Today, my sister started a full-time job with a good pay despite having no prior work experience and being a college freshman. Meanwhile, I've graduated with two degrees, have been working two jobs for the last five years, and still can't get a full-time position anywhere. 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, my sister and I were talking about our salaries. She just graduated from university and will start working soon. It turns out that she'll earn more money than me. I have been working for 4 years. However, my earnings are still less than those of a worker with no experience. FML
Today, I found out my no-work-experience brother has just accepted a 50k/year job. He is still in school and has never had a job. I work as an intern for 11 hours a day, get rude emails from my boss, and have 3 degrees and 5 years work experience. FML
Today, my little sister, who's still in high school, proved beyond a doubt she's better at my computer repair job than I am. She proved it in front of my customers and my manager, who brushed me aside and offered her a job as soon as she graduates. FML
Today, I got my first job after having spent months looking, and graduating college in the meantime. I got it based on my pre-college qualifications. FML
Today, I found out that my friend makes more money than I do. She's a high school dropout and working at a retail job at the mall. I went to college for four years to get my job. FML
Today, it's been exactly 2 years since I graduated college. I make less money in my full-time job now than I did working part-time in college. FML
Today, as it has done in the last couple of years, my dream job has only been accepting applications from students continuing their degree in the fall. Literally, people with half degrees can get what I can't get with a full degree and experience. FML
Today, after spending 8 months and $11,000 on school, I was denied a job in my chosen career field. They told me they decided to go with someone with more experience. So who got the job? One of my classmates. This is her first job. EVER. FML
Today, my sister got fired and I got promoted to her job, got a nice payrise for it. My relationship with my sister will never be the same again. FML
Today, my sister and I heard back from a job we both applied to. I had used the knowledge from my MBA degree to write a six-page essay for the application, while she just copied and pasted hers from a random website. Guess who got the job. FML
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Top comments
DocBastard 40
Maybe you should have thought of this possibility before pursuing a degree in English. Kidding, English majors. Just kidding. Not really.
manlytarts 28
There's always becoming a professional FML poster.
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Comments (59)
glabberfasted 16
It might be time to reevaluate your first impression and interview skills, OP. Companies will hire someone they like and trust even if they are "over qualified." My guess is you come off a certain way.
LastResort318 14
If you have a gender studies/woman studies degree, that may be why.
PhilMeUp 13
Yeah, but your sister becoming a prostitute or stripper doesn't really count as a full-time job... ;-)
Incognico 22
Job searching can be very unfair.... I.e. Double D goes before Double Degree... (At the end fairness will prevail, so never give up)
PegLegRacing 34
Seriously... What fairy tale do you live in where life is fair?
iamsofuckedupla 19
BOOBS
RedPillSucks 33
probably you didn't sleep with the same people she did.
Som3Rand0mGam3r 9
Welcome to the real world. All college is good for these days is a ton of debt.
Hildy93 21
#America
raysmith121 10
You should of thought about that before being born without boobs
seriouslygrowup 11
I have found there's 2 types of people in the world. People who work smart, and others that work hard. You fall in the latter category, clearly your sister is in the other. Then there are people who look at that, and moan, and others who look at that, and emulate. Usually those smart enough to make the jump from the one to the other prospers way more than the "work smart" people because they bring the experience of "work hard" with them. Those are diamonds in the ruff. If you are tired of starting over, stop giving up. DO IT