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People Break Down Fireable Offenses They've Seen That Didn't Result In Termination

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"Reddit user Virtual-Bunch-9131 asked: 'What is the most fireable thing you have seen someone do at work that didn’t get them fired?'"

How is it possible that certain people keep their jobs?

That is a question I have long been dying to answer.

Sometimes it feels like some folks get a pass just because they have a good smile.

Or because they know how to have a few wild nights with the higher-ups.

And then the higher-ups wonder why things are a mess!

Granted, employees need protection.

Too many people have been fired for petty, ridiculous reasons.

But some people have literally burned down the building and only walked away with a slap on the wrist.


Redditor Virtual-Bunch-9131 wanted to hear about the times we all thought someone would get fired but then didn't, so they asked:

"What is the most fireable thing you have seen someone do at work that didn’t get them fired?"

I've been left gobsmacked by the things I've seen co-workers get away with.

Whoops!

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"He hit the OSHA inspector with a forklift."

ScarnAndMacklinFBI

"I'm sorry I laughed out loud at this."

solojones1138

"Work drunk. This was in car sales. The dude showed up drunk or heavy hangover constantly. But he sold a lot of cars, somehow, so they didn’t care."

MurtZero1134

"I did this for six months. Couldn’t even remember half the people I sold to but my numbers were great. Eventually, I got sent home for two weeks and told that they’d have to fire me if I drank on the job because the liability was too high. Sadly my sales dropped by about 25% selling sober."

proleterising

Info Drop

"Accidentally send out the entire company's (3,000+ employees) headcount to the company distro. The file contained everyone's salary, birthday, government numbers, etc."

Yead1971

"Ohh this reminds me of when the registrar for my graduate program accidentally sent out an Excel doc with ALL info about the students in the program. They’re GPAs, GRE scores, recruitment priority, disability status, affirmative action status, various notes about them, and a bunch of other stuff."

marmosetohmarmoset

"My boss did this once, on purpose to about 15 folks. He emailed different versions of an unlocked Excel file that had everyone else's information hidden. Right click, unhide, boom, had everyone's salary. Lol. The sad thing is that I was probably the only one that noticed."

jonjon737

Let's Pretend

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"The supervisor freaked the f**k out on the sales guy and just clocked out. It was a super busy shipping day and he was just done. He got to the end of the driveway and turned around and clocked back in and they just acted like he didn't tell them to f**k off lol."

GuySaysStuff

I love when supervisor's freak out.

They reap what they sow.

Peace Out

When I worked retail, I once challenged a customer to step outside and fight. The customer - I'll never forget this - said, 'Dude, you're at work,' and walked out, shaking his head. Sometimes the customer is right!"

Brand_Ex2001

"My brother did this to a customer who was verbally berating him. The moment the customer realize this staff member didn’t value their minimum wage job nor was gonna let some idiot insult him, made the decision to calm down and apologize."

sketchysketchist

Just a Joke

"It was me, but I faked a coworker's death by putting a makeshift memorial up in his assigned parking spot on April 1st. It had his picture, flowers, a handful of candles, the whole deal. The head of HR was not amused. Everyone else loved it, though. To make matters worse, this was during peak covid. I had just returned from a small vacation and had no idea my friend I did this to had been out for 3 days due to suspected Covid."

dlebs83

It's a Boy

"In a hospital, the person went out to get a patient and called out in the waiting room, 'Where's my little (insert name of disease the infant had) baby?' Basically just told all the people in the room what disease the baby had and the mother's jaw dropped and was furious. Nothing happened. She ended up quitting on her own 3-4 years later."

Candersx

"They’re incredibly lucky. My roommate in college was nearly kicked out of nursing school because after a birth she told the grandparents sitting in the lobby, 'It’s a boy' for others around to hear. She was a stand-up, grade-A student with no issues in school aside from this. HIPPA violations are some serious stuff."

curious_24

Excess

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"Watched a coworker rent an entire big box retail store parking lot to a BMW dealership for cash on the side so they could park excess inventory. Corporate didn't know. He pocketed all the money."

OopsNiceTry

People can really be brazen.

How do you NOT get fired for theft? LOL.

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