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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/BusterOtero on 2023-12-14 19:58:27.

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So yeah lost my job, was wondering when it would happen. So been a long time running so here’s my story.

All started at the beginning of this year a new union contract with the company was gonna be signed but before that all I was going for a raise putting in extra work, time, self made projects,

Just when I thought I did enough work and put in for a raise and thought i earned it through my hard work. I’m siting in the office with my manager and engineer, and get the run around literally got told its not like we don’t want to give you a raise, so I was denied.

Motivation crushed, stopped doing alot busy work I’d do stopped looking for projects unless it was normal or on called to do work, or told to do it.

Que in the new union contract now we gotta take tests for raises but also they dropped everyone 1 pay grade so we lost money people were pissed me included

So another big drop in motivation, for the rest of the year I felt like slacking, all the time tried to take a step forward and got a step back, got screwed out of a $1 raise then lose another 50 cents on top of that, I was angry for the whole year then I found my motivation again after they declared we’d get back pay if we pass the tests.

Ended up working 18 days straight over Thanksgiving didn’t get much sleep working nights and having to watch my kid over the holiday week, so I was studying hard sleep depived, nodded off at work from working 12hrs night shift probably nodded off alot those days, passed the tests and 2 days later geting pulled into hr about sleeping and some other stuff, got walked out and told the next day I’m fired after their investigation,

And tbh it’s my only offense I ever had out their but o well.

(TLDR) worked 18days straight watched my kid over holidays 12hr night shifts sleep depived nodded off at work during that time, got pulled into hr and next day fired.