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
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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
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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.
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Comments (77)
proud_liberal 0
THIS SHOULD BE ILLEGAL!!! companies should not be allowed to lay off or fire people or lower their salaries. That's why we're in this mess!! rich white republican CEOs hoarding money and taking trips to vegas and firing people just because. Obama seriously needs to make a law against this. If firing people were illegal, no one would lose their jobs and green jobs would be added too so the economy would improve. This isn't rocket science people.
rukusrazor 0
Take it, and do a half-assed job. That's the American way. (I think that's from Family Guy)
Faminn123 0
Totally normal... Better than them coming to you and saying something like "we can't pay you right now." then keeping you on and not laying you off... Better to at least have something!
effyourlife_ 0
Yeah well, that's happening to everyone right now. sucks but the companies have no money to pay you. You could always just not have a job at all like the rest of the world...
darkwar4ever 0
This SHOULD be illegal, but that doesn't mean it will be. Companies will lay off experienced workers and get younger, less experienced workers even if it means less productivity - it saves the company money in a short term period.
lakeylove 0
Better than nada
kaelendra 0
Once again depending where you are it is illegal some places... in bc for instance if you lay someone off you have so many months (not sure how many) that you can't turn around and hire someone for that position... doesn't even matter how much you're offering them or if you go via temp agency if you hire someone for a position someone was laid off in a company opens them up to government action due to violating labor laws and the employee can take action as well. Now where this person is it could be legal... i only know where i am it's illegal.
tranman978 0
Ooo i moderated this yesterday
ShenziSixaxis 0
A similar thing happened to my brother's fiance before. She used to work with the city and was laid off. Some time later they called her wanting to rehire her with the same job for less. She decided to stay with MicroSoft and get paid more instead. =]
yati 0
Dude be happy you atleast got it. Something is better than nothing.