Today, at the job I've had for eight years, I finally got the raise I was supposed to get a year ago. One hour later I found out the store was closing and we were all out of a job in two weeks. 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 got a phone call from my boss, who'd hired me after two months of waiting and begging for this position. A week into the job, the company is closing our store. FML
Today, the store I work at got shut down and I got let go. Three days ago I got a promotion and a raise. FML
Today, I got a badly-needed job at a local discount store. After being hired, I found out I'm to help with the soon-to-begin store closing sale, and I'll be jobless again after 3 months. FML
Today, I started an awesome job with competitive pay. I also found out that the place is closing its doors in June. FML
Today, my boss got a promotion and I got laid off. FML
Today, after finally getting a job offer after months of unemployment, I found out that the person who was going to hire me got fired. Which means I'm not getting the job. FML
Today, it's been less than a week since I finally got a job, after over a year of searching. I just found out that there's about to be a wave of layoffs. I haven't even gotten my first paycheck, and already I'm going to lose my job. FML
Today, I found out I'm getting a pay cut, a week after I told my boss I need a raise or second job just to afford bills. I made the company 10k last week. FML
Today, when I got to work, I found out that I was being laid off. Two hours later, I found out my boss had my name on the wrong list. I was elated. I went to lunch, but on the way back was rear-ended, in the rain. I was an hour and a half late getting back to work. I was fired upon returning. FML
Today, after 3 years at my job I received a 14% raise. I was informed I will be transitioned from hourly to salary. I will now be making $1500 LESS than I made last year. FML
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Ninjafriends 1
You got your raise, and it bankrupted the company.
nikkibihm 0
ouch
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Comments (32)
Zebidee 9
Look at it in other ways - if your store pays you redundancy (maybe they do, maybe they don't) then the rate that it's calculated at should be higher because of the raise. I don't know how unemployment is paid where you are, but that also may be higher. When you go for a new job and they ask you what you were earning, you can legitimately quote a higher figure. Either way, you're out of a job, but this raise may not be as useless a gesture as it seems on first glance.
Lucie_love 4
Hmmm i'm gonna guess you were on a computer posting this fml where I don't know...you can LOOK for a job instead?? Just some advice hon :)
DocBastard 40
Is it possible that OP has already blanketed her city with resumes and has looked online for jobs and is now waiting for a response? Your condescension is uncalled for and presumptuous.
Kukua 5
Don't you know that when you're job hunting, you MUST spend every second looking for job postings? You can't take a break for trivial things like eating, sleeping, going to the bathroom, or posting FMLs.!
fantasyworld 39
She probably has filled out resumes and is waiting for a response. Or she could just as the job genie to grant her a job.
elmski87 0
at least your boss has a sense of humour!
Ninjafriends 1
You got your raise, and it bankrupted the company.
CaptainPat 0
that's like when I worked at wendys they gave raises when they knew minimum wage was gonna go up so the raise in minimum wage would cancel out your raise and you wouldn't get a raise.
akes 0
lol they actually gave you a full two weeks notice? At my first job they just told me when I got to work that it was going to be my last day because the store was closing. My coworker also tried to get me to let him work for me that day, without telling me the store was closing. Consider yourself lucky!
Madrias 36
Considering I haven't gotten a raise in 4 years (I work in the automotive industry, making plastic pieces for Toyota and Mitsubishi), I can't feel sorry for you, OP.
BubbaDoose 0
lol you mad?
rawredith 0
This reminds me of the movie Fun with Dick and Jane. That sucks though.
RAUN 8
Your resume' now has a higher ending pay than it did last week. Update it.