Today, my nephew, who I was assured had previous experience, was closing jobs down on the computer after dealing with the customers on the phone without processing the payment for any of their orders. He’s been working for me for weeks. God knows how much money I’ve lost. FML
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Wild Nights Out
Last call, bad decisions and 3 a.m. texts you'll regret until noon. Cheers.
Today, after years busting my hump for my father's business with the understanding of one day taking it over, he informed me that my nephew, who has never shown any interest in the company, is being brought in to take it over. FML
Today, I gave my son a job as a shelf stacker in one of my stores. He is in his thirties and is so dumb that he has been fired from every other job for incompetence. I don’t want him to starve or lose his flat, but I also couldn’t give him an important job in case he screwed it up. FML
Today, my son is an idiot, but I tried to give him the benefit of the doubt by giving him a job as a cashier in one of my stores. Within half an hour, I was sent security footage from that store's manager showing my son on his phone, ignoring customers, picking his nose, and stealing money from the till. FML
Today, after weeks of my brother being laid off from work, I was able to finagle him an interview for one of the entry level positions at my work. He got the job, only to refuse it because it doesn't pay enough. I thought 9 dollars an hour was a lot more than 0 dollars an hour. FML
Today, I found out my no-work-experience brother has just accepted a 50k/year job. He is still in school and has never had a job. I work as an intern for 11 hours a day, get rude emails from my boss, and have 3 degrees and 5 years work experience. FML
Today, I went to work on my day off for some overtime. I’m not to leave my position until relief arrives. Twelve hours after my shift was supposed to be over, my boss calls me, asking if I can work another 8 hours at a different post, not knowing I’ve already worked 20 hours straight because the system rebooted. I didn’t get paid overtime. FML
Today, I found out that a coworker and I may get laid off soon, all because my boss's niece told him she can do both our jobs all by herself, and for less money. FML
Today, my boss accused me of submitting fraudulent overtime claims. I proceeded to show him security footage of me at my desk for sometimes 18 hours a day, keeping the business from imploding. He then claimed he doesn’t actually have enough money in the accounts to pay me everything I’m owed. FML
Today, I got in an argument with my boss and I dared him to fire me because he has always said he couldn’t run the shop without me. Turns out he was just being nice all this time, my job could in fact be done by his 14 year-old niece with no training in two thirds the time. Yes, he fired me. FML
Today, before closing the library, someone came in to use the computer. He apparently forgot the password to his online banking, eventually getting so frustrated that he grabbed the monitor, yanked it from its cables, hurled it across the room, and stormed out. I don’t get paid enough for this. FML
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Top comments
Lolamae 9
You are responsible for your business, and making sure everyone is trained. Relatives are notorious screw ups, otherwise they wouldn’t be hitting up the Aunties for jobs.
bloopaloop 27
You didn’t make sure he knew how to do it? Trust, but verify.
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Lolamae 9
You are responsible for your business, and making sure everyone is trained. Relatives are notorious screw ups, otherwise they wouldn’t be hitting up the Aunties for jobs.
bloopaloop 27
You didn’t make sure he knew how to do it? Trust, but verify.
lovelyhippos 15
Even with experience, every job is different and requires a different level of attention. YDI for not managing your business properly and ensuring he had all the knowledge prior, as well as following up to ensure he understood his duties.
AmbrosiaFan 19
TRAINING... which means you watch what he does to make sure he does it right. That's a harsh lesson to learn.
guitarherogeek 22
Don’t you train your employees?
rotflqtms_ 21
All jobs I've worked at had training for new hires. Yeah, you could trust your family, but you should also not leave anyone alone to do the job until you at least witness them doing the job properly at least once without guidance from you. Before you even let him go about doing it, you should have verified he could do it. An hour watching him do the job the first few times could have saved you a ton of money.
number1mutt 4
sounds like he was pocketing it.
Hangryko 32
YDI for nepotism.
poopface82 25
And this wasn’t mentioned when you trained him because…?