Today, I arrived in Africa to start my new job. I agreed to come to a city with little to no electricity, and poor water for triple the money I was making in Canada. I just realized my boss and I negotiated in two completely different currencies, and I'm now making half of what I used to. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, after years of lobbying for a travel job, I'm finally in Africa. Everything I eat or drink comes violently back out both directions. When I don't eat or drink, I pass out. Essentially I have to choose between illness and consciousness. Hello, fabulous new job. FML
Today, I got a new title at work. My boss hyped it up and made it sound amazing, so I accepted. Come to find out it pays 20k less a year and is twice as much work. FML
Today, I accepted a great job offer I've been working months to earn so I can continue to live with my fiancé here in Poland. I just found out that my work visa was denied. Now I have to fly home to Canada and reapply before coming back. This takes a month. My new job starts tomorrow. FML
Today, it was my first day of work at my new job. I got dressed and arrived early, only to find out that the store had closed due to a power outage. Then I found out that the person who'd hired me had totally forgotten about hiring me anyway. FML
Today, I was forced into accepting a "promotion" for a position that pays less than what I get right now. FML
Today, I got a call from a job I had applied for. Everything went great until I realized I had applied to the wrong location, across town. I'm so broke, I went to the interview anyway. It will cost me more to pay for the gas to drive there to work, than what I will actually make. FML
Today, I have manager-level education, an MBA, a second management master's, and I'm on my way for a PhD, but I'm also a migrant who is stuck doing a shitty job because the damn country I have migrated to (Canada) has very little regards for previous non-canadian work experience, even as a manager! I gave up so much for this!? FML
Today, I landed my dream job with an international company. I figured I could work this until retirement, only to find out they hired me to shut down operations in my market. FML
Today, I started a new job. The hours are long, but I didn't mind as I could REALLY use the overtime. Turns out, they don't pay over time. I'm just expected to go "above and beyond for the company." FML
Today, I realized that I spend more money on gas to go to my job than what I get paid. FML
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Top comments
DavLynn 4
well you shouldn't complain, Africa isn't that rich. believe it or not what youre making is worth more in Africa.
jaff23 11
How could you be so stupid? Damn I feel sorry for you.
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Comments (187)
lemonkittens 8
Don't you think you should've checked/noticed this beforehand?
Calyx_fml 22
You're probably still making ten times what the average african makes.
OrgasmicBunnies 9
Why would you ever agree to go to Africa...... That's just.... No... Even if you made 3x your wage what would you buy... A mask? A stick? An underaged prostitute with Aids?
waschaffer 5
I literallly laughed for five minutes at this... just hilarious
IronBrig4 3
YDI for not clarifying which currency you'd be paid in. That would've taken just a few seconds to sort out. By the way, if you want some extra money you could paint my garage. I'll pay you in Confederate dollars. How does that sound?
Pufferfish78 5
Canadian dollar is doing better then US money. He'd still be losing money.
elcieloskyler 5
That's why you read the fine print lol
physicist48 0
You're an idiot. You didn't check that ahead of time?
kroekdog 7
Soo... You went to AFRICA to WORK and make MORE MONEY? Yep that was a bad call.
allenhouse3320 0
you shouldn't go to Africa to help in the first place
ogplusog 4
Be happy it wasn't Zimbabwe... you might be lucky you're getting half :P Life experience and the money you save could be worth it. I don't make too much at the farm but my inability to spend it means I save twice as much. But life exp. here involves how much fox news I can endure.
KnucklesDeep 5
You are very stupid. In fact, you're so stupid that we might have to invent a new word to describe just how stupid you are.