# Getting yourself fired

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-yourself-fired/256334>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 22, 2004, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-yourself-fired/256334 "2004-07-22T13:26:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-yourself-fired/256334/41 "2004-07-23T18:07:56Z")

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> [@Daftbugger](#):
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> He HAS a reference from his previous employer! It’s his references idea to get himself fired :smack: He will give him a good reference regardless. There’s no reason for his new company to know he got fired, nor anyone else! Yes he’ll lose his holidays, but he’s leaving anyway!

:smack: :smack: And for his next job? And the one after that? Is his reference going to stay in the job forever, just in case one of your boyfriend’s new employers phones up and asks what they thought of him?

You ain’t thinking this through.

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**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-yourself-fired/256334/42 "2004-07-23T18:29:48Z")

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> [@lambchops](#):
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> Holy shit, I had no idea the situation was so terrible. I’m amazed. You guys really need a Labor party. Only with, you know, ethics and stuff.

Yes, yes we do. America is a nice place to live, but a horrible, horrible place to work. In my experience, the only thing employers fear is lawsuits.

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**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-yourself-fired/256334/43 "2004-07-23T19:04:23Z")

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> [@missbunny](#):
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> P.S. I am not under the delusion that corporations are benevolent gods who only want the best for their employees and who’d never, ever hurt them. But damned if I’d hire someone who has proven he makes promises, breaks them when he doesn’t get his way, and then acts like a child to “get” me when I’ve fulfilled MY end of the deal.

You would if you didn’t know about it. Us poor employees have to get up to all sorts of lies to get the next job. When I was a professional resume writer, I’d tell my clients, “Sure, lie on your resume, just make sure that you can back up whatever the lie is.”

And I was really good at writing resumes that could get people jobs. 😃

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