Starting a new job is stressful; you've traded the relative security of whatever job you've just left for the uncertainty of a new one. This entire process, from start to finish, is time-consuming and emotionally draining, leaving you hoping that you'll never have to go through it again… and then you get fired on your second day.
This old bait and switch probably means that either someone realized they didn't have the budget for a new role that they thought they did, or layoffs are on their way. Either way, you're bearing the brunt of someone else's bad decision in an embarrassing and stressful way. Hopefully, your previous employer was a good one and understood your reasons for leaving, and hopefully, you left things on good terms because you're probably going to be going back to them now with your head held a little lower.
This worker shared their experience of being fired over text on their second day to Reddit's r/antiwork workplace subreddit community, sharing screenshots of the text message firing and asking other readers for their advice. Readers responded in the comments, providing advice and deriding the employer's actions.
Read on to see selections of this thread. Next, check out this worker who was almost arrested after they left work, thinking that they had been fired.
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