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Have you been fired from a job in the last 10 years?
Have you been fired from a job in the last 10 years?
Have you been fired from a job in the last 10 years?
Job? What job?
How are you doing? Good Thanksgiving? Fully recovered from that recent nastiness? Questions, questions. I have always earned my money not from a job, but from an adventure. True, I was paid for a job, but I always considered it an adventure - something my employers - usually owners - weren't always thrilled about. A job needs to be fun once in a while. An owner did once tell me he thought I was having too much fun while doing my work.That word might disappear from American speech, due to lack of usage. It's a shame, really, since it is a good word that explains how some people get money!. :mrgreen:
Good morning, humbolt. :2wave:
How are you doing? Good Thanksgiving? Fully recovered from that recent nastiness? Questions, questions. I have always earned my money not from a job, but from an adventure. True, I was paid for a job, but I always considered it an adventure - something my employers - usually owners - weren't always thrilled about. A job needs to be fun once in a while. An owner did once tell me he thought I was having too much fun while doing my work.
This explains a lot. Why didn't someone tell me sooner? Now, it's too late.Yep, you should have known better. Business etiquette requires a sometimes sullen attitude...makes you a team player in management's eyes! And you get promoted if you become unbearable! :mrgreen:
Good for you. You have had an eventful year. My younger sister had pneumonia a few years back, and the recovery took over a month. It's a long road back to feeling good after that, I guess. And yes, you are due a good year or two after this one.I'm doing well--had a wonderful Thanksgiving--and I'm almost fully recovered from pneumonia. I guess it was my turn in 2013...broken leg and pneumonia both in the same year! I hope I'm off the list now for a while! :thumbs:
I don't mean to derail the thread, I think this fits in. I have had to fire people in the last 10 years and believe me it was no fun. Neither man was up to the job but they both had families and mortgages etc. Being on the other side of a firing is maybe even worse than being fired.
Was that before October 1, 2008 or after October 1, 2008?
I don't think that counts as firing.Yup. Owner was a criminal and the business collapsed, along with a few weeks of back-pay I was owed.
I feel ya. I had to fire someone once. She was stealing from me. I had my evidence just in case. I knew I was right and could defend my action, if need be.I don't mean to derail the thread, I think this fits in. I have had to fire people in the last 10 years and believe me it was no fun. Neither man was up to the job but they both had families and mortgages etc. Being on the other side of a firing is maybe even worse than being fired.
I believe all of this.What's interesting, I heard recently most people who are fired are not terminated for not doing a good job. Rather most people who get fired are let go due to personality related issues: disrespectful, conflicts with others, bad attitudes, combative personalities, abrasive personalities, insubordination, etc. There's patience for people who are positive and try their best but suck at what they do.
I have an employee who is late for work literally 95% of the time in a time sensitive position. Its hugely frustrating but she is a champion at apologizing, always commits to do better and has such a sweet, likable personality its hard to stay mad at her...until the next day when she's late again :. Plus she does a great job when she's there, would be very difficult to replace and adds enormously to our workplace morale atmosphere. I'm convinced its a mental disorder.