Today, I shouldn't have told my boss that I was interested in management. She now throws any problem she doesn't want to solve at me and either gets mad when I can't work it out or takes credit when I do. 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 got in trouble with my boss for doing what she wanted me to do. I guess she didn't think I would do it, so she did it herself. FML
Today, my boss told me that people from work have been complaining about me. Apparently, I'm not doing part of their jobs for them, and the other manager sometimes does. FML
Today, my boss continued to orchestrate behind the scenes with my colleagues to make me look bad for her lack of organization. Then she showed up 10 minutes late to a meeting, shared that she needed a vacation, and realized that she needed to micromanage less. I've been asking her to make that change for months. FML
Today, my boss threw me out of her office during a conference call for daring to correct her. The client fired the company because she subsequently got all the information on the call wrong, and plainly had no idea what was going on. From all the screaming, this is now all my fault. FML
Today, my boss yelled at me, telling me that I can't answer the phone anymore. Not because I do a bad job, but because a co-worker whined about it being her job. People call her and complain about how rude she is and then ask to talk to me. FML
Today, I went to my boss with concerns that my manager is dumping her responsibilities on me. He agreed and told me to just do whatever she wants. She gets paid twice as much as me to talk on her cellphone all day. FML
Today, I went into my boss's office to confront her about not consulting me before switching my shifts with someone else. I left in tears. FML
Today, my supervisor told me off for doing something. When I reminded her that she told me to do it, she yelled at me for correcting her. FML
Today, my boss yelled at me for leaving on time. After months of management hounding us about our overtime, I get in trouble for doing what I was supposed to do. FML
Today, my mother, who insists on sticking her nose into every aspect of my life, found out I'm only "middle management" and called my boss to criticize her for undervaluing me, demanding I be promoted immediately. I'm now the laughing stock of my office. FML
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Top comments
dweeds508 24
That's just plain unfair for you.
Adam5858 17
Well atleast you are a good worker.It will pay off eventually
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Comments (61)
hillgerb 16
That sucks. A lot. Good luck, I guess!
Omniprism 15
Start a journal on your ideas with dates and times. It'll help in the future. Good luck.
robertmil90 10
know how you feel man, that happened to me at my last job
cameron6969 3
I was going to say your life sucks but I think you partially deserve it for not taking charge
amisenho 11
I feel ya, man. One Monday, my boss asked me what I did over the weekend, and, being honest, I told him that I cleaned my house, because it was really needing it, and I rarely have time to do so on a regular basis. He then interpreted that to mean that I'm a professional maid service and pulled me away from lab work that I had scheduled for the rest of the day in order to clean the entire lab from top to bottom. Then, as an insulting slap to the face (not to mention addressing me as a maid instead of a lab technician for a few hours), he complained, after I had just started mopping, that I was "losing focus" on my work and shamed me back to the lab. Lesson learned: never tell your boss the truth about what you did over the weekend, especially when it involves cleaning something.
Calfml2 8
welcome to middle management.