“To err is human to forgive is divine” gets floated around a lot and generally is a good mindset to have, but in a professional setting, there are some errors grievous enough that one can and will lose any potential second chances. 

So one netizen wanted to know what outrageous, career-ending mistakes people had made and the internet delivered in spades. From downright malicious bosses to dangerous slip-ups, all sorts of things can ultimately get a person unemployed. Be sure to upvote your favorites and comment your own stories below. 

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#1

I was opening my packages in the mailroom, using a pocket knife to slice open the package tape. Secretary came in and chatted. We’re both Italian so we gesture a lot while talking.

Sometime after the conversation, the Ops manager came down from his office and escorted me out of the building. Had forgotten the knife in my hand while talking with the the secretary and she made an accusation that I had threatened her with it during our conversation.

Was fired three days later.

I had worked with this woman for almost a decade. Helped her children with their homework etc.

Years later I learned corporate wanted to take down my boss, and started the process by going after his biggest supporters. I was the 3rd domino to fall. After I was railroaded, almost 40% of the branch’s staff left the company. I guess the secretary was in on it, and leapt at any excuse to take me out.

Shame. Really loved that job. And got fired when my first child was due in only four weeks. Was very demoralizing for quite a while.

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#2

Led and recruited a sales team. One of the female sellers admitted that our CEO was sexually harassing her. Got her to confess to our Sales Manager. Found out that more of our female staff had similar experiences so i rallied them as i needed evidence before proceeding. CEO got an ear full from HR. Proceeds to pressure all his female victims until one of them drops my name. I get fired.

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#3

One of the Directors wasn’t happy with some work I’d done, started poking me hard with his finger to punctuate his comments. I punctuated back considerably more forcefully.

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#4

Not exactly a “career” but i worked in a fast food spot that didn’t have any air conditioning, and theres a workers law where i live that states once it gets to a certain temp in the building they legally can’t stay open. I brought a thermometer to work

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#5

Tried to get better pay for my workers. Corporate did not like that.

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#6

I was a part time intern making $9 an hour (USD) and my boss asked if I had any plans for the weekend. I had said I was going to buy a new car (very much old and used as that’s what I could afford) and he asked if I was buying a brand new car. My response was that my budget isn’t big enough for a new car and a couple weeks later during my 1 year review my manager said they didn’t have the work for me and that I was disrespectful for telling the boss I didn’t make enough money. At the time I was living comfortably as a college student just needed different transportation. I tried not to be disrespectful but apparently I was.

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#7

i took a half day off for a doctor’s appointment. it ran longer than i thought. i texted my boss that i’d be a bit later than expected.

i got home 1 hour past the allotted time for a half day and missed a meeting. i was fired the next day. “an hour isn’t ‘a bit.'” i’d been at the company for 6 years. it took me 6 months to find a new job in a different field. but i’m much happier with the work i’m doing now.

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#8

Derailed it a bit, took some years to recover.

Got security responsibilities added to my duties as sysadmin at a small university. Was asked by my boss’ boss, the IT director, to do a security audit. He asked me to report on the audit at a department meeting.

I asked if I could present my results to him privately instead and have him present to the meeting, but he insisted I could take care of it.

My report showed major security holes, demonstrations of tests of said holes and recommendations for patching said holes. Many of the patches were at the level of “change the administrator password from ‘password’ to something less obvious”.

As my political acumen was near zero at the time I didn’t realize how the report on major security problems made the IT Director look completely incompetent in front of the entire department – he had built and configured the campus computer system pretty much on his own, at least in his mind, and was quite proud of his accomplishment.

He suspended me on the spot, demoted me and tried to convince the university to fire me and try to bring me up on criminal charges for hacking into the university’s computer systems.

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#9

Built a castle out of Christmas chocolate biscuit boxes in the warehouse of a major retailer on a night shift and proceeded to fall asleep in it for a few hours.

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#10

Sent an email to someone I thought was helping me, threw me under the bus

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#11

I sent a scathing email about my boss directly to my boss. It wasn’t meant for him. To this day I still have no idea what possessed me to put his name in the address bar. I noticed his name the exact moment I hit send. You have never felt that much panic.

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#12

A guy I worked with was caught stealing 2 cigarettes from a colleagues bag. Was on a six-figure salary. Not any more!

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#13

I was the assistant director at a summer camp. One of the very last nights was a sleepover night where all of the campers were there, but not all of the regular day staff.

Two of the counsellors were caught drinking beer, and in an attempt to weasel his way out, one of them told the head of the camp that I gave him permission to do so (I most definitely had not).

While I didn’t get fired on the spot or have my year end bonus withheld like the other two, I was told I wouldn’t be asked back again for next year where there had already been talks of me being a full director in the future.

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#14

Didn’t get any sleep the night before (answering calls from a store in need) and did not take the next day off when I needed it. Ended up speaking my mind in front of a corporate liason…

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#15

Browsing for another job while at the job

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#16

i saw a video once of a nurse explaining why she lost her job and nursing license – she took a photo of her entire emergency department track board with all the patients names, birthdays, and complaints and accidentally posted it on her public snapchat story. It was meant for her friend but everyone saw it and someone notified the hospital. edit: forgot to add that this whole fiasco was because she wanted to show her friend how the doctor misspelled something

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