Today, my hours got cut because I couldn't make it into work when they called me in. Why couldn't I make it in? I was in an interview for a better job. I didn't get the job. 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 had a job interview. I got there as quick as I could, having to travel two hours into a city I'd never been to. When I arrived, they told me I was turned down for being too late. They'd rescheduled the interview an hour earlier and I wasn't notified of the change. FML
Today, I got a call from the only company that asked me to come in for an interview of the many applications I submitted. I answered it even though I was at my current job. My boss heard and chewed me out. The call was to cancel the interview since the position was filled. FML
Today, I showed up on time for a job interview. After waiting for about three hours, I was informed that the manager had "better things to do" than interview me. FML
Today, after trying so hard to get myself back on my feet, I had an amazing interview and I was hired on the spot. I was so happy, until I read the position I was given, and it turns out I didn't get full-time, I got barely enough hours to even be part-time. FML
Today, my phone cut out during a call for a job interview. I tried calling them back, but there was no answer. Later, I got an email from the interviewer, saying I was no longer being considered for the position due to my being "rude and unprofessional." FML
Today, I got denied a job. They told me I was unreliable because I didn't show up for my third interview. This is the same interview they called and cancelled this morning. FML
Today, after having tried for months to get a promotion at work, I finally had an interview for a higher position. Everything went great, and I was told I would get a call next week for my second interview. I went back to my desk, only to get an email stating they're canceling the position. FML
Today, I was let go from my job for not being able to come into work early. FML
Today, I woke up early for a job interview. I got lost and arrived an hour late, only to find out it was the wrong day. FML
Today, my two co-workers got the promotion we were all working for. The reason they got the promotion and not me? My interview got cancelled because of a policy change, implemented that day. FML
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Mabster84 2
Wow, people really don't understand how that works... Okay, if you've never had that happen to you, you shouldn't comment on it, really people don't show your stupidity... Let's say you work for Krogers (which until I got a better job, I recently did) Krogers will work you the minimum 8 hrs a week, and they'll call you in any other day that they may need you. Now, it's not fair because if they need you they should schedule you anyway, but since you're in a union (which Krogers is) you get only the minimum allowed hours weekly at just a few cents above minimum wage. If you don't come in when they call you in, they won't schedule you for any extra hours beyond what they HAVE to give you. If you come in all the hours that they didn't schedule you but called you in, they'll continue to give you full time hours on a part time allowance. It's a scam a lot of grocery stores and other retailers do to keep themselves with a cashier and you with as little as they can give you and every other employee... Like I said, if you don't know any better, you probably shouldn't comment on things like this... FYL OP
krikkitkrikkit 0
Sucks for you. Should have taken a sick day.
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lilkilla13 0
loser!!!!
MattC13 0
no u
Erindub 0
Theres no excuse for not making it to work on time
Verz21 0
that's ur own fault for poor planning and time management
sallen0046 4
Why would you plan an interview on a day you knew you could be called in? If you have something like this to do, you make sure your current employer knows you have something important to do that day and won't be able to come in if called. It's called "planning" and really isn't that difficult. There are plenty of people extremely willing to work extra shifts and come in at unexpected times. Those are the people that are rewarded, and it's pretty obvious you're not taking the job seriously anyway.
5t3ff1k4h 47
They may not have known they were going to be called in. Technically, employers can call employees in at any time, assuming their availability works with the shift they need covered. Even then, some employers call you on a Sunday when it clearly states you can't work on a Sunday.
sallen0046 4
Exactly - employers can call anytime they need a shift covered. Therefore, it's a common and logical to inform your manager, especially at a job where they've called you in before, that you absolutely will not be available to come in on that date. As far as them calling you in on certain days of the week you can't work, such as a Sunday, I know plenty of people that say they can't work plenty of days due to religious reasons, but jump on the opportunity to go in on those days if they'll be getting overtime. It doesn't hurt to double check on standing "can't work" days because of people just like this.
5t3ff1k4h 47
For sure. I see your point. I'm not saying it's a bad idea for some employers to call just to make sure you can't cover a shift on a day requested off, I'm just saying that sometimes it happens. When I had a job, I hated how they called me in on days where I had something going already (either my other job or school) but now that I look back, whether I ended up taking the shift or not it just showed that the workplace valued me enough to ask, even though it was likely I wouldn't make it in.
destineydeon 0
it could be worse. you could be 79. hahahha fhisl.
TashaLenaKitty 0
Sucks when stuff like that happens,I'm Sorry OP! :)
loveeu4ever 0
dangg get a new job!.
XslusheeX 0
ydi for drinking milk after 3:28
TooMany 0
cool story bro
kidwiththehair12 0
LOL I JUST SAW THE COMMERCIAL FOR THE $60 ISAFE BAG.. if you're in danger it beeps like a mofo and people apparently run away