Management and Work: Drifting like a ship with no captain

Drifting like a ship with no captain

By stuckass - This FML is from back in 2016 but it's good stuff - Pakistan

Today, our office had a mock audit before the real thing. I got warning note for not maintaining proper databases for last year's activities. I only joined a few months ago. FML

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You deserved it 1 592

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By Henry - 13/10/2019 13:00

Today, I was promoted as an auditor at an insurance company. After finding 9 compliance violations and over $15,000 returned incorrectly, I reported them to my manager. She blamed me for all the mistakes and fired me. These mistakes happened two years before I was employed with the company. FML

I agree, your life sucks 2 354

You deserved it 136

It's all too much

By SushiSpot - 13/06/2022 01:00 - United Kingdom - Jarrow

Today, on my first day off in over a week of working for my new job, and covering for a sickness at work, I get called into work for an audit… which we failed due to a lack of training. Where is the manager who's supposed to be training me? On holiday in Spain. Oh and my partner is considering divorce due to work. FML

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You deserved it 133

Compliant

By Anonymous - 13/06/2024 15:00 - United States - Prospect

Today, I finally finished our two hour long yearly compliance training at work. Not five minutes later, I receive an email from our compliance department, notifying me of a complaint against me. FML

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You deserved it 109

And then it hit me

By Anonymous - 06/05/2024 01:00 - Russia - Moscow

Today, there's a company I want to get a job at, and I've worked for a long time to get in. However, I realized that in the test task I'd been doing for almost a month, there was a small mistake in my calculations that makes all my results false. And, of course, I'd already sent this task to HR two days ago. FML

I agree, your life sucks 402

You deserved it 169

By ksa - 04/08/2015 19:06 - Poland - Katowice

Today, my boss made me type up my own written warning, where I had to trash myself and describe my own "shocking incompetence". All the department heads are going to receive a copy of this. FML

I agree, your life sucks 24 318

You deserved it 3 039

By KnightToucan - 21/06/2019 02:09

Today, I got written up at work over false accusations that I didn't do some safety tasks. The same tasks that were done before I had even arrived. FML

I agree, your life sucks 1 604

You deserved it 143

Overachiever

By Is he stupid? - 26/12/2023 08:00 - United States

Today, due to being stressed and overwhelmed by my tasks, I made a mistake and completed a few of my colleagues' tasks as well. When I informed my boss about it, he said that I did an outstanding job, but I shouldn't have messed with other people's documents. As a result, my promised raise is cancelled. FML

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You deserved it 179

By Anonymous - 10/09/2019 02:02

Today, despite filling all the parameters for a model employee and being praised by multiple people over the time I was working, I was fired because a client complained to my manager that I didn't seem to know what I was doing. FML

I agree, your life sucks 1 740

You deserved it 139

White collar crime

By potting shed woman - 27/05/2021 04:01

Today, after I told my boss I'd found a serious error that cost the company thousands each year, I found out he'd fled abroad. Turns out the error was him stealing for the past 40 years, our entire department is under investigation and the owner is considering scrapping our office and firing us. FML

I agree, your life sucks 1 567

You deserved it 84

Management balls-up

By lene - 11/03/2021 04:57

Today, I was fired for not completing the required computer training, which no one told me about. I was told that it's my responsibility to check it every week. It would have been nice if a single one of my supervisors had given me any indication whatsoever that this was the case. FML

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You deserved it 156

michellellelle 11

Tuesday 5 April 2016 18:19

Just go to your boss and explain what happened, they will understand and fix the situation

Chrysic 20

Tuesday 5 April 2016 18:19

File a complaint and get ahold of someone that can help

Comments

michellellelle 11

Tuesday 5 April 2016 18:19

Just go to your boss and explain what happened, they will understand and fix the situation

Chrysic 20

Tuesday 5 April 2016 18:19

File a complaint and get ahold of someone that can help

geoh0400 14

Tuesday 5 April 2016 18:19

How is last years activities your problem? You only started a few months ago.....

MariaGiovanni 25

Tuesday 5 April 2016 18:52

Yeah that's ridiculous! OP should write about that on a website or something. Maybe one that's dedicated to ludicrous things that happen that usually aren't the OPs fault. oh wait...

Enkeria 30

Tuesday 5 April 2016 18:20

Talk to your boss and explain what happened. They'll probably waive it.

Dick_diamond 22

Tuesday 5 April 2016 18:22

You may only have just joined, but shouldn't last years records still exist somewhere? Audits look back several years, and it's still your job to collect and organize the relevant information