Today, I resigned from my job in favor of a higher-paying one. After I filled out and filed the necessary papers, my boss told me that I had been nominated to replace him when he retired in a month. His job pays at least twice what I'm now making. Thanks for telling me, asshat. FML
Collection
Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I gave my boss two weeks notice for me leaving work, as I had received a better job offer with twice the pay. I thought he took it well until I heard him mutter under his breath, "About fucking time." 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 asked my boss for a raise. I pointed out that due to a technicality, if he hired someone to replace me, he'd have to pay them more anyway. He said he'd gladly pay more for "someone who knows his goddamn place" and made it clear I'll be jobless very soon. FML
Today, I quit my job as a barista for one of our competitors with a couple of bucks more an hour. Two hours after I'd handed in my resignation, my boss approached me just to let me know that if I hadn't resigned, I would've been offered my own café. FML
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 got a better job offer out of the blue, more pay, less work. I informally accepted and handed my notice as legally required. They rescinded the job offer. I'm now unemployed at the end of hiring season. FML
Today, after putting in 110% at my shitty job for two years straight, my boss told me point-blank I'm too good in my current position for him to ever be able to justify promoting me. FML
Today, I quit my job after being the only one to do my job, the boss's job, and the other guy’s job. Their way of saying thank you for being the best employee they'd had was to fuck me on my paycheque and give me $70 for a week's work. FML
Today, I finally quit the job that I've been complaining about. Before I could tell my husband, he informed me that he had been laid off, and was thankful we still had my income. FML
Today, I gave my two weeks notice at work. My boss sighed with relief and muttered, "Thank God." FML
Feel like sharing it with the other FML users?
Thanks, your FML was submitted, and will appear in the moderation queue soon!
Top comments
VooDooCarrie91 19
He could have been saying that just because you had already left.
Ctrl_H 18
Key word is "nominated"
Add a comment · Reply to
You must be logged in to be able to post comments!
Comments (73)
KylarStern19 7
Nominated. Not gaurenteed the job
HeartOfLead 24
And the Ass-hat boss strikes again!
DaisyLewis 5
That's what happens when you get greedy.
lightanddark 17
If it's true, YDI for not being patient enough to wait another month to see what would happen if he retired. If false, you've lost nothing.
love_me_electric 20
Yeah, because I'm sure her new employer was willing to wait a whole month for her to decide whether she wanted the new job or not.
sugarbear0727 19
Your own fault. Shit happens, and it sucks to be you.
toneeangel 22
At least u still have one job.
kernelkat 16
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. There's no guarantee you would have gotten the other job.
TheDistance567 10
I think that the one thing I hate about this site is the assumptions that people make about the OP's situations. I. This case he said that he filed the paperwork, but never mentioned when he had. For all we know he had filed them that day and his boss had not yet gotten word of him leaving the company. Or he may have known, and said that to rub it in his face. But the fact is we don't know, so I'm not going to ignorantly assume that his boss was being a jerk. It sucks for OP either way. We all have those moments where we look back at our past and wish that we had done things differently. But dwelling on the past get's you nowhere OP and hopefully you will have that opportunity for advancement you wanted at your new job.
csjmcc 11
Never know what could come next though.
beclaurela 18
That's what you get for jumping the ship. Especially if the company has been loyal to you. Can't say I feel that bad for you.