Employers won't fire an employee without a reason. In the case of companies shutting down, redundancies & terminations have to happen, but if you decide to walk into the office one day, grab your boss by the throat and threaten to punch him, it's not surprising that that will be the last day you will be working for him! Managing Directors & HR departments have to do what is in the best interest of a company, and if that means there are employees that are causing serious problems, it leaves them no option but to fire them.

1. 10 ways to get fired
from your job
By Fidelis Partners Recruitment

2. There are many reasons why employees can end
up out of a job & In most cases this could be for
very genuine reasons, but it's possible that you
could be fired because of your own actions.

3. Employers won’t fire an employee without a reason. In the
case of companies shutting down, redundancies &
terminations have to happen, but if you decide to walk into
the office one day, grab your boss by the throat and
threaten to punch him, it’s not surprising that that will be
the last day you will be working for him!
However, you may be a placid, calm individual with no
tendencies to physical violence, but there are still many
ways that you can be fired from your workplace and
damage your career, so here are the 10 ...
*best ways to find yourself out of work.

4. 1: Lying on your original job application or CV
There’s a chance that if you are offered a job that your
background may not be checked initially. It may be a while
before your educational history and professional
qualifications are looked at a little more closely.
Large companies are too busy sorting out paperwork associated
with new arrivals – everything from arranging IT to satisfying
immigration requirements. So when they find out you’ve falsified a
degree from Oxford?

5. 2: Dodgy expense claims
Companies will generally reimburse travel expenses if
you’ve attended meetings & pay for hotels when visiting
business conferences. However, if you’ve been
entertaining clients at ‘private’ clubs and billing it as
dinner or claiming hundreds of miles of petrol allowance
when you only drove six, you can be looking at emptying
your desk quickly on the way out the door.
It’s tempting to add a ‘little extra’ here and there from
your expenses, but if a substantial audit is carried out and
you’ve been stacking up dodgy claims …
expect to be dismissed.

6. 3: Social Media Errors
Are there pictures of you on social media channels when you are
drunk, or in compromising positions? If your boss comes across these
images, perhaps he’ll look at you in a different light. This will lead to
embarrassment at the very least, but what if you’ve been openly
bad-mouthing your colleagues & your job? Have you called in ‘sick’
because it was a lovely day & you wanted to do some shopping and
sit in the park? You’d better think twice before you ‘check-in’ on
Facebook or post a picture of your picnic on Instagram.

7. 4: Theft
Plain & Simple … Theft is going to get you fired.
If you decide to take home a few pens & envelopes from the
stationery cupboard, then we are sure that you’ll be OK, but if
computer monitors start disappearing and end up on Ebay, then
you’re looking at instant dismissal. Not only that, by all rights, you
should be reported to the police for theft.
It’s so easy to ‘borrow’ items from the workplace, but if your
employer finds out, they’ll be looking at you a lot closer when
larger things start vanishing.

8. 5: Surfing & Downloading
Spending your working hours surfing the web (paid for by your
employer) is so easy to do, and it often looks like you are working
while you are doing it. Those shop voucher sites, bargains on Ebay,
shopping on Amazon all take up work time. Your office has probably
got a really fast connection, so why not download films from illegal
file sharing websites & check out ‘adult-oriented’ sites?
If your company internet traffic is monitored or if you’re
found out … pack your bags.

9. 6: Company Information
If you’re sharing company information or using inside information for
your own purposes then this can obviously lead to problems if you
are found out. You may use your personal skills in your own time to
do some outside work to earn a little extra ‘one the side.’ However, if
this could have been for potential clients, or you haven’t cleared
your ‘extra’ work with your boss, this could be seen as a conflict of
interest.
Even worse … You may have been sharing company
information or business specific content that may be part
of a confidential corporate policy. You could be in breach
of your company privacy restrictions.

10. 7: Inappropriate behaviour & prejudices
Freedom of speech is a wonderful human right, but in the
workplace it’s a different matter. Inappropriate comments don’t
have to be sexual or racial either. Remarks to any employees that
are hurtful are frowned upon in any workforce.
Whatever your opinion of ‘political correctness’ it is common sense
to keep your own prejudices, likes, dislikes & opinions to yourself.
Businesses have clearly defined values as to how staff members
should behave towards each other, to clients & to customers.

11. 8: Physical Assault
Simply put … If you take physical action against someone
in the workplace, it’s not just the fact that you’re fired
that you have to worry about, but the legal implications
of a possible assault charge.

12. 9: Under the influence
It’s not unusual for employees to have lunch with a glass of wine or
have a few beers at midday on Friday. People use their best
judgement when it comes to alcohol consumption & a social
lunchtime drink with colleagues on a hot summer day can be quite
enjoyable & a nice 45 minute break from the office.
However, in many jobs, such as construction, driving, medical care
& manufacturing, there is a zero tolerance for alcohol. There is a
huge health & safety risk in these type of environments. If you are
operating machinery or a vehicle, you could kill someone.
In any workplace it’s unacceptable to be drunk (or under the influence of any other substances.)

13. 10: Personal Business, Gossip & Romance
Spending far too much time on personal calls & organising outside
activities can easily result in your future personal calls being made
looking for a new job. We all tend to gossip to our fellow workers,
but who is listening, and who can you trust?
It’s certainly not unusual for workers to become close (and perhaps
romantically involved) but if you begin harassing or stalking a
fellow employee it may become very uncomfortable for them and
affect their performance at work.
The boss may have no option but to let you go.

14. Managing Directors & HR departments have to do what
is in the best interest of a company, and if that means
there are employees that are causing serious problems,
it leaves them no option but to fire them.
Are there any other ways you would think it would be
impossible to keep an employee?