A woman revealed she got fired from her new job before even starting… and the reason why has sparked a fierce debate online.
The woman, named Alice, from Florida, took to Reddit under the subreddit called Jobs earlier this week to share her disappointment after she was let go from her workplace ahead of her first day.
In the post, she explained that she received the news that the company had rescinded their offer after she failed to show up to work on her first day, which was September 2.
The only problem? Her offer email actually listed the starting date as September 22.
Since she was given the wrong information, Alice took to the internet to ask for advice on how to handle the situation, and it sparked a fierce reaction from other Reddit users.
‘I got the wrong details about the starting date and now I got fired for it,’ she captioned the post.
Alice, who blocked out the name of the company, included screenshots of her emails.
The initial job offer read, ‘Congratulations! I am happy to notify you that your pre-employment screenings have been completed successfully so you may now consider your final offer.
A woman revealed she got fired from her new job before even starting… and the reason why has sparked a fierce debate online (stock image)
‘Welcome to the team … Your start date of Monday, September 22, is confirmed.’
Alice also shared a message from her new employer that said, ‘This email is to inform you that your employment has been terminated effective September 2 due to not reporting to work on the first day.
‘If you have any questions please reply to this email or contact me with the information below. Thanks.’
Alice did not include her reply, but she posted one last screenshot that showed the company acknowledged it told her the wrong start date in its offer email.
But an employee from the company said the correct date was on the contract she had signed.
‘I see that the confirmed email states the 22nd of September, which was my mistake,’ someone from the company said in the email.
‘However, you signed an offer for the 2nd of September. I will ask the hiring manager what they would like to do, but the original offer date was September 2, 2025.’
‘Hey guys please let me know how to deal with this situation,’ the woman wrote.
The woman explained on Reddit that she received the news that the company had rescinded their offer after she failed to show up to work on her first day, which was September 2
The only problem? Her offer email actually listed the starting date as September 22
The company acknowledged it told her the wrong start date in its offer email, but an employee from the company said the correct date was on the contract she had signed
The post went viral, and users were split in the comment section.
Some were quick to take Alice’s side and slam the company.
‘What kind of incompetent moron sends the wrong start date as a “confirmation” and then fires you for not showing up on the wrong date without so much as a “hey, we have you down as starting today, but you’re not here, is everything OK on your end?”‘ asked one outraged person.
‘If they can’t even get this right, what else are they incompetent at? Looks like you may have dodged a bullet.’
‘The recruiter didn’t want to tell their boss about their screwup,’ theorized someone else.
‘Recruiters need to be really good with details and they make “small” errors all the time. Unfortunately, their little boo-boo fucks with somebody’s livelihood.’
‘It’s not only incompetent but inhumane and totally toxic. Even though he knows they f**ked up he still points the finger at our guy here,’ replied another user.
‘September 2 is not a Monday, so whoever wrote the email was explicitly looking at the calendar and actually meant Monday, September 22,’ pointed out a different person.
Since she was given the wrong information, she took to the internet to ask for advice on how to handle the situation, and it sparked a fierce reaction from other Reddit users (stock image)
Others, however, said Alice was in the wrong.
‘If the employment contract/offer letter said 9/2, then it’s on you. As soon as you saw a discrepancy on the date, you should have reached out to the person issuing the offer letter and asked for clarification,’ one user said.
‘I would have verified everything. They screwed up too but its on you to ensure you got everything right,’ agreed another.
‘This is 100 percent on the [poster] for zero due diligence. If they let errors like this pass by without a word, what other careless errors would they let slip by once employed?’ questioned someone else.
‘Maybe unpopular opinion but I think this is your fault. You should have check your offer and have spotted that and sent an email to confirm,’ read a different comment.
