Today, I found out that I won't be able to attend my own wedding, because I'll be in a mandatory training class that doesn't allow people to take vacation for any reason. So now we've wasted $10,000, and I can't even fly home for one day. All because I got promoted unexpectedly. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I found out I lost a promotion intended for me because I was on planned vacation. FML
Today, I found out that I have to reschedule my upcoming honeymoon because my office will be understaffed that week, due to the boss going on vacation right after my wedding. Oh, yeah, and he's in my bridal party. FML
Today, I lost my job for taking an unauthorized vacation. I just got married and requested time off for the wedding and honeymoon months ago; it was approved then. They forgot, and then got angry because I didn't remind them. I did remind them, the day before I left. FML
Today, my "self-schedule" job changed my schedule so I work every Wednesday. My boyfriend lives 3 hours away and this is the only day he has off from his jobs. Also, my previously approved PTO for his birthday, which I spent $1k non-refundable on, was cancelled. So now I'm out the money because I have to work or be fired. FML
Today, I found out that my promotion had been rescinded and given to someone else, all because I was on a pre-approved vacation. According to my boss, they need someone who's "committed to the company" for the position, and gave me a lecture on how if I keep being "lazy" and "unmotivated" I'll never get ahead. FML
Today, I found out my email hasn't been working for 10 days. Normally, this wouldn't be a big deal, but it just so happens that a position opened up for my dream job while this was happening. I would have gotten the job, but instead they gave it to someone I just finished training. FML
Today, I found out less than three weeks before my wedding that my fiancé will lose his new, great paying job, unless we cancel our nonrefundable honeymoon. FML
Today, the rearranged meeting, for which I was instructed by my boss to cancel my holiday for, got cancelled. FML
Today, I found out that my fiancé is going to be deployed on our wedding day. FML
Today, my two co-workers got the promotion we were all working for. The reason they got the promotion and not me? My interview got cancelled because of a policy change, implemented that day. FML
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Top comments
Jeremiah722 19
Miss the promotion, get married
plan_Z 14
I do believe that due to how long you would have given your employer notice you may find that a quick chat to HR and explain your situation could mean the wedding is on still. Also if your job is forcing you to cancel tell them they will have to pay for it, they will let you go then.
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Comments (81)
taterrtots 25
to me it almost seems criminal that your job would make you miss your wedding day and cause you to waste thousands of dollars just for a training day. there has to be someone you can talk to or something you can do to let you off the hook. i mean shit, someone there has to have a heart. right?
paravoz 30
should've checked for conflict
soullyfe 33
... "All because I got promoted unexpectedly."
engineerosaurus 26
Should've read the FML completely before commenting.
ChopSuey444 20
Obviously it's all taking place pretty close together. Op probably should have asked if there were going to be any complications involving his wedding date. Especially with how costly it was, it would've been foremost in my mind.
nzhx 23
#61 Considering you generally take several days off in order to get married, there's no way OP didn't give the company forewarning in regards to the wedding date. And since the FML states it was an unexpected promotion, OP certainly didn't apply for it. He's not at fault, the company is.
nzhx 23
You have to consider if the promotion is worth that much of a loss - $10,000 is a huge amount to lose all at once. You should definitely talk it over with your fiancée. Remember, you can always turn down the promotion, and if need be, you can always reschedule the wedding. Best of luck, I'm sure whatever you decide will work out!
Pharmkitty 11
If they decided to promote you and passed up others in the process, you must be important. It may say that you cannot miss it on paper, but I've found in life that there are few absolute deadlines for training that cannot be adjusted, if given a proper reason. You'll have to weigh the benefits of your promotion versus a day that is not only important to you, but those close to you. Is this promotion going to make up for the 10k you lost plus another 10k+ to reschedule? If not, is it worth it? That's a terrible decision to make. I'm so sorry this happened to you. I hope it gets resolved in your favor. :(
Geckosrock99 33
Talk to HR or a higher up in general. Tell them that you've had your wedding day planned a hell of a lot longer than your training day. Don't let them make you waste $10k, put your foot down. If they don't listen and still make you do the training on your wedding day, you're working for/with heartless assholes that don't deserve your time.
Neesalun 20
No job is THAT important.
PennyLane27 32
Ask yourself this: Are you living to work? Or, are you working to live?
LoZelda123 20
wow, that's really deep man
gracehi 33
My now brother in law was in a somewhat similar situation. He had just gotten a new job at Disney World and they wouldn't allow him to take vacation for his wedding, or even just unpaid days off, despite the fact that he notified them months in advance. Instead he had to call out of work every day while he was traveling to and from New Jersey, on his wedding day, and every day of his honeymoon. He got written up for forgetting to call out on the actual day of his wedding. He kinda had a lot on his mind. Some employers are dicks, so good luck with that.
fleur_de_fevrier_fml 23
I had heard that working at Disney world was a real but that takes the biscuit.
gracehi 33
What? I've never heard that term.
BloodyGlass 10
"You best check yourselves before I wreck you and rip you a new one." :)
worldclassrager 41
Family comes first...well soon to be family...
leogachi 15
@23 I don't always agree with that saying, but I definitely agree with it this time.