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Shit. In America (Arizona) they can just straight up can your ass 5 minutes after you show up for work, for no reason even. It's called a "right to work state". I have so much stress knowing any day at work could be my last.

I used to work at a PayPal call center. I showed up a couple minutes early and started logging into all my systems. Just before I went "available" for calls, my manager's like "hey, don't log in, come with me real quick". He was already on a conference call with HR in Nebraska and they took my badge and had security walk me out. (I was fired for a post I made on reddit that hit the front page, so, no need for security... but whatever). I didn't even get to collect my personal items from my desk. I lived with my parents at the time, and they were out of town. So I went home to be alone for a few days.

Edit: I actually still have the album! I forgot that I made an imgur account when I uploaded it

They asked me to delete it, which I regretfully did. I assumed I would be reprimanded, but able to keep my job if I complied. I was wrong.

It was just a few photos of things I did to pass the time while taking calls. Made a massive cardhouse, stacked some coins vertically on each other, made a functioning crossbow using office supplies (they didn't care about this or mention it, so it wasn't why I was fired), and some drawings.

I was fired for "breaking policy" IE, having my phone out on the floor. This was the BS reason they used, because literally the next day, someone posted a bunch of pictures from a birthday party, literally like 3 seats down from where I sat. They weren't fired.

My pictures gave zero indication of what company I worked for and did not include any customer information, I was careful when I took them. The real reason I was fired was that they didn't like the things I said in the comment section. Things like "sometimes customers are a dick, but you just power through it and move on" and how boring and tedious it is.

Edit: I actually still have the album! I forgot that I made an imgur account when I uploaded it

They didn't. Someone on their social media team recognized the layout of the office, and so knew it was their Chandler office. From there, it wasn't hard to know it was me lol. The post was briefly the top post on reddit, years ago, which is how they found me.

This terrifies me. I literally have a panic attack when I have to call out for being sick. I've honestly gone in with a fever before, just so I could throw up in front of my manager and be sent home instead of calling out. It's sickening how much our workforce sucks, pun intended.

Ah, my bad. That's just worse though because Arizona is both lol.