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)
Lalala579121 28
Everyone's logic here is flawless. So if I work 50 hours a week but do nothing but sit on my ass, they can't fire me because of how hard I'm working, right?
BrotherPhil 35
Lucky escape - hopefully they won't be able to find anyone else that desperate for experience, and actually have to pay someone.
mine___turtles10 13
Just find a job that has less hours and more pay. You've worked enough at that hell hole
vikky538 29
I know how that feels OP. People treat interns like they are slaves
Hauclir 14
I have worked with people who show up to work and that is the biggest accomplishment they achieve that day.
laden_swallow09 35
Challenge that bullshit! I hope you didn't leave quietly!
KatieeMoe 14
Maybe they were just taking advantage of you. Made you work and when it's done, made you leave.
KatieeMoe 14
Maybe they were just taking advantage of you. Made you work and made you leave when the job is done.
Sparx1_1 16
I don't know what the rules are in Europe but in Canada there's is a limit on the number of weeks you are allowed to be an "intern" after which the company has to promote you and offer full pay and benefits. Its very common here for employers to hire interns for exactly that many weeks and end the internship then bring in a new intern. Maybe your country has the same rules but employers are less honest about it and this is how they get around it.
kiniristimothy 14
Almost no pay ? I thought u don't get paid