Today, I lost my job to a girl that graduated with the same bachelor's degree from the same college as me. She also got a master's in an unrelated field. I've been working there 7 months, and her master's in maths apparently makes her a better athletic trainer than me. 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, the girl I hired and trained took my director's position. She's not even been there a month. I didn't do anything to lose it, they just decided she was more qualified. At least I was good at picking employees I guess. FML
Today, I found out the job I applied for in IT was offered to coworker. I'm going to school for it, she has no degree/desire/knowledge of it. She was my trainer, I literally worked beside her for 2.5 years, and kept saying, "I hope you get it, I'm not going to apply." It was offered 5 days ago, which I found out about from another coworker. FML
Today, my girlfriend who trained me at the job we both work at received a promotion, which left a spot for advancement. I was chosen for the position, and now the guy she's been cheating on me with is training me. Congrats. FML
Today, I found out that my ex-girlfriend got engaged to a coworker. I got her the job. FML
Today, after spending 8 months and $11,000 on school, I was denied a job in my chosen career field. They told me they decided to go with someone with more experience. So who got the job? One of my classmates. This is her first job. EVER. FML
Today, I lost my job to the individual I just finished training. Within 2 hours after being escorted out, my old boss called and yelled at me for doing a lousy job. He was angry that the training was deficient and because the new person is as bad as I was. FML
Today, I found out that the girl I tutored in high school in basic ENGLISH just received her PhD in Biophysics. I am now the manager of a McDonald's. I was also the Valedictorian of our graduating class. 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
Today, I found out that, because I'm a student, the employees I train make more than me. FML
Today, I found out my boss was quiet-firing me on purpose. Apparently, his daughter who works at this same company is pregnant now and needs a promotion. I have a Master’s and have been here for 9 years. She dropped out of college because it was “too hard” and the other day she put a metal spoon in the microwave. FML
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carrotpuke 0
She's probably hotter than you.
equinoxe_fml 2
You're an idiot if you think your degree is the only thing that counts to qualify for a job.
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Comments (103)
I_am_stupid_also 6
They probably figured the other person is a more valuable person to keep on staff for when the economy recovers. Then she can be moved into a position where her math will be more applicable. At that time it will be harder to find people with technical skills.
thew_fml 14
fake. no one in the united states says "maths"
JoeATC 0
Well the degree does help get or keep a job because an athletic trainer deals in sports medicine. now if he works for a health club as a "trainer" then yea i can see you losing your job for some bullshit.
grandma_status 0
math is power.
princesstiger44 0
she's def hotter than some ppl we know
crazyval619 6
well maybe you should have gotten a degree in englishs :D
corme_fml 0
hahaha XD
aj1218 0
First off, if you seriously believe this is an FML you are seriously retarded. If they can hire a better qualified candidate then sure fire the one they currently have. And any Master's degree is better then none. You can earn a bachelor's degree by partying every night, while a master's in math actually takes work to accomplish. Most managers and professionals would agree with that.
LilaBear 2
That's BS. There is no point in employing somebody with a masters in a totally unrelated field, except perhaps if you were being employed into an academic field where any masters degree demonstrates you have an aptitude for learning and academia. Especially because someone with a masters would probably cost more.
LilaBear 2
Are you sure she didn't have other experience in athletic training? Perhaps she did it as a part time job during college?
david612 0
maybe she got the job over you because she doesnt call mathematics "maths".
Firesprite2009 0
My god. I don't know how many different people including myself have said this; IT'S CALLED MATHS IN THE UK! &&, if you're just talking about her calling it maths in general, she's an athletic trainer. Not an English professor.
david612 0
her location doesn't say UK though. It says United States. But really, why not higher someone with a higher education for the same price.
Firesprite2009 0
Yes, but the grammatical rules still apply. Math = US & Maths = UK. Also, as someone has said before, they could have came from another country that did spell it 'Maths'.
FLdream_fml 0
yanksby7, cheat07notes & JoeATC, thanks for standing up for your fellow ATC's! Finding a job as an ATC is hard enough in a high school with the budgets the districts have to abide by. Unfortunately, a lot of schools don't see our "worth" until someone gets hurt or passes. :( And that's been happening too much lately.