Work: Today, my boss called me to inform me that I'm being laid off....

By Workhorse - 12/07/2014 21:11 - United States - Athens

Today, my boss called me to inform me that I'm being laid off. In my ensuing fit of rage, I deleted the recent project I've been working on for weeks. Pretty soon after, he called me back to let me know it was a prank. FML

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By soon to be unemployed - 28/01/2014 22:36 - United Kingdom - Southampton

Today, my boss let me know that I'm being laid off, via a text message that ended in "lmao". FML

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By Anonymous - 19/11/2010 19:38 - United States

Today, after three weeks of my boss telling me how much he appreciates my hard work and has submitted my name up for a promotion, he called me into his office to announce I'm being laid off. FML

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By Anonymous - 01/04/2011 14:19 - United States

Today, just a few minutes after I got to work, my usually laconic boss came into my office and said, "Pack your stuff and get the f*ck out." Apparently, half my department was being downsized. Thinking it was an April Fool's, I burst out laughing and told him how funny the prank was. He wasn't kidding. FML

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By Anonymous - 21/04/2016 04:55 - India - New Delhi

Today, while trying to get my boss to reconsider laying off much of my department, I accidentally convinced him to lay me off too. FML

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By Anonymous - 01/01/2009 18:21 - France

Today, my boss got a promotion and I got laid off. FML

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By Adam Jensen - 18/06/2012 04:39 - United States - Saint Paul

Today, I was at work when a co-worker decided it would be funny to email me from my boss's computer to tell me I had been laid off. It wasn't funny when I was fired for real after "skipping work without giving notice." FML

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Make your mind up

By Anonymous - 30/09/2009 21:04 - United States

Today, when I got to work, I found out that I was being laid off. Two hours later, I found out my boss had my name on the wrong list. I was elated. I went to lunch, but on the way back was rear-ended, in the rain. I was an hour and a half late getting back to work. I was fired upon returning. FML

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EMERGENCY

By I Was Going to Quit Anyway - 15/11/2023 09:00 - British Virgin Islands

Today, my boss called me to say that I'm fired because I was "deliberately ignoring" the messages from a head of another department who wanted to contact me regarding some "urgent" (not really) project. I was on 'Do not disturb" because it's my vacation, and this SOB is not even my boss anyway. FML

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By Anonymous - 07/05/2014 20:57 - India - Kundan

Today, my boss was fired by the board. A few days ago, he dropped several strong hints that he was going to promote me soon. FML

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Just a prank, bro

By Lucas - 11/02/2022 06:00

Today, our boss gave me and my team a final warning, because of a prank that one of my workmates played on him. It isn't the first time shit happens. The boss won't let us dispute it, either. FML

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otisnme94 14

Sunday 13 July 2014 10:19

Id be so mad. Bosses shouldn't joke about that kinda of stuff.

Vanessa_Leeann26 17

Sunday 13 July 2014 10:20

You can't pull it out of the trash can from the computer? Or were you so pissed that you fully deleted it? Either way, that way a dick move on your boss' part. Sorry, op.

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sjbartholome 14

Sunday 13 July 2014 23:09

Even if it wasn't done at home a possible scenario could be OP goes into the boss' office. Gets the pink slip. Then OP walks to his desk to clean out his stuff. Before he finishes, he deletes his data. Then the boss calls him back into the office before OP leaves and says its a joke. Has nothing to do with security problems.

Witchylady 17

Monday 14 July 2014 1:17

I guess you might be losing your job still after all. I hope you have a photographic memory so you can retype up your work. And your boss is a jackass. How immature of him to prank firing someone!!

lina21 12

Monday 14 July 2014 1:35

3 words OP: don't burn bridges. Hopefully you didn't erase it from your trash, but even if they weren't joking, don't burn bridges with future references

dangousity 21

Monday 14 July 2014 1:56

Time to find a new job, after contacting HR

mhc91 10

Monday 14 July 2014 2:11

What an asshole

Huhhman 2

Monday 14 July 2014 2:59

You can recover it with software.

shay_serendipity 29

Monday 14 July 2014 3:47

As I lazily and sleepily read over the first sentence, I thought the FML said: "my boss called me to inform me that I was getting laid." ... I should get some sleep.