Today, my company held another team building event, and it's annoying. It was third event for this month only. I like having fun, but we keep losing clients and revenue. Our boss knows this, but she keeps encouraging us to "find our energy and channel it into productivity." Next week, we're going to a beach. 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 boss decided to start a sport challenge where we should set a training goal and report about achieving it. Okay, I go to the gym a few days a week, but I'm really not interested in this collective motivation crap. Later, our boss hinted that if I don't take part, I may get fired for breaking the team spirit. FML
Today, I'm at a company seminar on the topic "Employee Happiness." The goal is to figure how to improve happiness in our workplace. The mandatory agenda runs for 14 hours straight and requires me to be away from my family. FML
Today, I discovered that "team building exercise" really means free labor with no snacks. FML
Today, I worked from home to actually be able to concentrate and make a presentation about my project. My boss then sends me a long email about how he wants us to work in the office, and how important it is for team building, giving me feelings of guilt for actually getting some work done. FML
Today, I work for a boss who does everything he can to singlehandedly ruin our company and drive us into the ground. I just got an e-mail from him saying I need to be a more positive and energetic role-model for our team. Pot… meet Kettle. FML
Today, my colleague came back from vacation so I no longer have to do her job on top of mine. My bosses saw this as the perfect occasion to barge into my office every five minutes to hand me tasks. When I asked for a ten-minute break to do a task that needed concentration, they barged in again after five minutes. FML
Today, my bosses were boasting about their work-funded retreat, including the $1,800 bottle of wine the company paid for. This would be fine if they hadn't just told me there are no funds to pay me for the work they've got me doing. We are also the biggest company in our industry. FML
Today, my boss continued to orchestrate behind the scenes with my colleagues to make me look bad for her lack of organization. Then she showed up 10 minutes late to a meeting, shared that she needed a vacation, and realized that she needed to micromanage less. I've been asking her to make that change for months. FML
Today, I once again got less than 20 hours of work for the entire week. My boss's solution? Double the staff. FML
Today, I was supposed to have a therapy session for my anxiety about work, but it got cancelled. My boss has been berating me for 2 weeks about my performance as a newbie. I feel like she doesn't like me and it's messing with my work even more. I'm dreading going to work tomorrow with the same problem. I can't get fired again. FML
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Chazzster 32
When you see the company circling the drain in a death spiral and they do stupid things instead of addressing the problems - It’s time to find another job… Company loyalty is important, but you also need to save yourself. Don’t badmouth anyone, don’t tell anyone at work, just get that resume out there.
RichardPencil 32
You're on a sinking ship. Get your resume ready and enjoy the silly missions before it all goes ****-up.
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pjsr 33
It sounds like she’s building exhaustion instead of the team, when she needs to use her time to build the business
Chazzster 32
When you see the company circling the drain in a death spiral and they do stupid things instead of addressing the problems - It’s time to find another job… Company loyalty is important, but you also need to save yourself. Don’t badmouth anyone, don’t tell anyone at work, just get that resume out there.
RichardPencil 32
You're on a sinking ship. Get your resume ready and enjoy the silly missions before it all goes ****-up.
OptimalPath 13
Find your energy indeed, but channel it into clandestine job search. No need to create ruckus, or tell anyone. Time for pastures greener where they actually do the sales.
TwoBytesCarley 27
Anyone else not seeing new FMLs?
core01 30
yup. broken
core01 30
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