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Post by The Drunken Communist on Aug 27, 2022 19:56:12 GMT
I know we've got a few know-it-alls experts on here so I thought I'd ask... Given recent events I can't help but notice so many people on this forum use the word "fired", I was always under the impression that this was an American phrase & we always used "sacked" instead, am I wrong about that?
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Aug 27, 2022 20:00:27 GMT
I know we've got a few know-it-alls experts on here so I thought I'd ask... Given recent events I can't help but notice so many people on this forum use the word "fired", I was always under the impression that this was an American phrase & we always used "sacked" instead, am I wrong about that? I always prefer “relieved of his duties”😏 |
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Post by alsagerstokie on Aug 27, 2022 20:12:45 GMT
I know we've got a few know-it-alls experts on here so I thought I'd ask... Given recent events I can't help but notice so many people on this forum use the word "fired", I was always under the impression that this was an American phrase & we always used "sacked" instead, am I wrong about that? I always prefer “relieved of his duties”😏 Go on then what did you do? 😉 |
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Post by Hereward the Wake ᛊᛏᛟᚲᛖ on Aug 27, 2022 20:41:23 GMT
I know we've got a few know-it-alls experts on here so I thought I'd ask... Given recent events I can't help but notice so many people on this forum use the word "fired", I was always under the impression that this was an American phrase & we always used "sacked" instead, am I wrong about that? It's sacked mate, unless you're a fake pretentious wannabe . |
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Post by musik on Aug 27, 2022 21:04:36 GMT
replaced
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Post by rivival on Aug 27, 2022 21:24:24 GMT
You can't sing. "You're getting fired in the morning" can ya =)
Always been sacked in my world.
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Post by pretzel on Aug 28, 2022 4:50:54 GMT
Dismissed
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Post by flea79 on Aug 28, 2022 9:26:31 GMT
Fucked off
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Aug 28, 2022 9:29:56 GMT
Marching orders
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Post by alsagerstokie on Aug 28, 2022 10:48:09 GMT
Let's make this interesting anyone got any stories maybe yourself Oran ex employee you know or even a boss?
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Post by mickmillslovechild on Aug 28, 2022 11:01:20 GMT
Either is perfectly acceptable, as long as whichever you choose is preceded by the words "Michael O'Neill has been.."
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Post by FbrgVaStkFan on Aug 28, 2022 11:01:40 GMT
Also "canned"
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Post by chuffedstokie on Aug 28, 2022 11:21:51 GMT
Either is perfectly acceptable, as long as whichever you choose is preceded by the words "Michael O'Neill has been.." Terminated |
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Post by mickmillslovechild on Aug 28, 2022 11:31:18 GMT
Either is perfectly acceptable, as long as whichever you choose is preceded by the words "Michael O'Neill has been.." Terminated That just gives me worries that "he'll be back" |
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Post by RedandWhite90 on Aug 28, 2022 11:56:03 GMT
Unless you're Vince McMahon, Trump or Lord Sugar the correct term is sacked.
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Post by OldStokie on Aug 28, 2022 12:56:02 GMT
I've been sacked a few times for telling the bosses to "Fuck off!". (I've only been sacked once because I was useless at the job and that's when I was an apprentice moulder at a foundry. They were right to sack me. I hated the job and I was useless at it because I didn't care.) I've also been set on but never hired.
OS.
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Post by yeokel on Aug 28, 2022 13:07:28 GMT
Fired, if you're a pot.
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Post by Seymour Beaver on Aug 28, 2022 13:14:59 GMT
There was definitely a hierarchy at the last place I worked.
Shop floor staff were 'sacked'. Management were 'let go' while Directors always had decided to either 'take a break' or 'pursue other opportunities'.
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Post by wagsastokie on Aug 28, 2022 19:54:13 GMT
Gardening leave
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Post by svengaliinplatforms on Aug 28, 2022 20:37:23 GMT
Left by non-mutual consent.
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Post by alsagerstokie on Aug 28, 2022 21:38:51 GMT
Anyone ever seen someone go in spectacular fashion?
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Post by Goonie on Aug 28, 2022 21:49:37 GMT
I know we've got a few know-it-alls experts on here so I thought I'd ask... Given recent events I can't help but notice so many people on this forum use the word "fired", I was always under the impression that this was an American phrase & we always used "sacked" instead, am I wrong about that? Both British sayings but sacked from the French: The oldest recorded use of the term “fire” in association with losing one’s job by decision of one’s employer comes from Mendip (South West of England). In that case, fire was the consequence of a specific cause (stealing), and was about actually setting fire to the employee’s belongings (who was banished from town, but not set on fire). The Mendip laws of miners were written in the 15th-16th century, so the writing is a bit different from contemporary English Sacked: The probable derivation of this phrase is an allusion to tradesmen, who owned their own tools and took them with them in a bag or sack when they were dismissed from employment. It has been known in France since the 17th century, as 'On luy a donné son sac'. The first recorded English version is in Charles Westmacott's The English Spy, 1825 |
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Post by lagwafis on Aug 28, 2022 22:22:09 GMT
“Put out to pasture”
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Post by turtlefox on Aug 28, 2022 22:58:27 GMT
" have left for other opportunities " We wish them well
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Post by yeokel on Aug 29, 2022 8:23:33 GMT
“Given their cards”.
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Post by marylandstoke on Aug 29, 2022 21:14:31 GMT
From my line of work.
Deciding to go in a different musical direction.
Wanted to pursue a solo career.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2022 2:11:02 GMT
I got fired from a fancy hotel years ago...was the 24 hour bar man, I was 18. The other bar man who hired me used to go to sleep in an empty room leaving me alone. Unfortunately late night guests like company to drink with and tip extremely well also Is rude to turn large amounts of drink down . You can guess the rest.
They didn't say I was fired, just suspended from the premises indefinitely.
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Post by Goonie on Aug 30, 2022 15:40:23 GMT
Yep. Was threatened on numerous occasions with collecting my 'catds and coppers' when I worked down the pit |
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Post by hamsta2 on Aug 31, 2022 0:04:27 GMT
With work hat on it’s dismissed with notice or summary dismissal. Several reasons in law including ‘Some Other Substantial Reason’ which is not widely used but does exist. Reasons include capability due to ill health, gross misconduct, redundancy. That’s not a comprehensive list but it’s late and my covid brain is shutting down.
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Post by hamsta2 on Aug 31, 2022 0:07:03 GMT
I got fired from a fancy hotel years ago...was the 24 hour bar man, I was 18. The other bar man who hired me used to go to sleep in an empty room leaving me alone. Unfortunately late night guests like company to drink with and tip extremely well also Is rude to turn large amounts of drink down . You can guess the rest. They didn't say I was fired, just suspended from the premises indefinitely. I got ‘sent down the road ‘ from a well known supermarket for helping the old dears with their trollers rather than stacking shelves. I had the pleasure a few years later of barring the bloke who did the deed from the pub I worked in for no other reason than he was a tosspot. |
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