Today, I started my new job, and was introduced to my colleague. She seemed old and quite experienced, so I thought she was going to teach me. I was wrong. It turns out I'm a replacement for her daughter, who used to secretly do all of her work for her because she has no idea how to do it herself. 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 began training my replacement at work. She's a senior citizen. She got excited when I taught her how to highlight text on the screen and double-click the mouse because she "never knew how to do those fancy tricks." The job is entirely computer-based. I have to train her for 6 weeks. FML
Today, my mom started her new job; she's now my new coworker. She's already told the other girl I'd said she talks too much, and has berated me for not calling her "Mom" while at work. FML
Today, I got a new job. This would've been a good thing, but apparently, the person I'm replacing was very well-liked around my workplace. All of my co-workers hate me now for replacing someone who I don't even know. FML
Today, I started a new job. After being trained on several obscure computer programs I'm expected to use in just one day, my new boss informed me she's going on a week long vacation starting tomorrow. She's the only other person who knows how this program runs. FML
Today, I got demoted from my manager's position, only to be replaced by a 21 year-old who has never worked in retail in her life. I now have to spend the next month teaching her my job so they can fire me. FML
Today, my colleague introduced herself and said, "I know how nerve-racking first days are!" Which is nice of her, except I've been at this company longer than she has. FML
Today, I got fired from my dream job. I found out today that the girl who trained me lied and taught me how to do things wrong, so that when she got back from maternity leave, she could get me fired and take her job back. My new coworkers were in on her plan from the beginning. FML
Today, I started at my new job. The woman who I'll be working right next to 40 hours a week introduced herself with, "I know what your name is. I know what you're planning, and I've been sent to destroy you." FML
Today, I had the great pleasure of meeting my replacement, who was sitting at my desk in my office. My boss must've forgotten to mention to me that I've been fired. FML
Today, my new supervisor arrived after my old one had transferred away and we had a quick evaluation meeting. As it turns out, I'm not actually a good employee like I thought. I just had a shitty boss who didn't care enough to let me know I wasn't meeting company standards. FML
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Top comments
buck33 14
Tell the boss!
mhopper 13
I'm sure they'll figure that out soon enough. Don't get stuck doing twice the work!
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Comments (74)
hateevryone 15
I would quit. And why in the hell is she still employed?
KiddNYC1O 22
Why quit??
vbmg152 19
Why should OP quit? She hasn't done anything wrong!
vbmg152 19
Usually, the one whom tattles ends up looking bad. Especially if it's an older lady you're tattling on. My advice, do your job and only your job, that way, her lack of skills will show on its own! Then you still have your job and aren't known as the tattle tale that cost an older lady her job!
brewmasterg 34
This, but don't feel bad for costing an old lady her job. No matter her age if she's in a position where she's expected to do anything and doesn't live up to the standard, and instead delegates the work onto her daughter- she's manipulative and you've got to watch your back. Don't end up do her work for her, you've got your own job to do well, not hers. It will soon become clear who actually was doing the work for her and her time will come, so just do your own job really well and make your boss see you're an honest worker. Even more important in this situation because you have a more senior (no pun intended) worker who might get snarky if you don't bend the way her daughter did under pressure. Don't fold!
vbmg152 19
Ignore! I'm an old lady & hit the button twice! Lol!
RockstarRN 10
So when she gets replaced you and your new co-worker can learn together!
ishuvaibhav 4
Don't do her work, she will be fired, SIMPLE!
MrsAlexander83 10
Sounds like they fired the wrong person! This is one of the reasons why I hate when companies allow families to work directly with one another.
TheyCallMeDamien 18
Don't mean to sound harsh but ole girl needs to be fired. The only way I'm doing two jobs is if I'm getting paid twice.
worldclassrager 41
well you start at the bottom and work your way up...it will look up if you a hard worker and try your best...
LuckyLynx7732 5
This is your chance to tell a better qualified jobless friend to put in an application and get their foot in the door.
Piggeldy 1
Sounds like the job I started 18 months ago. I thought it was wonderful that the old and experienced colleague would train me... until I noticed that she had bullied all her colleagues for the last 10 years so much that they deceided to leave. As she didn't have a trainee to do her work for about a year before I started the work simply didn't get done at all. I am still here. As is she. Still being paid about 1 1/2 times my salary. After not showing up for work for four months in a row. While everybody still thinks she is brilliant FML.