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Today from the department of “People Who Deserved To Be Fired, And Then Were, And What Did They Expect?”: A KFC employee posted photos online that showed her licking a large tub of mashed potatoes in the restaurant after it was closed. Surprise: She was quickly fired. More
Maybe Arizona policewoman Diana Lopez thought she’d found love at the office when she entered into a relationship with a lower-ranking police officer. She apparently trusted the guy enough to send him explicit videos and a naughty photo in which she posed in her police uniform. Unfortunately for her, the jerk decided this was too good not to share. More
When I learned I was getting laid off from my online news editor position in late November, friends and family members immediately fired a slew of cringe-worthy questions my way. What were my options? Where was I looking to find a replacement job? Did I have any leads? How would I pay rent and other bills in the mean time? Was I reMyceiving a severance package? More
St. Louis pastor Alois Bell was enjoying a nice meal at Applebee’s last Friday, as one does. Then came a shock: Since she was eating with a large group, the restaurant tacked on an automatic 18% gratuity. Disgruntled for some reason, because apparently she had never been out to eat before, Bell scratched out the tip line on her bill, wrote “I give God 10% why do you get 18,” and added “Pastor” above the signature to make clear her moral standing. More
Disgruntled HMV employees briefly took over the company’s official Twitter account yesterday, live-tweeting their dismissal. More
The U.S. economic recovery started in early 2009. And while the job market has improved, the labor recovery has been painfully slow.
Part of the problem is that companies continue to layoff employees in their efforts to control costs.
With the help of Bloomberg, we compiled a list of the 18 biggest layoff announcements of the past year. More
We’ve all had work days in which we wished we’d be asked to leave and never come back. Then comes the hard-hitting reality that unemployment is about as bad as it gets in the professional world. Phoenix resident Amy McClenathan, who is still heartbroken over the loss of her mother, learned this lesson after updating her Facebook status with the confession, “I wish I could get fired some days, it would be easier to be at home than to have to go through this.” Whether you’re Facebook friends with anyone from work or not, a comment of this nature never brings anything good, and McClenathan wound up losing her job. More
Burger King’s employee dress code includes pants, so when 17-year-old Ashanti McShan interviewed for a job as a cashier, she made sure to ask if she could wear a skirt instead. McShan’s Pentecostal religion only allowed her to wear skirts and dresses. At the interview, McShan was assured that she could wear a skirt instead, but when she arrived at work for orientation, a manager insisted that she had to leave. Now Burger King is paying up for its refusal to accommodate her religion. More
Last week it was confirmed that superstar Britney Spears would be quitting her judging gig on The X Factor after just one season. The news comes less than two weeks after reports surfaced that she was going to be fired because the show’s producers felt she didn’t meet the expectations that came along with her $15 million contract. The producers are rumored to already have a successor in mind, and the news is expected to be announced within the next 10 days. This brings up a really good career conundrum: If you know you are going to get fired, should you quit or wait for the ax to fall? More
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Whether you’re new to the job search process or a veteran job seeker, one thing has always stayed the same: resumes are complicated yet necessary. Creating or updating a resume is the first difficult task of the job search process … More
TheLadders, an online job-matching service, recently released its results from a survey of its nearly 5 million members. The survey reveals some attitudes and concerns facing job seekers in December, which is typically a tough month to land interviews. Amanda … More
A lot of people were fired in 2012. Thousands, probably. Maybe even tens of thousands, who knows. Maybe even you! But not everyone’s firings were crazy enough to make the news. Here are our picks for the seven most outrageous firing stories of 2012, from the disabled guy fired for being two minutes late to work, to the woman fired for being “irresistible” to her boss. More
What if your married boss was coming on to you and texting you inappropriate messages that you were trying to ignore? Well obviously, you would get fired. That’s what happened to a dental assistant in Iowa, who lost her discrimination suit … More
Pop quiz: What do you do if you’re married but you’re sexually attracted to someone who works for you?
A) Aggressively hit on the employee in the office.
B) Daydream occasionally but take no action, because you are an adult who can control yourself.
C) Fire the employee.
Now meet Iowa dentist James Knight, described by his lawyer as a “very religious and moral individual.” He went with option C, firing his assistant because she posed an “irresistible attraction.” Good news, though: It’s legal! More
