'I got fired yesterday': Employee shares their experience of being fired from their job where they were being berated and micromanaged

Brad Dickson • Managing Editor

Aug 2, 2023 12:00 PM EDT

We're not always going to be successful at everything we do or attempt to do, and—whether our failure is actually by our own standards or someone else's—that's ok. Similarly, (my fellow people pleasers, please brace yourselves) —you're not going to be loved by everyone you meet… Heck, not everyone is even going to like you. Some people, even within your own family, may not be able to tolerate you—and it might not be because of anything you've done or anything that you can change or control. And that's ok too. Not ok in the sense that it's going to be particularly productive or enjoyable for you; ok in the sense that it's a part of life and will happen one way or the other—no matter how much energy you put into controlling it. The sooner you figure this out, the easier life becomes, as you can save that energy for the other things in life that are going to require it.

This means that, yes, you may not be good enough at something, and that something might be your hobby or a sport that you're passionate about progressing in, or a job that was once your dream. If it's a job, you might even find yourself fired from it, but this doesn't mean that it's the end necessarily—merely another step along a crooked narrow path. The sheer number of famous successful persons who have given interviews about being fired from a number of previous jobs stands as a testament to this. But this is because they learned that the only way to move is forward—and walk the path of life.

This worker found themself failing in their job, constantly being micromanaged and berated by their boss to a point where they could see the writing on the wall—I mean, their boss literally told them they'd better hurry and find another job. Finally, the axe fell when they had a 1-on-1 scheduled with their boss under dubious pretenses, and they found themselves unemployed.

They shared their experience with a popular online community for discussion of employment issues, telling how their firing came to pass and sharing their initial hopeless feelings afterward—before ending with the silver lining that they now see.

Commenters shared their thoughts and experiences of their own, commiserating with the original poster and offering their advice.

Read on to see the thread that inspired this post, originally shared on Reddit's r/antiwork community. Next,