{"id":81309,"date":"2026-08-27T23:13:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T23:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/?p=81309"},"modified":"2026-08-27T23:13:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T23:13:18","slug":"i-was-fired-by-email-but-i-kept-showing-up-and-the-ceo-eventually-noticed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/?p=81309","title":{"rendered":"I Was Fired by Email\u2014But I Kept Showing Up, and the CEO Eventually Noticed.."},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-32142\" class=\"post-32142 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Last year, I was fired by email with no warning, meeting, or severance. Strangely, the company never revoked my email, removed me from Slack, or stopped sending me calendar invitations. 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