Today, after getting my dream job and quitting my old one, I was told my position is strictly "experimental" and will only last 2 months. 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, it's been two months since I started a three-year contract at a new job. So far, 5 people have resigned. Pretty sure I've joined a sinking ship. FML
Today, I overheard my boss stressing out over finding a replacement for me. I didn't know I was leaving. FML
Today, I received an email from a temp agency trying to hire me. Surprisingly, it was the same job I was just laid off from after two years of great employment. They were trying to hire me at half my original salary. FML
Today, I was told it was inconvenient for me to take lunch breaks, because someone else has to answer the phones and no one else wants to actually do any work. FML
Today, I showed up for my first shift in my new night job; I now work at an apartment complex during the day and at a gas station at night. It turns out that our biggest problem tenant in the former happens to be my boss in the latter. FML
Today, my boss admitted that he seriously regrets hiring me, but can't really do anything about it because that would make the senior management question his judgment, making him look bad. So he's just 'putting up' with me. FML
Today, I finally started my job as an in-home caregiver. The man I was hired to care for died two hours after I made it to his house. FML
Today, my coworker insisted there must be an underlying, romantic reason for why I spend so much time teaching him everything, and that I didn't mean it when I told him that's what I'm paid to do. I'm actually supposed to train this guy for three weeks. Two more weeks to go. FML
Today, I was fired for having a haircut that was 'inappropriate for the workplace'. I have alopecia. My boss told me to stop making up excuses. FML
Today, I went to ask my boss for a raise. Turns out they are firing 35 people. I wasn't on the list until I asked for a raise. FML
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Top comments
PossiblyInDanger 24
Experimental often becomes permanent if things go well. Just work hard and you may be kept on. Good luck OP.
bahamit 18
Sounds like your temporary future boss likes hiding stuff in the fine print. Good luck finding another new job in the next two months.
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Comments (44)
sunny354wi 8
To quote Lockhart from Homeland, "What the ******* ****!"
pleasedie 22
Maybe if you do good enough, it'll turn into a permanent position
JT7570 7
Well what's your dream job?
Cads1 24
Dictator of a small 3rd world nation would be mine.
janfleury 19
Start looking for a new job now. Maybe if you do well the job will be permanent. Good luck OP.
NodakN8V 25
The grass on the other side is only greener because of all the Bullsh*t. It's not always better to jump across the fence.
oy21vey 11
They should have been explicitly clear about that at the beginning of the interview process. I'm sorry, OP, you are currently working for manipulative assholes. Start looking for a new job immediately and be glad that you only have to deal with these people for two months. Honestly, good riddance.
dreamful_artist 14
Where was this stated before hand? That's quite unfair, sorry op.
Abhinow 7
on the upside u have chance to live a two months dream. and hopefully at the end they decide to make ur position permanent
chef4money 12
You can do great at this new job and possibly be offered a permanent job. you could also use the experience from this new job to find a better job when this temporary position is done. Good luck op. it was really shitty for them to tell you this at the last minute.
Hop6e 22
I don't get why it easy advertised before hand that it's only temporary position, plus shouldn't the interview and guidelines of the job given hints to what was to be expected?