Today, I've been asking for help to close up store for the last 7 months, at the height of a global pandemic. My boss's excuse for no help? Joe Biden and the government is keeping everyone who would earn 10 dollars an hour from working, because they are all lazy. Joe wasn't president 7 months ago. FML
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Wild Nights Out
Last call, bad decisions and 3 a.m. texts you'll regret until noon. Cheers.
Today, my boss is going nuts after some coworkers quit, as they were some of the lucky few with enough cash to move away ahead of whatever dumbass plan the next administration has for their immigrant families and friends. My boss is complaining he can't afford to pay "normal people wages" and wants me to work overtime. 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, and for the past week, I've come to accept that my dad's business is failing. He's used to hiring people willing to work for little pay from a street corner, and now those guys have all but vanished. No "real" Americans want to work for him, even for minimum wage. This country is fucked. FML
Today, I got a badly-needed job at a local discount store. After being hired, I found out I'm to help with the soon-to-begin store closing sale, and I'll be jobless again after 3 months. FML
Today, I got fired from a business I ran for almost 6 years. Why? The new owner refuses to close, despite our governor ordering non-essential businesses to close, and for people to stay home. I told her I wasn’t comfortable working, and that it was technically illegal. So she fired me in a group chat. FML
Today, it's been 3 weeks since I, a 17-year-old, have been working 50 hours a week at a grocery store trying to keep our shelves stocked during coronavirus panic-buying. It was also the day a customer informed me that, "All you teenagers are lazy and that's why the shelves are empty." FML
Today, just like every day, I have not gotten a single call back or email regarding a job interview since 2020. I can't even get a part-time job at McDonald's. Why? No one wants to hire someone with 10 years of experience as a manager for entry-level jobs, and no one is hiring managers from outside. FML
Today, my boss is still refusing to hire any more people because he's convinced I can handle all of the work after the majority of staff quit. FML
Today, after not receiving my paycheck for over a month, I confronted my boss about it. His response? "You still work here?" FML
Today, at the job I've had for eight years, I finally got the raise I was supposed to get a year ago. One hour later I found out the store was closing and we were all out of a job in two weeks. FML
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Marcella1016 32
I recently started rereading George Orwell’s 1984 again for the first time in maybe 8 years. I remember reading it for the first time in middle school around 1998 and thinking that the whole “double think” shit was crazy and we would never see a world with people like that. Rereading it now, it’s ******* scary how George Orwell writes about the brainwashed masses jizzing over “Big Brother” and doing whatever mental gymnastics they needed to to justify their crazy beliefs (which were basically whatever the “telescreens”/government told them to believe, even if it was categorically the opposite of what they had been told to believe yesterday, or even within the past 5 seconds) — and how that’s literally what our world looks like today. I see people do this shit every day today and it boggles my mind. I’m sorry your boss is a dumbass ******* idiot, OP. And I’m sorry we live in a world where that kind of psychotic-ass thinking actually seems to be the new normal.
Chazzster 32
Translation - Cheapskate boss won’t pay a dime over minimum wage. And why should he hire someone to help out if you do all the work for no additional pay. Start looking for a better job.
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Marcella1016 32
I recently started rereading George Orwell’s 1984 again for the first time in maybe 8 years. I remember reading it for the first time in middle school around 1998 and thinking that the whole “double think” shit was crazy and we would never see a world with people like that. Rereading it now, it’s ******* scary how George Orwell writes about the brainwashed masses jizzing over “Big Brother” and doing whatever mental gymnastics they needed to to justify their crazy beliefs (which were basically whatever the “telescreens”/government told them to believe, even if it was categorically the opposite of what they had been told to believe yesterday, or even within the past 5 seconds) — and how that’s literally what our world looks like today. I see people do this shit every day today and it boggles my mind. I’m sorry your boss is a dumbass ******* idiot, OP. And I’m sorry we live in a world where that kind of psychotic-ass thinking actually seems to be the new normal.
Chazzster 32
Translation - Cheapskate boss won’t pay a dime over minimum wage. And why should he hire someone to help out if you do all the work for no additional pay. Start looking for a better job.
mccuish 25
That’s the kind of boss that would push their employees to walk out mid shift
judgeblunt 6
How about you look for a new job?🤷🏻♀️