# Merry Christmas. You're Fired. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 29, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-christmas-youre-fired/562329 "2010-11-29T21:30:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-christmas-youre-fired/562329/41 "2010-12-03T21:34:40Z")
Hear, hear. Hang on, hope for better times, and do what you can to make them happen. ---
**Author:** ![Noel\_Prosequi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b19c9b/32.png) [@Noel\_Prosequi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noel_Prosequi)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-christmas-youre-fired/562329/42 "2010-12-04T12:02:37Z")
My (public service) office had a year where something had gone terribly wrong in budgetting and so temporary staff (some of whom had been around quite a while) all got laid off over Christmas, with a hope but no guarantee of being reemployed in the New Year. The office manager got to deliver the bad news, so everyone was dreading the call from her. People were wondering how to go about getting lamb’s blood to daub above the lintels of their cubicles… ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-christmas-youre-fired/562329/43 "2010-12-04T15:29:40Z")
Holy crap, that’s rough. I hope things happen quickly and you find yourself enjoying the holidays knowing there’s something good waiting for you in January. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-christmas-youre-fired/562329/44 "2010-12-06T17:22:12Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > On one job I had, the owner fired everyone on Christmas Eve . . . right in the middle of our party, with no warning. You worked for… [the Bluth Company](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrested_Development_(TV_series))? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-christmas-youre-fired/562329/45 "2010-12-07T13:58:11Z")
Good luck, **Chessic**. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-christmas-youre-fired/562329/46 "2010-12-07T16:22:35Z")
At one place I worked, the manager was fired on Christmas Eve. Knowing this company, they probably didn’t pay give him any severance pay or anything either. He was a married man with kids and he was fired for extremely shit reasons including a large dollop of racism, but I was still surprised that were so callous as to fire him on Christmas Eve. Good luck with the interview, Chessic, and have fun in Vegas! ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-christmas-youre-fired/562329/47 "2010-12-07T16:47:41Z")
I once got told the same thing, closing up on Dec 17th, it was on Dec 15th. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-christmas-youre-fired/562329.md?page=2)