'He was fired within 15 minutes of showing up': 10+ times coworkers got fired immediately after starting their jobs

New hires are almost always bound to mess something up during their first weeks on the job, but these folks made mistakes that simply could not be ignored. Of course, you cannot expect your new coworkers to get everything right on Day One. They have to adjust to a particular workplace's way of doing things, so it's only natural that they will do something incorrectly. Those kinds of mistakes can be easily forgiven because these newbies do not know any better.

However, every so often, you come across a coworker who certainly does know better. Here, we have folks who displayed a universally unprofessional disposition just minutes after getting hired. We also have employees who clearly were deeply unqualified. Now, this could have been their fault if they exaggerated their experience on their resumes, which definitely happens. It could also be the fault of lazy hiring managers and recruiters who failed to read between the lines. 

Keep scrolling below for this collection of coworker stories where new hires were dismissed almost immediately. For more, check out this post about an employee who refused to take on new work at the end of the day.

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