The 13 Most Common Reasons Why Employees Get Fired

1. Poor performance

2. Bringing their personal problems to work

3. Being caught lying on their job application or cv

4. Absenteeism or bad time keeping

5. Being caught lying or stealing

6. Sleeping on the job

7. Becoming embroiled in office politics

8. Engaging in office gossip, or complaining about work

9. Sexually harassing a co-worker

10. Refusing to follow orders or directions

11. Unauthorized surfing of the internet, or breach of company email policy

12. Drunken behaviour in the workplace

13. Slagging off their boss or company on social networking sites