Relatable, Awkward and Work: HR FML

HR FML

By jobless - 01/12/2015 04:01 - New Zealand - Auckland

Today, HR sent a review email to me asking me to anonymously tell them about my boss. I decided to use this opportunity to tell them what a dick he was. I printed off the review, filled it out, then scanned and emailed it to myself. Or so I thought. Turns out I'd sent the review to my boss. FML

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You deserved it 18 706

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By Mee - 05/10/2009 10:49 - Kuwait

Today, I was frustrated at work so to have fun, I wrote an email to myself saying that I was great and loved myself and should relax. I used all different colors and fonts. Instead of hitting "delete", I hit "print" without realizing. My manager got it out of the printer and put it on my desk. FML

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Slipped up

By hate my job - 24/09/2021 20:00

Today, I sent my resumé to a former coworker to get some pointers, except that I sent it to his old work email account and now my boss knows I’m looking for a new job. FML

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Bad omen

By IHateMyJob - 18/01/2009 04:00 - United Kingdom

Today, I received an email from my boss telling me how appreciated I was and how valuable I am to the company. I wish I hadn't scrolled down to read the included conversation where he asked his boss whether to lie to me about how good I was or not. 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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You deserved it 3 039

By dumbass - 12/01/2017 09:37

Today, I emailed my fiancé the assignment that I was handed for a journalism job interview, asking for him to take a look and give opinions about it. I accidentally e-mailed it to the job interviewer. She responded, and even CCed it to the CEO. FML

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You deserved it 2 326

By Alex - 15/07/2009 20:17 - United States

Today, I found a website that lets you write an email to yourself from "the past". I used my boss's address, and wrote a long email about how much I hate him, signed from me. It worked, and he'll receive it in 6 months, after I move away. He's already received the confirmation email, though. FML

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You deserved it 59 090

By Anonymous - 10/01/2011 13:23 - Canada

Today, my boss asked for recommendations on how to improve the office. I sent her an e-mail full of my ideas. Later, my boss sent me a reply, saying, "Here's what head office thinks of your ideas." It contained a list of insults upper management made about me. FML

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You deserved it 3 757

Monolith

By AshWil - 26/06/2015 16:54 - United States - Washington

Today, I accidentally posted an extensive, negative review of the gynecologist I visited earlier this week. I messed up and posted it from my work's customer service email, so now it looks like the large, well-known company I work for had a poor gynecological experience. FML

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You deserved it 23 130

By Anonymous - 26/03/2016 18:02

Today, my boss tried to fire me for not emailing him a screenshot to prove my email wasn't working. FML

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You deserved it 1 324

By Freelman - 06/05/2015 14:34 - Ireland - Dublin

Today, I tried to write a bad review for the fast-food place at which I work part-time. My username made me anonymous, but I forgot to change my profile picture. Now my manager and coworkers won't even speak to me. FML

I agree, your life sucks 12 221

You deserved it 44 405

Steve97 32

Tuesday 1 December 2015 14:54

Maybe your boss is hard on you because you make careless mistakes like this?

MikaykayUnicorn 36

Tuesday 1 December 2015 14:35

Yeah, you're pretty anonymous now OP. Great job!

Comments

Badkarma4u 17

Tuesday 1 December 2015 15:20

Doesnt matter, anonymous surveys are never really anonymous. Always, watch what you say. If you critisize your boss do it as if he was reading it.

ThrottleJockey 35

Tuesday 1 December 2015 22:25

Very true. Last year my employer sent out an all employee "anonymous" survey and I didn't fill one out because I knew it wasn't truly anonymous. Sure enough, my supervisor asked me about a week later why I hadn't done the survey. I asked him that since I hadn't told anyone that I didn't do it how could he possibly know I hadn't done it? Wasn't it supposed to be completely anonymous? He just sheepishly mumbled under his breath and walked away.

shortcake18 15

Tuesday 1 December 2015 15:21

How to explain that one...

Emiweb 9

Tuesday 1 December 2015 15:33

If you emailed directly from the scanner to your boss, is there a chance it'd still be anonymous? If from your own email address then you've learnt a lesson about double checking, at least. Perhaps your boss may even consider what you've said and improve their behaviour, though you won't see it

chosha_fml 26

Tuesday 1 December 2015 15:58

Sorry to hear your boss is such a dick, but that was a dumbass mistake. YDI.

Joshawott 21

Tuesday 1 December 2015 15:58

Judging by OP's name, I'm guessing her employment was terminated? That sucks. In future reference however, triple check the recipients of any email - especially ones like that.

LennyComa 39

Tuesday 1 December 2015 16:28

Why would you mail it to yourself?...You know what you wrote. Why not even just scan it to a flash drive? YDI

yerawizardlizzy 27

Tuesday 1 December 2015 16:47

Yeah I was wondering that too. Why not just fill out the anonymous survey and submit it and be done with it? Did OP need to save it to congratulate his/herself? Seems odd.