You're fired!

[ms_ann_thrope]

The only time I was fired, it was two days before Christmas. I was fired as an example to the rest of the employees that even popular people weren't safe from being fired if they transgressed.

Oh, and the manager who fired me was told by his boss that "someone" would be fired that night, no matter what. I was just the lucky one who was.

Sounds like a Dickens of a situation.

 

[RobDownSouth]

I worked for a consulting company where 9-12 month onsite assignments were the norm. Finished one assignment, took the family for three glorious weeks in Europe, spent an obscene amount of cash over there, came back refreshed and ready to start my next big assignment, only to be told the consulting company was closing down the particular practice I had expertise in, so sorry.

I'd been a revenue generating engine for the company so it came as a bit of a shock.

Took me almost eight days to hook up with another consulting company, but those were the worst 8 days of my life......

 

[marshalt]

Yes, I've been fired, laid-off, and everything in between.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

Yes, I've been fired, laid-off, and everything in between.

So, you've had to go down on the boss lady.

 

[doowdniw]

The only time I was fired, it was two days before Christmas. I was fired as an example to the rest of the employees that even popular people weren't safe from being fired if they transgressed.

Oh, and the manager who fired me was told by his boss that "someone" would be fired that night, no matter what. I was just the lucky one who was.

Sounds like a great way to really fire up the troops. The kind of place where a preemptive "take this job and shove it" might have been in order, had you not already been fired.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

Carrot and stick. They shove a carrot up your ass and ram it home with a stick.