People share their stories of the worst employees they had to fire

People share their stories of the worst employees they had to fire

We’re used to hearing stories about terrible bosses, but what about terrible employees? These managers have shared some stories about people working for them who were so bad, they eventually had to be fired.

[post_page_title]Sleeping on the job[/post_page_title]

As a senior lifeguard at a very busy public swimming pool, one afternoon I showed up early to my shift. There I found the new-ish young lifeguard fast asleep at the lifeguard tower…I fired her on the spot.

Sleeping on the job

I honestly can’t believe how irresponsible people can be. Both her and the rest of us were lucky nothing happened during her nap. Had a kid drowned on her watch, we would all have suffered consequences much worse than getting fired.

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