Today, whilst in the last week of my notice period, I was instructed by my boss to tell six new employees that their jobs had fallen through before they'd even started. Later that afternoon, I received a call from my line manager. Guess whose own job has fallen through too. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I was supposed to start a new job. I had accepted a new position with a different company three weeks ago, and gave my notice. At the time, I even trained my replacement. Today, I found out that my new work doesn't need me anymore. So, I'm unemployed. FML
Today, I got a new job and told everyone about it. A few hours later, I got an email from the executive saying I actually don't have the job anymore. FML
Today, I got notice that I didn't get the new position I applied for at work. After two interviews, pay negotiation and paperwork, as well as years of giving this place all my time, I found out my boss gave it to his friend's daughter, who has no experience or credentials needed for the position. FML
Today, I left my job, fulfilling my one month's notice after receiving a job offer from a much better-paying role. After saying goodbye to everyone, I left the building. Not two minutes later, the company who was offering the new job called to say they'd changed their minds, and there was now no longer a job on offer. FML
Today, the guy we'd offered to hire, who had a 2-month notice period, emailed to say he couldn't come after all, because his employer offered to retain him. In this two-month timeframe, we didn't interview anybody else and now we're in deep shit. FML
Today, after being told two weeks ago that my contract would be renewed, my boss managed to tell me that actually he had other applicants for the job. I will be let go, but he offered me two months extra so I could finish the projects he had me working on. FML
Today, after months of tests, I was the only candidate left for my dream job. Then, only a few days before the last meeting before signing the contract, I get a call from HR informing me their co-worker unexpectedly came back from unpaid leave and that they are obliged to give him the job. FML
Today, I got a phone call from my boss, who'd hired me after two months of waiting and begging for this position. A week into the job, the company is closing our store. FML
Today, fifteen minutes before the end of the day, my boss asked me who I was training to replace me. He then said never mind, that it was his job to choose someone. I hadn't indicated that I was planning on leaving the company. FML
Today, after three weeks of my boss telling me how much he appreciates my hard work and has submitted my name up for a promotion, he called me into his office to announce I'm being laid off. FML
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Top comments
lexiieeex3 32
I'm sorry OP : Hopefully you can find something better relatively quickly, that's really shitty.
WaltzingPhanthom 23
Don't tell yourself that you've been fired.
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Comments (44)
MedChew 19
You fell for your ass boss' trick. Double meaning.
WaltzingPhanthom 23
Don't tell yourself that you've been fired.
iwanttogotoparis 26
What a jerk
swanheart 35
That's not karma, that's bad luck. I hope you find another job soon.
fleur_de_fevrier_fml 23
Lots of company don't like to deal with firing people. MY husband's uncle used to be a contractor and his jobs was to travel the country to tell people that they were been laid off. He stopped doing it after a while because although the money was great, it's really a shitty job to do. That said, that was really a bitch unprofessional move of your boss.
Andrewski12 18
It could be because the company is having hard times. But your boss cared about you touch and couldn't face you.
mexican_music 13
The manager's job fell through too?? Aw man!
TheBelt 19
Sorry O.P. Hope you find a better job than that shit hole.
mexican_music 13
shit hole?
Goblin182 27
It must be a cultural difference but I tend to think of "notice period" as the time between informing your employer that you are leaving the job and the day you actually leave. Is this something different in the United Kingdom?
Norja 33
You read my mind! I'm from the UK and as far as i knew, the notice period is the time before you leave. The time just after you start is a trial/probation period.
VeganVampyre 27
Yeah, that's what I thought too. It took me a minute to get it because my first thought was, "why do you care that your job fell through if you were about to leave anyway?"
snarkytruth 37
I think OP means probationary period.
feven 32
Shit boss