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)
Zaffro 8
Money isn't everything in life.
Zunain 0
Your boss Is an ass for not telling you earlier
berg54 0
I read, Today, I realize I failed at economics and math. I didn't know that $ has different values in other parts of the world. My family now thinks I'm retarded.
jake1632 9
Canadas name came by like this: listing random letters in the alphabet hmm c,eh? N,eh? D,eh? C a n a d a :)
smartness 6
So much for paying attention to the details.
sputink 0
Don't listen to any of the ******* that say you are nuts sure it was a stupid move hower it is kinda careless. However you are in AFRICA its amazing here. I have been working 10 years here from the US I got no regrets. Africa is truly awesome. Andd not being racist but being white here is a boon
goober675 0
if it wasn't for America wouldn't Canada even exist?? I mean rele guys... and FYI I my care how much we are in debt nobody's gonna come to collect :).... lol and yes I hate our gov. I think we should kick everybody out and start over but oh well
kritz0 10
Wtf are you talking about? Do you know shit at all about history or what? We gained our own country in a non-violent way from Britain. We were GRANTED the rights. Americans fought for it. There were colonies in BOTH countries.....are you ******* stupid? For ******* real.
kritz0 10
Oh, and kick who the **** out? You guys were the IMMIGRANTS. The people who are ACTUALLY from Canada or the USA are the Aboriginals... Dumbass.
spartan522114 0
And we got our independence years earlier broseppi.
kritz0 10
Who gives a shit? No one ever talks about the time CANADA won the war against the USA. Canadians even burned down the ******* white house. You obviously are not very educated in the history of your country.
kritz0 10
You're a ******* idiot. Honestly. The American colonies tried to steal from the Canadian colonies. I think you need to go back to school and learn some ******* history about your ******* country's origins. The USA won independence in a downgraded and violent way. Canadians didn't do that, probably because they are far BETTER in ever single sense you can apply.
heyred 11
Didn't read the offer letter, did you?
pinkstar33 0
if you have no electricity how are you posting this?
crazythingslol 2
lol fyl stupid Canadians honestly.
kritz0 10
You are such an ignorant ****. I'm an American living in Canada. I'm pretty ******* sure THIS country does not have to dumb down their tests for the stupid students like tons of the states in the USA are thinking about doing. We actually are DEFINITELY ******* smarter and have a better educational system on a whole. There are always certain idiots in every ******* society. Kind of the type you are representing with that statement. ******* idiot.
spartan522114 0
You just got trolled sir.