Today, I found out that my company is paying more for hors d'oeuvres at one party than I will receive for my entire year long internship. FML
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Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, I found out why the temps were not invited to the company Christmas party. The company paid for the regular employees to go to a nice restaurant, gave them nice presents, and handed out substantial bonuses. They keep telling me they can't hire me on because the company can't afford it. FML
Today, I was let go from my internship for "not putting in enough effort". I was working 50 hours a week for almost zero pay. FML
Today, my bosses were boasting about their work-funded retreat, including the $1,800 bottle of wine the company paid for. This would be fine if they hadn't just told me there are no funds to pay me for the work they've got me doing. We are also the biggest company in our industry. 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 boss told me they were letting me go because they "could no longer afford to pay me." Never mind the catered lunch they had the day before, which cost more than a week's worth of my salary. FML
Today, I found out that, because I'm a student, the employees I train make more than me. FML
Today, I found out that the new receptionist earns more than I do. I'm an undergraduate accountant and I've been working there for 2 years. Oh and I started out as the receptionist before I got a "promotion". FML
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
Today, I got a lot of tips at work, but little did I know our boss takes it out of our paychecks. FML
Today, I found out that my university had not accepted the internship I did when I was in college. They placed me in the same bank I interned in, with the same bank manager that I flipped the middle finger at after finishing my internship. FML
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ripgeorgecarl1n 7
You're just an intern. Be glad they invited you. I'd be stoked to go to a party with free expensive shit.
rups 0
Atleast u r getting paid... Better thn a non paid internship...
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Comments (83)
dadof2 4
its called an internship not a job
leadman1989 16
Solution? Take your pants off and have sex with the hors d'oeuvres. Awkward? Yes. Criminal? Certainly. :)
divadro102 16
Are you, by any chance, the same person who dressed in a short skirt, high heels, and ample cleavage to get said internship handled by a gentleman's wife?
lifeisbutadream3 0
That sounds about right. Welcome to corporate America.
captainamelia 5
Mcdonalds pays better!
Bludmagnus 13
I dated a girl that went through a similar situation, and i attended the function I found that out from her at. I was in the men's room, upset for her, when a nice older gentleman asked me about what had me in the state. I told him, and he was taken aback and upset. He turned out to be the CEO of the company, she got a raise... and the person who was behind that situation was promptly fired. It does happen... but sometimes... not because of company policy....
DesLovesA7X 0
when I read that I was like "horse doo vwoz?" and then I realized.
evalynmohr 9
I don't get it at all
mfluffy14 3
internship. not job. internship!
RedPirate 3
Aww you poor baby, that's a real tragedy to get paid for your internship. Think of all those poor sods that have unpaid internships or student-teachers who don't even get a stipend for classroom materials. But that pales in comparison to your plight with food.