Today, I was chastised by the CEO in the middle of a management meeting for showing up late to work every day, despite being in my office before 9:00am every morning. It was my 5th day on the job and no one had bothered to tell me that the office opens at 8:00am, and not 9:00am. 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, I was yelled at and almost fired for showing up "late" to work. I was the first one here. FML
Today, I got fired for being late. Apparently you're supposed to be on time after your boss specifically tells you that the office will open an hour late. FML
Today, I showed up to work at 6am, only to find out the schedule was changed. I wasn't actually supposed to be there until 9:15. My boss never told me this. I didn't get to go home either, he just said, "Oh well. Get to work." FML
Today, I arrived at work and was immediately given a disciplinary write-up for being two hours late for my shift. Apparently the manager had changed my schedule that morning and failed to tell me. FML
Today, I was told to be present for a meeting that started at 5pm. I arrived 15 minutes early, and I was late for the meeting. This happens regularly. FML
Today, my boss sprang a company workshop on us that I was not informed of, which kept me at work until 10 PM. He expected us all back at 8 AM the next day to continue. On a good day it takes me 3 hours to commute. I got written up for being 10 minutes late to the workshop, after getting up at 4 AM to get there. FML
Today, I decided to show up early for work and really try to get off my manager's shit-list. On my way to work, my manager called to bitch me out for already being 30 minutes late. Yeah, I forgot about Daylight Savings Time. 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, I came into work late, tried to sneak in, but got caught by my supervisor. Usually I wake up at 7am, hit the road around 7.30, arrive at work before 8am. Today I woke up at 5am, thought that I could go back to sleep for 2 hours, I went back to bed. When I woke up, it was already 9am. FML
Today, I was scheduled for an interview at a local firm owned by two partners. The secretary told me to be there at around 12:00 to 12:30 pm, so I arrived at 12:15. The first boss told me off for being early, the other one yelled at me for being late. FML
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Jankae 0
Did you not realize everyone else was already there?
LadyAlathia 0
Uhm, isn't that, like, the FIRST thing you ask when you get a new job? "So, uh, what time do i show up around here? And when is payday?" Not hard, dumbass.
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Jankae 0
Did you not realize everyone else was already there?
CaymanIslands546 0
A lil slow eh?
suaveneanderthal 0
and you didn't bother to figure out when you were supposed to show up too work? great work ethic buddy
crackertoa 0
Its times like these that i wish i could press the "YDI" button more than once.
RedJester23 6
you have your own job now, no one is holding your hand anymore. kinda pathetic that you need someone to hold your hand to tell you the work hours to your own job
dudeitsdanny 10
72: You can press it twice. Four times if on two computers. =D Just open the thing to post the comment BEFORE you click it. You can click it from in here, and from the main page =D
OBTrice 15
I feel like u should know when your job starts so ydi
feelingold 18
it's usually on your contract too
ThaMC 0
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Second!!! Also that sucks, but wouldn't you have seen the hours posted outside or something?
duckorange 0
On the plus side, you've been staying an hour longer in the evening, right?
jimmyjimjobobo 0
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Maybe you should know your job better. YDI _______________________ www.youtube/jimmyjimjobobo123
ifinishlast 0
yea you would hav noticed... ydi. pay attention to your surroundings
ifinishlast 0
well whether or not they stayed in the evening doesn't make it any better. you can't go making up your own hours.
jellenwood 35
Oh but my boss does! It's ridiculous. He works maybe two hours a day and when he goes to meetings out of state he goes several days earlier and stays several days later on the company dime. He takes his wife too.
T1A2Z3 35
He's the boss he can do anything he likes....
Jimbo2000 0
Couldn't you have asked what the hours were? Because you didn't, I call fake
lem0n_fml 0
Don't assume it's fake. People are just ******* dumbasses sometimes.
LadyAlathia 0
Uhm, isn't that, like, the FIRST thing you ask when you get a new job? "So, uh, what time do i show up around here? And when is payday?" Not hard, dumbass.
plexico 4
As a first day question, I also like "How many times can you get caught sleeping at your desk before they fire you?" That's a good one to hold off onto until the first day. It is not a good interview question.
palleas_fml 0
I wouldn't say it's a good question on the first day either :p
plexico 4
Maybe the first day will be so filled with adrenaline, you can't sleep at work that day. You might want to ask them later in the week, because the answer is never written down in the policy manual. Later on, you might want to ask about the "real" sexual harrassment policy. Ours is ass-pinching is OK, weiner-showing is not.
f_alltheirlives 3
Wow, how do you deal with such uptight management? As long as nobody gets pregnant, we do what we want! I could never work at a no-weiner enviroment...
plexico 4
It pays OK. Having to keep my weiner in ALL DAY is pretty oppressive. I wish I could work at a place like yours.
f_alltheirlives 3
It's pretty hard being a birthday clown though, you think you could manage?
puhffft 0
Like everyone else said, the first thing that I do when I get a job is clarify what my hours are. I don't understand why you didn't. Deserved it.
24788 7
How the hell did you not figure this out? I'm sorry, but you seem dense. You ask these questions at your interview and read the manual if you aren't sure. I've never read a work manual in my life though.