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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Packed lecture halls, a sketchy roommate and frat parties: welcome to college, the real thing.
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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All_For_Love 0
Fyl. But at least a promotions in your future!
Ray_of_midnight 23
Acquire the skills, then if the title, formal promotion, and pay aren't forthcoming from your current employer, put the new skills on your resume and look for another job with pay more commensurate with the job duties.
RedPillSucks 33
Not all management jobs are that great. I had a friend who would make beaucoup money because he was paid overtime. The company promoted him. As a salaried worker, he doesn't get paid overtime, so even with his manager raise, he makes less money. I think they did this on purpose.
skyeyez9 25
With the crap economy, businesses are piling multiple jobs on employees with little to no extra pay. They do this to save money and know most people would put up with the bs vs quitting and looking for another job in this economy. All Bosses are assholes.
crazymice 5
why r u complaining this is a great opputrinery to get some money
melibu1984 0
Stand up for yourself. If the duties aren't in your job description and it's a lot more responsibility, you have grounds to renegotiate your contract.
captaincanoe 0
Well I would go to your management and ask them if them giving you all your former boss duties and work is there way of seeing if you can do the job or is it just they need someone to do his duties until they bring in his replacement. If your just going to be the filler guy I would tell them you want to be paid his wage or at l;east overtime or you won't do it. If it's there way of seeing if you can handle is job and get promoted then hang in there you could be in for a promotion if you work hard enough
PGleo86 0
Sysadmin =/= manager. Nothing farther away in terms of duties. Learn about jobs people
redtigerlily 5
You also inherited a much higher wage. Stop bitching.
katmal7789 1
Clearly the op said that he wasn't getting the manager's pay so he has every right to be 'bitching'.
lemonypower 6
yay?