Is it normal to get fired from more than 1 job.

So far I've been fired 4 times. I'm 26 yrs old if that makes a difference. The first time I was working as a receptionist for a company for about 6 weeks and all they had me doing was shredding documents and one day they just told me that I was great but that it wasn't the job for me. The second time I saw it coming; I worked at a mobile carrier store and they hired 2 new employees while the economy was really bad and we hardly got any customers, not to mention that I was going thru a hard partying faze and I missed a quarterly sales meeting (i forgot, lol) and that was that. Third time around I was a receptionist and one day after 10 months working there i was let go "without cause" which I suspect is because I had 3 panic attacks at work. The fourth and final time I had been working for 2 weeks at a cosmetics counter at a high end department store and my manager was a total dick and I didn't flirt, giggle and suck up to him like the other slaves who all hated him as well (we were hired all at the same time) but personally I rather maintain my self respect and dignity rather than staying employed based on my sucking up skills.

IIN? Am I just unlucky? Do I suck? Hopefully lots of people have been fired too and have good stories...

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  • andrian007

    Well, these are hard times, but you must shoulder some of the blame. It's unfortunate you got fired for not sucking up to your boss (you did the right thing), but you really shouldn't be missing important meetings like the quarterly sales meeting, it just demonstrates to your boss that you are not committed to the team cause. This is bad everywhere and not just for mobile carrier stores.

    All I can say is in hard times like these, treasure your job. Attend your meetings and please tone down on the partying. You can party hard, but not at the expense of your work! You'll be fine, work hard!

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  • SoccerStud88

    getting fired is too easy these days

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  • Tisgranum

    I've seen really bad employees not get fired so it depends on the job I guess.

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  • AngAnders112

    obviously you don't suck or you'd still be at the cosmetics counter

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    • Tisgranum

      lol

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  • Tehboss

    the problem is that you are not suking WHO you should that will solve the problem ;)

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  • emilydoll

    Lol me too. Finally I have a job that's been kept since November.

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