Timeline for How to answer "Have you ever been terminated?"
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| Apr 22, 2019 at 20:15 | comment | added | TonyK | To be honest (ha!), in your position I would lie. The odds are in your favour here. | |
| Apr 21, 2019 at 14:43 | answer | added | frankhond | timeline score: 0 | |
| Apr 18, 2019 at 7:35 | answer | added | hkBst | timeline score: 0 | |
| Apr 18, 2019 at 6:06 | history | removed from network questions | user44108 | ||
| Apr 17, 2019 at 21:10 | comment | added | Mefitico | Pretty sure it would be a hassle to deal with an automated system that excludes anyone who answers "yes" to that question. The only acceptable case to do so would be if the position is an internship or entry-level (person got fired from the first job and is very inexperienced). Which is not your case. People with several years in the marketplace are likely to have one or more terminations in their CVs. Also, not every company gets hundreds of applicants for every position. | |
| Apr 17, 2019 at 19:15 | comment | added | Paul | It is easier to explain you were fired for bad work ethic 20 years ago, than to explain that you were fired recently for lying on a job application... | |
| S Apr 17, 2019 at 14:10 | history | suggested | costrom |
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| Apr 17, 2019 at 13:17 | answer | added | xyious | timeline score: 5 | |
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| Apr 17, 2019 at 11:37 | answer | added | einpoklum | timeline score: 0 | |
| Apr 17, 2019 at 8:27 | answer | added | Flater | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 17, 2019 at 5:27 | comment | added | Deepak | I really hope you're not posting this question under your real name. | |
| Apr 17, 2019 at 3:16 | comment | added | Wes Sayeed | @Criggie; Ah I see. I'm in the US (which I failed to mention in my post), and we call that a layoff or a "workforce reduction". But no, I was fired/sacked/whatever 20 years ago on account of being an insufferable, entitled jerk who showed up late all the time and only did the work I felt like doing. My most recent job was a layoff. There is a legal distinction between the two. | |
| Apr 17, 2019 at 3:06 | comment | added | Criggie | @WesSayeed "terminated" means the employer doesn't want you in the job any more. "redundant" means the job position itself is gone. In the former its all about the person, and in the latter its nothing to do with the person so is less bad. | |
| Apr 17, 2019 at 2:57 | comment | added | Wes Sayeed | @Criggie; I don't understand what you mean by "redundancy" | |
| Apr 17, 2019 at 2:41 | comment | added | Criggie | Depending on your location, a "redundancy" is quite different to "being terminated" | |
| Apr 17, 2019 at 0:10 | answer | added | Joe Strazzere | timeline score: 47 | |
| Apr 16, 2019 at 22:48 | history | edited | Wes Sayeed | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 16, 2019 at 21:59 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Apr 16, 2019 at 21:29 | answer | added | Bill Kindig | timeline score: 13 | |
| Apr 16, 2019 at 21:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackWorkplace/status/1118257924630089728 | ||
| Apr 16, 2019 at 20:44 | answer | added | SemiGeek | timeline score: 16 | |
| Apr 16, 2019 at 20:01 | answer | added | Fattie | timeline score: 9 | |
| Apr 16, 2019 at 18:40 | answer | added | mcknz | timeline score: 82 | |
| Apr 16, 2019 at 18:39 | comment | added | David K | You gave us two paragraphs describing why you were fired, which is only ~630 characters. I was able to pare that down and add a sentence or two about growing up and receiving a stellar performance review at your 10-year job, and still came in under 400 characters. If you decided to mention this, you should be able to write up something concise for that text box. | |
| Apr 16, 2019 at 18:27 | history | asked | Wes Sayeed | CC BY-SA 4.0 |