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
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Today, after being laid off for over a year, I got turned down for an unpaid internship. I can't even get people to let me work for free. 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, I was let go from an unpaid internship. The reasons cited was that I seemed unhappy at work. No, that's just my face. FML
Today, after working for over a decade at the same place, I was formally written up with two days of leave without pay for refusing to work extra overtime. I've been working over 80 hours a week for four months now and even cancelled some very important plans so I could work every day. 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, I was laid off on the day I was about to put in an offer on a house. This company promised me the world, and I broke myself working to prove my worth. Turns out, I wasn't getting paid for the lunches and breaks I didn't take either. FML
Today, my boss told me I was fired 3 weeks ago because there's no money to pay me, meaning that I worked the last three weeks for free. FML
Today, after trying so hard to get myself back on my feet, I had an amazing interview and I was hired on the spot. I was so happy, until I read the position I was given, and it turns out I didn't get full-time, I got barely enough hours to even be part-time. FML
Today, I’m a supervisor who swore 50-hour weeks were “the minimum.” My team preferred having lives, I missed my quota, and my $10,000 bonus vanished. FML
Today, I got fired from my volunteer job. FML
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Top comments
Hunthas 17
With that dedication they will be working for you someday! Hope you at least got some experience out of it!
walleye9171 3
What a bunch of assholes!!
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Comments (78)
the_aspect 28
keep up the good work and don't give up on finding an another internship.
oathkeeper99 31
I know how you feel when it comes to cheapskate employers, I got let go from my apprenticeship after a year because they didn't want to pay me more than £2.78 an hour (apprenticeship minimum wage), and after the first year it's illegal to pay an apprentice less than normal minimum wage (£5.13). Screw the employers just looking for cheap labour.
mike_BMFOT 3
I'm guessing it was a pretty demanding position being as you were putting in 50 hours with almost no pay, meaning their are allot of people gunning for that position. so if everyone else is putting in more then it makes sense they let you go. I've been to places where hundreds apply and only a select few even get an opportunity.
Witchylady 18
I think they were expecting 100 hours a week.
Cassandra2015 21
if you gave it your all, that's what matters . there's always something else out there . good luck
tranced_ 45
There's a whole chapter dedicated to find out the efficiency of labour hours in Costing and finance done by Chartered Accountants so I suppose you did show up 50 hours but maybe your work wasn't efficient enough ?
Niedermayer_20 12
Time to pick up the slack!
KVYLV 16
Modern Day Slavery . .
MortenM 17
Pretty sure OP chose to accept the internship herself. So calling this modern day slavery is pretty offensive to people who are actually forced into working somewhere with minimal or no pay
Drosophila82 18
Oh, 50 hours only... You haven't made the transition into a robot. That's why.
bheaze 20
Just because you're there 50 hours a week doesn't mean you're doing good work or putting a lot of effort into you're work. 50 hours is a lot of hours a week and therefor a lot of money to pay someone for doing dodgy work. They probably had there reasons for letting you go.