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I moved oversees to work for Facebook, I was excited about the job and started working really hard. I am a person who forgets things easily, so I usually record meetings and later listen to them again carefully to take proper notes. One day a coworker noticed that I am recording, he/she reported it to Facebook and an investigation team started following up on the case. My manager came to me and asked if I’ve been recording meetings the whole time, I was so worried and nervous and said no. There was also no evidence because I deleted the recordings before anyone check my phone. A couple of days later, I had a meeting with the investigation team and decided to tell them the truth, I didn’t want to build my career on a lie, and I lied only because I was very nervous and afraid to lose a career that I moved oversees for. When the investigation team knew about it, and my manager knew, they were shocked. A couple of weeks later, I was fired for “not passing the probation period”. Now I totally understand I was wrong and should’ve asked if it’s ok to record meetings, then later should’ve not lied, but it was a mistake, I was too worried, and later I told them the truth, I could’ve kept lying and no one was able to prove it, but I didn’t. Do you think I deserved being fired? Wasn’t it better to give me a warning instead of getting fired? I moved with my spouse (who quit their job for this) to move to this country and I ended up experiencing the saddest story of my life. I am diagnosed with intermediate depression now.