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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Comments (59)
pedinhuh 23
Then if he says he can't help you, well then I'm sorry but you have to decline this, making buildings requires years worth of experience, this IS NOT something you can learn from Google, if somehow one your buildings that you've signed the plans falls down, YOU will be the responsible for it!
latenerd 11
Um, a structural engineer you say? Could you tell us what structures your company is responsible for building so we can, you know, stay away? That is severely irresponsible on their part.
twice_shy2015 1
Well, actually, you probably don't have your PE if you're fresh out of college. That would make you an EIT, and you're not legally allowed to design structures without being overseen by a PE.
WriterB 3
That's messed up. But in all seriousness if you can pull off finishing the projects that will look great to the company and on a resume. I'm rooting for you
StaticCode 12
Guess you'll have to pay yourself
thesandman92 8
hey, at least getting a promotion won't be as hard
jc1015 25
So if you’re depending on google to teach you how to do your job I gotta ask...what the hell were you doing instead of paying attention in college?