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Tech

Developer Made a Kill Switch That Activated When He Got Fired. Now He’s Facing 10 Years in Prison.

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By Luis Prada
Food

Man Says He Was Fired for Complaining About Employer’s Cheap BBQ Sauce Holiday Gift

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By Jelisa Castrodale
Sex

How to Be There for Your Partner After They Lose Their Job

11.18.19

By Marie Lodi
We Asked People About the First Time They Got Fired

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Some HSBC Workers Just Got Sacked for Pretending to Behead a Colleague Like ISIS

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