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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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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cefarix 5
$4000 for a summer internship? That's awesome. I haven't made $4000 in the past 6 months... and there are people in the world who make less than $100 in an entire year, and work 100 times harder than you or I.
tmptmptmp 0
Like 106 says - welcome to science. The pay is shit and the work is mostly unappreciated, occasionally vilified. I'm living off about $10 a day and trying to finish a doctorate. But - we do get to do some really cool stuff :-)
PimpDaddyT 0
it's not just the money dude. you're setting yourself up for a better job down the road. PLUS. I bet his cash had a lot of overtime
crazycontagious 0
You got paid for an internship? I have to work for free and then I leave and go work at Wendy's to pay my student loan... You still one up me. This is not a FML.
AlexV_fml 0
he worked more hours
Aulduron 0
I spent many years working with carnivals. Even 20 years ago, I netted at least $1,000 a week, even before I bought my own equipment. I ate very little carny food. I don't know how it looks on a resume, because I moved on to buying a house in the suburbs, and starting up my own construction contracting business, while paying my construction help less than I used to pay my carnival help. How much do you think ice chips and coloring costs? Help usually costs about 20% of the gross. Only temporary green help like him would make that little.
Aulduron 0
Oh, and working at Cedar Point doesn't count. It's not a carnival. There is no travelling, there is no setting up or tearing down, there is no "working" the patrons, there is no mud, and they don't pay nearly as well. They just push buttons.
NightStar 0
Be happy you got paid AT ALL. I work an internship which I do not get paid for and actually loose money on because of the commute, and will probably only make $1500 all summer at my other job. So stop whining and get a job as a carnie if you want $8000.
demons0108 0
Mmkay let's work this one out shall we? Say your cousin works a 40 hour week, for a 12 week summer. That's a 480 summer. 8000/480 = 16.67 dollars an hour. Calculate that out, that's nearly 40,000 dollars a year. I call ******* bullshit. No CARNIE makes that much money. He's LYING to you. They are minimum wage, no talent, piece of shit chumps. Don't be so gullible.
monkey314159 0
selling sno-cones/drugs maybe