Today, I had to sit here for 8 hours copying and pasting thousands of product codes on a frigging spreadsheet. My job title is not data entry, I'm a graphic designer. FML
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Wild Nights Out
Last call, bad decisions and 3 a.m. texts you'll regret until noon. Cheers.
Today, I spent a ridiculous amount of time working and reworking a design for a client. Eight hours and many tears later, she sends an email saying, "Let's go with the first design. I liked that one the most." FML
Today, my coworkers quietly ditched the project I spent months working on, because typing in numbers into a website "is too hard." Our boss is out, so I have no recourse. Why do I bother? These people hate numbers. FML
Today, I spent all day organizing a list of electronic parts for my boss. I found the easiest way was to color problem parts in the spreadsheet red and okay parts green. After I finished at the end of the day, I found out my boss is red-green colorblind. FML
Today, within the span of one day, the owner of the business I work at said I could write "Technical & Compliance Manager" on paperwork where I was the approver for engineered compliance of product regulatory records, but also that I was "basically just a secretary." FML
Today, my boss dropped a highly important and dense report on my desk that had to be finished by the end of the day. After the initial panic attack and hours of scrupulous work, I finished. She then asked me to pick up the revised copy, where my name was replaced with hers. FML
Today, at work, I had to analyze timecards data and generate a report on the least billed / occupied people at work. I found myself at the bottom. I sent it to my boss too. FML
Today, I worked from 8 to 7 without a break and I'm still not done with my assignment. Meanwhile, my coworker crafted a piece of paper looking like a watermelon slice and posted a picture of herself seemingly taking a bite out of it. FML
Today, I'm jobless and picked up transcription work online. I typed furiously all day. I have made a grand total of $2.06. FML
Today, I got a job in my university library. My job title is technical services. My actual job is pulling off the book label for the scanner and putting a new one on. For six hours a day. FML
Today, my boss asked if anyone knew basic Photoshop, and I volunteered because I once edited memes in high school. Two hours later I was sweating through my shirt trying to remove a reflection from a company head shot while my coworkers slowly realized I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. FML
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OP_here 0
well did u at least design the spreadsheet to look awesome then? :P
yep_me_again 0
yep -- meeee too...#14 forgot to add that after college, you're 100k in debt.
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Comments (29)
jenapher 0
you got paid graphic designer wages for data entry work. quit complaining
I_LostTheGame42 3
That's what macros are for.
BVBARMY1238 9
What do graphic designers do exactly? I have to do a project on them.
friedpwnadge 25
Sounds like they're repurposing their workforce a little too much.
callmeanything 15
I feel you!
thereisonlyone 5
Your job is whatever you boss tells you it is. You get paid graphic designer wages and you have a job. Buck it up and stop sounding so spoiled.
bluelabradork621 10
Office jobs: where what your job title says you do, what you tell people you do, what you get paid to do, and what you actually do are almost never the same thing.
king_endermen 15
I'm going to school for graphic design, my instructor says it gets better
easybree 10
boo hoo you have a job