Today, my sister and I heard back from a job we both applied to. I had used the knowledge from my MBA degree to write a six-page essay for the application, while she just copied and pasted hers from a random website. Guess who got the job. 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, while waiting for an interview at the career that I've been spending months tailoring my résumé for, I was thrown up on by my only competitor. Guess who got the job. FML
Today, after I applied for an IT position at work, and a coworker I’ve worked with for 3 years, who said she had no intention on applying, wished me luck and told me, "I hope you get it!" it's now a week later and it turns out she applied the next day, got the offer and accepted. I had to find out a week later from a different coworker. FML
Today, my job interview got canceled. I later found out it's because my sister got the brilliant idea to go talk to the manager to "advocate" for me, and they thought I put her up to it. FML
Today, my ten-year-old sister had to write out my job application because no one can read my terrible handwriting. FML
Today, my sister started a full-time job with a good pay despite having no prior work experience and being a college freshman. Meanwhile, I've graduated with two degrees, have been working two jobs for the last five years, and still can't get a full-time position anywhere. FML
Today, I found out that after interviewing for two jobs at great companies, I was neck and neck with one other person for each position. They both offered the job to the other person. FML
Today, I got notice that I didn't get the new position I applied for at work. After two interviews, pay negotiation and paperwork, as well as years of giving this place all my time, I found out my boss gave it to his friend's daughter, who has no experience or credentials needed for the position. FML
Today, I went to a job interview. I never applied for the job, they'd sought me out, had a phone interview, and sent samples, all before the face-to-face interview. Turns out none of the people I met with had even read my resume or writing samples. I was told I might not be a good fit. FML
Today, my sister felt guilty and told me about the changes she secretly made to my résumé months ago. She'd put "doing your mom" and "corporate espionage" as my hobbies, and "Justin Bieber's pussy waxer" as a previous job. No wonder I'm still unemployed. FML
Today, I was passed over for the job of my dreams. I now have to watch as a girl I have on Facebook - a total moron - boasts daily about scoring the position instead. Turns out the interviewer was her uncle. FML
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Top comments
nichollelovins 18
Work smart not hard.
Morning_fml 22
You're better off not working in a place like that if they don't appreciate real effort and hard work anyway. Hope you find a job, OP.
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ezrajab 22
Sorry op
vikky538 29
That's called luck. Best of luck to your next interview.
hamster135 1
Maybe she has a better personality haha
Xoolander 11
Bottom line is: 6 pages = trash can (Even if you are Einstein. This is 2015 and while you were obtaining your degree, either recently or many years ago, the workforce has been flooded with younger workforce applicants. No time for your application. Too many apps piled up. Someone with an MBA should know trends like this exist. YDI
chucksfriday 21
You should always have a lazy person on your payroll. They will almost certainly find an easier way to do something
sousounator 19
Tell them, she doesn't deserve the job. You do.
zaidthunder1 27
Life's never fair is it?
DesperadoSky 1
well.. i got my job with 2 pages. 1 page of simple details like education background and contact info. 1 page of self evaluation. Simple is power
SpicyLady 17
Not to be mean but I can see why you didn't get it. Job seekers don't have the time or the patience to read a 6 page essay when they have so many apps to go through. It still sucks that you put so much time into it and still didn't get that job though. I bet you can find better.
Catdragon 40
your degree means nothing. it's just a worthless piece of paper.