Money, Scams and Work: Nothing for money - FML

Nothing for money

By Anonymous - this FML is from back in 2010 but it's good stuff - United States

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

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Belief_fml 0

Tuesday 15 June 2010 9:10

How is that not illegal? The boss thing I mean.

Mirorbo 26

Tuesday 15 June 2010 9:06

There was no money to pay you? Umm...Darling, I don't see that business lasting much longer.... So sorry all this bad luck piled up on you in one day.

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coolsunshinebear 14

Tuesday 26 February 2013 1:27

Sue

MysticMonkey 9

Thursday 6 June 2013 1:05

Surely there's a law against that

jazs1mba 3

Monday 25 November 2013 0:49

You should contact the police

Baller_Bob 17

Wednesday 19 March 2014 3:48

Sue

TacoCat15 10

Sunday 26 April 2015 20:10

Take him to court

daemonsparta 16

Wednesday 13 May 2015 11:10

lawsuit

ScaredyPoots 6

Wednesday 24 June 2015 17:14

That's incredibly illegal. They have to pay you. I would lawyer up

mha8649 8

Sunday 27 August 2023 1:02

How the hell do you not notice you're not getting a paycheck? Most places hold a week some 2 weeks. You should definitely notice that you're not getting a check.

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