Today, my boss quit, leaving me as the only structural engineer at my company. I'm fresh out of college and will have to finish the projects on my own. Hope Google can teach me how to do this. FML
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Today, my boss quit his job and stopped coming in without warning. Guess who just inherited his tasks and responsibilities without the training or pay associated with his manager role. I was hired last year as a junior system admin. FML
Today, I was informed that- despite an already skeletal staff- my supervisor is leaving the company. Tomorrow. FML
Today, I've been working towards a management position at my IT job for 9 years. My boss quit, so I thought, "This is my chance!" Nope, our department got outsourced and now I'm interviewing for my own job on Monday. FML
Today, I got an email from the person I'm supposed to start an internship with next week, saying they're leaving the company. This has been planned since October and will be a year long. Now I have to try to sort things out as quickly as possible if I want to graduate on time. FML
Today, after spending months building my boss 3 websites and finishing them, I was fired via a short email, saying she didn't need my help anymore. I only worked for her for 3 months, so basically I stopped being useful when I finished her websites. 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, my boss hired a new meat cutter because our old one stopped showing up for work. After he put the smock on, I told him what needed to be done. Without saying a word, he walks over to my boss, hands him his smock and says, "I quit." Guess I'm on my own. FML
Today, I just started working in my core job domain, and all the guys working with me are giving up on their their jobs, because there's no future for it. It sucks being a mechanical design engineer in a country full of IT companies who just want us to convert. FML
Today, it's my first day as the boss, after waiting months for this promotion. Today is also the day my replacement, who I trained for three months, quit. Now I've got two jobs for the price of one. FML
Today, my boss gave me a new assignment at work: go online and look for my own replacement, then interview him. FML
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nzhx 23
Being the only one, you would be considered the head of structural engineering, correct? So request a meeting with the heads of your company and talk about hiring some new recruits, or at least sending you to a proper training.
castleofg1ass 19
Well its the company's responsibility to give you training so maybe talk to the CEO or the head of company
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smoothies14 32
A large part of an engineering program should be to teach problem solving skills. If your degree is any good, you should be able to handle it fine. Obviously your employer thinks so.
rldostie 19
That sucks but it's some serious on the job training and experience. You'll be well ahead of the game when it comes to your peers. Besides, lots of jobs rely on Google. More than most would like to admit.
thecrazymancan 17
Except that she's a structural engineer which means that she engineers buildings. Let's hope that college she went to taught her well.
katachristic 19
didn't Google teach you how to college? I fail to see the problem here. :P
Jryan952015 7
Sounds like you need a raise
logankyng 15
Time to shine
Oh_bother44 11
If you're fresh out of school you should still have connections with some of your professors- reach out to one and I'm sure they'd be happy to mentor you and give you advice when you run into issues
clickme 17
First you bust your ass making the shortest project come in beating all metrics. Then you request a promotion, with a salary increase, and put in for two positions underneath you to fill and manage. Welcome to the awesomeness of circumstance! Ps fill the positions with senior engineers who will make you look like a great manager, then learn everything you can from them
snowflake2410 3
Josh is that you!?! O.o
jaykruz90 13
At least you have a job
pedinhuh 23
Fellow civil engineer here! And to OP, I have to tell you: You are creating buildings now, Lives are at the stake here so you have to be responsible, don't throw your fate on google's hands, that will backfire horribly. Talk to your new boss about it, explain to him that you can't do it.