Today, my boss hired a feng shui consultant for our small office space. I am the only full-time employee besides the owners, and I work as an unpaid intern. My company would rather pay someone to rearrange my desk than pay me to work at it. FML
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Today, my boss showed me how he wants his office redecorating. We have employees on minimum wage and yet he wants a private bathroom, large screen TV, sofa and PlayStation, and a decorative suit of armour, all in an office that’s already bigger than my one bedroom flat. FML
Today, I came home from a long shift at work to find that my roommate had completely rearranged all of the furniture. Apparently the new arrangement is supposed to improve the feng shui of our apartment. My bed is in the living room. FML
Today, my intern was given his own office. I have been asking to move out of my cubicle for nearly four years. FML
Today, I asked my boss if I could have a bigger cubicle. I'm now working in one that is half the size of my old one. FML
Today, despite having made it clear that I'm neither interested, nor I am able to take over the jobs of the 3 members of staff who have recently left, my boss made a "Progress Plan" for me and will check on it weekly. I'm getting paid 1.5 times less than average in my role and he's not giving me a raise because the company is stingy. FML
Today, my boss asked that I add the work of our third coworker's position to my shift because he's never finished his duties. She gave us a 50 cent raise to "babysit" a 60-ish year-old man. I responded to respectfully fire him or pay me 20/hr. His last day is Friday and he doesn't even know yet. FML
Today, my boss expects me to conduct a meeting with a client, give him all the info he needs, and manage his campaign. This is because he fired the "expensive" marketing director and wants me, the intern, to continue his work. FML
Today, as usual, I got to my internship early, did everything my bosses asked. At the end of the day, I was fired after 3 weeks of working unpaid overtime because they found an applicant with more experience for the job I applied to and they wanted to cut costs. FML
Today, my mother spent over $5,000 to fly in a Feng-Shui master, put him in a five-star hotel, and had him walk around our house with a compass, moving things to help improve the "energy flow." Now all I have in my room is an old mattress and lamp. He's coming back tomorrow. FML
Today, my best friend went to my boss and offered to do my job for half the pay. FML
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WTFKuro 0
You gotta worry about feng shui. It's all this negative chi. It's everywhere.
coldplaylive2003 0
Get a real job
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Comments (78)
theskippster 0
i find your failure at life amusing.
wtfxckmate 0
omg, no waaay! my people invented feng shui.
curryndricegirll 0
YDI because you pick the jobs you intern at. You can't suddenly expect them to pay you.
Colby_Colbert 0
how about this: Get a job that pays
speedyb 2
not good...
bollywood_rocks 0
31, That's not necessarily true. I'm majoring in Accounting and Marketing and I got an unpaid internship that had a one year duration. I had to turn it down because there is no bloody way I would work for free for a whole year. The company was new to the area and they wanted me to basically coordinate the marketing and accounting departments. In addition to my full time work as a substitute teacher, I had to turn them down since I wasn't being paid. It would've been good for the hands-on experience if I had taken it though which may be why OP took the internship. That or for college credit.
q_tipperz 0
why are you still there ?
fallenarchangel 0
Lame
I_am_stupid_also 6
Let me guess, the feng shui "consultant" was hot looking and she and boss were gone for the afternoon. You aren't the only one getting screwed by your boss.
nprugby11 0
Anyone who takes an unpaid internship is a bloody idiot, if you're gonna do work, get a damn paycheck for it, even if it's minimum wage. ESPECIALLY IF ITS FULL TIME!