Today, I went for a job briefing, and after that was told to do some editing for them. When I asked the person whether I was paid for the day, she laughed and said no. She was serious. FML
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Thanksgiving
Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, I went to ask my boss for a raise. He laughed at me and said, "That's hilarious because I was going to ask you if you could take a pay cut!" FML
Today, after declining an amazing job offer that pays more than double what I make now in order to accept a promotion my boss offered me if I stayed, I asked when I would receive the promotion and pay raise. She snorted and said, "You thought I was serious about that?" FML
Today, after a long couple of months working non-stop, I finally got someone to cover my shift. Turns out she was joking, and when I didn't show up for work, I was fired. FML
Today, on my first day of work, my new boss treated me to lunch. Thinking she was really nice, I thanked her for the treat. She fixed me with a cold, unsmiling stare and said, "Oh, don't thank me. I'm being paid to do this." FML
Today, I was getting lunch at a fast food restaurant. My boss was in front of me, and in order to get on his good side I offered to pay. Instead, I got fired because I guess my boss assumed I was making fun of his salary, which I knew nothing about. FML
Today, I was at a local restaurant. When I went to pay my bill, one of the owners jokingly said, "Are you here to apply for a job?" Since I've been unemployed for a while and trying to find work, I said, "What would you like me to do?" She replied, "That was a rhetorical question." I knew it. FML
Today, I called a possible employer I had an interview with about a week ago to see if I had got the job that I have already been trained for. Her response? "Are you sure I interviewed you?" FML
Today, my boss told me they were letting me go because they "could no longer afford to pay me." Never mind the catered lunch they had the day before, which cost more than a week's worth of my salary. FML
Today, I went in for I thought would be an interview for a promotion, but turns out there was no interview set up, and they'd already decided who would be the next manager. 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
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kitzukitten715 0
you could always write it off on your resume as volunteer work if you didn't get the job. other future employers will eat that sh*t up.
kerrygirl 13
that is a screening tool for recruitment and selection...... realistic job previews. You do the job for the day and management and staff choose the person they think they would work the best with
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Comments (42)
FightOfYourLife 0
serves you right for having sex
Byzantinefalopia 5
RIGHT!
tisiphone_fml 0
How much work did you *do*? Are we talking about three hours of example work during the interview, or a full 8 hours? I'm not even in a liberal arts field, and I've been asked to write essays and pass exams during several job interviews. I was certainly never paid for this work, as it was part of the vetting process. I can imagine that they would put some sort of written test out for their prospective editors.
SavageParrot 0
Why would you get paid for it?
Nice_Warm_Soup 0
You do realise that legally you are entitled to pay for any work you do, be it training or not. You obviously should have checked up on that earlier, but if you have proof or something or other that you worked there I'm sure you could make them pay you. Some people make their profit from hiring unsuspecting people and then not paying them, getting a free days work out of it.
southpointchrysl 0
all these ones tht end with "she was serious" are fake.
thebatboy 4
Do the job, then destroy the work "accidentally" and leave and don't go back. If they don't want to pay you, there are plenty of other companies out there.