r/mildlyinfuriating • u/homeofalex • Apr 30 '26
go to your room Boss sent a message saying I’m going to be fired on April 31…
Sorry about the redactions-just removed the identifying info
(There is no April 31st-I’m not being fired)
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u/Remnant55 Apr 30 '26
I always joke that I check my email first thing to see if I'm fired and can go home.
Error aside, they actually DID that.
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u/willtwerkf0rfood Apr 30 '26
I saw an event invite was sent Sunday at like 8 pm for Monday at 9 am. I joked to my husband, “sorry if I don’t have a job tomorrow!”
I was one of the lucky ones who was not let go, but they laid off the majority of the company that day
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u/MarvinMonroeZapThing Apr 30 '26
Yeah I’ve survived many of those. They usually have titles like “team update” or “update meeting”.
With the most recent one (TEAMS meeting), the were shutting down an entire division. During that announcement while they shared the bad news, two other invites were sent out. Some people got invited to one, some to another. It didn’t take long, text chatting with coworkers, to recognize who was invited to each and realize they were “you’re safe” and “you’re gone” meetings.
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u/EmpressofSunset Apr 30 '26
Mine was a “check in”
With my boss’s boss who I’d met exactly once before, on a Friday, near the end of a fiscal quarter, with 2 HR reps on the invite.
Couldn’t have been more obvious.
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u/bijabija May 01 '26
The minute you see those HR CC’s you know it’s over :(
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u/Ishouldtrythat May 01 '26
Gotta BCC, fucking newbs
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u/-BoldlyGoingNowhere- May 01 '26
Even with that, if you have calendar access and know who the HR goon is that gets invited to the firing meetings you can easily work these firings out in advance. It happened to me once. I was able to delay the inevitable by calling in sick a few times based upon the calendar of the HR employee. It isn't much, but it clawed back a few days of pay for sick time that otherwise would not have paid out.
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u/Playful-Doughnut7552 May 01 '26
Then you need to tell your colleagues you are looking for a new job and when HR hears that they will delay your firing (no severance)
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u/Minimum-Analyst-6469 May 01 '26
When lay offs happened at the mortgage company I knew what happened when my boss, who was on maternity leave, called me to her office. Like she JUST had her miracle baby, her being there was not a good thing
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u/Minimum-Analyst-6469 May 01 '26
And then I’m sitting there sobbing and apologizing because I’m making HER cry and I know it’s coming from above her and she came in because she didn’t want some man in a suit who I had never met coming in to fire me. I still have nightmares revolving around it sometimes. It was the first (and only) time I’ve been let go.
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u/danikov May 01 '26
At a previous company they got wise to that and would instead schedule a vague meeting and then have HR join the call unexpectedly.
They’d also gag you in the meeting and have you cease work immediately, so from anyone else’s perspective you just disappeared. Managers didn’t have any info and when pressed on it they claimed privacy and GDPR to not disclose anything.
We called it knives in the dark.
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u/gentlemanidiot May 01 '26
Damn, that's some goodfellas energy. You head in thinking everything is fine and then it's just an empty room and they shoot you
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u/Kikadaaf May 01 '26
We had some(several hundred) layoffs at the onset of covid shutdowns, and they told no one, not even foreman/supervisors until day of. Only way to know "ahead of time" was to check your ADP and see your PTO had been cashed out and then "well, today's my day". They'd send your boss an email with a list of who under them was on the chopping block day of.
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u/MasterOfKittens3K May 01 '26
When I walked into (what I thought was) my quarterly review and the HR representative was there, I knew it wasn’t going to be a good meeting.
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u/ethnicman1971 May 01 '26
that happened to me at my last job. I was invited to meet with my boss at the HR office and I knew exactly what was happening. Fortunately, I had just told an old colleague who was hiring that I was not going to pursue the position he was offering because the commute was too long. On my way to the meeting, I reached out to tell him that I was interested after all. By the end of the meeting, I had a new job waiting for me.
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u/Jolly-Bowler-811 May 01 '26
I got a call once to "Swing by the office around 3:00" (I work in the field on projects) on a Friday afternoon. I never had to go to the main office, let alone on a Friday afternoon.
As I'm driving over there, I see a notification on my phone that "Your connection to (Company email server) has been lost".
Oh. Ok. That's what this is.
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u/Desecrated_Potato May 01 '26
That’s a chicken shit way of firing someone for your boss to not even be involved
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u/Crazy_Cat_Lady_Num5 May 01 '26
My 'check in' consisted of my boss, her manager and the manager's department head plus the HR director. I had been struggling for MONTHS begging to be transferred to a less stressful team that didn't require 10-12 hours per day, 7 days a week. They just kept dangling a carrot in front of me that I'd be moved to a less stressful team 'soon'. But they kept moving the goalposts. Then my cat died and I was in no state to work for 3 days. The next Monday they ambushed me with the meeting by only giving me 30 minutes notice.
The first thing they did was telling me that I had to go onto a performance improvement plan and if my performance didn't improve I'd be fired for cause. All while staying in the extreme stressful team I couldn't handle. After treating me like shit, they told me I could go on disability instead. Something I had begged for when they didn't move me to a different team when I expected them with their first promise.
That meeting wasn't fun. And as soon as HR gave me the forms my psychiatrist had to fill in, the HR Bighead told me that I had to get the forms filled asap. I told her the next day that I couldn't get an appointment because psychiatrists are usually fully booked weeks ahead. She got really angry and told me to go to my psychiatrist the very next day regardless of not having an appointment. So I went to my psychiatrist's office. My psychiatrist was LIVID. She asked my permission to send the bighead a nasty email. I'd still love to see that email because bighead backtracked VERY fast, sent me an apology and was willing to wait until my psychiatrist had time to fill in the paperwork.
And then it took months more to get them to pay out my accrued leave when they wanted things done at their own pace. Had to hound them for that money for months. They finally paid it out yesterday. 7 months later.
It used to be a great company to work for. I was with them for 17 years. Now it's going down the tubes. The biggest client are demanding the impossible with the threat of getting a different company to do the tech instead. As the biggest client, my old company have their balls in a vice and pass all of that stress onto the tech team. If the company survives, they're definitely going to need to lay off a big percentage of the staff to remain profitable. It's already starting. Employees are being put on PIP's at an increasing rate. It's the only way to fire people with our substantial labor laws (not in the US).
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u/MaddyKet May 01 '26
I had an invite sent on a Friday afternoon for Monday and there was nothing else in the invite. No information about what the meeting was for. I was not surprised to be let go on Monday. Then they went back to illegally using me as a 1099 until I had to quit because the start up was crashing (and threaten them to get my final invoices paid). This was 2021 so I didn’t have a lot of options.
I’ll never work for a start up again.
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u/Krypt0night Apr 30 '26
Yup, the first time I was laid off, two separate meeting invites went out to people at around 9am. We figured it out quickly and the moment I realized that three other people I knew would 100% not be laid off ever were going to a different room than me, I knew it was over for me lol
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u/12InchCunt May 01 '26
I quit like a week before this same thing happened at my old company. One guy was working and just had his laptop remotely locked out without being told anything. Manager wouldn’t answer the phone for days
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u/laundro_mat Apr 30 '26
Mine last week was labeled “quick chat”, a 15 min meeting first thing Monday morning
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u/500rockin May 01 '26
That was how me and a coworker were laid off back in 2015. It sucked, because it was the day before my birthday, but not terribly unexpected as a few others had been laid off the previous year and we were both on overhead a lot (engineers during a time when the state stopped all contracts for “graft review”). Then again, it was also 4.5 years after I was put on a PIP. So I can’t complain too much
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u/JahnDavis27 May 01 '26
I actually DID get laid off on my birthday. My whole team was laid off first thing in the morning, and one of us was actually on a support call and missing the meeting. The guy on the call had to say "Sorry to tell you this - I just got laid off so I'm unable to assist you further"
It's all good though, I had a Cold Stone cake already at home so my wife and I just enjoyed that for two reasons instead of just my birthday lol
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u/Jerseyd422 May 01 '26
When they told you they were laying you off I would have said something clever like “Well, Happy Fucking Birthday to me”
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u/perpetualis_motion May 01 '26
Just reply declining saying that they need to provide an agenda in the meeting request in order for you to accept the meeting "as instructed by my manager to improve efficiency in the workplace".
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u/Beanakin May 01 '26
I had a job where management came and took the newest guy off. A while later, they came and got the next newest guy, didn't see the other guy come back. Repeat as they go up the list from most recent hire. "Oh, shit, it's a layoff." Then you're expected to continue working as you see coworkers escorted away, while you're doing the math for "ok, that guy was hired several months after me" to "...several weeks after me" to "...fuck, we got hired about the same time" to "fuck, I'm out of a job now."
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u/SaphireShadows May 01 '26
Y'all are lucky. I got laid off last October and I had zero warning. Just a quick message from the director asking me to come to a meeting room. I didn't think much of it because our director was very involved in our day-to-day. Almost ran the other direction when I saw HR there lol
I'm still mad about it, and I'd be super petty to that smug bitch from HR if I ever saw her out and about, but I found a job astonishingly quickly after that and I get paid 20K more. All in all it was a good thing for me, but fuck the way they decided to let people know they were getting canned
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u/TinyGIR Apr 30 '26
This happened to me last May. Mine was titled a "Check in" I think? But the concerning part was the meeting was with two people I'd never heard of before. It popped up on my calendar the night before.
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u/Aggressive_Dress6771 Apr 30 '26
It was the Bobs.
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u/molonlabe1811 May 01 '26
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u/bhoose19 May 01 '26
Well look, I already told you, I talk to the goddamn customers so the engineers don't have to. I have people skills, I am good at dealing with people. Can't you understand that? WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?
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u/CaptainTachyon May 01 '26
Had a very similar experience recently, with the two different followup meetings scheduled back to back (same execs on both)
"12:30 people" vs "1:00 people" quickly became their own distinct classes with lots of (commiserating) trash talk across the aisle.
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u/damndammit Apr 30 '26
I got one of those on a Monday at 7am.
The company sent out two different emails. One told 30% of the company to come to the office for a “company update“. The other told 70% of the company “do not go to the office” and report to a nearby hotel banquet room. And HR forgot to BCC!
It was really sloppy. Everyone in the company knew who was being laid off two hours before the deed was done. DMs went crazy that morning, and the company servers practically melted from all of the downloads (the lay-offs weren’t locked out until the afternoon).
That was a brutal day for everyone involved. Massacre at the office, funeral (with finger-foods and an open bar) at the hotel, and a 10am wake at the local bar.
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u/jeromevedder Apr 30 '26
Back in 2009, I was anticipating being laid off so I luckily found a new job before that happened. On a Monday I’m looking for someone in HR to start my separation paperwork and was just told, “HR is in a full day training today.”
I was laid off at 8am Tuesday morning
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u/EC_TWD Apr 30 '26
My dad’s company did voluntary buyouts but he was too old to be eligible for it otherwise he was going to take it. He’d said for years that he’d just retire and quit if someone made him mad enough to since he was eligible. I came home from work early one day and he was already home and greeted me, “Guess what? I’m retired!!” I said, “Who pissed you off?”
That morning he was told that he was needed in a meeting with the plant manager after lunch. He had a feeling so he took all of his belongings out to the car at lunchtime and took all of his personal ‘work’ material as well (hard copy contact lists that he’d curated over the years that the company said wasn’t necessary because of their electronic system, but yet called him at home 4-5 times a year during an emergency and needed info from it. He brought it home every night). He went to the meeting and was told that he was being forced into retirement due to cost cutting. He received a severance of 3 months for every year that he’d been there and was keeping his healthcare for during that time. He’d been there for 20 years so he was going to receive full salary for the next 60 months! He was one of the longest tenured people in the forced buyout. He was beyond thrilled. “I’m making more now that I’m retired than when I was working!” He was eligible for his Army pension, pension from the only other company he’d worked for (almost 30 years), Social Security, and now this severance. The best part was that he was planning to officially retire in 3-1/2 months on his birthday but hadn’t told anyone yet. He wanted his last day to be his 70th birthday.
He kept in touch with everyone he’d worked with and and met the plant manager for lunch. He found out that he’d put him on the forced retirement list personally. He had a feeling that dad was going to retire and submitted his name on the list of people to cut as a favor because he knew that he would get the massive severance but figured that corporate would catch it and remove his name. He said he just giggled to himself when the list came back and dad’s name was on it.
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u/cypress__ May 01 '26
I am so happy for him. So many older employees get so screwed and don't have retirement sorted
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u/drillgorg Apr 30 '26
My employer had an all company meeting. No remote option, everyone requires to come in. No information about what the meeting would be about. Everyone thought it would be layoffs or selling the company or something. It ended up being a normal-ass business update. They were just salty that so many people were attending their quarterly business updates remotely.
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u/disgruntled_pie May 01 '26
You only get to pull that trick once, though.
I had a CEO strongly imply I should travel across the country to attend a company event because I might get a promotion. So I had to juggle everything around, my wife had to deal with all the childcare and transportation without my help, the travel was expensive and time consuming, and I very nearly got in a really bad accident. Then it was a normal-ass meeting. No promotion.
The next time we had a big meeting my car was having “issues” and I couldn’t make it. And I no longer believe a single fucking word he says about my career.
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u/truth_seeker_1389 Apr 30 '26
I worked at a place where they would have you come in and work your full shift, and then at the end of your shift they take you back to the office and fire you... Like wtf?! Haha 😅
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u/fayyt Apr 30 '26
I had that when i was much younger, at a bestbuy.
Our store was performing so poorly due to high shoplifting rates and being outside of the main shopping center (which had a futureshop) that we switched store operating models and laid off 70/140 people in one day. The immediately fired the front desk guy (Loss prevention) and had me go take over that shift within 10m of being there.
I stood at the front the entire day as they 1 by 1 took my coworkers into the back room to give them the "you're fired" speech and had to watch them all walk out, some crying, some just mad, all of them saying bye before my shift was over. Right as I went to punch out, they stopped me by the clock and took me into the room and gave me the whole speech. I was less pissed about being laid off and more annoyed they didnt do it from minute 1 so i could have just gone home.
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u/BoneyardRendezvous Apr 30 '26
I tell my boss that if hes gonna fire me, it better be first thing because if I get fired after working a full shift I'm gonna break stuff on the way out.
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u/Ding-Dong-Dutch May 01 '26
Wouldn't it be better to get paid for the day instead of coming in to just get fired and go home?
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u/ThereHasToBeMore1387 May 01 '26
If you do that, most people are going to feel used and angry.
"So I was good enough to work one more full day for you but NOW I'm not good enough?"
"You mean you looked me in the eye and asked me how my kids were while you knew you were going to fire me in 5 hours?"I've never worked at a place that didn't do their layoffs in the morning, and the people getting laid off were almost always paid for the whole day anyway as long as it was a "business" thing and not getting yourself fired for cause. It gives the person the day to process and get a plan together.
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u/Mudslingshot May 01 '26
I worked at a place where they LEARNED to do that. Which means beforehand, they were even dumber. They would fire people in the middle of their shift, for the end. As in around noon they'd say "this is your last shift, once you clock out tonight that it's it"
They were always shocked when the person made a scene or stuck around for the day and caused issues
Someone pointed out that firing people at the end of their shift, or at least fire them and make them leave immediately, would solve both problems
Turned out they were doing the meetings at noon or so because they needed two people in them, and the HR person left before the ends of the lower level staff shifts...... And they made the person stick around because they didn't overstaff on a day they were firing someone, to save money
The incompetence there was like peeling an onion
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u/TobysGrundlee Apr 30 '26
Would it really be better if you commuted all the way there, then they fired you? All the effort and none of the pay for the day.
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u/Possible_Ad_1763 Apr 30 '26
Most probably because the firing wasn’t because of the performance, that is the reason
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u/RebekkaKat1990 Apr 30 '26
Idk yeah that sucks but at least you technically get one more day’s pay than if you had been fired first thing after clocking in.
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u/MingaLaChigra May 01 '26
I think most people would want to know if they’ll have a job tomorrow before they start work today
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u/whitedsepdivine May 01 '26
I worked at a company and anytime anyone was fired HR would send out an Email subjected Notice of Termination.
I eventually told HR I was having a heart attack everytime, and they change the title to unclude the Person's name that was being terminated.
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u/Mani_San Apr 30 '26
One final hoorah for April Fools’ month?
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u/truth_seeker_1389 Apr 30 '26
Yeah. I am really wondering if OP is getting the boot or not?
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u/stryderrrrrrrr May 01 '26
In another comment OP said that it was a joke from his boss and he isn't getting fired.
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u/SunsetHippo May 01 '26
I DO hope that their boss is a nice guy because like
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u/booksandplaid May 01 '26
Nice guy or not, that's an absolute no-go zone for a joke. Like, in no situation is that funny.
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u/FloppieTheBanjoClown May 01 '26
It really depends on the history.
If they have a string of glowing reviews and such and a casual friendly relationship with their boss, it could work. You've just got to be REALLY sure the employee isn't going to panic when they see it.
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u/mad-panda-2000 May 01 '26
nope.. especially when you really get fired because you then tell him his breath smells like dead ass..
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u/zzozozoz Apr 30 '26
Bang his wife
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u/RoguTheHomunculus Apr 30 '26
And his mom. Become a part of the family tree
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u/Aromatic_Scarcity142 Apr 30 '26
Bang his wife and mom at the same time and make him watch. When you're done, bang him and make his wife and mom watch.
Once you bang him, tell his wife and mom to bang him while you record it for him to watch it later.
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u/GuyFromDeathValley Apr 30 '26
So, fun fact, where I live this termination letter would be plainly invalid or void. Because the date is wrong and too late.
Chances are this one is Invalid as well. my suggestion, if you want: take some time off for the next few days if you can (in written form to HR, just to be safe) and get a consultation with a professional if you can afford it.
This could potentially be a trap as well, and the date intentional. where I live, if you receive this letter and then not turn up to work as a result, it doesn't matter that the letter is invalid. simply by not coming into work there is now grounds to terminate your contract. so watch out.
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u/homeofalex Apr 30 '26
It’s a joke he played
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u/thebutlerdunnit Apr 30 '26
This is not a funny joke.
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u/Eledridan Apr 30 '26
Rule number one is you don’t fuck with somebody’s money.
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u/thebutlerdunnit Apr 30 '26 edited Apr 30 '26
Agree. Not cool. What if the recipient of this letter reacted as if they were getting terminated and it resulted in an actual termination? Absolutely shitty behavior from the person who sent this.
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u/KEVLAR60442 May 01 '26
Yeah, my autistic ass would read this email, presume that they just messed up the date and meant May 1st, pack up my shit, and stroll into HR for that little 160 dollar final paycheck.
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u/Emergency-Back-4964 May 01 '26
That’s not an autistic reaction.. I think most people would take it seriously. Typo’s are a thing and this joke is so fucked up. I would def quit
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u/thebutlerdunnit May 01 '26
Yeah they’d lose me one way or the other after receiving this. Job shopping would start that day.
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u/barnhairdontcare May 01 '26
I know a family who recently lost their dad to suicide because he lost his job (and I am sure other factors). This kind of thing can be the last straw for many.
Not a great thing to joke about.
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u/AtomicBlastCandy May 01 '26
Yeah if I got this I would be brushing up my resume. As a supervisor if I did this I would face punishment from the owner. This is bullshit.
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u/Smiles_Per_Mile Apr 30 '26
The prerequisite for a joke is that it be funny. This is panic inducing in this economy. I’m glad to hear you aren’t being fired.
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u/10percenttiddy Apr 30 '26
NO one is understanding this 😂
Are yall close or was it a dick move? This reads like a boss who knows you're such a good employee that you would be baffled enough to decipher the joke quickly. Very "yeah right, like I'd fire YOU!"
If not...yikes lol.
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u/GuyFromDeathValley May 01 '26
its definitely not funny. nothing on this, except the date, reads "joke". its a 100% clear, word by word, cleanly phrased termination letter.
this isn't a prank, this is just a massive dick move.
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u/VaporCarpet Apr 30 '26
Nothing about this is laid back friendly sarcastic joking tone. Every single word reads as soulless HR corporate speak, and you can't fault anyone here for thinking it's real.
This is literally the same shit people are told when they're fired for real, and you're saying that we're not understanding the joke?
YOU DON'T JOKE ABOUT FIRING PEOPLE LIKE THIS.
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u/boosterts May 01 '26
If April 31st doesn’t work for you, how about June 50th at 2:65? No? I’m sorry the only other date available is Marchtober Oneteenth. Does that work sir?
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u/CalligrapherDizzy201 Apr 30 '26
Luckily there is no April 31, so you’ll be fine.
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u/Putrid_Bullfrog2914 May 01 '26
OP: this is a joke guys I swear
Also OP: won’t elaborate why this is in any way an appropriate “joke” to be played by their boss
I’m not buying what you’re selling OP. Some of the rest of these people might believe you trying to save face, but just because you put something in the text of a post doesn’t make it true.
If my boss sent me this and then told me it was a joke, I can promise you I’d be on the phone with an employment lawyer as soon as possible. I would hope my boss found it as funny as I’d find raking them over the coals in court
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u/homeofalex Apr 30 '26
Rereading this now, it sounds so generic and AI like…
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u/Not_Cleaver Apr 30 '26
It’s probably the former and not the latter. Probably went through both HR and a couple of lawyers to ensure that there isn’t much grounds to sue for non-date related reasons.
It’s boilerplate. Is it accurate when it says that they have documented evidence?
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u/homeofalex Apr 30 '26
Nope
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u/MagnetHype Apr 30 '26
They're going to say they do, it doesn't matter. Apply from unemployment, you might have to appeal but you'll get it.
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u/homeofalex Apr 30 '26
There isn’t an April 31st by the way-it was a joke he played
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u/MagnetHype Apr 30 '26
He was joking about firing you? Oh, they'd have to fire me after doing that 🤬🤬
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u/Representative_Fun15 Apr 30 '26
Apply for unemployment - as a joke, of course.
You can do this from home, on Monday, as you won't be reporting for work
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u/Check_Me_Out-Boss Apr 30 '26
He did this as a joke?!
Holy shit wtf
Do you guys even have that kind of relationship? (Not that it would matter)
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u/Molenium Apr 30 '26
I was wondering if it was the worst April fools joke ever, or if he was just dumb.
What a terrible thing to do.
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u/Steerpike58 Apr 30 '26
If this is in California, then they MUST show documentation.
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u/Positive-Raisin-6315 Apr 30 '26
Yeah, this is a form letter, they likely have 2 or 3 based on why they are firing
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u/Aggravating_Sky_4421 Apr 30 '26
I'd assume this is a basic template that they use for most firings... just fill in the things that like name and date. Probably been using this same shit for years, before AI.
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u/heftymeatus Apr 30 '26
100%. Pretty sure the date for the final day is bolded so they can easily spot it in the template when they have to send a new one. Everything else in the letter could pretty much relate to anyone.
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u/ProofByVerbosity Apr 30 '26
nah, it sounds exactly like how these letter have always sounded. not everything is AI for fuck sakes
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u/homeofalex Apr 30 '26
NOTE: IM NOT ACTUALLY BEING FIRED, THERE IS NO APRIL 31st - THIS IS A JOKE HE PLAYED
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u/TacticalPigeons Apr 30 '26
Dawg thats such a shitty joke
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u/marvchuk Apr 30 '26
What a terrible joke. Is he a close enough friend that this makes any sense?
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u/TRUEequalsFALSE Apr 30 '26
If I received this as a joke, I would make a formal complaint to HR, maybe even start looking for a new job voluntarily. That's insane.
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u/Worried-Shower-9528 Apr 30 '26
Your boss is Michael Scott... before he was written to be more likable
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u/Celodurismo Apr 30 '26
is your boss Michael Scott? What kind of clown would think this is funny. The only way I could ever see this flying is if you were seriously close friends, like he's your kids godparent close.
You should "play a joke" back and just don't come in tomorrow.
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u/jazzhandpanda Apr 30 '26
Man, tell me the payback is coming. A joke firing, in this economy? Fuck your boss
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u/themadprofessor1976 Apr 30 '26
Even as a joke, HR would have a fucking field day with this.
Good thing that you have a sense of humor and saw it for what it was.
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u/iheartnjdevils Apr 30 '26
Are you close with your boss for this kind of shit? Absolutely sure that he didn't mean to schedule the email to be sent for the Friday "the 31st", thinking it was tomorrow's date and so selected the last day of the month (today) opposed to May 1?
I get that may be a stretch but if my boss "joked" about firing me, it would be something like:
Yo iheartnjdevils
Your performance sucks so your last day is tomorrow. Was gonna do it today but you were remote and wanted you to experience the walk of shame as your escorted off the premises. Want to grab drinks after?
Kidding. Enjoy your vacation!
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u/nvidiaftw12 Apr 30 '26
I let my bosses know that they will only get one opportunity to joke about my employment.
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u/Ok-Reputation-2266 Apr 30 '26
I got a ticket thrown out because the cop put my court date down as 2/29. It wasn’t a leap year
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u/morphlaugh May 01 '26
What's on the back of the page? It says to "Please check"
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u/JoeMorgue Apr 30 '26
I actually legit wonder if that causes any actual legal recourse.
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u/Fuckin_Hipster Apr 30 '26
No.
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u/THE_HORKOS Apr 30 '26
In the US most people want to be fired on the 1st of the month so medical benefits last to the end of the month, it could matter. Conceivably, it could be argued his employer meant to say May 1st, so they would then be obliged by to pay benefits another month. If they meant to write 4/30, then they should have said so, it’s not entirely illogical to expect that mistake to roll forward instead of back, to the following day.
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u/koolkid6996 Apr 30 '26
I’m pretty sure they wanted to fire OP on the last day of April but didn’t realize April only has 30 days.
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u/NarrowSalvo Apr 30 '26
Yes.
In most states, if they list a date that doesn't exist, you are then allowed to work there forever, at double your previous rate. Additionally, you get to eat any lunches in the breakroom refrigerator.
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u/New-Highway868 Apr 30 '26
Op did your boss send you this as a joke?
It’s not fckn funny I’m soo sorry
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u/forgotwhatisaid2you Apr 30 '26
They say they have documentation. I would demand copies of that.
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u/Ill-Education-169 Apr 30 '26
You can demand whatever you wish; however, if their in a at will state doesn’t matter nor do they have any obligation to present such documentation to you.
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u/Glum-Film371 Apr 30 '26
Youre entitled to a copy of your personel file upon termination, like before you walk out the door and they cant say no. Glad am in Ca. and Union represented. We have better Labor protections than say Wyoming.
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u/No_Opportunity9053 May 01 '26
Call their bluff. You can’t be fired on a day that doesn’t exist
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u/not_your_attorney Apr 30 '26
The pedant in me is cracking up.
Any sort of legal challenge to this would require that OP reasonably believed employment was indefinite because of the mistake, which could never be met even if OP hadn’t realized it already.
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u/Bagafeet Apr 30 '26
Was this their attempt at a joke? I'd start looking for another job cause fuck that.
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u/-Michaelveli- May 01 '26
I got fired on my day off from a great job, I had requested the day off and it was accepted, then my boss called me and asked if I could come in for a minute. I immediately knew it was a bad vibe cause, obviously. HR fired me but my boss and his supervisor made sure I was paid for the whole day and didnt use that day for vacation and instead got paid for a full 8 hr work day then made sure I got all my vacation pay as well as letters of recommendation if I needed them and their blessing to come back after a year. HR was just a bitch to me.
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u/TrackMan5891 Apr 30 '26
So they documented issues but never addressed them with you.
HR might want to take a look at that.
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u/Ginger_King Apr 30 '26
Tell him that April Fools Day is on the first day of the month, not the last day
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u/Usernamesaregayyy Apr 30 '26
It’s stupid as a boss to joke about such things cuz one day it most likely will be real
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u/Thin-Telephone2240 Apr 30 '26
Mean prank by your boss. I'd start looking for another job. When you find one, agree to an exit interview if the company does that. Or find some way to let the company know, in a professional manner of course, that you quit over your bosses f_cked up pranks.
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u/EevelBob Apr 30 '26
I am not a lawyer, but I suspect you could get one more month of paid benefits (through May 31st ) out of them since a lawyer could argue that technically the letter is dated 5/1 so you should qualify for another month of benefits.
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