Today, I found out that when my boss said she was considering bumping me up to full time, she actually meant she was planning on letting me go. Everyone in the office except me knew. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my boss was fired by the board. A few days ago, he dropped several strong hints that he was going to promote me soon. FML
Today, I found out my ex is applying for a job at my current company. She may become my boss. FML
Today, I found out that a coworker and I may get laid off soon, all because my boss's niece told him she can do both our jobs all by herself, and for less money. FML
Today, my boss made up a rumor that I was quitting my job so I wouldn't get the promotion that was coming up. There goes that raise I've been wanting for six months. FML
Today, after a month at my new job, my boss fired me because I didn't have enough experience. She hired me with full knowledge of this fact. FML
Today, I got a new job and told everyone about it. A few hours later, I got an email from the executive saying I actually don't have the job anymore. FML
Today, my boss found out I had applied for a much better paying job. He told me I'd do a better job and make more money there. Then he fired me. FML
Today, I found out that a girl who I really liked at work, who is my manager and with whom I'm friends, and who knows I like her, has been secretly dating someone else who works there for a month, and everyone at work knew except me, because she didn't want to tell me. FML
Today, my boss got a promotion and I got laid off. FML
Today, I found out that a co-worker of mine that I had originally hired, trained, and mentored to work in my department for the past 4 years had just got the promotion that I had applied for. He is now my boss. FML
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Top comments
am1717 22
That's the cruelest thing ever- why would she get your hopes up like that :(
okudatwo 11
Sorry, OP. I hope you get a job where they don't crush people's dreams.
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Comments (35)
dgranade 4
It might because you say "me knew" it wad of " I knew"
holly_fly 34
What are you even trying to say...
DoomedGemini 38
Learn English before you try to correct someone else's, which, by the way, "me" is the correct word.
scyth3s 13
#14, please take a 6th grade English class before making an idiot of yourself. YDI.
joksher 1
Was this an office code of some sort? How did the rest of them know? Was it meant to be a meaningless and cruel practical joke?
Skycop_S 23
Aww.. That's horrible. They got your hopes up, just to drop a major let down. I hope you get a job with people who aren't so rude. :)
suffermyname 15
That sucks op :( I hope you find a better job quickly!
molloy2 14
By full time, she meant; gone from the company full time
bookwormgoddess 14
Same thing happened to me a couple weeks ago. Good luck with the job hunt!
dirty_dan_ 15
Oh wow that's mean! Maybe your dream job is coming your way and you just needed to be free for it.
lisakin 13
I guess she meant bumping you to full time unemployment
Utetopia2014 18
Sorry for your loss OP
kellyem2 20
Thanks for the kindness. Honestly, the shock of being let go has made this a less than fun week, but my boss was prone to this kind of catty behavior, so long-term it's going to be much healthier for me to work elsewhere. To answer some of the questions: We had put a meeting on the books at the beginning of January to reevaluate my role and talk about moving me onto a full-time schedule. At that meeting my boss told me she wasn't ready to make a decision yet and said we'd re-evaluate moving me to full time in two months. In retrospect, that should have been a red flag. Almost two months later to the day, she walked into my office at the end of my shift and told me that I shouldn't bother coming in tomorrow because she had eliminated my position. After I left, one of my co-workers sent me a text apologizing for how abrupt that must have felt. Apparently my boss had told the rest of the office that she had been planning since that January meeting to let me go, but she was hoping to get more work on a major project out of me first. I'm not sure exactly when my boss made those comments, but I am disappointed no one gave me a heads up that this was coming, though I suppose it wouldn't change anything if they had. Well, on to greener pastures I guess. I think any job I get after this one will probably be an upgrade. ;-)
interesting33 37
Wow that is so so awful!! It might not have stopped you being let go, but at least with heads up you could plan finances and things - that is so awful!