Today, after being a stay-at-home mom and picking up after my kids for the past 15 years, I got a job rejection letter saying I wasn't qualified. It was a housekeeping position. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I had a job interview and the interviewer assumed that since I'm short, I wouldn't be able to take the garbage out. Yesterday I had another interviewer call me a loser for being a stay-at-home mom. I'm gonna be unemployed forever it seems. FML
Today, I was laid off from my job as a manager. After cleaning out my office, I began clearing my computer. I received an email from HR announcing a job position that opened up. Too bad it was for my job. FML
Today, I received a series of rejection letters from jobs, one after the other. Last night, I stayed up into the wee morning hours to apply to campus jobs I'm not qualified for, because I was classified as a part-time student due to an administrative error. FML
Today, I applied for a new job as a maintenance technician. About 10 minutes after submitting my resume, I received a rejection letter. My girlfriend is their HR person. FML
Today, after spending thousands of dollars and several years pursuing a higher education so I could get a high paying job doing something that requires skill and brainpower, I finally got my first job offer after months of searching. I will be cleaning houses. FML
Today, I tried to get a job at Walmart. My mom was the hiring manager. She turned me down due to lack of work experience. FML
Today, I received a letter telling me I'm not qualified for a job I've been unofficially doing for the last three years. It's the fourth letter I've gotten since applying. I guess it wouldn't be too bad if I didn't have to train the new person who got the job instead of me. FML
Today, I applied for a job as a dishwasher. I was denied because I don't have enough experience. FML
Today, I received a rejection letter from a job I desperately wanted. Yesterday, the job offer I'd been stalling on in while waiting for news about this one expired. FML
Today, after losing my job, my apartment and my man, I had to move back in with my mom, at 37. She’s a total slob; I can’t function without clean, organized spaces. So, hey, at least I have a new full-time job now: cleaning up after her. FML
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Top comments
roxi27 0
unless you sent pics of your immaculate house, how the heck are they supposed to know you're "qualified." Living @ home does not guarantee instant martha stewart
null_fml 11
Well no shit. Even if you're the best housekeeper ever, self-taught skills and abilities don't count for anything as soon as you want someone to pay you. You need credentials.
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Comments (49)
pancakes_n_syrup 0
Um..it's not fyl or ydi..you aren't qualified..just because you can clean your own house and raise kids does not mean you're qualified to be a professional house cleaner..sorry to tell you
DrunkenValor 0
Don't you get bored of making generic sexist comments? I mean I enjoy the occasional trolling every now and then but seriously, this isn't even witty trolling.
CFR 0
So what? You've got to go to university for that now too? That sucks...
monnanon 14
you must have to because it was the only damn job i could get once i graduated lol
BuckyC60 0
YDI for thinking that the employer would deem 15 years of cleaning after your kids a sign of good housekeeping experience, he cannot prove it and there is no standard, many people might have a different idea of what are good housecleaning qualities...
ragsy 7
Barefoot and pregnant isn't much of a resume.
Tubasaurus 0
None of the trolling on this website is witty. These trolls are weak.
Tubasaurus 0
Unfortunately, personal home experience doesn't count for anything. The employer doesn't know that you have done this, and not even showing him your house would prove anything.
SquidUlysses 0
How does picking up after your kids make you in any way a qualified housekeeper? Heck, if you have kids, chances are you spent most of your time cleaning up their messes, not actually keeping a house clean the way one would pay to have it kept clean.
BikerMike 0
Employers are ****** up. When I graduated college, I sent a resume to this one company. I called a couple weeks later and asked them about my resume. The HR lady told me that they were looking for someone with a couple years experience. A couple months later the same company called me and was asking if I was interested in working with them. I must have somehow gained two years experience in those couple months sitting on my ass at home and drinking beer.
YanksRule 0
they probably kept your resume on file in case a junior position opened up.. probably required less experience but pays less...
roflcobra 4
You're basically like the fat chick at the bar. It's not that she's actually gotten any better looking, but now that it's closing time you come to realize that she looks good 'enough'.
classic1034 1
Aww, I am sorry about that. I hope you have better luck in the future!