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By duko3000 - 06/06/2010 17:36 - Canada

Today, I found out the reason I can't get a job. My previous employer didn't know my name, so when places I applied to called there for a reference, my boss said he had no recollection of me working there. FML

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By Anonymous - 26/10/2010 00:22 - United States

Today, I went to my first day of work in over 2 years. As I approached the boss, he asked me what my name was. Turned out they hired the wrong person. FML

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By Anonymous - 03/12/2015 09:47 - United States - Tualatin

Today, I completed my two-month internship, where I have been working as hard as I could with the hope of being hired. My boss couldn't remember my name, and declined to be a reference. FML

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Who am I?

By lonergirl - 18/02/2015 12:35 - Australia

Today, after being with the company for over 3 years, I realised nobody really knows my name. This was after my boss was walking around a new staff member and couldn't introduce me. Neither could my colleague, who's been sitting next to me for the last 6 months. FML

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By Anonymous - 17/11/2014 16:59 - United States

Today, after driving hundreds of miles to sign the paperwork for my new job, I found out the guy who hired me recently quit, and HR has no idea who I am. FML

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Coming or going

By almost governmental - 05/09/2014 22:02 - United Kingdom - Peterborough

Today, I got a call about a job interview, saying I was hired. I was ecstatic, until they called me back and said they'd called the wrong applicant. They called again later, saying there'd been a mistake and I really was hired. When I went in to confirm it, they said they'd never heard of me. FML

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By Anonymous - 17/11/2016 03:39 - Australia - Cardiff

Today, upon applying for a new job to leave my old crappy job I was informed by my new potential employer that he was unable to hire me because he is friends with my current boss. FML

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Source?

By Anonymous - 05/11/2018 15:30

Today, I accidentally put down the wrong year for my university graduation, so when my prospective boss was checking my references he found no mention of my name in that year's list of graduates. He accused me of faking my qualifications and refused to hire me. It was a 6-figure salary. FML

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Busted

By faulty number - 28/01/2013 23:25 - United States - Port Saint Lucie

Today, I have been waiting for a call from a job I applied for. I soon got a text from my current boss, who doesn't know I'm job hunting, letting me know that the recruiter was trying to reach me. It turns out that the phone number on my resumé was wrong. FML

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Say my name, say my name

By Anonymous - 28/08/2020 23:01 - United States

Today, after being unemployed for over four months, I got a call from a company I've wanted to work for for over 2 years. After they were about to set up an interview, they called me by a different name. After correcting them, they hung up on me. Turns out they had the wrong number. FML

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Policy of truth

By Searsguy - 19/06/2022 14:00

Today, I got fired on my second day on the job. I'd said that I was the former manager of a Sears that had permanently closed. Thinking they wouldn’t call and verify since it was closed, I put it on my resume. Turns out one of my coworkers used to work there for 10 years and said he never heard of me. FML

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Boon_fml 0

Sunday 6 June 2010 23:20

You kind of deserve it.... I'm pretty sure you're supposed to ask someone if they will give you a reference before you put them down for one, so that way they have some notice and aren't surprised when a potential employer calls them.

101393101393 0

Sunday 6 June 2010 23:17

Start a new life and call yourself "Pete 'O Grande." Get it Spanish-speaking people? Har har har.

Comments

seanreddog 4

Sunday 6 June 2010 23:29

Be more memorable next time (Aka sexing with the boss)

IchBeinEinTier 0

Monday 7 June 2010 9:07

that is the way to go!

bwfc83 0

Sunday 6 June 2010 23:49

you must be oh so talented

btrow 0

Monday 7 June 2010 0:05

that's shitty.

rob78_fml 0

Monday 7 June 2010 0:11

You should have done a better job of sucking him off.

Taurus_ChicKa 36

Monday 7 June 2010 0:11

How long did you work at your last job? Must not have been very long if your boss doesn't even remember your name. Either that, or he's a huge idiot...

Bloodberry 0

Monday 7 June 2010 0:30

That shows hat kind of boss he is.

jerilynski 9

Monday 7 June 2010 0:32

I feel bad, he must have found you very forgettable =/

IchBeinEinTier 0

Monday 7 June 2010 9:09

some people are naturally forgetful and absent minded. so maybe it wasn't really so bad that the old boss forgot, just that his stupidity kept OP jobless.

jerilynski 9

Monday 7 June 2010 10:01

oh yeaahh, kinda depends how long ago OP worked for them too.

kroms001_fml 0

Monday 7 June 2010 0:36

OP can sue... yuppp. you just won the lottery if you can prove it. get your old paycheck stubs, contact the places you applied too - blam... cut and dry case.

cupcakejaws 5

Monday 7 June 2010 0:56

you can't sue somebody just because they can't remember you

IchBeinEinTier 0

Monday 7 June 2010 9:11

whatever! i sued chuck Norris once for looking in my direction.

coughdrop 0

Monday 7 June 2010 1:11

Now that you know the reason, call your old boss and politely ask if you can use him as a reference. This will remind him of who you are, and you won't run into this again.