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Liquid_Dimension
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well my job just fired me
#7610086 - 11/08/07 07:36 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yeah it's 9:30AM and I've been at this job for a little over 2 weeks.I went in today and as soon as I went for my time ticket one of the head guys told me to go inside his office and I saw my time ticket on top of desk...I knew something was up 
He said I wasnt what they were looking for and didnt see any enthusiasm in me.I'm pretty much a low key kinda guy in my own little world at work...so wtf? I was fired because i wasnt so social? I mean i was doing the work dealing with HVAC's...should I be all giddy going into a warehouse? Ugh...anyway i shook his hand and said no hard feelings,I need a job not inside a warehouse...fuckin depressing atmosphere.
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zepp420
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Dude mail him a dead fish.
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LeftyBurnz
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Re: well my job just fired me [Re: zepp420]
#7610123 - 11/08/07 07:59 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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man, that would be hilarious, but you would have to rig it up so that when he opens the box, the bag the fish is in pops, otherwise either the postal service will smell it and not send it, or he will open and not smell it.
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Re: well my job just fired me [Re: zepp420]
#7610126 - 11/08/07 08:01 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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You definitely should have made a scene fuck shaking his hand you shoulda thrown everything off his desk.
What did he say you were getting fired for?
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mushroomplume
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Re: well my job just fired me [Re: disturbed]
#7610231 - 11/08/07 08:52 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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I once got fired from this hardocore Italian pizzeria because I didn't get the boss' sense of humor.
I was really fucking nice to everyone there, I'm just not one of those soprano types whose loud and makes those Italian type jokes about the mob and your mother.
So much of the workplace is about getting along and not about the job itself.
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LeftyBurnz
Mr. I Eat Butthole



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i got fired from my first job because they didnt find it too hilarious that i took the golfcart we used to bring the trash to the dumpster, and proceeded to do doughnuts on the green of the golfcourse...... did you know that if you hit a hole flag with a golf cart at full speed it will go flying about 50-60 feet? it seemed so much funnier after several underage glasses of beer i dont see why they got so upset..... owell, got a better job after that. i hated being a dishwasher.
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BrAiN
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Just walk in there and be all like
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Liquid_Dimension
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Re: well my job just fired me [Re: BrAiN]
#7610413 - 11/08/07 10:06 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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After I got inside my car and drove off I noticed i left a metal bat in the back seat thats been there for weeks I had a thought if i went psycho i woulda gone up in there and went berserk...lovely!
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coda
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welcome to the world of managing via corporate culture. Since you didn't fit in with the companies image of their employees you lost your job.
It really sucks but it's a common management technique in almost every organization you see out there. Holy shit, i actually used something from my HR class, im amazed.
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You shoulda beat the shit out of him.
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Liquid_Dimension
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Re: well my job just fired me [Re: coda]
#7610848 - 11/08/07 11:53 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
coda said: welcome to the world of managing via corporate culture. Since you didn't fit in with the companies image of their employees you lost your job.
It really sucks but it's a common management technique in almost every organization you see out there. Holy shit, i actually used something from my HR class, im amazed.
So true man...
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Joule hahaha
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VisionsToReality
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Re: well my job just fired me [Re: coda]
#7610891 - 11/08/07 12:02 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
coda said: welcome to the world of managing via corporate culture. Since you didn't fit in with the companies image of their employees you lost your job.
It really sucks but it's a common management technique in almost every organization you see out there. Holy shit, i actually used something from my HR class, im amazed.
It's not really "managing via corporate culture"
It's being social, basically. Now I don't know how enthusiastic you can get about HVACs, but it should be expected nobody's gonna be giddy.
You do however need to have energy and look like you have energy. Look like you're focused on your work. If an employer sees someone and gets the perception they are moping around dragging their ass and miserable, they're obviously not gonna want that employee. I sure as hell know I wouldn't.
So given the nature of the job (nobody can get THAT giddy about HVAC I wouldn't think) it seems like the poster stuck out in a way that made him different than the rest, as in, the guy musta really looked like he didnt wanna be there. No offense to the original poster, of course. Just a guess. I really don't think it's some conspiracy of the corporate world, or some dogma of the corporate world that is to blame. Then again who knows, it could have been factors completely out of this guy's control and the employer completely made up his reason for fire.
Don't let it get you down, original poster. It was probably for the best & now you'll discover something you may not have otherwise.
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Edited by VisionsToReality (11/08/07 12:05 PM)
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coda
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Quote:
It's not really "managing via corporate culture"
Sure it is, just like with job performance how well employees integrate, interact, and work with each other is/can be a metric used when evaluating employees. If your org utilizes a clan culture and your personality contradicts said culture, then mgmt will usually cut you to eliminate any problems that arise from this.
I fail to see how it is anything but managing through corp culture.
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Liquid_Dimension
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Re: well my job just fired me [Re: coda]
#7610913 - 11/08/07 12:11 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Most of the jobs here in Central NJ are very industrial,I try and suck it up and work They can see right through me that I'm not diggin it.
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Tsion
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Re: well my job just fired me [Re: coda]
#7610915 - 11/08/07 12:12 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Guy at my work almost got canned because he yawned and looked tired a lot.
Owner of the company also doesn't like when people walk around holding coffee mugs, for whatever reason.
People are just weird, but if you want the job...yeah. Right now I'm going through the process of being pressured into cutting my hair to fit the company image. But I know I won't lose my job over it and I wanna grow it out, so here I am.

Is that really so long?
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Liquid_Dimension
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Re: well my job just fired me [Re: Tsion]
#7610919 - 11/08/07 12:13 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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err...no,they want you to trim that? Fuck that
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Guy at my work almost got canned because he yawned and looked tired a lot.
I would be in the same situation if i was him,My eyes look naturally high all the time
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moon_glue
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i got fired from 2 different jobs because i wouldnt get chummy with poeple. what is it with poeple being so held fast and hitting on touchy feely subjects. have they no intellectual topics to pic from?
here's some examples of what i like to talk about with co workers and bosses: politics sex bullshit weather local events
here's some examples of what i dont want to talk about: x wives your life story your feelings and emotion your childhood your trials and tribulations
listen up people... maybe you have been watching too many reality shows with people doing confessionals for the camera. but guess what? none of us give a shit back in reality ie: the one you dont see on the big shiny screen with people talking.
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Liquid_Dimension
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Re: well my job just fired me [Re: moon_glue]
#7611049 - 11/08/07 12:43 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Ah,I'm the same way...If you bring up something interesting I'll speak more...fuck the small talk.
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Re: well my job just fired me [Re: coda]
#7611202 - 11/08/07 01:20 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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coda said: just like with job performance how well employees integrate, interact, and work with each other is/can be a metric used when evaluating employees.
Why shouldn't it be, though? Makes perfect sense that this is the case. If I were an employer I'd wanna do that. Employees that work well together = a better company.
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If your org utilizes a clan culture and your personality contradicts said culture, then mgmt will usually cut you to eliminate any problems that arise from this.
Yeah but this is acceptable..and is part of basic "I pay you if you work and do good work" labor agreements...I'm not seeing how it has anything to do with corporations, though.
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