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)
linemanjason 9
Those idiots are dumb, first of all a person wanting to learn or get experience working 50 hours a week for peanuts damn them for getting rid of you. Hell a person that's wants to work and learn on the job, should not have to worry about having internship cut early, they have no moral or ethical values as a company. Sorry u had to go through that
nityasomaiya 46
You deserved to have finally been let go, atleast you can shift to a better paying job now :)
DaRito 25
Hours and pay don't justify lack of effort, it's not like you had to take the job.
Ducklord21 14
You shouldn't be slacking, that's still more than zero pay, jk.
menfearme 10
It's one thing to be a hard-working, underpaid intern, but when you're really not appreciated and let go, take it as a sign. You'll be better off someplace else! It can only get better for you! :)
GAMERZxxHD 25
At least you still got practice for the field you are planning on going to! Better than no practice!
frisky7dingo 2
Umm that's a normal internship, you go in shut up and work without any complaint or question.
tossaway2321 5
They probably fired you because you were working too many hours and they didn't want to pay you so much
jqmalang 17
Wow, it's like they didn't even realize how much you've been working for the whole week. That's total crap. I got to hand it to you OP, you did great and you'll do better than they ever did.
exitium16 26
What a shit company.