Signs you’re about to be fired

[Anonymous]

Employers many times don’t want to pay unemployment as well as want time to find someone to replace you. So they will try to push people out the door so they don’t have to. There are many reasons why a employer would want to get rid of you. Such as poor performance, insubordination, they feel you’re creating s toxic work environment, or they just don’t like you.

1. Cutting hours and responsibilities

This is a pretty major sign that they’re trying to get rid of you especially if they’re giving your old assignments to someone else or hiring new people altogether. If you’re noticing your hours are being cut and your responsibilities are being taken away. It’s a major red flag that they’re hoping you’ll get the hint and leave.

2. Overloading you

This is the exact opposite of the first bad sign. They’re giving you more then you can handle and making you work overtime. Trying to wear you down until you finally quit.

3. Micromanaging

If they’re breathing down your neck and calling you out on every single mistake and they’re not doing this to everyone else. They’re probably fishing for reasons to fire you or trying to get you to quit.

4. Not being promoted or given raises

When you feel stuck in the same old position as you see your colleagues moving up the latter and you’re not. This is a pretty big red flag especially if you’re being demoted. They’re probably looking for your replacement or best case scenario you’re mediocre where you are now. But they’re all likely hoping you’ll find another position elsewhere.

5. Management isn’t friendly anymore

Management isn’t friendly to you anymore. If you’ve noticed that your bosses aren’t being as friendly anymore, maybe they’re ignoring you, maybe they are being sorta friendly but not like they were. It probably means there’s something going on that you. If this is out of character for them this is not a good sign at all. If you feel like you’re getting the cold shoulder it could mean a lot of things. None of them are good.

6. On a PIP plan

If you’re on a PIP plan it could mean they’re wanting to keep you but you need to improve. On the other hand they may be putting you on thin ice or setting you up to fail.

7. They told you they will fire you and you haven’t improved

Sounds obvious right? But unfortunately if you know you haven’t improved much. Expect that they will probably fire you.

In conclusion, if you genuinely enjoy what you’re doing. All hope isn’t lost until you hear those words you’re fired. You could choose to read the writing on the walls, find another job, and resign gracefully. On the other hand you can make improvements. Maybe talk to your bosses on what you need to be better at and show them that this job means something to you and show them you’re willing yo work.

If they haven’t fired you yet. They may be still giving you a chance. Or…. It may be too late and they want to see if you’ll resign so they don’t have to pay unemployment.

[Anonymous]

Former manager. Performance reviews were a HUGE sign we were putting you on notice. We only ever gave them to people not doing their job. It was literally the first step in the list of required things we had to do in order to legally fire someone. It was a three step process---Step 1: we casually chatted about how they could improve and asked them to let us know what we could do to help them and we do it if possible. Step 2--warning, and review process, this time with two managers (aka a witness). This time, they have to sign in blood that they understood that this needed to be taken seriously. Lots of good cop/bad cop. Step 3---you clearly suck and don't like money, so we fire you. You say you had no idea about your job performance, we pull out our witness and your signed paperwork saying you knew we were going to fire you if you did not improve. And you get fired.

[myTake Owner]

I agree and it depends on where you work. Some people given a performance review or a PIP plan. They take it seriously and either improve or find somewhere that’s a better fit.

There’s so many times where companies are forced to hire the bottom of the barrel including in retail and service. There are some people who are just completely lazy and others who do try but you can tell they just aren’t comprehending it

[myTake Owner]

But there are some new people who when the bosses talk to them. Most bosses don’t just yell at people (unless it’s a serious incident) but they don’t take it seriously.

If you’re being talked to listen and don’t make excuses. If you’re trying then communicate you’re trying and let your boss know that you are willing to do anything that it takes to keep your job.

[myTake Owner]

It’s also a major problem because some of the worst people are people you can’t get rid of. Because they are family of the bosses, know someone, are bullshitters and the higher ups for some reason believe it, and in some cases someone’s sleeping with someone.

I had a guy when I worked at a grocery store. The most LAZY person you would ever meet. Cutting corners, constantly calling into work sick, late every day making every excuse including that the cows got out and he couldn’t get to work.

He knocked up the managers daughter and we were stuck

[myTake Owner]

That manager is another story

[myTake Owner]

🤣 sorry for the long winded rants. Retail is nothing compared to law enforcement. I could tell so many more stories about that. But I would have to write paragraphs on that.

[myTake Owner]

And I know because I was a AM for a time (I got the position young) at a relatively small grocery store chain. A lot of people didn’t take me seriously because of my age.

Most of the time I was the good cop while the GM or DM would be the bad cop. Since I dealt more directly with the employees then they did. I did have a few guys who knew how to bullshit though. They would say stuff about me or the other managers that wasn’t true. They tried doing that to me complaining about the department managers. But I didn’t buy it. Constantly going over everyone’s heads going as far up to run to the owners when they had a problem.

Nothing would piss me off more. Because they were just lying to save their own ass and throwing people under the bus.

[KostasKouvalis]

Number 5 happened to me. Literally the same day I got fired, one of my higher ups stopped by and was hella bitchy towards me, and I didn't notice until I got home that she'd removed me from her Instagram. So she definitely knew something.

[myTake Owner]

Noticing changes in behavior from management is definitely a red flag.

If they were friendly and all the sudden are giving the cold shoulder. Oh I’m busy or flat ignoring you. It’s not a good sign at all.

If your boss is always that way…. Maybe it’s better not to work there.

[exitseven]

I have only been fired once. I applied for an engineering position and the owner called me and asked me if I would be interested in a managerial position. I thought I would give it a try. I was there for about 7 weeks. I really only did about an hour of real work every day. The rest of the time I just tried to look busy because I always felt I was being watched. My boss used to put meetings on my schedule and then not show up for them. I would sit by myself in a conference room for an hour. One day my boss said he wanted to talk to me. So we walk into the human resources office and I was told I was fired. I never really found out why and they even admitted that I showed up on time every day and I did everything that they asked me too.

I ended up finding a better job a couple of weeks later. I really did not want to be a manager anyway.

[Myspacepr1ncess]

They are being rude; if they r, then that is a you're fired red flag..

(p. s. that Trump "you're FIRED!" meme is SOOOOO rel8able 2 trump!!! LMMFAO 2 da maxxxx!! 😂😂😂)

[myTake Owner]

Oh yeah. That’s what Trump needs to do when he gets back in though

[Makeushiver]

I agree with you on almost every one of those but I think some can also be the habuits of a bad boss who is just managing badly as much as a sign of impending termination

[myTake Owner]

No as someone else said it’s true. Good management doesn't pull stuff like that. It happens a lot because they want to phase someone out because they are looking for someone else but also need the help.

At the same time they don’t want to pay unemployment among other things like that

[RedInnocent69]

6 and 7 the most. Some of the others are just lousy managers.

[strateguy632]

I disagree with those

[Anonymous]

1, was usually true for me

[myTake Owner]

A lot of times that’s a sign. Once that starts to happen do your best to improve or try to find somewhere else to work.

It could be that they’re getting ready to fire you but need to find a replacement first.