Today, my boss told me I'm not working hard enough because I take French classes two mornings a week and therefore I won't be getting a promotion. If I want the promotion I have to stop taking my French classes. These are the same French classes I was told I originally needed for the promotion. 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 noticed I spend most of my day translating French, German, and other languages for my boss, as he talks to people overseas. As his assistant I make crap money. If I were promoted to a Translator I’d make a lot more. He won’t promote me. In fact he threatened to fire me if I asked again. FML
Today, my boss called me into his office. I've been working hard doing extra work so I can get promoted. He called me in to tell me I'm to reliable in my current position, so I won't be moving up. 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 had an hour-long meeting with my manager where she informed me the reason I had not been promoted is because she felt that people would not like to work for me, because I would, "make them do their job." FML
Today, my boss got mad at me because I told her that I wouldn't be able to work two days out of the week, due to college classes. She then cut back my hours so much that I now only work one day a week. I got the job in the first place to pay for my college classes. FML
Today, I found out that my promotion had been rescinded and given to someone else, all because I was on a pre-approved vacation. According to my boss, they need someone who's "committed to the company" for the position, and gave me a lecture on how if I keep being "lazy" and "unmotivated" I'll never get ahead. FML
Today, I found out that my boss, who had promised me a raise, is not promoting me. He says I don't have the right 'vibe' and I'm not 'relaxed' enough for the job. FML
Today, my boss told me that he didn’t want to promote me because my, “scores were too good.” He then told me that I would be getting twice as much work to do than my coworkers, without a raise. I work minimum wage. FML
Today, I did my work, the work of my co-worker who called in sick and the work of my boss who has no idea what the hell is going on all at the same time. I didn't get a promotion because I don't work hard enough. FML
Today, I found out that the reason I didn't get the job that I have been working my butt off for over a year for is because they can't find anybody who can do my current job as good as me. I'm too good to be promoted. FML
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lordcrispio 8
bosses suck
comepoopwithme 0
in soviet Russia bosses suck YOU!
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lordcrispio 8
bosses suck
comepoopwithme 0
in soviet Russia bosses suck YOU!
Redneck68 0
ftw^^
iStayTrollin 0
Tu ne va pas faire classe pour français?
TXjuggalo972 6
no promotion like a boss!
kcluna 6
Get a new job !!
CommonSenseKarma 17
71 - follow your own advice and see how far you go.
taoxyeuxmay 4
I can see where the boss is coming from. S/he wants you to take french classes, but on your own time (the weekends), not the company's time. Which is what you're doing with the twice a week crap.
patriciadusud_fml 8
Tu ne vas plus en cours de français ?
zelhackin 0
Take Spanish instead :D
xXjakalXx 0
didn't you here OP? they were taking French for the promotion in the first place
gabstahhh 8
come on now use yo coconuttt.
brennan677 0
47- i dont know why but i can't stop laughing at your comment
MrNiceGuy518 3
BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH!!!!! I wonder if this will get removed. It probably will. I didn't even read the FML.
redbluegreen 41
Congratulations, you're an idiot.
MrNiceGuy518 3
Congratulations. You read and replied. Therefore my stupid plan for attention worked on sombody.
bubble25_fml 5
stop taking French, it's a dying language anyways...
MrNiceGuy518 3
Are you a mime?
CitrusGirl 0
Yeah, they only speak it in France, several African countries, and portions of several European countries.
geromin 1
and Québec ..
Garyy_fml 11
yeah 6, ever heard of Canada?
hannahtaskey 9
How is French a dying language? It's one of the few actually available to learn anywhere. it's spoken in half of Canada too.
XxDrUnKeNGaMeRxX 0
and canada
CitrusGirl 0
Yeah, I forgot Canada. Someone already pointed that out, and I thumbed up their comment. Because I realized I forgot it. Once someone has pointed it out, you don't need to as well. That's like if a math teacher asks "What's 2+2?" and someone raises their hand and answers "4!" Then you raise your hand 30 seconds later and say "It's ******* 4!" Everyone already knows. And now you look like a prick.
CitrusGirl 0
By the way, that was at 24 and 28. 25 had a legitimate addition to the previously presented information.
Redneck68 0
the french havent ever won a major battle though
Karamelo_fml 11
@redneck: Without the French, you'd still be a British citizen FYI.
bubble25_fml 5
39 what the he'll are you talking about? it was the oompah loompas who saved us from the British mafia! some people just don't pay attention in history class anymore...
stupidfaceman 0
u ugly mean and a bitch get a life in stead of sitting here making people feel bad
Rakistazz 0
and some part of Louisiana.
brennan677 0
well, the french were ******* in world war 2. jsut saying
Tanitrovitz 0
FML is French, just sayin' :) et va tfaire foutre gros lard à insulter les autres pays gratuitement, moi je te chie dessus :)
YacL 15
Huh... I don't know what to say to this thread. Hmmm... I know! Look up "French Military Victories" on Google and click "I'm feeling lucky". France is okay, they have French Toast, which is framazing.
CitrusGirl 0
50- Don't get pissed at me for insulting people if you're going to insult me. Also, might wanna change your name if you want people to take you seriously. Check the thumbs, honey. They speak the truth
CitrusGirl 0
And I just remembered that Haitians also speak French! Thanks to Rakistazz for reminding me of that. :)
A7X_LoVeee 10
You have a point 31. However I don't understand why you felt the need to overreact and call the kid a prick.
CitrusGirl 0
There are a lot worse words I could have used. Compared to the usual insulting words people use on here (which I'm sure I don't need to list) prick is quite tame. It was a slight overreaction, but it's a pet peeve of mine. And after reading so many posts where people repeat the same info over and over, someone was bound to get an earfull (technically eyefull).
tiswine 0
VIVE LE QUEBEC
CitrusGirl 0
Well, I can tell from the thumbs that I have offended some people. I don't see how my statement about Haiti was offensive. I'm assuming that people decided that because one thing I said was offensive, they should downvote all my comments, regardless of content. But I am sorry to those I have offended, nonetheless.
jakester020 0
just stop talking
frenchboy95 2
You guys are really something. The French are *******? Oh really? Go check the Treaty of Versailles, between Germany and France, that was a main cause of the end of WWI. The French got taken over in WWII? Yeah, so did the rest of Eastern Europe. What's your point? And since when does a huge army mark the best country? Just because Americans think that shooting and blowing up anybody who doesn't have the exact same views as them, doesn't mean the rest of the world thinks the same way. Check the statistics: American has over a 70% obesity rate, while (last time I checked) France has under 20%. Also, America's intelligence is dropping very fast. America is not as good as you think. Flame me if you want, but you insulted my country first. But of course, it's only wrong if someone does it to yours, as Americans.
frenchboy95 2
Also, to add to my comment, WWI would have been much worse if the French hadn't held their ground as well as they did. They endured Trench Warfare. In case you don't know, that's when you stay in trenches for days, even weeks, with rats, dead bodies, and muddy ground. They barely ate, and the rats would eat the dead bodies. Also, if your skin is wet for too long (like their feet were) it makes you skin rot. Please, instead of insulting somebody else's country, fix your own.
Destruct0r 5
Stfu already. you're like a fkn mosquito that won't go away.
CitrusGirl 0
Frenchboy, people also tend to forget Napoleon Bonaparte.
TheIrishJaneDoe 9
"Stop making ignorant blanket generalizations! You Americans are such assholes!"
Karamelo_fml 11
Well, to stop the pointless digression about who won what war and what the neighbour's dog thinks of it: the bottom line is that OP was asked to learn French... because she works in a French-speaking region (canton de Vaud, in Switzerland). Excellent reason, really. Now OP, talk to your boss cause you've got a point.
Mitcha857 0
frenchboy, you throw up statistics and the say randomly without any facts that "americas intelligence is dropping fast. it's not as good as you think" that last part was just some random shit that's your opinion. well I'm gonna drop some actual knowlege for you on things the french do wrong: 1) they eat frogs legs.. gross wtf. 2) the french were the first to have mimes.. ugh 3) the French couldn't find Osama oh yeah that's right we AMERICANS did it bitch!
CitrusGirl 0
That frog legs are gross, and that mimes are stupid are both opinions. And let's not forget how long it took us to find Bin Laden.
BoCo_fml 9
I suggest speaking with your boss and finding out what is expected of you. Maybe it was your bad for choosing French lessons that are interfering with your work schedule.
shamille 5
If she needed French for her job, shouldn't that count as work time? Training hours or something?
TheDrifter 24
No she wants a promotion and is taking time off work to get the training required for it. However op picked classes that interfere with regularly scheduled work.
TheIrishJaneDoe 9
Gotta agree with TheDrifter here. If you need further training to stay relevant in your current job, your employer should provide it or compensate you for it. If you're trying to move up, however, the training is your responsibility and should not interfere with your current performance.
Parisgirl34 12
I think so
thatguynamedsky 32
i see it as op is home free, quit taking french and get the promo!
GigaPudding_fml 24
Your boss is bi-winning, he/she got you to learn what they wanted you to learn without having to keep their promise... Sucks for you though :)
TheIrishJaneDoe 9
Who said anything about a promise?
iReadFmlsFml 0
This guy is sooo retarded, guys just because the bosses on FML are cruel doesn't mean they are in real life.
sailorzoe 14
Tell him to stop smoking crack.
Haiden_fml 0
That's his way of saying "Just stop trying kid, you are never going to get the promotion anyways"
CitrusGirl 0
Take some Latin. That's where it's at.
iknowimawesome 13
agreed.
iStayTrollin 0
Agreed, nowadays, they speak Latin all over the damn world!
CitrusGirl 0
I know they don't speak it anywhere. But it's still interesting to learn a langauge that's the root of most all western language. I know you were making a joke, as was I originally. But I still think it would be cool.
A7X_LoVeee 10
Latin is actually a very interesting language. Also, I've found it has helped me in English class(knowing the roots and such as the poster above me stated).
CitrusGirl 0
I'm looking forward to learning how to speak Latin next year in college. So glad my school offers it.
cknsanwich 0
Latin is a lot of fun! difficult to learn especially when balancing it with chem and bio but fun!
CitrusGirl 0
I'm wondering how all tthese comments that were positive last night went negative or to 0. Someone must really hate Latin (or me).