Guess Who's Being Fired?

Townhall.com ^ | July 24, 2014 | Bob Goldman

[musicman]

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[MichaelCorleone]

***If an experienced reporter (of the NYT) is blindsided by a pink slip, what chance does a doofus like you have?***

I get your point Mr. Goldman, but don't imply that someone working for the New York Times, in any capacity, is somehow superior to the rest of us.

I guarantee you that most of us are not a ‘doofus’ compared to good old Jill.

[arthurus]

Copacetic.
Cited.

[CivilWarBrewing]

"Six Subtle Signs You're About to Lose Your Job":

1. You're white

2. You're male

3. You're not gay

4. You work hard

5. You're conservative

6. You're not emasculated

[Menehune56]

Know it or not, like it or not, you could be whisking down the road to termination.

In other words, getting older.

[RedHeeler]

Sounds like the unpublished- “How to get a head, in Government employment”, brochure.

[RedHeeler]

Sounds like the unpublished- “How to get a head, in Government employment”, brochure.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

That’s it in a nutshell.

[VerySadAmerican]

One day I told a co-worker “You know, we have no job security. We could be fired any minute.”

He asked “Do you know something I don’t know?”

I told him “No, I just got a feeling.” Thirty minutes later I got fired. That was in 1984 and I still haven’t been told why.

[wally_bert]

Very good and accurate list.

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

My then-wife told me that her bosses suddenly became very concerned about her physical and mental well-being. I told her, “Start looking for another job. They are going to fire you.” A week later they fired her.

[NewHampshireDuo]

At the first company I worked at (a semiconductor company) one of the industrial engineers was quite surprised when he saw a job posting for his job on the bulletin board. Sure enough, within 1 hour he was out the door. (Could have put the posting up the day after but I guess it eliminated the awkwardness of his boss having to inform him.)

[Kaslin]

That sounds like cowardliness to me, but then it’s no different then being informed via email or text message

[COBOL2Java]

Some people I'd like fired:

[A_perfect_lady]

I've only been fired once... actually, I wasn't even fired, I was just written up on something so unfair I quit. But anyway, what happened was my boss's boss came in and whisked by me with a hasty greeting and no eye contact.

And I just knew. I actually had my stuff in a box before they called me in. I knew my new immediate supervisor didn't like me. My previous boss had thought I was great, but she went to a different (better) company and the new girl... yeah. She had a friend she wanted to give my job to, and as far as I know, she did.

[Organic Panic]

In my former grunt life I went to work expecting to be laid off or fired every day. It served me well because nearly every company I worked for shut their doors eventually. It’s especially common in aircraft manufacturing. Now, I have my own business and I wish someone WOULD fire me.

[TLI]

PILF

[VerySadAmerican]

And I’ll bet you were a perfect lady.

[rockrr]

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