Redditors spill the beans on the most hilarious hasty transitions from employment to unemployment

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Sienna Varady
Jul 9, 2024 9:00 AM EDT

Getting hired is one thing, but holding onto the position is quite another. Essentially, the hiring manager uses the data you supply and references from reputable companies to showcase your qualifications and elevate you during the interview process. But now that you have the job you've been wanting, it is up to you to demonstrate your suitability and back up your application.

Having said that, I came across a captivating post on Reddit while scrolling through the feed that drew my attention right away and piqued my curiosity. In the post, the query is written as follows: 'What's the quickest you've ever seen a new coworker get fired?'. I couldn't stop laughing at some of the comments, which is why I decided to share the top 30 with all of you after choosing my favorites. So, make sure to take a look at the screenshots below if you're searching for something to do with a minute to spare between your afternoon break! After you're done, don't forget to read the account of the job applicant who was turned down because he seemed 'too desperate' in his interview!

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  • 01
    YOU ARE tightgoddess_ During their onboarding training, they stole my bosses wallet on camera.... 1 hour in..
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    What's the quickest you've ever seen a new coworker get fired?
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    exitzero 20 hr. ago She called the first day and said her grandmother d . Called the next day and said her car wouldn't start. Called the third day and said her blow dryer broke so she couldn't dry her hair. Never made it to work.
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    Friend-of-thee-court · 17 hr. ago Hired a guy after two interviews. Personable, well dressed, Very experienced for the role. Background, dg test, all good. First day of work no show, no call. End of the day he calls and says he is so, so sorry he can't believe he got it wrong, there was a mix up in the days he thought he was working (he's supposed to start on a Monday). I said “well not a good
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    start but I guess stuff happens. See you tomorrow." He thanks me profusely. Second day no show, no call. He comes in personally right before closing and begs me not to fire him, he has a family to support, he really needs the job and it's perfect for him, etc. Against my better judgement I said OK but if you don't show up tomorrow don't bother contacting me again. Again he thanks me profusely, says I can count on him. Next day no call no show. Never heard from him again.
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    Chavestvaldt • 20 hr. ago when I worked in data entry there was a tricycle on our office floor, just added as a relaxed bit of fun by the managers, who were all very chill people one of the girls that got hired around the same time as me would, instead of working, just ride the tricycle around the office all day, every day
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    when we all showed up in the morning she wouldn't even log into her computer, she would just get right on the tricycle and ride around talking to people until she left to take her lunch break ted out the day she got fired she had to be es of the building because she was screaming about "you're targeting me unfairly" lol
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    Ill-Organization-719 22 hr. ago · edited 20 hr. ago A guy refusing to wear safety gear/PPE on his first day. He flat out said no to the supervisor, who then fired him. He didn't even make it to the first coffee break. If he was that adamant about not wearing safety gear, it wasn't a good sign.
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    Severe_Performer_726 20 hr. ago Hired my friends sister as a hostess at our restaurant, she called off for her first shift 3 hours later telling me that she was having a tough period. 30 minutes into her dinner shift she started posting pics on instagram of her being at a party in Canada. We live in NY. Fired her via insta. Never even worked then tried to claim unemployment THEN had her father call me and try to threaten me into rehiring here. She was 34.
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    JimTheJerseyGuy . 20 hr. ago Back in the mid-1990s I had hired a guy for senior Unix systems administration role. It was made quite clear in the posted job description, the interview process, and on his first day that this role would be required to be on call a few nights per month on a rotating basis with the other Unix admins. The salary reflected that as well; this was a 6-figure position. He was issued a company laptop and a cell phone for his on call work that could be done from home.
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    As part of the on-boarding process our Unix lead admin wanted this guy to shadow him on his on call evening so that he could see how processes differed in the off-hours. It was his 2nd day on the job.
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    That evening, I happened to be working a bit late and the helpdesk calls me saying they've got an issue that needs to be escalated to the Unix team and asking if they've got the right number for the new guy because it's just ringing and going to a default voicemail mailbox. I tell them to call the lead admin to get him working on the issue and that I'll contact the new guy myself.
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    I call. Same thing, voicemail. Multiple times. I fish out his employment docs that are all still sitting on my desk and find his home phone number. I call and get about three words out of my mouth when he responds, "Why the fk are you calling me at home?" and hangs up.
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    A bit in disbelief, I look back at the paperwork and verify, yes, this *is* his phone number and try it again, thinking maybe he'd mistaken me for someone else. I receive a similar bit of vitriol and a hang up. I contact the lead admin and inform him he won't be having the new guy join him that night or any other.
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    We immediately k d all of his system access and his door card and HR was waiting for him at the reception area first thing in the morning.
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    _Goose_ 22 hr. ago Orientation 2nd day. He's to sit in a conference room and read through binders of important info. Our boss walks out and closes the door. It has a window with blinds open to see through.
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    Going about our day and the boss asks us why the conference doors locked and blinds closed. Nobody is sure so they get security to open the door to see this f g guy kicked back with the lights off asleep. He had closed the blinds and locked the door. Of course he was out there that day.
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    CatacombsRave - 20 hr. ago . As a teenager, I worked at a bowling alley. Within an hour, a coworker was fired for dropping a ball on the foot of a complaining patron.
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    000-000-000yea · 22 hr. ago This guy shows up, the VP is gloating how great and brilliant he is, bla bla bla. First day, doesn't come in until 10 am. Next day same deal, like working from 10 - 12 then leaving. Meanwhile they flew him on a business trip leaving Wednesday, and supposed to come back Friday. At the last second he rebooked himself on a midnight flight. Meanwhile on the
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    Friday flight back at the last second he was like "oh I have to take a different flight" and he just disappeared. What Mr.Mysterious didn't realize is most of us used to work at his previous employer. Someone sent us a text "hey I thought you hired bla bla bla, he's making copies right now!".
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    Turns out he was working two jobs. These are both Science/Tech companies with not that strict NDA's, but you can't work at a potential competitor simultaneously! He was fired from both jobs.
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    RichCorinthian · 20 hr. ago I worked with a guy who was working two different jobs in the same building. He would leave floor 5 for a while, head to floor 7 to get in some face time, then back again. He got away with it for 7 months before he got caught.
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    • nooneneededtoknow 20 hr. ago · edited 14 hr. ago . A few days... the guy turned his camera on during a company wide zoom meeting at 10am and was ing in bed. Not even sitting up, he was laying down on a pillow- no shirt on holding his phone above him. The crazy part was - you didn't actually have to have your video on, they are optional in these meetings. 90% of the company keeps them off.
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    His response to all this was that he was never told what our working hours are. They were 8-4 bud and if there is a company wide meeting scheduled probably safe to assume it's considered "working hours."
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    tightgoddess_ · 22 hr. ago During their onboarding training, they stole my bosses wallet on camera.... 1 hour in..
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    Lord Taddeus 20 hr. ago Not my coworker but a friend. His job had hired a new lifeguard for an indoor water park. Turns out the guy couldn't swim and almost drowned during training before the outdoor pools opened during summer.
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    p38-lightning 19 hr. ago I work in a government archives facility. The new guy brought food into the work area on his first day, even though there are signs everywhere saying you can only eat in the breakroom. And it's just common sense. But the boss gave him the benefit of the doubt and just gave him a
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    warning. Couple of days later he was eating at his desk again. Bye-bye. Don't know if he was arrogant or just an airhead, but he definitely didn't need to be around 18th century documents.
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    BeardsuptheWazoo 18 hr. ago Why can't I eat my extra cheesy guacamole nachos right over this 300 year old piece of history?
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    p38-lightning 17 hr. ago. Funny thing if someone laid a greasy - biscuit on it in 1855, that would be now be considered part of its historic charm.
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    chefrachhh . 20 hr. ago His first day of training (he was hired to be an assistant manager), he told the manager training him that he wasn't going to do what she was showing him because that was “woman's work" and he wouldn't be a hands on manager because that's what the employees were for. He was "only there to supervise". He only made it 2, maybe 3 hours into the shift before she lost it on him & told him to go home.
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