Today, it's been two months since I started a three-year contract at a new job. So far, 5 people have resigned. Pretty sure I've joined a sinking ship. FML
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Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, after getting my dream job and quitting my old one, I was told my position is strictly "experimental" and will only last 2 months. FML
Today, I overheard my boss stressing out over finding a replacement for me. I didn't know I was leaving. FML
Today, I went to ask my boss for a raise. Turns out they are firing 35 people. I wasn't on the list until I asked for a raise. FML
Today, I arrived at work six minutes late due to heavily congested traffic. This is just two days after my boss put out a memo saying that anyone who's late to work from then until the new year will have their holiday bonus pay forfeited. FML
Today, I received an email from a temp agency trying to hire me. Surprisingly, it was the same job I was just laid off from after two years of great employment. They were trying to hire me at half my original salary. FML
Today, my boss admitted that he seriously regrets hiring me, but can't really do anything about it because that would make the senior management question his judgment, making him look bad. So he's just 'putting up' with me. FML
Today, I finally started my job as an in-home caregiver. The man I was hired to care for died two hours after I made it to his house. FML
Today, I showed up for my first shift in my new night job; I now work at an apartment complex during the day and at a gas station at night. It turns out that our biggest problem tenant in the former happens to be my boss in the latter. FML
Today, my coworker insisted there must be an underlying, romantic reason for why I spend so much time teaching him everything, and that I didn't mean it when I told him that's what I'm paid to do. I'm actually supposed to train this guy for three weeks. Two more weeks to go. FML
Today, my life became a lot more depressing. A while ago, some friends and I founded a "Forever Alone" club, because all of us were single at that time. I'm now the only member left. FML
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whatcase 16
Maybe you can try save it!?
BigLatchZatch 14
"Don't go down with the ship, be the one who inflates the lifeboat." -Anonymous
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Comments (49)
christina3466 17
Only 2 years and 10 months left
llamarrama01 21
You work on the Titanic?
PenguinBitch 44
Those 5 individuals will be replaced with five new, fresh ones; eager to do what's best for the company.
R3TROxLOV3 32
Or there's something legitimately wrong with the company. During my first week at my old job, I couldn't figure out why people were quitting faster than my old managers could hire them. After about 2 weeks I realized it was because it was just badly managed. By the end of the summer, they'd hired 200+ people, and of those 200+ people, there were 9 of us who stayed on before we got fed up and quit. If 5 people are quitting in such a short time span, there's something going on that shouldn't be.
whenitdidhappen 14
still better than signing up for hunger games
LowExpectations 30
Signing up for the Hunger Games is compulsory. OP has a choice of whether or not they want to stay at their job.
sdroze1389 31
I thought that you're selected for the hunger games by a lottery unless you offer yourself as tribute
feven 32
I'd say try to get fired, but I don't know what kind of problems that might cause for job searchs in the future. Your call OP
snakesinmyhair 3
Too early to tell, could be a fluke and every company goes through a rough patch that scares people away. Doesn't mean that it's a permanent state. And they are hiring, which is a good sign. Give it your best, maybe you can help then the tide!
worldclassrager 41
Man the life boats! You can probably move up the ranks faster unless they are going under...still wouldn't hurt to look for another job
Cheekiech 12
Or you really smell :)
JaneEffinLane 7
At least your still getting paid. Save your money wisely, if anything happens then at least you'll have a safety net
Chazzzor 10
I sympathize - Been there and done that. Mine was a 2 year contract. The problem was a toxic boss in my case. I should have known there was a problem when during my interview I only spoke with managers - no coworkers.
sweetbliss3 37
I've never spoke to coworkers during interviews. just managers and bosses.