Bosses, Capitalism and Work: Great replacement

Great replacement

By Bottom feeder - 08/01/2016 03:41 - Hong Kong - Ngau Tau Kok

Today, my boss dropped a highly important and dense report on my desk that had to be finished by the end of the day. After the initial panic attack and hours of scrupulous work, I finished. She then asked me to pick up the revised copy, where my name was replaced with hers. FML

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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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Runner up

By milamadeleine243 - 22/10/2020 14:00

Today, I finished a huge project for work. It took 3+ days and I was very proud of it. Except when I submitted it to my boss, he said that he'd already asked another person to do it. He used that person's project, not mine. FML

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By TTR - 13/11/2011 00:36 - United States

Today, I finished a very important but annoying presentation that took four hours to complete. Only after writing a paragraph to explain the presentation and sending it to my boss did I realize that I saved the document as "Shit I have to do to get a promotion." FML

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By WorkWeirdo - 30/03/2016 20:26 - Peru - Lima

Today, my boss finally checked the presentation I have been working on for three weeks. She called me into her office, and told me everything was dreadful, and requested me to start from scratch. It's due in half an hour. FML

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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

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Legality

By inpuredeceit - 17/03/2011 23:37 - United States

Today, I finished and turned in the last of the 17 major projects for the company I work for. As I was walking out of my boss's office, I heard her ask her assistant, "She finished everything we didn't want to do, can we fire her now?" FML

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Teamwork works

By Anonymous - 16/02/2021 01:58 - Australia

Today, I had a huge amount of work to get through. Two colleagues offered to help, because one had nothing else to do, and the other couldn't work until I was done. My boss got really pissed at me for "making" them do my job and wasting their time. FML

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Unfair!

By Anonymous - 18/11/2023 08:00 - France - Paris

Today, I was fired because of a "poorly executed" task. My boss claims that I just copypasted an existing document in a new file; I was instructed exactly to take the document and move its content to a new table without changing anything. It was discussed beforehand, but looks like his own messages are not a proof. FML

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Mount Everest

By Anonymous - 25/04/2015 12:58 - India - Mumbai

Today, my boss asked if I could spare a few minutes to finish off the last of his paperwork backlog. I'm pretty desperate for a raise, so I said sure. Turns out the "small", "should-take-a-few-minutes" backlog consists of 3 desk-high stacks of documents. Goodbye, cruel world. FML

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Dogshit code

By Gunaditya Tripathi - 14/08/2021 13:31 - India

Today, one of my colleagues was asked to rewrite an entire project, which I wrote last week. I'd spent more than 4 days writing it. FML

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Friday 8 January 2016 11:59

Definitely take this to her boss, do not stand up for that at all. If nothing happens, start looking for another job ASAP. Nobody deserves to be treated like that in a workplace.

Moskaaa7 26

Friday 8 January 2016 11:56

Don't take this shit. Put your foot down!

Comments

MySonshine7 13

Friday 8 January 2016 17:44

so wait what is your job in the company? maybe her name is supposed to on the reports. being the boss means delegating work out to employees when you have other matters to attend too. if the boss is just lazy and doesn't want to do it and makes others do it then take credit. then it's wrong.

HPCullen251 21

Friday 8 January 2016 22:13

If her name is supposed to be on the report, then she should be doing the report. Period. She can delegate the other tasks. No matter the reason it is wrong to put your name on something you did not do.

fuckfuckityfuck 16

Friday 8 January 2016 18:10

I would have put a watermark on the paper.

honestjane 22

Friday 8 January 2016 18:49

Your boss sounds like she has sociopathic tendencies. Keep an eye on that one.

manuwish 9

Friday 8 January 2016 19:06

you should tell on her..she is probably holding you back from getting a promotion in order to keep you hierarchically under her to make you do her work, supposing she couldn't do it on her own without you..

jmagd781 16

Friday 8 January 2016 19:41

change the name back to yours. Then she'll be ****** when her boss says something.

pandarae 12

Friday 8 January 2016 20:56

My ex boss did that too me once. I went back and replaced ever use of the word projected to the word respected and move a decimal point in the excel sheet. Her boss called her incompetent and demoted her. I quit after that, and went into business for myself.