Today, my boss quit his job and stopped coming in without warning. Guess who just inherited his tasks and responsibilities without the training or pay associated with his manager role. I was hired last year as a junior system admin. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, it's my first day as the boss, after waiting months for this promotion. Today is also the day my replacement, who I trained for three months, quit. Now I've got two jobs for the price of one. FML
Today, I've been working towards a management position at my IT job for 9 years. My boss quit, so I thought, "This is my chance!" Nope, our department got outsourced and now I'm interviewing for my own job on Monday. FML
Today, my new manager, who I have spent the last three months training, had a managers' meeting and now won't be returning. FML
Today, fifteen minutes before the end of the day, my boss asked me who I was training to replace me. He then said never mind, that it was his job to choose someone. I hadn't indicated that I was planning on leaving the company. FML
Today, my boss was fired by the board. A few days ago, he dropped several strong hints that he was going to promote me soon. FML
Today, I found out that a co-worker of mine that I had originally hired, trained, and mentored to work in my department for the past 4 years had just got the promotion that I had applied for. He is now my boss. FML
Today, my boss hired a new meat cutter because our old one stopped showing up for work. After he put the smock on, I told him what needed to be done. Without saying a word, he walks over to my boss, hands him his smock and says, "I quit." Guess I'm on my own. FML
Today, after working my ass off for months for an open supervisor job at my work, I found out that they hired someone for the position. The guy has never worked for the company before, has a background completely unrelated to what we do, and has to be trained as he knows nothing about what we do. FML
Today, I lost my job to the individual I just finished training. Within 2 hours after being escorted out, my old boss called and yelled at me for doing a lousy job. He was angry that the training was deficient and because the new person is as bad as I was. FML
Today, I started a new job. After being trained on several obscure computer programs I'm expected to use in just one day, my new boss informed me she's going on a week long vacation starting tomorrow. She's the only other person who knows how this program runs. FML
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DmnUall 0
stand up for yourself and life will be fine.
TheWhiteDemon 0
wow for the first time someone is complaining because he GOT a job.
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Comments (76)
EvilDave 13
YDI for not learning what your boss does. Don't you have any ambition?
ulicksam 0
Stop complaining and being an idiot. Learn the job and look ahead to your future. Most people would love to be in your position.
nephilim241 19
as another systems admin I sympathise, I've had 5yrs to adjust/improve and it's not something you can just pick up at the drop of a hat. op's boss may have mad SQL skills whereas op is still server 2008/desktops only, etc fyl.. but yeh this is an opportunity to climb the ladder, put the work in!
DocBastard 40
Totally. I studied RBX for 3 years before I felt comfortable VFing my TGH. Every time the QWV goes down, my CXM totally HLs my UPW! It's so annoying.
TechFire 25
@32 wat
DocBastard 40
I have no idea whatsoever. I'm a doctor, Jim, not a tech guy. I guess I could tell you that my pt's CV was RRR with no M/R/G and his abd was S/NT/ND with +BS and no R/G, but that would make just as little sense, even though that's correct. Freaking Mondays.
LuxAeterna_fml 0
Paging Dr ******.
LuxAeterna_fml 0
Sadface.
Yo_daddy 0
What the hell! no one has a clue what your talking about.......just sayin
LuxAeterna_fml 0
And neither does your comment. =
RedPillSucks 33
OMG WTF, y'all GTFO or STFU. Also, if you dont get this, well EIEIO to you too!
truthinlies 1
congrats on the promotion
mnms7 0
doesn't that mean ur getting more money? WTF u FML-ing about? ppl these days ...
mike3775 39
One job I held once, I was hired as entry level data entry, and 4 months into the job, the owner of the company fired everyone who was in my chain of command(shipping manager, floor supervisor, etc) and I was chosen to become the new shipping manager when I had never done anything related to his job. After 3 months of doing it, I got called to the owners office and was told that I had been doing my former boss's job, I was entitled to his pay level, his perks, and his schedule. I ended up getting a $10/hr raise(retro active to the day of the promotion going from $10.50/hr to $21.00/hr), went from working 6am-5pm to 8am-5pm with hour lunch, a company car, company credit card and within 6 months of that, getting promoted from shipping manager to Director of Sales(instead of shipping the stuff out, I was now in charge of handling customers and accepting orders) with yet another raise. Sadly, the business folded in 2005, but what started out as bad for me really, turned out great, because of it, I landed another job doing basically the same, thanks to someone being fired. Think of this as a trial run, if you do great at it, it could lead to better opportunities in the future. Sure it may suck now, being thrust into a position you know nothing about, but int he long term, it could pay dividends
sikkar 0
You're complaining because you became the new boss ? Ask for demotion please, that's not fair.
isagoal 0
it could be worse op. you could be unemployed.
Ninjafriends 1
Step up to the plate and try and perform. And if you prove yourself capable, you can demand proper compensation. This is an opportunity.
Hopersz 0
Be happy that your boss quit. Now your in charge of taking over his role and will possibly get his pay rate. Hell id be happy if I were you. I dont see what the issue is, just be happy you get to take over his role and do the best you can in w.e. It is your doing. Im pretty sure they will find someome else to come in and train you