Work: Today, I finished a very important but annoying presentation...

By TTR - 13/11/2011 00:36 - United States

Today, I finished a very important but annoying presentation that took four hours to complete. Only after writing a paragraph to explain the presentation and sending it to my boss did I realize that I saved the document as "Shit I have to do to get a promotion." FML

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By WorkWeirdo - 30/03/2016 20:26 - Peru - Lima

Today, my boss finally checked the presentation I have been working on for three weeks. She called me into her office, and told me everything was dreadful, and requested me to start from scratch. It's due in half an hour. FML

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By Bottom feeder - 08/01/2016 03:41 - Hong Kong - Ngau Tau Kok

Today, my boss dropped a highly important and dense report on my desk that had to be finished by the end of the day. After the initial panic attack and hours of scrupulous work, I finished. She then asked me to pick up the revised copy, where my name was replaced with hers. FML

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By Anonymous - 28/01/2023 20:00 - United Kingdom - Glasgow

Today, I had a big presentation at work and I was feeling really confident. I'd practiced it over and over and I knew it inside out. But when I got up to speak, I realized I had left my notes at home. I ended up winging it and it was a disaster. FML

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By Anonymous - 16/04/2025 03:00 - United States - Boston

Today, I was assigned to work on a group project with some coworkers. The entire time, one guy insisted on "taking charge" and assigning everyone tasks. He gave me a single task: “Create a 15-slide presentation.” I completed it in less than an hour. He then decided we needed a 100-slide presentation. FML

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By milamadeleine243 - 22/10/2020 14:00

Today, I finished a huge project for work. It took 3+ days and I was very proud of it. Except when I submitted it to my boss, he said that he'd already asked another person to do it. He used that person's project, not mine. FML

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Deadline

By ToxicFamily - 02/05/2025 09:00 - Germany - Porta Westfalica

Today, I have a good job that I like and excites me. I screwed up by bluffing my updates on an ongoing task. Now I think my manager is onto me, as he wants me to give a presentation about my current work. I have to complete 10 days of work over this weekend. FML

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By ev_lyn_aw - 28/02/2017 02:00

Today, I received a company-wide email from my boss, praising a coworker's extra effort at improving our line of business. The coworker's efforts were a direct copy-and-paste of a plan I put together three months ago. No one cared when I gave the presentation. FML

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By PhD student - 10/02/2016 11:57 - Sweden - Stockholm

Today, I worked from home to actually be able to concentrate and make a presentation about my project. My boss then sends me a long email about how he wants us to work in the office, and how important it is for team building, giving me feelings of guilt for actually getting some work done. FML

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By HALIFAAA - 28/12/2014 13:56 - Germany - Braunschweig

Today, my boss sent me a Word document that he wanted me to make into a PowerPoint presentation for him. It was a set of proposals for the board of directors about cost-saving options. The third option was to eliminate my position in the company. FML

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Overachiever

By Is he stupid? - 26/12/2023 08:00 - United States

Today, due to being stressed and overwhelmed by my tasks, I made a mistake and completed a few of my colleagues' tasks as well. When I informed my boss about it, he said that I did an outstanding job, but I shouldn't have messed with other people's documents. As a result, my promised raise is cancelled. FML

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Sunday 13 November 2011 9:06

Don't worry. Your boss probably saved it in a file "Shit I have to read".

FYLDeep 25

Sunday 13 November 2011 9:01

I hope the presentation wasn't about the importance of attention to detail and quality control.

Comments

meladuh 16

Sunday 13 November 2011 15:43

Although you only did it to get promoted, at else you did it.

LennyComa 39

Sunday 13 November 2011 15:49

Honsty is the best policy

iliketurdles 7

Monday 14 November 2011 1:22

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icxiibunnie 14

Sunday 13 November 2011 16:37

Lol you deserved it for not actually saving it as a proper file name for work.

vivaladino 7

Sunday 13 November 2011 17:35

That's what you get for being a smart ass

KiddNYC1O 20

Sunday 13 November 2011 19:00

Would "Company Presentation" have killed ya?

MrIncredibleSME 3

Sunday 13 November 2011 19:26

Cross your fingers and hope your boss has a sense of humor. I'm always tempted to name my files like that with the intention of renaming then before sending, but knowing me I'd forget. A gf of mine saved an english paper as 'stupidho.docx' and sent it by accident. Somehow it never got back to her, but her call was close enough to discourage me from ever doing that.

AmaDeann 3

Sunday 13 November 2011 19:44

that's brilliant! i have that problem all the time. i save things under the strangest names.

bubo_fml 10

Sunday 13 November 2011 20:49

When "buckin'" for that promotion, would you rather spend 4 hours preparing a report/presentation or 10 mins in your Bosses office taking "dictation?" Just curious...(fap...fap...fap!)