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The number one reason why people have gotten fired?

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rudeguy said:
I was only fired from one job and it was because I made a mistake that cost the company a lot of money. Honest mistake, nothing dumb, it just happened.
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Buying that much cocaine on a company credit card was never going to be a good idea.
 
I've seen more people laid off than fired but the ones who got fired were let go due to performance issues. Some people just want to get paid to sit around.
 
It's extremely rare for someone to get fired at my place. You have to do something monumentally stupid to get fired.
 
Personally, it's been attendance-related for me (I've been fired twice).

At my last job, a software development company with a suite of products, they let several developers go because the project they were assigned to was more-or-less shutdown and they had no room/use for them. That's what we were told but I don't know. They seemed like good employees to me and I don't see why they couldn't just shuffle them to another project(s) because the company hired at least one or two developers not too long after doing that.
 
sleeping with the boss's spouse and/or children?


rudeguy said:
I was only fired from one job and it was because I made a mistake that cost the company a lot of money. Honest mistake, nothing dumb, it just happened.
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I would have guessed it was because of the creepy eyes
 
For not being a "team player." Apparently, calling management on their lack of planning, follow through and, poor performance is a bad idea. Who knew? 😀
 
Phokus said:
Sounds interesting, why don't you tell us?
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It's really not.

I was a machine cleaner at a large drug manufacturer. I cleaned a machine and missed some product and the person who inspected it also missed it, so they loaded the new product on it which just happened to be pseudo. Halfway through the first batch someone found the bit of product I missed.

SOP was to scrap the batch. It's normally not that big of a deal, it happens every so often. But since it was pseudo, the FDA had to be notified and a bunch of explaining had to be done. In the end a lot of people got in trouble because of the inspection not catching it and I took the brunt because I was the FNG.
 
clamum said:
Personally, it's been attendance-related for me (I've been fired twice).

At my last job, a software development company with a suite of products, they let several developers go because the project they were assigned to was more-or-less shutdown and they had no room/use for them. That's what we were told but I don't know. They seemed like good employees to me and I don't see why they couldn't just shuffle them to another project(s) because the company hired at least one or two developers not too long after doing that.
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Because most companies have no morals or give a shit about people...
 
The one person I've fired and other person I almost had to let go were due to attendance issues. A surprising amount of people feel it's up to them to decide whether or not it's important to come into work.
 
i have never been fired, i am a model employee

but all the fired coworkers of mine got fired because they sucked at their job - quality or quantity of work too low

oh and there was the dude that cheated on his wife with a coworker and then coworker's husband tried to run him over in the parking lot
 
brianmanahan said:
oh and there was the dude that cheated on his wife with a coworker and then coworker's husband tried to run him over in the parking lot
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LOL for some reason that made my day. I wonder what HR put down as the official reason. I'm sure it couldn't have been adultery.
 
MagnusTheBrewer said:
For not being a "team player." Apparently, calling management on their lack of planning, follow through and, poor performance is a bad idea. Who knew? 😀
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That's the only thing that has ever gotten me fired, and even then I only spouted off after being treated to one too many ridiculously heavy-handed blame-laying sessions.
 
I've only been fired once and it was for taking a crap ton of xanax and crashing my bosses car into a concrete bench. Up until then (IMO even after), I was a model employee.



Other people I see usually get fired for not showing up, being stupid, or being a dick.
 
crashtech said:
That's the only thing that has ever gotten me fired, and even then I only spouted off after being treated to one too many ridiculously heavy-handed blame-laying sessions.
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I've had managers ask my crew how they can stand to work with me because I'm always so difficult? They generally stare back blankly before bursting out laughing. Some folks just have selective memory. I always stress at my hiring that I will hold management to the same standards of performance and professionalism that they hold me.
 
I was "let go" about three years ago from a factory in a right to work state after getting three dollar an hour raises in 6 months.

I wasn't a loyal Tea Bagger was the reason more or less, I just came into work one day after I had been rebuilding a lot of his equipment and was told, "We do not require your services anymore" one morning.

I'm still tempted to turn him into OSHA out of spite, they are deburring Beryllium Copper in there in open air, wit no safety features.

I was working with Beryllium at Honeywell in aerospace for 9 years prior to that, there where tons of safeguards.

I mentioned it at one point and they bought some masks, but if OSHA did a real inspection of the place they'd shut it down.
 
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The only person I know whose gotten fired around here was a PA who was grabbing some receptionists butt and got show the door. The receptionist was fat and ugly too, she should have appreciated the attention. Otherwise its pretty hard to get fired, the janitor who was stealing money out of peoples lockers couldnt get fired because the SEIU stood up for him.
 
The only times I have been fired have been personality conflicts with superiors. They were, of course, douchebags.
 
Depends on the line of work. In the unionized tech support helpdesk world, you barely need a pulse to remain employed. You have to fail spectacularly at life, or actually want to get fired.
 
It depends on the type of job. If you look at all jobs then the nr 1 reason is probably age. Most of the low paid jobs tend to kick people out if they become too expensive. And that tends to be when they reach an age that they want job security and ask for a permanent position with a decent pay.
 
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