Work: Today, I was fired for not attending a mandatory meeting. I...

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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By superjesse006 - 10/10/2009 07:23 - United States

Today, I was fired from a job I didn't have. The manager in charge of calling me to tell me if I got the job never called, and never called me back when I left messages. The only time he called me was to fire me for not coming to orientation, which, by the way, he never called to tell me about. 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 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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By Anonymous - 13/05/2017 02:00

Today, while on vacation, I got fired for not working a shift I wasn't scheduled for. Even after texting my boss a copy of my vacation approval letter, she still fired me. FML

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By Anonymous - 26/03/2016 18:02

Today, my boss tried to fire me for not emailing him a screenshot to prove my email wasn't working. FML

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By Alex - 31/01/2022 14:01

Today, I was suspended from my job for missing a team meeting that was planned during my lunch time. Needless to say, nobody had told me. FML

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By faeliality - 18/04/2016 08:39 - United States

Today, my boss called me and asked why I haven't been showing up to work. I didn't show up because he fired me last week over the phone. Then he fired me again for not showing up to work. FML

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By lene - 11/03/2021 04:57

Today, I was fired for not completing the required computer training, which no one told me about. I was told that it's my responsibility to check it every week. It would have been nice if a single one of my supervisors had given me any indication whatsoever that this was the case. FML

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The buck stops here

By Anonymous - 30/06/2016 20:42 - United States - Milwaukee

Today, my boss threw me out of her office during a conference call for daring to correct her. The client fired the company because she subsequently got all the information on the call wrong, and plainly had no idea what was going on. From all the screaming, this is now all my fault. FML

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By Anonymous - 30/11/2010 03:08 - United States

Today, I won employee of the month. I was then fired for being late. FML

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JohnE3 0

Saturday 3 October 2009 1:11

Woah that REALLY sucks. Can she do that?

Sun_Kissed18 25

Saturday 3 October 2009 1:14

Yeah, I doubt she can actually do that. Sue

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guyfromcanada 0

Saturday 3 October 2009 6:23

my boss hangs a little skeleton from his door when someone is going to be fired :) lol

Ssingstar127 0

Saturday 3 October 2009 7:30

This is totally unfair. I feel so bad for you, some ppl just cant admit they're wrong, so just move on and hope your next boss will be a decent one.

patticake1601 0

Saturday 3 October 2009 9:41

In Maryland, employees work "at the will" of their employers. This means, in the absence of an express contract, agreement or policy to the contrary, an employee may be hired or fired for almost any reason -- whether fair or not -- or for no reason at all. There are certain exceptions to this general rule which provide some protection to employees from illegal discrimination based on such categories as race, color, gender, national origin, religion, age, disability or marital status. There are many other states like this here in the US. While it is unfair OP, its perfectly legal. It sucks ass I know, sorry that you have to look for a job in this crappy economy.

bosshaug 0

Saturday 3 October 2009 9:49

I hire ****** to suck my penis!

yourkiddingright_fml 0

Saturday 3 October 2009 9:51

Sue the bitch!

Artemisiii 0

Saturday 3 October 2009 13:24

Wrongful termination suit. It was their fault. Sue .

shanisdaman 0

Saturday 3 October 2009 14:10

wow i must say, the australian justice system AND medical system pawn the US justice and medical system. yall should just move to australia.

SheriffBart 0

Saturday 3 October 2009 19:28

Unless you want to, you know, own a business and employ people.

madglover 0

Saturday 3 October 2009 14:21

If that is true, sue them, you will win. I'm guessing it is a fake FML. Or there is another reason and you aren't admitting it.

roflcobra 4

Saturday 3 October 2009 15:30

The poster is from Texas and in Texas you don't need a reason to fire someone. You can only sue for wrongful firing if you can prove it's about gender, race, marital status, or disability.