Today, my boss asked for recommendations on how to improve the office. I sent her an e-mail full of my ideas. Later, my boss sent me a reply, saying, "Here's what head office thinks of your ideas." It contained a list of insults upper management made about 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, I gave my boss a report I wrote on my own time, full of suggestions on how to increase productivity and profits at our company. He said my ideas made "about as much sense as pistol-whipping a ghost" and that I was impressing no one. FML
Today, I received a "Reply All" email from a colleague, in which they vented their frustration with our boss. Unbeknownst to them, our boss was included in the distribution list. Our whole open plan office became a silent comedy of awkward glances. FML
Today, my boss installed a comment box for anonymous suggestions on how to improve the workplace. So far, I've received 5 notes from my employees requesting that I be fired or replaced by a hotter woman, as it's the best way to improve the company. FML
Today, the CEO of my company wanted to meet with me. I was excited until I found out she just wanted to bitch me out and personally fire me. Later on, I found out my boss had totally shafted me and blamed the failure of a big project on me instead of admitting it was all his fault. FML
Today, I received a company-wide email from my boss, praising a coworker's extra effort at improving our line of business. The coworker's efforts were a direct copy-and-paste of a plan I put together three months ago. No one cared when I gave the presentation. FML
Today, I realized that my boss is able to read all the emails my coworker and I send each other. Most of them are about how she is such a shitty boss. FML
Today, my boss asked me to send an email on his behalf with an important report attached. I've already received 3 responses from directors commenting on poor spelling and factual errors. I get paid 1/4 the salary of my boss and he can't even write properly. FML
Today, my boss asked me, "Can I give you some constructive criticism?" I said yes. He told me, "Your work is really shit. You have no talent and I can't figure out why I hired you." FML
Today, I sent an email to my boss about a sensitive project. After hitting send and getting a response, I remembered I'd set my automatic reply to say, "I'm currently out of the office, enjoying a much-needed break from all the idiots I work with." My boss was not amused when he replied and got the automatic email in return. 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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unfortunate_13 5
now i'm curious about your ideas
Shutuptroll 0
Upper-management was right. Despite what you think, unblocking **** on the computers wasn't a good idea.
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Comments (40)
IneffableLullaby 13
That's exactly why below your ideas, you don't put "This place sucks." :p
angeluv_2014 22
What does that even mean???
theboldshadow 11
haha genius
selamyhead13 0
damn,look at this guy
Sparx1_1 16
That kind of treatment is illegal in Canada, forward the e-mail with a formal complaint to your union or to the human rights board if you are not in a union. If your company has an HR department you can also talk to them about this.
Filitov 0
Your boss at least sent you the response so you could see what the upper management said about you. Then again, that can either be a good thing OR a bad thing.
ScrabbleBabe2010 0
Your direct boss sounds snarky...that is not a productive way to handle employee morale and they might not approve of her even sharing their emails...hm?
perdix 31
Either everyone in upper management is a close-minded blowhard, or your ideas were idiotic. Usually, if management gets ideas that range from mediocre to crappy, they'll usually give you the standard "we will take it under advisement" BS to get you to go away. If they went to the effort of insulting you, your ideas must have been so laughable that the idiot theory is the most likely one.
rockthearts18 2
lol Love it
UpsidedownKayak 9
That was an epic win. I will buy 10 of them.
oblio 0
Does your boss hate you too, or trying to help? Read those comments carefully; learn them and live them. Also, keep your head down and keep quiet until you've redeemed yourself.