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'They were immediately let go': 30+ Stories of people who got fired on their first day

Starting a new job is never easy… there's so much unknown and uncertainty before you even step foot in the door on your first day, and it's easy to let that stress get to you. Once you step foot in the door, even if you've worked in the industry for years, there are always new processes and procedures to be followed, and different approaches and understandings achieve the same thing in a slightly different way. There are new relationships to start, first impressions to be made, and egos to soothe and avoid. Every step along that path must be followed with relative precision, and one small misstep can see you sent packing back to wherever you came from. The reality is that, although it might feel that way, it's never usually that treacherous, and most people who got fired on the first day managed to completely miss essential social queues and refused to listen to blatantly obvious workplace rules. If you really have to walk on eggshells as much as your anxiety is telling you to, this job might not be somewhere you want to work long-term.

These people gathered to share their stories of that person who got fired on their first day and stories of other people who managed to get fired in record time—sometimes even before their first day had started.

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