Today, I got a call about a job interview, saying I was hired. I was ecstatic, until they called me back and said they'd called the wrong applicant. They called again later, saying there'd been a mistake and I really was hired. When I went in to confirm it, they said they'd never heard of me. 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, after being unemployed for over four months, I got a call from a company I've wanted to work for for over 2 years. After they were about to set up an interview, they called me by a different name. After correcting them, they hung up on me. Turns out they had the wrong number. FML
Today, I got a call from an ad agency offering me a job. I was so excited, because I've been looking for work for a few months now and really wanted to work for them. An hour later, they called apologizing, because they'd made a mistake and offered the job to the wrong person. FML
Today, I got a call and was offered a position with a company that I really wanted to work for. I just had to wait a week to confirm that everything was good to go. Ten seconds after ending the call, they called back and said that they'd called the wrong person. The offer was for someone else. FML
Today, the company I applied for called up congratulating me in getting the job. I was ecstatic. Quickly enough I texted a few mates that I'd got the job. Twenty minutes later they called again, saying the trainee had accidentally called the wrong applicant. FML
Today, after months of job hunting, I finally got a phone interview with a company. Excited, I prepared for the interview and conducted extensive research on the company. The interview ended within a minute. They'd got the wrong person. FML
Today, while despairing over having been rejected for my dream job, I received an email asking me to come back in for another interview. Then they called me to say they accidentally sent the email to all the applicants, and that they definitely aren't interested. FML
Today, I was to have an important phone interview for a job. I got a call and everything went perfectly, and they said I was hired. Later, I found out that one of my "friends" had gotten one of his buddies to prank call me and make sure the line was engaged when the real interviewer called. FML
Today, I called a possible employer I had an interview with about a week ago to see if I had got the job that I have already been trained for. Her response? "Are you sure I interviewed you?" FML
Today, I have been waiting for a call from a job I applied for. I soon got a text from my current boss, who doesn't know I'm job hunting, letting me know that the recruiter was trying to reach me. It turns out that the phone number on my resumé was wrong. FML
Today, I had an interview for a pretty interesting job. Everything was going smoothly until I referred to their company by the wrong name, not once, but three times. They politely corrected me each time, but I could see the resentment in their eyes, especially because it was the name of their main competitor. I probably won't be getting the job, huh? FML
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Doberman101 29
Sounds like that company needs to get their stuff together. But sorry OP. Hope you find a good job one day.
WCARlover 35
I think you dodged a bullet there...
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Comments (73)
bunnybaby100 8
Heck I would say screw working there! If they are that unorganized you wouldn't want to work there anyways!
fmlrulesBolt 14
That doesn't make sense at all
katertott 44
On the bright side, now you know where you shouldn't work. Seriously, if they can't keep it together, then you're way better off without them.
savemeSheehan 8
sounds like someone was pulling a prank
BananaMan844 4
With a company that disorganized, I wouldn't expect great things from them.
JKPwnage 27
I need to know the end of the story!!! I can has followup?
Hermmm 12
I think you dodged a bullet there. Cause if they can't even get their shit together, they don't deserve an employee like you.
amisenho 11
Unfortunately, it can be just as ridiculous the other way around. At my first career job, I was hired immediately after the interview. Being young and fresh out of college, I thought I was just lucky, but, as I continued working there, I found out that the director was cripplingly impatient and wouldn't allow much time for any of the programs he had set up for me. As a result, we weren't able to produce positive results for our clients' projects. It turns out, he had hired me at the last minute because I was his only applicant, and he had waited too long to post the job offer. Good thing you were able to see the incompetence with this company before it became a problem.
godcomplexkid 7
I think it's a test.
kevinwm0 15
Call them back and tell them that they forgot to direct deposit your $20,000 check. If they're equally incompetent, you might end up with a nice deposit in your account!