I never thought pretending to have a job would actually lead me to this. But after getting fired by email, no warning, no severance, not even a goodbye, I made a choice. I kept showing up like nothing happened.
What started as denial turned into something bigger. And when the CEO messaged me weeks later, everything changed.
This is probably the weirdest thing I’ve ever done, but it still doesn’t feel real.
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So. Last year, I got fired. By email. Just like that. No meeting, no phone call, no warning.
One minute I was working on a report, the next minute I get this cold, two-line message in my inbox: “Your position has been terminated effective immediately. Thank you for your service.” That was it.
No notice. No severance. No transition. Just gone.
But the weird part, that they didn’t revoke my company email. Or remove me from the Slack. Or take me off the calendar invites. Nothing. It was like I still existed in the system.
