Work: Today, my boss put me on suspension for violating company policy... - FML

By Anonymous - 26/01/2013 01:04 - Australia - Brisbane

Today, my boss put me on suspension for violating company policy by having non-work related mail in my inbox. They were spam emails. FML

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By hangman - 01/08/2013 18:25 - United Kingdom - London

Today, my boss suspended me for laughing too hard at my desk and causing a big scene in front of our customers. I was laughing because he'd forwarded me a hilarious email. He was practically smirking as he handed me my official warning. FML

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By benoit - 15/03/2013 12:35 - France

Today, I walked into work, a day after losing my shit with our systems admin, due to her taking ages to enable my new email account. I was soon bitched out, warned, and suspended over several lewd emails having been sent overnight from my account to various female co-workers. FML

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By bipbip - 12/11/2008 07:53 - France

Today, at work, I received an email telling me that viewing porn websites was prohibited and was a good enough reason to fire 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 Anonymous - 14/12/2012 23:16 - United Kingdom - Bridgwater

Today, I sent an email to my boss saying I'd fixed a glitch in our mail servers. He called me later, angrily shouting that I'd done a piss-poor job of fixing it, because my email had spammed his inbox with several hundred duplicate messages. FML

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By jeed(1) - 25/08/2013 21:36 - France - Marseille

Today, at work, I stepped out for a few minutes to use the bathroom. Shortly after returning, I found out the hard way that one of my coworkers had used my computer to send a profanity-filled email to our boss, calling him an asshole and telling him to go fuck himself. I'm now jobless. FML

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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 arknvl - 07/03/2013 18:12 - Norway - Trondheim

Today, my boss yelled at me for visiting Facebook on my work computer. He says that since I can't be trusted, I'll be supervised from now on. I was uploading pictures to the company's Facebook page, which I have to do once a week as part of my job. FML

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By chelsay05 - 04/11/2016 00:53 - Canada - Kamloops

Today, I had to go to work on my day off to suspend someone. Afterwards, I got a call saying I can't suspend the person in question because the supervisor who told me to suspend them was wrong. FML

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Kinda harsh, don't ya think?

By are you kidding me???? - 20/07/2012 04:58 - United States - Chaplin

Today, my boss fired me for "fooling around" on my phone. I was looking for supplies for a surprise party we are throwing him for his birthday, and I didn't want to do it on my work computer because he has access to our history. Also, this happened during my lunch break. FML

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EsOSiQueEs 14

Saturday 26 January 2013 5:36

He's only jealous because you have more sexy singles waiting to meet him and free ipads than he does. Sorry OP.

lostcrazydiamond 10

Saturday 26 January 2013 5:25

FYL. If there's a higher position, I suggest reporting it to them. Hopefully the spam is still there for evidence.

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sythe511 28

Saturday 26 January 2013 20:15

Time to start looking for a new job... Anyway, if your boss isn't a total prick he/she should at least allow you to explain.

rozsrredd 16

Saturday 26 January 2013 23:26

How exactly are you supposed to control what you receive in your inbox? Once you give your email address to one person (even a work contact), you lose control of the potential for it to be inappropriately circulated. The policy is stupid in the first place.

bOOmBoTz401 6

Monday 28 January 2013 7:12

spam his email with gay **** sites...that's what I would do

MooseKnuckle503 11

Monday 28 January 2013 11:11

How did your email get spammed unless you went to sites you weren't suppose to

worldclassrager 39

Wednesday 1 October 2014 11:21

Why would you go through your spam folder anyway...yeah signing up for something maybe but still you work at work...do that in your free time at home

ShadowStarEXE 35

Friday 1 January 2016 6:52

He can't tell the difference between spam and company e-mails? Doesn't he get spam as well? What a dumbass. :/

FarFromHome_fml 17

Thursday 10 March 2016 15:20

So don't ever sign up for anything with your work email... That's the only way they get it, OP...

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