Unsuspecting Worker Hired and Fired From a Job They Never Knew About

Starting a new job can be stressful. You've presumably gone through an arduous search for this position, sent in dozens of applications, and showed up for interviews. Selling yourself can be emotionally exhausting, not to mention send you in a spiral about your value and worth (if you're anything like me). And when you finally do get hired, there's a lot of hullabaloo about training, meeting your coworkers, and doing a general vibe check on the situation. 

Imagine, though, if you got a job and somehow never knew about it. And then because you didn't show up for your first day, you lose that job. It sounds like something out of a recurring nightmare. You would expect to look down and realize you weren't wearing any pants. But that very fate did indeed befall an unsuspecting Redditor, who then shared their cautionary tale in r/antiwork. Get the details below. 

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