Today, I was basically treated to, "Hey, you're laid off by the end of the month. Oh, and would you mind training your replacement? We have budget cuts, and he works for less." 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, I was let go at work. About 2 years ago, we had hired an eager-to-learn "assistant" for me. When they canned me, they let me know that I should've trained him faster so I could've been fired sooner. FML
Today, fifteen minutes before the end of the day, my boss asked me who I was training to replace me. He then said never mind, that it was his job to choose someone. I hadn't indicated that I was planning on leaving the company. FML
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, we had two of our longest serving coworkers retire at the company I work at, and they hired two young prospects to replace them. The problem? They asked me to train them both for the next 4 months, cancelling my PTO in the process, and then I learned they were being paid nearly 20% more than I am. FML
Today, after three weeks of my boss telling me how much he appreciates my hard work and has submitted my name up for a promotion, he called me into his office to announce I'm being laid off. FML
Today, I was supposed to start a new job. I had accepted a new position with a different company three weeks ago, and gave my notice. At the time, I even trained my replacement. Today, I found out that my new work doesn't need me anymore. So, I'm unemployed. FML
Today, I was notified that I'm being discharged after two weeks because my employers don't have the time to train me at my first real job in six years. FML
Today, my hours at work were slashed due to company wide cut backs. The only coworker unaffected was the asshat who stole my promotion after I'd trained them. FML
Today, not even a week after I was laid off from my job, I got a call from my old boss. He offered me a "new" job at the company, which turned out to be just like my old one, but with drastically reduced pay. I'm so broke and desperate that I accepted. FML
Today, I got demoted from my manager's position, only to be replaced by a 21 year-old who has never worked in retail in her life. I now have to spend the next month teaching her my job so they can fire me. FML
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RichardPencil 32
This is easy. Train your replacement wrong. The mistakes he will make will cost the company far more than the savings realized by firing your expensive ass.
Jaymail 19
Let your replacement know how much you were making for doing the same job. See where that goes.
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RichardPencil 32
This is easy. Train your replacement wrong. The mistakes he will make will cost the company far more than the savings realized by firing your expensive ass.
KZN02 18
The problem with that is some companies have a policy that if you trained your replacement badly, you won't be able to collect unemployment benefits after you are laid off.
RichardPencil 32
You gotta be subtle. You can't just tell your replacement that your boss prefers his coffee with a scosh of rat poison it in.
Roxy Rousseau 11
Half ass the training, it shouldn’t be your responsibility to train him. you have better things to do. Like using your time to job hunt.
Roxy Rousseau 11
Half ass the training, it shouldn’t be your responsibility to train him. you have better things to do. Like using your time to job hunt.
Jaymail 19
Let your replacement know how much you were making for doing the same job. See where that goes.
Nico711 17
Lol this also happened to me except I didn’t get paid and I just got treated like a dick for no reason