Testimonials: Humorous stories from of job loss and unemployment 72 Articles

by Isabel Routner

There is nothing quite as thrilling as a good firing. I love calling my mother on a Monday afternoon, "Mom! Guess what? I got canned!" She is such a proud parent. I am the master of one thing in my life, I must admit. I...read more

by Michael Greaney

My first job out of graduate school was as something called an "oil scout" in southern Indiana. No, I didn't get to wear a cool helmet or boots or anything, or even visit the seemingly numberless oil and gas wells that do...read more

by Yehuda Harmor

Very generous employment conditions In 1976 after dropping out of University I took a job on the production line at the Ford Motor Company in Petone New Zealand. The job involved "dry sanding" which was hard, monotonous...read more

by Barb Godshalk

I can't believe I've been home for nine months; I have never been home this long. I'm a tax accountant and I admit I'm being picky about where I look. I realize that I also have the luxury of actually thinking about ...read more

by Mike Mulhern

When the clock in my car hit 8:00 I took a deep breath and got out. Funny place for a job interview. The guy said it was a home-based internet company, but somehow I wasn't expecting a real home. There was even a girl p...read more

by Thomas Slatin

The shortest job I ever held lasted only two weeks. I took the job because the ad in the paper claimed that it was an all-outdoor hands-on position working with troubled youth in the wilderness. It appeared to be a job tha...read more

by David Stone

Getting fired from a job is easy, the hard part is putting up with peoples' crap. Those were the words my father gave me on my first day of work as a teenager. I took no notice of what he said until on year when summer ...read more

by Nick Hill

This is how I went from hired to fired in under 30 minutes. It was the summer after my junior year of high school. I was barely 17 and completely ready for employment. There were movies to see, CDs to buy, and trips to...read more

by Desiree O'Nan

During the current year of 2007, I was terminated from a position of special certification, and not to mention, prestige. I was a 911 Dispatcher. The job required multi-tasking, emotion control, EMD and CPR certification, ...read more

by Jasmine Lee

Well, humerous - SORT OF! I have been the Personal Assistant to the CEO of a large organisation for some 9 years. Pretty solid job - so one would think. It was full speed for the whole 9 years, very rarely had holiday...read more

by Margo

I was past my prime and unemployed. Not because I was "let go," but because of my own choosing. How should I put it? Let's see. Oh, yes. I quit! It was unpredictable behavior, but it made sense at the time. I ...read more

by Pat Lunsford

The restaurant was changing shifts when I pulled the drawers from the registers. I was on my way to the office when the back door opened and Frank, the owner, stepped in. "Got a match?" he asked with a grin before relievin...read more

by Regina W

This is an example of having a boss that just thinks she knows everything. Whenever I hear someone is having difficult times at work because of a boss like the one that I had, I share this story with them. I was workin...read more

by Ralston Van Der Schyff

"You've got to have balls to do this job," is what he said. "You will be dealing with very hard-headed, powerful people. So you have to be demanding, brave and audacious!" This was my engagement interview with the cha...read more

by Lao Ke

After graduation from high school, building washers, dryers and refrigerators was the dream "summer" job for many in my decidedly blue-collar hometown. There were two pretty good reasons for that. First, if you were one ...read more

by Mya Ran

Mixed Messages I woke up Monday with a talking head reminding me: "Today is rated the most depressing day of the year", one of those zillion multi media messages we reflect daily, but for reasons unknown, this one stuck...read more

by master jedi bong

Poetic Justice The year was 1994, when rampant power outages were normal day to day occurrence in the Philippines. We have adjusted our time with our US counterparts, that is why we reported for work every night instea...read more

by Rebecca Rinn

Less than three weeks had passed since I signed the lease on my new car (I was under the impression that I was securely employed,) and I received my first "exit interview." The company that had enslaved me for forty hours...read more

by Tia Mccall

I've only had one time in my life that I have been unemployed. And to tell you the truth it really wasn't all too bad. Yes, I admit, not having income to do things I wanted to was no vacation in the Bahamas', but it did gi...read more

by wolf lady hall

I thought my career was settled. I got myself into the "Title & Mortgage closing" business at the age of 26. My first position was in accounting, a safe beginning for me; quickly I worked my way up the ladder to closer t...read more