Bosses and Work: Make your mind up

Make your mind up

By fuck you, boss - 21/12/2013 00:30 - United States

Today, my boss scolded me for being too friendly to our customers and told me to back off and let them do their thing. Less than an hour after doing as he said, he scolded me again, this time for slacking off and not asking them if they needed help finding stuff. There goes my bonus. FML

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You deserved it 3 162

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By choke on a dick, sir - 01/11/2013 22:47 - United States - Portland

Today, my boss came around to my way of thinking. He called our customers a "bunch of assholes" and to kick them out if they gave me trouble. When a lady began yelling at me for "setting the damn prices too high" I told her to leave. My boss soon bitched me out for being unprofessional. FML

I agree, your life sucks 41 737

You deserved it 7 682

By Anonymous - 16/02/2014 17:22 - United Kingdom - Cambridge

Today, my boss bitched me out on the sales floor for a good 10 minutes, because I wasn't "smiling the right way" for our customers. FML

I agree, your life sucks 42 030

You deserved it 3 918

By Anonymous - 06/12/2016 20:14

Today, my boss yelled at me for leaving on time. After months of management hounding us about our overtime, I get in trouble for doing what I was supposed to do. FML

I agree, your life sucks 8 925

You deserved it 533

Monday, Monday, so good to me…

By tooefficient - 19/08/2019 22:00

Today, I was scolded by my boss, all because I can finish most tasks in a quarter of the time it takes him, and he doesn't want to be shown up. FML

I agree, your life sucks 1 674

You deserved it 118

By Anonymous - 08/07/2016 22:09

Today, my boss reprimanded me for a huge screw-up that he was responsible for. FML

I agree, your life sucks 12 823

You deserved it 843

Slackers

By Anonymous - 17/02/2016 21:36 - New Zealand - Auckland

Today, my boss told me that people from work have been complaining about me. Apparently, I'm not doing part of their jobs for them, and the other manager sometimes does. FML

I agree, your life sucks 21 090

You deserved it 1 514

Whiner!

By mrjude - This FML is from back in 2019 but it's good stuff

Today, my boss yelled at me, telling me that I can't answer the phone anymore. Not because I do a bad job, but because a co-worker whined about it being her job. People call her and complain about how rude she is and then ask to talk to me. FML

I agree, your life sucks 2 175

You deserved it 207

By Tired - 17/08/2016 17:51

Today, I got in trouble with my boss for doing what she wanted me to do. I guess she didn't think I would do it, so she did it herself. FML

I agree, your life sucks 13 306

You deserved it 1 064

Seize the means…

By Underpaid - 08/05/2022 12:00 - Canada

Today, my boss complained about how his performance bonus is too small, as he expected it to be the total amount accrued rather than a percentage. He also made the decision to not give any of the employees profit sharing this year, because the company didn't beat the budgeted increase in profits. FML

I agree, your life sucks 907

You deserved it 101

By cantgetabreak - 13/12/2016 18:50

Today, my boss reprimanded me for not finishing my work on time. Yesterday, she cut an hour from my schedule every day until further notice. FML

I agree, your life sucks 8 070

You deserved it 563

DocBastard 38

Saturday 21 December 2013 5:20

Rule #1) The customer is always right. Rule #2) The boss is always wrong.

boating_guy 33

Saturday 21 December 2013 5:19

You know what they say... The higher the position, the lower the IQ

Comments

itzjstnx 18

Saturday 21 December 2013 12:31

someones bipolar...

drizzy11 18

Saturday 21 December 2013 12:54

The boss finds this post and comments "you're fired"

littlerawr 13

Saturday 21 December 2013 13:33

Boss? Sound more like my parents...

mete_orito 34

Saturday 21 December 2013 14:19

Yeah, f*** your boss. Who can stand people who can't make their minds?

gabagabaheyu 10

Saturday 21 December 2013 18:25

thats exactly how my manager is. like wtf do you want? you want me to be nice or not?!

kasmol 16

Saturday 21 December 2013 20:10

just saying, there is a difference between being too friendly with the customers and being attentive. Asking if they have any questions is not the same as chatting with them. It takes a while to learn, but a good salesperson makes you feel they are your friend without hanging out with you in the store.

marramrammar 2

Saturday 21 December 2013 22:24

Report the arse for being bipolar! Key is that he has a boss?

brandoneyez1 25

Saturday 21 December 2013 23:33

With bosses like this u have to know they will say one thing and say another 10 mins later. My boss will tell me hire 3 people and a day later tell me I have to many. So I play it safe and wait to confirm again

outoftown 26

Sunday 22 December 2013 5:03

Learning curve of holiday retail: finding the sweet spot between chatting away and sulking in the stacks.

nolanj21 6

Sunday 22 December 2013 5:50

I work at a car dealership. I was told the 1st day if I am outside a vehicle and a customer comes to me with a question, I was to answer and if I couldn't, I was to stop what I was doing and point them someone how could answer. I was really good answer probably 80% of questions. My boss yelled at me to stop being so helpful and just tell the customer to find him, I listened then he yelled I wasn't being helpful enough. I lost a kind of bonus for helping customers. I later found out that the money I should have got disappeared. I was moving is vehicle and found the cash in a envelope, with my name on it. I got him fired and now have his job... Pays more... I would that's not hyping to happen to you...