Work: Today, I discovered my employer is advertising for a contractor...

By YankeeDoodle - 04/03/2010 05:30 - Australia

Today, I discovered my employer is advertising for a contractor position within my team performing basically the same role as myself. Except the pay is seven times more. FML

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By Anonymous - 03/03/2021 20:02 - Australia

Today, I found out that one of my coworkers, who has been with the company for less than a week, is getting a $7k pay rise. I've been with the company for 8 months and still on minimum wage. FML

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By Noname - 29/01/2009 13:06 - United States

Today, I found an ad for my job at my company on an online job board. FML

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Seize the means

By Anonymous - 21/06/2022 00:00

Today, the person recently hired to work in my spot during my days off started at a higher hourly rate than me, after I have been here for nearly three years. I asked for a raise and got a dollar more; meanwhile, my regional counterparts make 4 dollars more per hour. FML

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By Anonymous - 23/04/2024 17:00 - United States

Today, we had two of our longest serving coworkers retire at the company I work at, and they hired two young prospects to replace them. The problem? They asked me to train them both for the next 4 months, cancelling my PTO in the process, and then I learned they were being paid nearly 20% more than I am. FML

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By Anonymous - 27/06/2009 10:11 - United States

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

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By Anonymous - 04/04/2015 12:42 - United States - Clifton Park

Today, I was forced into accepting a "promotion" for a position that pays less than what I get right now. FML

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By Tupac - 18/10/2017 05:00

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

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By David - 02/09/2016 06:01 - United States - London

Today, my boss found out I had applied for a much better paying job. He told me I'd do a better job and make more money there. Then he fired me. FML

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By mackmoons - 10/08/2019 14:00 - United States - Atlanta

Today, I found out someone doing the exact same job as me at work is making $900 more than me on their paycheck. The only reason is because when he messes up, he blames it on me. FML

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Close, but no cigar

By Anonymous - 08/12/2022 10:00

Today, after months of tests, I was the only candidate left for my dream job. Then, only a few days before the last meeting before signing the contract, I get a call from HR informing me their co-worker unexpectedly came back from unpaid leave and that they are obliged to give him the job. FML

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Intoxicunt 5

Thursday 4 March 2010 12:12

Apply for it. :D

lettertjes 0

Thursday 4 March 2010 12:55

This is not an FML, this is an opportunity! Apply for that position! And if you don't get it, negotiate about a better salary!

Comments

bear192008 0

Thursday 4 March 2010 19:28

So, apply for the job. You have experience with the open spot.

sparxva 12

Friday 5 March 2010 0:25

Apply for the job, duh!

cmurphy2 0

Friday 5 March 2010 1:29

Ask for a raise they legally have to pay you the same amount if they are performing basically the same work. Im an HR major I learned about that

JKinIN 0

Friday 5 March 2010 1:45

not at all. Thats the point of merit based pay. they dont need to pay them the same at all

ellensaligo 0

Friday 5 March 2010 2:46

Now I hate to be a grammar Nazi, but this one's driving me mad right now - unnecessary use of the reflexive. "Basically the same role as myself" should be "basically the same role as me". You should only use "myself" when you're both the subject and the object of the sentence, e.g. I'm talking to myself, touching myself, killing myself, punching myself in the face. Anyone else is talking to/touching/killing/punching _me_. Same goes for yourself/you. I'm hearing this kind of hypercorrection all the time, people trying to be a bit more formal because somehow saying "I saw you the other day" isn't polite enough or something. I've lost count of the number of customer service types that have said something like, "I just have a few questions to ask yourself..." I have to stop myself from replying that I'm sorry but I'm the only person who can ask myself questions.

cancergirl 0

Friday 26 March 2010 10:57

actually, it should be 'performing basically the same role as *i*', as in 'performing basically the same role as I DO'. i is the nomnitave, me is the accusative. there's nothing wrong with being a grammar nazi, my personal motto is 'grammatik macht frei', but if you're going to police grammar, make sure you're absolutely correct.

_Dusty_ 0

Sunday 11 April 2010 16:17

While we're on the subject, English also requires that the first letter of a sentence be capitalized, as well as the singular first-person pronoun 'I'. Also, it's spelled 'n-o-m-i-n-a-t-i-v-e'.

DeservedIt 0

Friday 5 March 2010 2:57

I think you're not worth much as an employee. Why didn't you quit and apply for the position? Or threaten to quit if you don't get a raise? Here's why: Either you know you're employer will let you quit and won't hire you back for that position, or you didn't think about doing this. Either way, your pay is justified.

Immature_fml 0

Friday 5 March 2010 4:01

quit and ask for a letter of recommendation saying, "I'm sorry, but this othr job pays more..." then apply for the one your employer set up, using the letter as job history.