‘I was their scapegoat’: Overworked employee confronts boss after they fire him for no reason, boss claims it was to teach the other employees a lesson

Wouldn't you love to work in a place where you cannot get fired no matter what you do? For some people, that dream is a reality, If people are self-employed, or have tenure, they simply cannot be fired. But for most employees, we have to live our lives day by day hoping we would never have to hear the dreadful 'you are fired'.

The employee in this Reddit story did hear these words spoken to him unfortunately, which came as a great surprise to him, as he could not think of a single reason for his boss of 7 years to fire him. When the employee confronted his boss and asked what the reasoning for his termination was, the boss simply replied – 'We did not see any improvement, let this be a lesson to others'.

Scroll down to read the full story and the employee's response to his boss. After you are done with this story, click here for an employee who publicly confronted his coworker for stealing his belongings.

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