Today, I finished my internship working in a government lab. I got paid $4000 for the summer. I was talking to my cousin, who said that when he worked as a carnie last summer he made $8000. I get paid half as much for doing research as a carnie does for serving people sno-cones. 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 found out that my company is paying more for hors d'oeuvres at one party than I will receive for my entire year long internship. FML
Today, I was let go from my internship for "not putting in enough effort". I was working 50 hours a week for almost zero pay. FML
Today, as usual, I got to my internship early, did everything my bosses asked. At the end of the day, I was fired after 3 weeks of working unpaid overtime because they found an applicant with more experience for the job I applied to and they wanted to cut costs. FML
Today, I finally got my paycheck from working at my minimum wage job for the last three months. I was delighted when I saw it was worth $846. On my way to cash it, I destroyed my car's suspension. It's going to cost almost $800 to fix. FML
Today, after being laid off for over a year, I got turned down for an unpaid internship. I can't even get people to let me work for free. FML
Today, my sister and I were talking about our salaries. She just graduated from university and will start working soon. It turns out that she'll earn more money than me. I have been working for 4 years. However, my earnings are still less than those of a worker with no experience. FML
Today, after working my ass off for 2 months, receiving perfect reviews, and going out of my way to take on extra work to get a job offer from the location where I temp, I finally got an offer for a permanent position. Included in the offer was a $3.00 an hour pay cut and no insurance. FML
Today, I went to do a drug test for a new job. While I was there, they said the job was part-time with no insurance. Previously it was supposed to be full time with insurance. Now I have to take a job that pays $20,000 less a year. FML
Today, I completed my two-month internship, where I have been working as hard as I could with the hope of being hired. My boss couldn't remember my name, and declined to be a reference. FML
Today, I busted my ass to help this old lady move her stuff because she was going to a nursing home. I was told I would get paid. When I finished four hours later the lady took me to a room and told me to pick out anything in her little goody bag. I got a race car as payment. FML
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birds_fml 7
So what? A carnie is never going to go anywhere, you've got experience that will get you a better job and you'll end up with more in the end than a carnie ever could.
Cucchiaio 0
be thankful that you even got paid for an internship!
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EMR_fml 0
1) Government labs are generally useless. 2) You got paid $4000 dollars to do something generally useless. 3) I paid about 4 grand in taxes last year so that was me paying you to do something generally useless. 4) So **** you, get a real job where you actually produce something and don't cost me money for something I don't want. 5) I'd rather pay $8,000 for a snow cone then a dollar for something produced by a government lab In conclusion stop wasting my tax money in worthless government labs.
satanicminnow1 1
Damn straight. **** government waste.
blalien 0
I love how you make this conclusion without even knowing what kind of lab she was working in.
EMR_fml 0
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mobius8 0
That's not how taxes work you retard, and my bet is you rely on at least one thing developed in a government lab in your day to day life.
wink568 0
I work for the government as well. Government employees make a good amount less than those doing the same work in the private sector. We have no say in how congress chooses to spend the tax dollars, but we do have the right to get paid for the work we do. Please don't hate on the civilian employees who work hard for their wages.
Shizden 0
Your cousin hacked life with his leetness
izzyyy 0
Well, you can't even spell snow cone, so you deserved $4,000 less than your cousin. I kid.
BLNovelist 0
P: That would have been such a fail if you'd been serious, considering I've seen it spelled sno-cone at fairs and the like....
snavula 0
FAIL for declaring a 'would have been' fail.
izzyyy 0
It still would have been spelled incorrectly. o_O But I see what you're saying.
Tubasaurus 0
You were in an INTERNSHIP, your cousin had a SUMMER JOB. You were lucky to get paid at all.
ny1996 0
you moron, thats what an internship is, you dont usually get paid idiot.
deathbunny256 0
Waahhh I only got $4000 working as an intern for about three months. Don't compare your salary to a clown, just be happy you are now smarter and $4000 richer.
FML_Add1cT 0
A payer intern? Complaining?
alijacket 0
Please, I'm an education major and you know what we get from our internship? - 3000$. Yup. We PAY to apply, work for 4 months (again without pay), and we get to pay for all the supplies. And whereas you're gonna get big money just to experiment, I'll get barely 30000$ to change kids' lives every day. But, that's life.
piousa 0
Seriously, be thankful that you get paid for an internship. I had to pay for the commute and all i got was a recommendation letter...dude u should be thankful!
chowyuk 0
wow $4000 from a summer internship during a recession your life is so f'd.