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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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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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)
YungMarlon23 0
#6 had a kick ass idea that seemed fair logically and in terms of society. >:)
bbobe900000 0
my dad went through shit like that with Danka. just don't deal with it, they'll end up screwing you over in the end. but my guess is that you turned them down anyway.
Equinox987 0
Hmmm were you laid off or fired for something you did? If you were laid off it should have been because the job role is no longer needed. If they've advertised it straight after then in a lot of countries, employment law should protect you.
Bigsmak 0
Its illeagal in the UK
fudgebucket11 0
i totally feel for you, FYL indeed
4ube_fml 6
Hey who said it was the same company trying to hire him ? it's not his old job back, it's just the same job ("programmer") but in another company, whose salaries are way lower (that does suck). It's not illegal for one company to pay it's employees double than another company, as i recall. I wish i would get hired.. Here in France you need a college diploma to anything. Crap i do think i speak well enough english and spanishto guide some tourists around for minimum salary, but nooo they want diploma, 16 years of hardcode practice is not enough. On the other hand, mi fiancé who has 10 years experience in recruiting and HR cannot get any job, even a clerk job at minimum salary, because he is too "old" or "too many diplomas". So we are stuck. Crap i feel depressed now :(
PITA388 0
You have a wrongful Termination suite on your hands. You need to get yourself a lawyer asap, also get them to put the offer in writing.
Vehicle 1
I would have said, "That's cool with me but I'm going to do half my original work." =]
graintrain 0
It depends on the state she's in. If she's in a "work at will" state, its perfectly legal. They can hire her at $350,000/year, get her to do a big project, fire her the morning its finished, and call her in the afternoon, offering her the same job at $10,000/year
WTFIWWP 0
"I am sorry but I cannot your offer at half the pay that I was receiving for the exact same job ...... ago""