Real Life Stories of Atrocious Workers Who Miraculously Didn’t Get Fired

We all have that one coworker who never seems to do any work and yet always manages to keep their job. Some employees, though, are worse than others when it comes to breaking the rules. Here are some real life examples of terrible employees who inexplicably held onto their jobs.

The American Way

Facilities maintenance company I worked for got taken over by a new company. The new company was terrible to work for. One of the guys was getting really stressed out and since his wife made big bucks she told him to quit.

Instead of quitting he decided to just come and go as he pleased, stole whatever he wanted, used the shop area and company supplies to work on personal projects for his house. This went on for over a year. They promoted him out of his position into management.

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One Two Punch

Back when I was doing my student teaching, a teacher punched a student in the face and did not get fired. In his defense, the kid was 17 and thought it would be funny to rip the wig off of a female teacher who was going through chemo.

The teacher who did the punching was right there and it was pretty much an immediate reaction. Not a single person in that school blamed that teacher for what he did.

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Sleep it Off

She came in still drunk from the night before. Her partner calls the director, who shows up and tells her to get a shower and sleep it off. I work for a 911 EMS service.

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Mary Sue

Co-worker would read Harry Potter fan fiction on her workstation for at least 6 hours a day at 40+pt font size.

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