Getting Fired
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- fr0st
Any one got good stories about getting fired and what they did afterwards to recover?
I am skating on thin ice and definitely could use some stories to help me out if i did today
- tkmeister0
hahahahah, jevad, that was good one.
getting fired isn't a bad thing. it just means time for change.
I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.
-Buddha
- jevad0
I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.
-Buddharight fucking on!
- JazX0
I once got fired, but it was a good thing and I deserved it. I was too too too lazy
- histwinsiste0
i got fired from pizza hut for smoking weed in the parking lot.
needless to say i wasnt too disapointed.
- illroot0
I once got fired, but it was a good thing and I deserved it. I was too too too lazy
JazX
(Aug 15 05, 08:11)same here. I'm thankful for the friends i've made in my field as they helped me keep afloat. Getting Fired isn't the worst thing that can happen...
- tkmeister0
once i waited till i get laid off. i never got laid off, so i quit. it was the best thing i ever did.
- jevad0
Speaking from experience, if you find yourself in hot water at work - either for performance or attitude or whatever - use it as an excuse to evaluate yourself, and your job.
If you find that the problem is you - fix it.
If the problem is the job - fucking quit. No amount of money is worth being miserable over. That's a lesson I have recently learned.
- jdcomba0
for my first job, i was 16 or something, working at drug fair. i got caught stealing condoms. and they waited for my dad to pick me up from work. that was funny.
- fr0st0
Thanks for your stories guys. Right now the job is definitely the problem. My boss is definitely demanding more than I thought I'd ever be. i.e im a in house designer, but yet some how got stuck doing computer troubleshooting, networking and other misc. computer i.t type of stuff...
I am currently looking for a different job at a design agency. If any one knows any in the fort lauderdale/miami area please give me a heads up.
- jpea0
right on jevad
it worked for me and got me off my ass a little while back
- jpea0
oh, and into freelance. best decision i've made in a while :)
- exador10
years ago was totally broke after an agency i worked at went tits up..
landed a job through a friend at a printhouse..
it was awful..
i'd worked at one before briefly, and had a pretty good idea how to do stuff, but the guy at this place that was supposed to train me didn't like me too much..
he made me look a bit of a fool in front of the owners on more than one occasion..
it was brutal...
after about 3 months of shit like that, i was totally miserable,
then one day, i got to work, and had a premonition....this was going to be my last day...i just felt it..
and right enough, at the end of theday, they fired my ass
told me i 'wasn't up to technical standards'took my last paycheque and got the fuck out of their, a bit upset, but mostly relieved..
went downtown, hooked up with some designer buddies, drank a lot of beer and basically said 'look...i need a new gig as of RIGHT NOW....i just got fired,,
one of my buddies hooked me up with a new software company a day later...getting fired that day was one of the best things that ever happened to me..
- fifty500
i got fired once from a truckwash. that was probably the low point in my life, getting fired from such a shit hole, but was the best thing that could happen to me. i only needed the money to go to design school. since then i've worked in two studios.
the first one was owned by a husband and wife team (maybe some of you remember my rants about them on here around a year ago). I told myself "on my last day i'm going to take a shit on their front lawn". I quit the next week, took the shit and got the F outta there.
- kbags0
I volunteered to get laid off once, but in a coercive manner.
=P