Today, my boss hired a feng shui consultant for our small office space. I am the only full-time employee besides the owners, and I work as an unpaid intern. My company would rather pay someone to rearrange my desk than pay me to work at it. 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 boss showed me how he wants his office redecorating. We have employees on minimum wage and yet he wants a private bathroom, large screen TV, sofa and PlayStation, and a decorative suit of armour, all in an office that’s already bigger than my one bedroom flat. FML
Today, I came home from a long shift at work to find that my roommate had completely rearranged all of the furniture. Apparently the new arrangement is supposed to improve the feng shui of our apartment. My bed is in the living room. FML
Today, my intern was given his own office. I have been asking to move out of my cubicle for nearly four years. FML
Today, I asked my boss for a raise, but he told me my position is a legal requirement that produces no profit, unlike every other employee, ergo if I’m feeling ungrateful about my generous wage, he will happily fire me and hire someone else at minimum wage, saving the company money. FML
Today, I asked my boss if I could have a bigger cubicle. I'm now working in one that is half the size of my old one. FML
Today, despite having made it clear that I'm neither interested, nor I am able to take over the jobs of the 3 members of staff who have recently left, my boss made a "Progress Plan" for me and will check on it weekly. I'm getting paid 1.5 times less than average in my role and he's not giving me a raise because the company is stingy. FML
Today, my boss asked that I add the work of our third coworker's position to my shift because he's never finished his duties. She gave us a 50 cent raise to "babysit" a 60-ish year-old man. I responded to respectfully fire him or pay me 20/hr. His last day is Friday and he doesn't even know yet. FML
Today, I spent my lunch break helping a coworker move a desk to another office. When I got back, my own desk had been moved to make room for someone new. Nobody had told me where they’d put it. FML
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
Today, as usual, I got to my internship early, did everything my bosses asked. At the end of the day, I was fired after 3 weeks of working unpaid overtime because they found an applicant with more experience for the job I applied to and they wanted to cut costs. FML
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WTFKuro 0
You gotta worry about feng shui. It's all this negative chi. It's everywhere.
coldplaylive2003 0
Get a real job
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Comments (78)
enlitenbank 0
fffffffffffffff! Superspicious people no matter where or what they believe in, sucks ass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :( fyl
NDnation44 0
y do u work there
UGADawg08 1
You should quit. I wouldn't even work for money at a place that buys into that Feng Shui bullcrap, let alone do it for free.
tomberryboy 0
U feel so sorry u should like talk to the owners
luosky 0
lol
wowfmlife 0
this should belong on mylifeisaverage.com OP-no one cares
DanishDude 0
YDI for working for nothing !!
HRaeH 0
I agree with the people who are telling you to quit. Obviously your company has the money to pay you if they have the money to hire someone who practices a psudeoscience to come in and move stuff around. Or at least give the ultimatum of payment (remember to bring up the fact that they hired a feng shi dude, which is completely un-needed) or you quitting.
shumm 0
sounds like its time find a job. with respect for what the company believes in, their choice of how to use money is unprofessional, or in other words, full of crap.
lingfeng 0
I would not do an unpaid internship. Why would I work for a company for free when even working at Target would pay the bills better...