Taking an unexcused day off won’t get you Fired!
Employee punishment for faking an illness to skip out on work is becoming less severe.
Take the day off
According to a survey done for CareerBuilder.com, 15% of employers said they terminated employees for an unexplained absence, down from last year’s 18%. Similarly, only 29% of employers stated they check on the absent employees, down from 35% two years prior.
So go on, call out sick! Take an extra day off! Off with the pressure! Ah, freedom….
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Fired! blog presents: You did WHAT???
March 25, 2010 - 10:58 am
Tags: broke law, Fired, firefighter, police, stupidity, teacher, terminated, termination, was fired
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Welcome to our next installment of “You did WHAT???” where we discuss the latest news in the world of stupidity that leads to people being fired.
Stupidity is abound today more than ever. And with civil employees non the less. Teachers, cops, and firefighters seem to be getting into more trouble than anyone [...]
Workaholics go to meetings
Chapter 2: Fitting in
March 17, 2010 - 1:52 pm
Tags: bad boss, book, career, Employment, Fired, hate job, job, story, termination, unhappy, workplace
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Vincent was there every morning. A Yale graduate, he was tall and lanky, with round frames mounted on his nose. His hair was straight and black, and fell around his head in a nineties-style mushroom. Vincent, or Vin as I grew to call him, was always one of the first to arrive [...]
Workaholics go to meetings
Author’s note
March 17, 2010 - 12:50 pm
Tags: bad boss, book, career, Employment, Fired, hate job, job, story, termination, unhappy, workplace
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I’ve been asked what it was that inspired me to write this book in this particular, curious way. After all, this is a sad story that makes absolutely no attempt at showcasing any sort of happiness throughout my entire journey. The answer is quite simple: it is what it is. What’s the [...]
Stabbed in the Back
March 16, 2010 - 10:50 am
Tags: bad boss, Employment, Fired, library, terminated, termination, was fired
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I work in the library universe but not actually a Librarian. At one point I was working 2 different part time library assistant type jobs. I served one of them loyally for more than 1 1/2 years at a junior college library. I was promised a new contract for the summer and we where about [...]
Workaholics go to meetings
Chapter 4: The Package (part 2)
March 2, 2010 - 4:24 pm
Tags: bad boss, book, career, Employment, Fired, hate job, job, story, termination, unhappy, workplace
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As I sat there wasting away minutes at useless calculations, I wondered why everything was bundled into one giant PTO pool. Imagine if baseball didn’t break down hits into singles, doubles, triples, and home runs. You’d be as confused reading the back of the baseball card as the manager trying to set [...]
Blame it on the alcohol!
March 1, 2010 - 7:33 pm
Tags: alcohol, bad boss, Employment, Fired, job, story, termination, was fired, workplace
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I will try to make this story as brief as I can. It’s so ridiculous. Since November 2009, I have been going out drinking with my boss..We are both female. We have always gotten along well. I have worked for her 3-plus years. Now my boss meets this male bartender through [...]
Workaholics go to meetings
Chapter 4: The Package (part 1)
February 12, 2010 - 11:48 am
Tags: book, Employment, Fired, job, story, unemployment, workplace
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Sometime deep into a closed door meeting it was decided that employees must be kept happy in their workplace. There was much debate about what mechanism would be used in this endeavor, but one fact was undebatable. Any benefits that were to be put in place, they were to come at a [...]
Happy Thanksgiving
November 26, 2009 - 11:13 am
Tags: holiday, job, thanksgiving, turkey, work
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Congrats, everybody; Turkey day’s upon us!
We wait for this holiday like a kid for Christmas. Thanksgiving for us, adults, represents not the simple “give thanks” holiday that it’s meant to be. Thanksgiving is not just the start of the holiday season, a season of warmth though it’s in the winter, a season of family and [...]
Fired! blog presents: You did WHAT???
November 19, 2009 - 11:00 am
Tags: assault, deragatory comments, Fired, police, politics, radio, robbery
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Welcome to our next installment of “You did WHAT???” where we discuss the latest news in the world of stupidity that leads to people being fired.
First today, a New Hanover County deputy has been fired after allegations of assault on his estranged wife. Authorities say that Nicholas Dillon went to his estranged wife’s house [...]
Would you rather quit or be fired?
November 13, 2009 - 8:22 am
Tags: Advice, Employment, Fired, hate job, job, Quit, termination
Posted in Advice, Employment, Fired, Laid off, Quit | 6 comments
If I told you that you were being replaced at your current job, what would you say? And I’m not talking about the immediate shock and anger about the pending loss of your job. Once you’ve had a moment to think rationally, you’ll probably be wondering, “should I ride this out, or should I make [...]
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October 14, 2009 - 10:40 am
Yeah i do that at least once a month. It kinda helps me to kick back knowing all the masses and herds are back to the meat farms