By Anonymous - 25/10/2013 09:01 - United States - Cedar Park

Today, I worked 24 hours straight fixing my company's servers. After it was over, I breathed a huge sigh of relief and promptly fell asleep at my desk. My boss found me an hour later, refused to listen to me, and fired me for sleeping on the job. FML
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Redoxx_fml 22

Wrongful termination suit?

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DocBastard 38

Too bad you can't rewire your boss so he isn't a dick.

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joeyl2008 29

Why did you sleep at work instead of gpong home to sleep? I work 24 hour shifts all the time and always make it home before I go to bed

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ChibiChibi_fml 27

Just because you can manage it doesn't mean the OP's body can. Plus the FML only tells you that they worked for 24 hours straight. It doesn't tell you how long they were actually awake. For all you know they worked for 24 hours straight after having been awake for twelve. It also seems from the way the FML is worded that the OP made no conscious decision to go to sleep, they simply did. It does happen that sometimes the body just forces you to shut down for a while when it's too tired to keep running.

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AKAR2521 4

shoulda went home to sleep, more confortable and i bet you'd still have a job. sounds harsh but its probably true

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Dcm210 19

Lawsuit? Is it even legal to work 24hrs straight?

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FoxTales 8

It has been said many times, but lawyer up, OP. Sue for wrongful termination AND the fact that they had you work 24hrs straight (which is very unlikely to be approved in your contract).

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Fmlreadermostly 20

Your best defense would be if they had video surveillance for proof that you were working. If you have an active login, and a system checking times of that, there is more evidence that you were working. I hope everything works out for you!

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FelKysier 7

Lots of comments, suggesting lawsuits, some saying not to, and so on. The choice is yours, but heres your legal ground: In the state of texas, non contracted employment is all "at-will", which means you cannot contest getting fired, in terms of getting your job back. There is also laws regarding "emergency condition work hours", as I noticed someone else mention. Thankfully, there though, it was not an emergency situation. No lives were at risk, no permanent damage could have ensued from you leaving and coming back. Also, when placed in a heavy demand situation by work, such as going 24 hours with no sleep, there are expected exemptions to be made by the employer, such as overlooking said employee if they fall asleep due to the strain of work. All this said, you have two choices. 1: do nothing, have a bad stain on your employment record for "falling asleep at work", and have trouble getting more work. or 2: File a wrongful and unfair employee treatment suit. If you win, you get paid. A lot. And the employer CAN NOT give a bad reference, or, and this is your choice, you can omit this employer from your history, it will be as if it never happened. If you lose, you probably will never get a decent job again. And id give it a 75% chance of winning, so odds arent perfect.... Of course if your boss has a boss, you can always appeal internally. That is usually best option, if it is an option.

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MiissAshleyy 19

ummm..yea. I totally didn't read any of that.

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worldclassrager 39

The server is fixed that should give you some leverage if you appeal it...

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knotcool 15

According to the internet, in japan you would be congratulated for working yourself to the point where you pass out.

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