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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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Top comments
Boon_fml 0
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
Start a new life and call yourself "Pete 'O Grande." Get it Spanish-speaking people? Har har har.
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Comments (67)
seanreddog 4
Be more memorable next time (Aka sexing with the boss)
IchBeinEinTier 0
that is the way to go!
bwfc83 0
you must be oh so talented
btrow 0
that's shitty.
rob78_fml 0
You should have done a better job of sucking him off.
Taurus_ChicKa 37
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
That shows hat kind of boss he is.
jerilynski 9
I feel bad, he must have found you very forgettable =/
IchBeinEinTier 0
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
oh yeaahh, kinda depends how long ago OP worked for them too.
kroms001_fml 0
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
you can't sue somebody just because they can't remember you
IchBeinEinTier 0
whatever! i sued chuck Norris once for looking in my direction.
coughdrop 0
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.
KoRn_Freak 1
You should totaly sue him for that. Such a jerkkk! D: FYL