Today, I received an email from a temp agency trying to hire me. Surprisingly, it was the same job I was just laid off from after two years of great employment. They were trying to hire me at half my original salary. FML
Collection
Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I went to ask my boss for a raise. Turns out they are firing 35 people. I wasn't on the list until I asked for a raise. FML
Today, after getting my dream job and quitting my old one, I was told my position is strictly "experimental" and will only last 2 months. FML
Today, I overheard my boss stressing out over finding a replacement for me. I didn't know I was leaving. FML
Today, it's been two months since I started a three-year contract at a new job. So far, 5 people have resigned. Pretty sure I've joined a sinking ship. FML
Today, I finally started my job as an in-home caregiver. The man I was hired to care for died two hours after I made it to his house. FML
Today, I was fired for having a haircut that was 'inappropriate for the workplace'. I have alopecia. My boss told me to stop making up excuses. FML
Today, my boss sent me a message about a project, via WhatsApp. It's my day off, so I figured it could wait till I was able to give a flying fuck. Literally a minute later, he was spamming me, demanding to know why I'd left him as read and reminding me that he has firing powers. FML
Today, I showed up for my first shift in my new night job; I now work at an apartment complex during the day and at a gas station at night. It turns out that our biggest problem tenant in the former happens to be my boss in the latter. FML
Today, I was told it was inconvenient for me to take lunch breaks, because someone else has to answer the phones and no one else wants to actually do any work. FML
Today, I arrived at work six minutes late due to heavily congested traffic. This is just two days after my boss put out a memo saying that anyone who's late to work from then until the new year will have their holiday bonus pay forfeited. FML
Feel like sharing it with the other FML users?
Thanks, your FML was submitted, and will appear in the moderation queue soon!
Top comments
theswarm666x 1
wouldn't that be a bit illegal? firing you just to pay you less? it is kinda indirect but still.
rp3k99 0
Take your job back, just work half as much and see what you can get away with.
Add a comment · Reply to
You must be logged in to be able to post comments!
Comments (77)
Sturmeh 0
#8 is correct, do as he suggests.
chaddyd23 0
Well I wouldn't take that job. But you can
chaddyd23 0
13 I'm going to ******* kill you. Dumbass
AeternusMiasma 0
#8, #11, #16, and #25 (and I am sure others) are all right. Depending on which country you live in there are laws against them doing that to you. They can offer the job back at a slightly lower salary but half is far too low. Check with a lawyer. Most will give a free BASIC consult (costs money for a real one) and if you have a case you can bring something to the courts about it. That is gross misconduct on their part. And Yeah I agree with some. Unless you absolutely need the job (as I know so many do) then just **** em and decline.
chaddyd23 0
What's so bad about that. There's starving kids in Africa that would work at half your salary. Now stop crying and take it before you kill some Africans.
cheese1756 0
Argue for better pay. And to #36 me, Africans are not directly harmed by him taking or not taking the job. Instead of writing comments like that you should be donating money to stop starvation/aids/malaria in Africa instead of flaming FML users.
RiverRelic 0
Most likely illegal. Can't use "layoff" as an excuse to get rid of someone. Bunch of cowards.
avoidthegirl 6
#36, you're a ******* idiot. Way to bring something completely unrelated into the conversation to try and make people feel like shit. People die in third world countries every day - and not just in Africa. So **** off.
plexico 4
#30 Wrong. It varies state to state, but unemployment in my state has a cutoff which pays less than minimum wage. A few years ago, I got fired and thought I could coast for a month or so on half pay, but that miserable amount lit a fire under my ass and I got a better job in three weeks. No ******* safety net here in the good ol' U. S. of A!
Rajko 0
Yeah I just got laid off too. If they come back and try to hire me cheaper again they're going to get a big '**** Off' from me.