Today, my boss expects me to conduct a meeting with a client, give him all the info he needs, and manage his campaign. This is because he fired the "expensive" marketing director and wants me, the intern, to continue his work. 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, my superior, who went to meet with client yesterday, told me I needed to prepare a detailed list of changes to enhance the design of a marketing video, and refused to tell me the client's feedback they received, then told me I should figure it out myself. It's the weekend, and they want it by Monday morning. FML
Today, my boss sent me to a meeting with a client I've never met to do some damage control and renegotiate his contract. For two hours, he alternated between threatening to sue us, and making vulgar comments about raping me in his office. FML
Today, my boss selected me to be the company representative at an important meeting in Portland with one of our biggest clients. I was thrilled, until I realized he hadn't said anything about my plane ticket or hotel reservation. He later told me that I'll need to acquire those things myself. FML
Today, my boss gave me a new assignment at work: go online and look for my own replacement, then interview him. FML
Today, I got fired from my position as a financial investor for giving a client the exact investment he asked for, even though the investment was out of my mandate, and I had gone to my direct manager to authorize the investment. My manager was promoted. FML
Today, the CEO of my company wanted to meet with me. I was excited until I found out she just wanted to bitch me out and personally fire me. Later on, I found out my boss had totally shafted me and blamed the failure of a big project on me instead of admitting it was all his fault. FML
Today, my boss told me to stop giving work to our college intern because it's an embarrassment to have someone who hasn't finished college working for him. This is the same boss who constantly brags about being a high school drop out. FML
Today, my boss threw me out of her office during a conference call for daring to correct her. The client fired the company because she subsequently got all the information on the call wrong, and plainly had no idea what was going on. From all the screaming, this is now all my fault. FML
Today, my boss made me give a presentation to several senior company officials about the serious financial losses our division has made this year. Barely an hour later, my boss had palmed all the blame off onto me and gotten me fired. FML
Today, my boss finally checked the presentation I have been working on for three weeks. She called me into her office, and told me everything was dreadful, and requested me to start from scratch. It's due in half an hour. FML
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Top comments
Crenny 16
Unless he is paying you I wouldn't help him at all. His stupidity doesn't warrant you having to help.
byron17 26
That's actually great work experience....even if it lasts for a day....
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Crenny 16
Unless he is paying you I wouldn't help him at all. His stupidity doesn't warrant you having to help.
Lebeaugars95 20
tell him you think that sounds like an expensive job, nudge nudge wink wink
PrimeEvilTahir 24
And his response would probably be 'sounds like you're out of a job, nudge nudge wink wink'
schhichick 14
It is like Count Ruegan using Westley on The Machine and then having Prince Humperdink turn The Machine to the max!!
Respect101 17
Interns don't get paid. An intern is just so the person gets on the job experience. They don't any pay from the company at all. So what OP is about to do is for free.
gpg5 19
You, I like you.
gpg5 19
There are also PAID internships.
Respect101 17
Fair enough, your right. Sorry.
incoherentrmblr 22
This is how businesses are milking the internship programs for their worth of essential free labor. Unless your internship is PAID, don't do more work than what is required by your program/institution, unless they offer you a job, hopefully with benefits...
Pussycat86 18
Imagine the "expensive" marketing director FML situation, he was replaced by an intern just because the owner or GM is too cheap & stupid to appreciate his work!
badluckross 21
I know that your boss or whoever it is, is being cheap, but think of it as an opportunity to kick some ass! Seriously if you can pull it off it'll give you some good credit. People will look at you and say that you're a hard worker. If people see you are determined and motivated, they will more likely help you out in future situations or give you a good recommendation if you ever need one. If it's absolutely unreasonable then try talking to your boss, just quitting or stopping without explanation could make you seem unhelpful, and hard to get along with. Anyway that's my two cents!
LexiDaBae 17
I'd demand more pay, that is if he's paying you at all. :/
mrwilsong 6
"Intern"
_FML_Austin_ 12
"if he's paying you at all" Not to hard to understand...
gpg5 19
There's such a thing as a paid intern #38...
schhichick 14
Just like when Westley demanded Prince Humperdink to sit in the chair!
rocker_chick105 31
59- i like you a lot better because of your Princess Bride references
sofitina 20
Unless you are getting paid for the job, I would talk to your boss about this. interns aren't usually paid. maybe this is his way of hiring you as market director? :)
skyeyez9 25
The boss will Probably later hire OP, but at half the pay of the previous marketing director.
sofitina 20
Which isn't too bad considering he's just an intern now.
byron17 26
That's actually great work experience....even if it lasts for a day....
VisheshSood 9
Need more positive people like you.
Enslaved 38
Agreed. Internships benefit the intern "just as much" as the businesses itself. Just because the OP might not get paid cash, doesn't mean they shouldn't look at it as getting paid with the experience. It can also be a hassle for the business to taking time out of their day having to train them. At my job, I'm in charge of training the new employees and I don't get paid more to do so. Many times they're more of a burden and in my way but I look at it as passing the touch. OP, get the experience and put it down as part of building your future résumé.
Brandi_Faith 34
I don't think the problem is how much OP is getting paid, if at all. I think the problem is that OP's boss is expecting him to do a whole lot of work that is an entire other job. Op's boss thought the marketing director was too expensive so he just gave all the work that the marketing director would do to OP, probably on top of what he already does, and what he probably isn't even qualified for. And I bet the boss will be upset when the work isn't up to par of what the marketing director could have done. OP, tell your boss that it's too much work for one person/an intern to do, also tell him you don't have the experience for it (if that's one of your concerns) and recommend he find another marketing director, a cheaper one if that's his main issue. He shouldn't expect you, an intern, to be doing all that work that someone else, and someone in that specialized field, should be doing just because he thinks it's too expensive.
mvc3ftw 17
...You can't pay bills with work experience.
johnrdz3 24
"Work experience". I'd prefer a nice little apartment
MRP360 14
ask to be paid with cookies, soda and Netflix
Soviet_American 29
He's getting paid in trident layers actually
MRP360 14
aha its trident! I was going to quote that commercial but I couldn't remember the gum name
Soviet_American 29
Haha that commercial made me laugh. It's pretty good gum too!
grogers311 20
Nobody ever pays me in gum :(
edward80 18
This is your chance , just take it..i don't see this as a fml
sofitina 20
Its an FML because as an intern, he probably isn't going to be paid.
Wingman527 22
Unless he has another person to do the job, I don't think he could fire you. But I agree with #1, unless you're getting paid more, don't do it.
feven 32
I'd say leave but if the internship is really worth it then good luck OP.
trellz17 19
Maybe if you do it well enough he'll hire you. Think positive!
ComoEsJuan 24
Exactly, this could be your chance, OP! For all you know, this could go really well and you will end up looking like a million bucks.
whatz_going_on 24
Does he really want a boss who would dump all this work on an intern, just to save some money? I'm assuming op doesn't have experience doing that stuff yet, so you have to question how good of a boss he is if he would trust an intern with a client like that.
Brandi_Faith 34
Exactly my thoughts 21! Sounds like he needs a marketing director, not an intern who may not even be qualified or in that area of expertise. Plus I bet the boss will be mad if it's not up to par on what the other marketing director could have done.
amisenho 11
Agreed, 21. OP, imagine if this company ends up hiring you. What if your boss ends up doing the same thing to you? What if a new intern, just as capable as you, comes along, and your boss sees that new guy as free labor? Guess what: you'd be out of a job, just like the poor marketing guy before you. From that point of view, I don't know if it would even be a good idea to stick with that company if said company is eager to dump employees that require something as simple as a paycheck in exchange for their hard work.
tony1891 22
just do the best job you can