# Oh shit. I think I'm about to be fired **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 30, 2003, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-shit-i-think-im-about-to-be-fired/191911 "2003-07-30T14:40:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-shit-i-think-im-about-to-be-fired/191911/1 "2003-07-30T14:40:54Z")
It’s sort of a running joke in the department any time somebody does something dumb that they’ll be meeting the boss on the third floor. Third floor is HR and that’s where firings take place. I just got a meeting request from my boss to meet her on the third floor at 2:00. Either she’s writing me up or she’s firing me. Either way I’m feeling pretty fucked. ---
**Author:** ![Aries28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Aries28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aries28)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-shit-i-think-im-about-to-be-fired/191911/2 "2003-07-30T14:46:42Z")
Hopefully not **Otto**. Sending good thoughts your way. Maybe you are getting a promotion? A raise? An opportunity to do something different? Hope it works out for the best. ---
**Author:** ![Wintermute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@Wintermute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wintermute)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-shit-i-think-im-about-to-be-fired/191911/3 "2003-07-30T14:47:01Z")
I’m sorry to hear that, **Otto**. I take it there’s no chance it’s something good? ---
**Author:** ![yoyo3500](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/5daacb/32.png) [@yoyo3500](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyo3500)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-shit-i-think-im-about-to-be-fired/191911/4 "2003-07-30T15:01:28Z")
Is it anything you did? Or didn’t do? Or are you just a victim of the system? ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-shit-i-think-im-about-to-be-fired/191911/5 "2003-07-30T15:06:32Z")
See you should be working and not tooling about on the SDMB!! Whatever you do…don’t cry. No one likes a cry baby. Take it like a man! Good luck ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-shit-i-think-im-about-to-be-fired/191911/6 "2003-07-30T15:14:32Z")
Agh, that’s a horrible feeling. If the HR department knows that there’s a reputation for a particular place in letting people go (in my company it’s the board room) then they shouldn’t call people for a meeting there, and secondly, they shouldn’t leave people sweating all freaking morning. If it’s to be the worst, just call someone in with no notice, and get it over and done with. But it might not be - I got called to the infamous room a few months ago, and spent the whole day fretting, to find they were giving me a raise. Fingers crossed for you. Let us know. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-shit-i-think-im-about-to-be-fired/191911/7 "2003-07-30T15:21:30Z")
Maybe she`s trying to break down your nerves by scaring you in the hopes that you`ll duck into the broom closet with her after you find out you`re not being fired. No? ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-shit-i-think-im-about-to-be-fired/191911/8 "2003-07-30T15:25:52Z")
**Isabelle** , this: > [@](#): > > See you should be working and not tooling about on the SDMB!! was a bit harsh, in my opinion. Way to be supportive! :rolleyes: **Otto** , good luck - let us know what happens, ok? I’m sorry you have to go through this - with the way layoffs go around here, whenever a meeting is called, we ALL start getting nervous. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-shit-i-think-im-about-to-be-fired/191911/9 "2003-07-30T15:33:13Z")
Otto, maybe it’s something good. Best wishes. ---
**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 30, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-shit-i-think-im-about-to-be-fired/191911/10 "2003-07-30T15:38:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Isabelle \* > \*\*See you should be working and not tooling about on the SDMB!! > > Whatever you do…don’t cry. No one likes a cry baby. Take it like a man! > > Good luck \*\* I do not know you well, but your post is enough to convince me that I do not want to. ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-shit-i-think-im-about-to-be-fired/191911/11 "2003-07-30T15:41:00Z")
Just by my own experience- you may not have anything to worry about. Smart HR gets rid of people either at the beginning of the work day (so they don’t get paid for another day) or at the end (ditto, and it makes them have to leave -right then-). Middle of the day seems a bit odd. Too much ability to ‘hang out’ and / or cause trouble. Anyway, it’s just my experience. Hopefully, nothing bad. Chin up. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-shit-i-think-im-about-to-be-fired/191911/12 "2003-07-30T15:45:36Z")
Could it have anything to do with your other current [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=201074). ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-shit-i-think-im-about-to-be-fired/191911/13 "2003-07-30T16:49:23Z")
Thanks for the good wishes from (almost) everyone. I don’t imagine this is going to be anything good. Raises are annual, done in January. Reviews are quarterly and I just had one in June. AFAIK management is officially unaware of the co-worker’s situation and most likely wouldn’t be calling in other people for meetings about it. No, I’m like 70-30 right now between getting fired and getting “talked to.” I’ve taken a box of my things down to my car, just in case. I’ll grab the rest at lunch. Fortunately most of what I had at my desk is Halloween stuff from last year that I never carted home so the people who asked why I was hauling out a big box of stuff I could tell I was just taking home the decorations. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-shit-i-think-im-about-to-be-fired/191911/14 "2003-07-30T16:59:23Z")
I’m guessing its not to get fired. They wouldn’t let you stew all day. Just to be safe, however, start stealing office supplys _ **NOW!** _ * * * She told me she thought I was terribly handsome. Is that an insult or not? ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-shit-i-think-im-about-to-be-fired/191911/15 "2003-07-30T17:05:57Z")
I hope it’s not true. What have you done to make you think you’re getting fired? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-shit-i-think-im-about-to-be-fired/191911/16 "2003-07-30T17:23:00Z")
Best of luck, **Otto.** If worst comes to worst, grab an extra stapler or two for me. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@MonkeyMule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMule)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-shit-i-think-im-about-to-be-fired/191911/17 "2003-07-30T17:37:02Z")
Ok Otto, its like this, before you go into that meeting go watch _Fight Club_ and _American Beauty_ to prepare your counterattack! You need to find a middle ground between beating the piss out of your self and threating a sexual harassment suit on your boss (hopfully your boss is a guy, casue otehr wise it wont work.) You can do this man, Eye of the tiger! ::Blares Theme to Rocky:: Who’s gonna shaft otto? NOONE!! What’s Otto gonna do? STICK TO THE MAN!! STICK IT TO HIM GOOD! ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-shit-i-think-im-about-to-be-fired/191911/18 "2003-07-30T18:29:05Z")
Update us soon, **Otto**. From work, one hopes:) ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-shit-i-think-im-about-to-be-fired/191911/19 "2003-07-30T18:32:59Z")
Could be a promotion, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-shit-i-think-im-about-to-be-fired/191911/20 "2003-07-30T18:35:42Z")
15 minutes to go. I think I’m going to be sick. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-shit-i-think-im-about-to-be-fired/191911.md?page=2)