Have you ever lost your job?

I lost my job today because the owner(s) of the restaurant I worked at decided to shut 'er down permanently without any notice. No idea why.

Sucks bro.

I haven't had a job yet.

@gamerguru100:

don't feel too bad..at least you have a good excuse at your next employer

Yes, owner of the burger shop I was at sold it to another person. I was told I would be kept on but they sadly got rid of all previous employees.

Sorry to hear man =/

No, I have never lost a job.

Yes, but you know, actually getting fired. Getting fired sucks.

Sorry to hear about your job though. You will find a new one I'm sure.

Thanks. Yeah, I'll find another one. Entry level restaurant jobs are as common as STDs I'm sure.

I have never been fired but I have been layed off due to slow downs. My current job is in oil/natural gas. Things are not looking to good. They have been doing rounds of layoffs and currently I am displaced from working in lab to sitting in security. From about 60+ hours a week to 32.

The perks of being a wallflower cute chick.

Never.

Yup. My very first full-time job watching boilers at a linen-cleaning facility. That was so long ago though.

One time I was selling clothes at a clothing store. I got another job at the docks and went to work there when I was supposed to be selling clothes. The clothes store fired me, big deal, I was making bank at the docks!

Twice, Some years back when the company I worked in reorganized and cut down on people in the business.

And very recently when the price of oil fell and I joined the regions statistic of 65% unemployment.

No but I want to.

Never lost a job but left a few Horrible ones with resignation :)

Yes. It was a mtual agreement :)

Depends on what you call loosing a job. I have never worked for anybody and I have always been my own boss, but if having to close a business qualifies as loosing a job then yes I have lost my job twice so far; shit happens in the world of business, one day everything is all right and the next you are in trouble.

I knew where they were but they weren't mine anymore. Sometimes I decided to let them go and be free. Be free little job, run and be free.

I've lost about 3. Two of them I was fired from for two different reasons. The third was due to the company outsourcing our jobs to a contracting company. Not mad at any of them. Life happens. Sorry you lost a job TC.

That sucks. As for the question, nope. always left on my own volition.

Got fired for a single "no call, no show" when I was 18. I worked for a quick oil change shop my freshman year in college. I had worked there for over a year and that was my first infraction.

@gamerguru100: That sucks. Hope you find another one soon.

I haven't lost a job. At my last job, we were always signed for one year and get renewed for another. I decided not to renew and found another job with better pay.

No, the job was only meant to be temporary, until my portion of the grant ran out. I worked my $400 worth, and then it was over, but I only made $360 because the taxman done took 10% on me!

Sorry to hear that. Never easy to lose one's job.

But no i have never been terminated or lost a job, the jobs i had before studying full time i always quit myself.

I just got laid off 3 weeks ago, actually every year since the last 5 years.. looking for a new job everytime is such a pain. I hate it

Yes, laid off twice.

I've been laid off a few times. First time as at a video store, because I was 16 and kept asking for too much holiday time and barely worked any shifts.

Second time was at Computer Repair shop because they didn't have enough business.

Third time was at a consulting firm where again they didn't have enough business.

I also 'lost' my job as a Research Assistant when I graduated University, but only because the position was only open to students.

Yep, several

Life is unpredictable but thats the beauty of it

@with_teeth26: "Third time was at a consulting firm where again they didn't have enough business."

I hear managers at consulting firm are mostly idiots.

^^^

Yes. I was over it pretty quick.

Yes, when I was 54. had to start over but I made it.

Did it this summer. The shop I worked in got sold to someone else. Everyone had to go.

i do not work

Most of the early jobs were temp contracts.

no, have not lost a job

Fired no. I have been layed off due to no available jobs for a period of 18 months and it sucked. Thankfully this last 1-2 years thinks look a bit better and i got my job back but i dont work full time yet.

Good news. I got a job dish washing at a restaurant in a mall. Starts off at $12/hour. I'll get bumped up to $13 after a year. I start next Friday.

I have been fired from almost every job I've had, I'm not much of a people person. But I'm working on it.

@yoshiyoshi: Come on now, you can do better. Try to find a job that ya like.

,@davillain-: stop looking at me like that, you're eye is mesmerizing!

@yoshiyoshi: My eye is all I see. Seeing is believing. But anyways, a new avatar I shall get soon.

@davillain-: nooooo! I like you're avi!

@yoshiyoshi: Well guess I'll just keep it for now at least.

@davillain-: you like my avi?

@yoshiyoshi: ok I'll change it