Today, my new supervisor arrived after my old one had transferred away and we had a quick evaluation meeting. As it turns out, I'm not actually a good employee like I thought. I just had a shitty boss who didn't care enough to let me know I wasn't meeting company standards. 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, I lost my job to the individual I just finished training. Within 2 hours after being escorted out, my old boss called and yelled at me for doing a lousy job. He was angry that the training was deficient and because the new person is as bad as I was. FML
Today, my new manager, who I have spent the last three months training, had a managers' meeting and now won't be returning. FML
Today, at my new job, I walked into the office to hear my supervisor and HR manager talking about how, "the new guy isn't very smart, but we can get him to do the shit work for a couple weeks." Gee, thanks. FML
Today, the CEO of my company wanted to meet with me. I was excited until I found out she just wanted to bitch me out and personally fire me. Later on, I found out my boss had totally shafted me and blamed the failure of a big project on me instead of admitting it was all his fault. FML
Today, my manager and I were talking about one of our new hires, who I have been getting on well with already. My manager is happy with the newbie's work, but not with their interactions with our coworkers. Yeah… that's on me. My bad. FML
Today, I found out that I'm not getting a new position I applied for at my company. Now, I have to continue working for my boss, who recently severely criticized my spelling in my reports, only they weren't my reports, and when I pointed this out, she simply never responded. FML
Today, I had a meeting with HR that resulted in me being dismissed for poor performance. I was confused because up until that point, my line manager had said my performance was exemplary. Turns out it wasn't, and he didn't tell me because he didn't want me to be stressed. FML
Today, on my second day at my new job, my supervisor told me that I was ready to make a sale on my own. Things were going well, until said supervisor interrupted my sales pitch, apologized on my behalf for being new, and stole my sale. FML
Today, my manager sat me down and insinuated that it's my fault that our new hires are useless. Not one person ever told me that I was responsible for training them. I'm not in charge, and they've been here for weeks. FML
Today, I found out that a co-worker of mine that I had originally hired, trained, and mentored to work in my department for the past 4 years had just got the promotion that I had applied for. He is now my boss. FML
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Tripartita 45
"You never found it odd that none of your coworkers joined you on leave-two-hours-early Tuesdays or communicate-solely-by-blinking Fridays?" "My old supervisor never told me I wasn't meeting company standards!"
nzhx 23
So long as you weren't fired, the issue is fixable. While it does suck that you spent so long underperforming and therefore not looking great to the company, just have a talk with your new supervisor about how you need to improve. Good luck, OP!
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nykkilynn16 7
Sorry, OP. I can see where this would happen, especially if there were certain criteria that the boss never told you needed to be met, such as monthly quotas, etc. Just do your best and get up to speed!
Dictionaryspeaks 18
You should always set your own standards to your benefit. That's what the dictionary says
Love_L0ST 13
Just work until your feet fall off you will get stronger
False_Stupidity 42
And then won't have any feet to get to work with.
ahagelnour 7
Don't be that hard on yourself , there is a lot of perspectives and factors that could play a great role in this. try to rethink the company standards and if you really meet it or not and forget about your new boss evaluation, wait for 2 or 3 months and see the results of the coming evaluation. any how good luck.
forsook 12
To those saying you shouldn't need validation to know how well you're working, I offer this counter point: a point of reference. My last job I was working retail. I would prep merchandise to be sent to the sales floor. For the first week or so I thought I was a model employee. Found out later my work wasn't up to par. Now, that was largely fixed by experience, but it just goes to show you can work your ass off but until someone tells you it's not enough that's all you know.