31

Thursday 1 December 2011 23:16

Yep my thoughts exactly. Still not a YDI since OP did get fired, but yeah. One typo by the boss doesn't negate the pile of mistakes OP may have made. If anything, it's just VERY ironic lol

Eenonymous 1

Thursday 1 December 2011 23:16

Spell check, dude. You could have avoided this.

ww215 0

Thursday 1 December 2011 23:18

Then you were not fired from the place you are employed

kristat 14

Saturday 3 December 2011 2:41

Nope, this was on the severance package which just outlines what they get paid (or other benefits) after getting fired. If anything they're not getting severance pay because the company "doesn't exist".

perdix 29

Thursday 1 December 2011 23:27

He's the boss -- you've been misspelling the name of the company all along. Know your place, boy!

rbr0wn 3

Thursday 1 December 2011 23:28

At least you have a severance agreement. Normally only people who are laid off get those. When a person is fired it's generally because they deserve it, and therefore get no compensation.

chels1994 11

Thursday 1 December 2011 23:37

I just have to point out that part of your FML is a sentence fragment.. I don't mean to be a Nazi, but I could resist. Best of luck job hunting though.