Today, my boss dropped a highly important and dense report on my desk that had to be finished by the end of the day. After the initial panic attack and hours of scrupulous work, I finished. She then asked me to pick up the revised copy, where my name was replaced with hers. 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, due to being stressed and overwhelmed by my tasks, I made a mistake and completed a few of my colleagues' tasks as well. When I informed my boss about it, he said that I did an outstanding job, but I shouldn't have messed with other people's documents. As a result, my promised raise is cancelled. FML
Today, I finished a huge project for work. It took 3+ days and I was very proud of it. Except when I submitted it to my boss, he said that he'd already asked another person to do it. He used that person's project, not mine. FML
Today, I finished a very important but annoying presentation that took four hours to complete. Only after writing a paragraph to explain the presentation and sending it to my boss did I realize that I saved the document as "Shit I have to do to get a promotion." 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
Today, my boss made me type up my own written warning, where I had to trash myself and describe my own "shocking incompetence". All the department heads are going to receive a copy of this. FML
Today, I finished and turned in the last of the 17 major projects for the company I work for. As I was walking out of my boss's office, I heard her ask her assistant, "She finished everything we didn't want to do, can we fire her now?" FML
Today, I had a huge amount of work to get through. Two colleagues offered to help, because one had nothing else to do, and the other couldn't work until I was done. My boss got really pissed at me for "making" them do my job and wasting their time. FML
Today, I was fired because of a "poorly executed" task. My boss claims that I just copypasted an existing document in a new file; I was instructed exactly to take the document and move its content to a new table without changing anything. It was discussed beforehand, but looks like his own messages are not a proof. FML
Today, my boss asked if I could spare a few minutes to finish off the last of his paperwork backlog. I'm pretty desperate for a raise, so I said sure. Turns out the "small", "should-take-a-few-minutes" backlog consists of 3 desk-high stacks of documents. Goodbye, cruel world. FML
Today, one of my colleagues was asked to rewrite an entire project, which I wrote last week. I'd spent more than 4 days writing it. FML
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Top comments
Rkikkas9713 25
Definitely take this to her boss, do not stand up for that at all. If nothing happens, start looking for another job ASAP. Nobody deserves to be treated like that in a workplace.
Moskaaa7 26
Don't take this shit. Put your foot down!
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Comments (50)
MySonshine7 13
so wait what is your job in the company? maybe her name is supposed to on the reports. being the boss means delegating work out to employees when you have other matters to attend too. if the boss is just lazy and doesn't want to do it and makes others do it then take credit. then it's wrong.
HPCullen251 21
If her name is supposed to be on the report, then she should be doing the report. Period. She can delegate the other tasks. No matter the reason it is wrong to put your name on something you did not do.
fuckfuckityfuck 16
I would have put a watermark on the paper.
honestjane 22
Your boss sounds like she has sociopathic tendencies. Keep an eye on that one.
manuwish 9
you should tell on her..she is probably holding you back from getting a promotion in order to keep you hierarchically under her to make you do her work, supposing she couldn't do it on her own without you..
jmagd781 16
change the name back to yours. Then she'll be ****** when her boss says something.
pandarae 12
My ex boss did that too me once. I went back and replaced ever use of the word projected to the word respected and move a decimal point in the excel sheet. Her boss called her incompetent and demoted her. I quit after that, and went into business for myself.
tomvertigo 17
Revise the revision and bring both to her boss.
amccaul1976 8
just turn in the initial copy with your name on it and tell her the revised copy got stuck in the printer.
vikky538 29
You what they are called... Shit eaters...
rgetting 24
I've had that happen in. His excuse was that no one of my rank would be taken seriously so he did me a favor.