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“You’re Fired!”
No one says that anymore — do they?
Have you ever been fired? If you have, it’s one of the most humiliating experiences you can go through in your career.
If it did occur, did anyone actually say, “you’re fired”? Most of my job experience is in the corporate world, where they try to have a “kinder and gentler” way of phrasing it. It’s usually something like, “we have to separate our employment with you.”
Oh gosh, I feel so much better now.
It may be a separation to them, but to you, you were just fired. Now you get to figure out how to put a positive spin on your previous employer's negative experience in your future interviews.
Always be suspicious when you’re called into a meeting with your supervisor, and you’re asked to bring your company-issued laptop and phone.
This is another of my most embarrassing stories that I want to get out of the way while I’m a young writer so I can write more about rainbows and unicorns.
This is just a guess, but I’m thinking the phrase “you’re fired” might be used more extensively among those in lower-paying or minimum wage jobs or in blue-collar jobs. Hell, I’ve even been fired from one of my blue-collar jobs. Fortunately for my ego, they used the phrase, “we have to terminate your employment with us.” But really, I was fired.
