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Aug 4, 2022
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deja-blu
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POLL: Have you ever been fired or laid off?
macdizzle
8/4/22 12:05pm
I was laid off in 2020. The board got rid of my CEO and all the C-level folks
macdizzle
8/4/22 12:09pm
Was the CEO on the board? Those must have been interesting board meetings
Hypnotoad
8/4/22 12:11pm
Yes. The Fall of 2019 when all of it was happening was one of the craziest
macdizzle
8/4/22 12:45pm
My dream for my entire career has been to get laid off (with severance) the day after I receive a good job offer. It has
Clark Addison
8/4/22 12:17pm
Been there/done that...and it is an awesome feeling. I anticipated the layoffs
m0resn0w
8/4/22 12:47pm
There are few things better than getting double paid. I think with mine I
macdizzle
8/4/22 12:50pm
First Job out of college was with Arthur Andersen doing consulting work - no
crack
8/4/22 12:10pm
RE: First Job out of college was with Arthur Andersen doing consulting work - no
CougieMcCougFace
8/4/22 12:22pm
Sorry to be petty on a side point of your OP, but . . .
AingeEraCoug
8/4/22 12:48pm
Thanks. That is a tidbit of info I didn't know.
crack
8/4/22 12:56pm
Not yet, but I'm considering it.
John Doe
8/4/22 12:11pm
deja-blu called and gave me the bad news
Sea Chicken
8/4/22 12:14pm
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deja-blu
8/4/22 12:17pm
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Sea Chicken
8/4/22 12:19pm
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deja-blu
8/4/22 12:20pm
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Sea Chicken
8/4/22 12:47pm
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deja-blu
8/4/22 6:59pm
I take credit for introducing you to your wife. You would think that would be
deja-blu
8/4/22 12:29pm
Laid off several times, never fired but probably deserved it at least once
Busiturtle
8/4/22 12:17pm
I was laid off in 2001
Belboz
8/4/22 12:27pm
Once when I was 50, once when I was 60, and once when I was 70.
Florwood
8/4/22 12:30pm
Startup, started with AMAZING opportunity of deferring our paycheck for equity,
BYUFootballisBack
8/4/22 12:31pm
My job previous to this one, I left and a month later they laid off like 60-75%
BYUFootballisBack
8/4/22 12:32pm
what a pathetic CEO
NacoCoug
8/4/22 12:36pm
Sahara?
touchdownbyu
8/4/22 1:37pm
no
BYUFootballisBack
8/4/22 1:38pm
This sounds almost exactly like what happened to me at Sahara Development
touchdownbyu
8/4/22 3:39pm
I got myself fired at ShopKo when I stopped showing up for work
cougarblue
8/4/22 12:32pm
Yes. One week there was a department-wide meeting about our company’s struggles…
DC15
8/4/22 12:38pm
Laid off as part of the post 9/11 slump in mid 2002. I worked for a bank in 2008/2009 and there were weeks where I was
Clark Addison
8/4/22 12:39pm
My company got acquired, they fired all but to C level employees before our
Utefaninenemyland
8/4/22 12:39pm
Does it count as layoff if you leave before they ask you to?
Dr T-bone
8/4/22 12:41pm
As a 16 yo I was fired from Lagoon for stuffing another employee
SJS
8/4/22 12:43pm
I was fired, but the refused to tell me why.
TheHop
8/4/22 12:43pm
Laid off in 2019 - Company was purchased and new CIO was in India
mncstr
8/4/22 12:44pm
My position was "eliminated" along with a few other positions in my department
thewaterboy
8/4/22 12:49pm
Laid off from first job, but not only talked my way out of it...
UCLACoug
8/4/22 12:52pm
Laid off from 2 companies. One time was a restructuring and I was told I could
Jeff Spicoli
8/4/22 1:07pm
Oh...thought of another one (kinda) aside from the one I referenced above.
m0resn0w
8/4/22 1:13pm
My layoff only lasted 4 days before I got recalled.
LaserCoug
8/4/22 1:20pm
I was told I needed to accept a transfer to Chicago and I turned them down and
Fdnman
8/4/22 1:33pm
Worked for a little franchised printshop that went through an ownership change
CougarGM
8/4/22 1:42pm
I once got hired as a dishwasher. In the interview I mentioned I wasn’t avail
downtownchrisbrown
8/4/22 2:45pm
RE: I once got hired as a dishwasher. In the interview I mentioned I
CougarGM
8/4/22 2:52pm
Fired from McDonald's when I was 15; laid off once from a seasonal job.
Pro Logic
8/4/22 2:18pm
Contract not renewed — kind of like being fired. Two women didn't like that I made more than them.
lightmann
8/4/22 2:50pm
I was laid off from a job as a meat cutter at a Meat Packing plant.
85fan
8/4/22 6:10pm
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