By speaknoevil1 - 29/01/2016 06:03 - United States - Gainesville

Today, I got call from the manager for a company I applied for. Turns out, he mixed up my friend's phone number with mine, since we applied on the same day, so the manager accidentally hired her instead of me. He said the position is still mine if I want it, but they will have to let her go. FML
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speaknoevil1 5

Hey guys! OP here. So let me explain what happened a little more. My friend and I are studying the same thing and the job is related to our field. I told her that I was applying there because I thought she would do the same thing if she would've found out about the opportunity. She only likes to take initiative when she thinks I'm going to be doing something that furthers my career and takes it like a competition. Anyway, she applied almost immediately after i told her and got an interview on the same day as I did. The mix up was due to a new intern mixing up our resumes since we came in at about the same time and we have similar backgrounds. The manager called and said he would handle it if I wanted to and I was about to say yes (because I was agitated on how unfair it was) and something stopped me. I didn't want to lose a friend over a job and she is quite grudgeful so I don't need that in my life. As fate would have it, I was offered an even better paid internship in Europe working along really great people and I couldn't be happier. Wow this is long but, anyway, thanks for everyone's advice!

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Top comments

RubX 13

It sucks, but you deserve that position

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MadeIn2015 15

Ouch.. Maybe talk to your friend about it first? If they have another position lined up maybe you could keep it. Either way, good luck OP!

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Comments

sunflower_seal 17

Well you must be the most qualified. If you don't take the job they will fire her and replace her soon anyway . Might as well be you

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ulysses94 8

Hm. So, I ask him, explain to me, again, just WHY I would want to work in your haphazard company?

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Cdog96 8

She wasn't gonna get the job anyways, take it

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zaidthunder1 27

If the company hired the friend by accident, maybe they should let her go, instead of letting OP take a tough judgement call. I'm sure that clause must be in the fine print of the employment letter.

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Bliepje 22

i dont know how it works over there, but i find it strange that there was no conversation and they didnt find out before they hired her.

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Mike_Oxhard 14

Don't bother, why would you want to risk a friendship to work for a company that can't even hire people correctly?

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Jets4Life89 4

Don't take it, a company that ***** up that bad can't be on the ball go elseware and save the friendship.

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CoupeDeAce 6

Take the job if you need it, then go above and beyond to help your friend get hired somewhere immediately. or convince her it is in her best interest to quit.

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mrBearBear 11

That sucks, but if she was fine taking the job even though you didn't get hired she should be fine with it happening the other way around.

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