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    Employee gets fired from his dream job because took 5 holidays in his first month and wonders if there's anything he can do to reverse it: 'It’s just a bad month. But I don’t know what to do. They are saying this will be a final decision.'

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    Olivia Arocena • Writer and Editor
    Jun 29, 2026 7:15 PM EDT

    Sometimes success is just as threatening as failure

    Maybe this doesn't happen to everyone, but it surely does happen to a lot of us. One day, you get your dream job, or your dream partner, or some very good opportunity, and sadly, things start to happen to you, and you can't perform at your best. The worst possible outcome is that you get fired or lose the opportunity; hopefully, something less bad happens, and you can learn from the experience and not let your sabotaging urges win. This seems to be the case for the Redditor who shared this story, where he finally got his dream job after a long period of working two awful jobs and being very tired, and he started getting sick way too soon and way too often.

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      Two models representing the employee excusing himself to the manager

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    • I am getting fired from my dream job. Can I save it?

      So I started as a logistics lead in a company that is well reputed and global. Previously I was working two minimum wage jobs day and night, so having a 9-5 job that is also at a company where I can see my future was life
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    • changing and it has been amazing. I am on Probation rn. 1 month in the position, I have made significant improvements and changed many things around here that makes
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    • the plant much more efficient and that has been recognized by almost everyone here. However, unfortunately I had to take 5 holidays in the first month. That too, call ins. I did keep my
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    • manager always updated. 3 of them were sick leaves taken together, for one of them I even texted hom at 2am that I won't be able to make it. The other 21 took one on Friday and one on Monday. For the Monday one I informed him on
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    • Sunday. These two were due to getting my passport renewed. And I had to work on that ASAP. Now they are firing me for Tardiness/attendance. I am not like this normally. When I worked those two
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       A visual representation of how important the passport was to the employee

    • I remember I got my dream job once, and I was through the roof about it. Suddenly, I started handling communication really badly (something I’m usually pretty good at), and small issues at the workplace became huge dramas. Sadly, I wasn’t able to catch it on time, and I had to learn the lesson the hard way. Of course, it would’ve been helpful if my bosses had been a little more empathetic and let me get used to it until I stopped being so nervous and ruining everything, but they weren’t.  Back then, I was in a pretty unstable period of my life (just moved out of my parents' house, first jobs), and I couldn’t handle everything; but hey! That experience taught me to value stability, to learn to be calm, to prioritize my dreams, and to seize my opportunities! So with time, I started to see that failed job as a success.

    • jobs I rarely took an off. I got only 3-4hrs of sleep and yet I would still always be there on time. It's just a bad month. But I don't know what to do. They are saying this will be a final decision. I did convince them to at least let me
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    • resign but I am really scared and I don't wanna go back to working 2 jobs. Plus one of them wouldn't even hire me again.
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    • Any idea if I can put my case that this is a bad month or should Is kit up and move on? bc
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      A photo depicting how sick the employee was when he took the days off

    • I know this is not exactly reassuring, but even if he is getting fired, with the right attitude and a little bit of luck, it can become a really valuable lesson. You can land an even better job opportunity in the future, for sure. I think he should try his best to lay his cards on the table for the manager and see if he can get a second chance. I don’t think he should surrender so fast. But if he doesn’t get that second chance, I would gather all the support system I had, try to work as hard as I can again in other jobs, and hang in until I get another dream one and never, EVER, waste the opportunity again.

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