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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Comments (85)
supawoman_fml 8
Hopefully you won't be an intern for much longer.
godofdestroyers 4
Keep doing a good job and i guarantee you will get the job. Learn the ropes and master it!
Sakuraashita 15
Maybe this doesn't have to be an F Op's life at all! Maybe this is the first step towards a promising career!
sydstoomuch 19
Do it. It will serve you well regardless of how it turns out.
hiholls 13
Personally I would take that as a opportunity to shine. I'd do my absolute best without complaining and hope for a raise/to be hired. If it doesn't happen after due time THEN I'd say FML.
knoxxx 22
I hope you did it anyways, OP. Not only to learn and gain experience, but to maybe advance your career. Your employers may not always be easy to work with, in a lot of different careers, so don't let the boss destroy the benefits you can get from your internship.
Pandaburr1 15
I don't see how this is an fml. This is an opportunity to prove yourself as an asset to your company.
ladoom 23
Being an intern is like being a slave.
fsomelife 26
Hey, now you'll be able to say on your resume that you handled an emergency situation in relation to a client at work. Good luck - make the best of it!
SandyBella 17
The whole point of interning is to gain work experience and see if you can handle being in that field. Hang in there, even though you're not getting paid for it and it seems a lot. This will look great for future paying jobs.
blackonblight 33
There's nothing to be gained from being expected to do work you're not qualified for. If OP doesn't have the actual training, being expected to wing it is setting them up for failure. And if by some chance they do succeed, are they capable of determining why, and repeating that success? For all we know the OP may be in a completely different field of study. You don't ask a teacher to fly a plane, or a comedian to conduct an orchestra.