Today, I work as a phone agent at a call center, which frequently brags about their awards as the "best workplace ever" because of their working conditions. In reality, we have to suck it up and ignore the burnouts from phone calls with Karen customers, and with the wage I get paid, I can barely make ends meet. FML
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Thanksgiving
Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, while working at my call center, I took a phone call. The guy on the other line just yelled "FUCK YOU!" twice at the top of his lungs before hanging up on me. But of course, the phone agent is always at fault. FML
Today, my mother told her friends that I work as a call girl. I'm a call center agent. FML
Today, I was taking phone calls. In my dreams. That's just how horrible my job is. FML
Today, my boss yelled at me, telling me that I can't answer the phone anymore. Not because I do a bad job, but because a co-worker whined about it being her job. People call her and complain about how rude she is and then ask to talk to me. FML
Today, the phone lines at work have been cutting out in the middle of calls. I'm a receptionist at an animal hospital. I now have less than two minutes to figure out what's wrong with a client's pet and how best to schedule them before I become "That rude bitch who hung up on me." FML
Today, I interviewed for a call center job making $13/hr, the only job where they called back. I used to live in a doorman luxury apartment in Manhattan with a prime skyline view and clubhouse. That was last month. FML
Today, I'm stuck in a dead-end job with no future but can't quit as I have bills to pay. My manager is the most incompetent person I've ever worked for, and he has hired a bunch of his friends who are incompetent as fuck. The CEO doesn't seem to care as he just focuses on business and money. no one cares, and mediocracy is rewarded. FML
Today, I realized I get paid to hear my boss complain and talk crap. FML
Today, I'm working in a book company where the boss is stingy, and has promoted an incompetent and rude manager. This trickled down to the whole department where I work being ran as a ego-stroking place. The colleagues are the worst type of people imaginable with jealousy and inferiority complexes at their core. FML
Today, I was working a phone call in a call center when I suddenly began to faint while at it. It turned out to be a bad dream I'd woken up from, because it's been three months since I've worked at that call center. FML
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poopface82 25
Been there, and to this day I still have PTSD from those two years at that job. Just know you will feel so much better when you get out, and I hope that’s soon. Best of luck.
RichardPencil 32
They mean best workplace for the owners. Karens pay a lot, indirectly, to have victims to vent at. Your bosses are clearing a hefty profit after tossing you some crumbs.
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poopface82 25
Been there, and to this day I still have PTSD from those two years at that job. Just know you will feel so much better when you get out, and I hope that’s soon. Best of luck.
RichardPencil 32
They mean best workplace for the owners. Karens pay a lot, indirectly, to have victims to vent at. Your bosses are clearing a hefty profit after tossing you some crumbs.