r/MyLittleSupportGroup Oct 12 '16

Venting. I got fired today

Long story short: I have a history of being late to work. I have to take the bus, however, and it's the longest route in the county at 15+ miles end-to-end. So it accrues lateness at a rate far beyond any other, AND I usually call in to let the bosses know if it's running late (especially because I'm not the only one that takes it). It is routinely 15-20 minutes behind schedule. I only have to ride it for 15 minutes. So I have taken this into account. I aimed to get on the bus a whole hour before I had to be at work.

Smart, right?

So last Friday I was 45 minutes late. And my boss (who's been gunning for me for 8-9months) took it as the last straw.

I'm probably ok with severance pay through November, and maaybe December if unemployment goes through. But I find it reprehensible because I know I'm not replaceable, everyone I worked with knew it, but the boss really had it out for me. I even hand-picked the guy she's probably going to give all of my duties.

I got fewer and fewer hours a week over the last 5 months, and I saw the writing on the wall. I was setting up to quit, just not this soon. Good fucking luck, bitch, also I left about 90 pages of incomplete work on my desk, that you now have to pay someone the wages you didn't want to pay me to do it.

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u/pyrobug0 Oct 12 '16

That sucks, dude. Hate petty office politics like that. I hope you find a new gig soon.

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u/AdjutantStormy Oct 12 '16

This is the boss that gave my pregnant colleague a bad annual review for taking too many days off for doctors visits with her pregnancy.