Today, my boss's son is training to take over my job as head translator, after having convinced his dad that he's fluent in Spanish, and that my skills suck. I soon walked in on him using Google Translate on a legal document. My boss refuses to believe me. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my boss got angry at me because my English is better than his. He accused me of trying to steal his management position, and implied that I'll be lucky if I still have a job by the end of the month. FML
Today, I noticed I spend most of my day translating French, German, and other languages for my boss, as he talks to people overseas. As his assistant I make crap money. If I were promoted to a Translator I’d make a lot more. He won’t promote me. In fact he threatened to fire me if I asked again. FML
Today, my co-worker and I were having a conversation in Russian. Our boss overheard us talking, shouted, "I know you're talking about me! I speak Spanish too!" and threatened to fire us. FML
Today, my boss is on the phone with a Russian customer, who keeps saying, "Speak Russian please!" My boss asks me to translate, as he hired me for my knowledge of Russian. He says something, I translate in Russian, then the customer says, "Speak English please!" FML
Today, I was unable to communicate with a customer who only spoke French. As a result, my boss called me a "monolingual idiot." I speak Spanish, German, and Japanese. FML
Today, a client came in and was struggling to speak properly. He said, “Sorry, no good English” so I offered a Spanish speaking colleague who could assist. He frowned and said he was from Greece. He threw a fit and got my manager involved. I got a write up and have to do an online sensitivity training. FML
Today, my English teacher kicked me out of class for being "rude and disruptive." In actuality, I had called her out for having blatantly used Google Translate for several example sentences, all of which sounded as if a semi-literate foreigner had constructed them. FML
Today, my boss brought his son in as our new manager. This kid has zero experience in our industry and yet waltzed into a £75,000 job where his sole responsibility is telling me how to do a skilled job I started before he was born. Plus half the stuff he tries to tell me is incorrect. Cretin. FML
Today, my boss asked me to read through a document. I gave my feedback, saying it seemed like it had been written by an 8-year-old. Turns out it was in fact written by him. FML
Today, I almost got written up for insubordination by my boss. All I did was explain to him that I couldn't help a tourist out because I speak Japanese, not Korean, and that it's not in fact "the same Asian shit" as he seemed to think. FML
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hghrider123456 9
bad time gonna have he translate
hghrider123456 9
bad time have sarcasm with you
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Comments (124)
every1luvsboners 11
Really don't see what's wrong with using Google Translate if it's not your first language. You can go ahead and write your job off, you seem like a pretentious ****-gobbler anyways.
brokenman5 6
Tell him to google **** yourself :)
gc327072 31
a la mierda, if google is correct
CinnamonBunny 16
Jódete.
jasmine2301 25
Hmmm I give your boss two weeks until he begs for you back. :P
outoftown 27
And when he does, tell him you want reinstated with back pay and no loss of benefits or seniority. Oh, and a raise, too.
alycion 39
Or the job is posted because boss an Won't admit he's wrong directly by asking op to take over the position again.
ulissey_fml 22
He can't believe you, because he sees him as a ...hero? hijo ?...
katie1474 4
hijo
ZombieSazza 34
Ok, leave him to struggle, his Father will eventually find out. Also, when his Father is in the room, start a coersation with him in Spanish and he will witness himself how much he sucks. That or just seriously leave him to get overwhelmed by the job where he wants to quit.
ballpython 15
#20 - That would be the best approach. When fighting fires don't use an eye dropper and a cup of water, use a tidal wave.
RedPillSucks 33
That'll only work if his boss knows Spanish or is around witnesses who know Spanish and have the balls to tell the boss the truth.
Dcm210 19
Get a lawyer? Call HR
jrock9093 18
Bosses stupid kids
theonecasey 27
Spooled Little brat is what he is
graceinsheepwear 34
Spoiled too.
theonecasey 27
Spoiled*
alycion 39
There are a lot of Gov contract jobs for translation. Hard part is finding the first one willing to get you clearance. Great gigs, great pay and easy to move to the next when the contract ends. Could use this as a kick in the ass to move onto something great. Not just the gov contract stuff. I've been screwed over by my share of employers, as most people who have been in the workforce have. I've always used it to find a better direction. Not always easy. But it did pay off.