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By speaknoevil1 - 29/01/2016 06:03 - United States - Gainesville

Today, I got call from the manager for a company I applied for. Turns out, he mixed up my friend's phone number with mine, since we applied on the same day, so the manager accidentally hired her instead of me. He said the position is still mine if I want it, but they will have to let her go. FML
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speaknoevil1 5

Hey guys! OP here. So let me explain what happened a little more. My friend and I are studying the same thing and the job is related to our field. I told her that I was applying there because I thought she would do the same thing if she would've found out about the opportunity. She only likes to take initiative when she thinks I'm going to be doing something that furthers my career and takes it like a competition. Anyway, she applied almost immediately after i told her and got an interview on the same day as I did. The mix up was due to a new intern mixing up our resumes since we came in at about the same time and we have similar backgrounds. The manager called and said he would handle it if I wanted to and I was about to say yes (because I was agitated on how unfair it was) and something stopped me. I didn't want to lose a friend over a job and she is quite grudgeful so I don't need that in my life. As fate would have it, I was offered an even better paid internship in Europe working along really great people and I couldn't be happier. Wow this is long but, anyway, thanks for everyone's advice!

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RubX 13

It sucks, but you deserve that position

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MadeIn2015 15

Ouch.. Maybe talk to your friend about it first? If they have another position lined up maybe you could keep it. Either way, good luck OP!

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sk8erd 15

thats a tough decision... I guess talk to your friend about it. See who can seek a different job!

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Leauge 13

Op that is a hard decision to make, but it's your choice to get a job or not, op you can wait a period of time for a new job.

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tayyymeds 16

Sounds more like an FML for your friend...

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infinitemonkey 21

Do you want to work for a manager like that?

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saffy66 34

This company has strange ways of dealing with hiring and firing. Apart from not checking their facts - like I'm sure OP and friend don't have identical names, so how do you not know you've Calle the wrong person - they should take the initiative and explain it all to the friend, before letting her go, not leave it to OP.

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hellobobismyname 24

Was the manager, by any chance, Steve Harvey? On a serious note, you should take the job if it's something you really want. Just because the manager messed up doesn't mean you have to miss out on this opportunity. I'm sure your friend would understand and put aside hurt feelings if she was a real friend. Maybe just let it be known to the company that you aren't happy with the way they handled their mistake by putting you in that position. That's just not professional.

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ohsnapword 21

"Today, I got fired from my new job so they can hire my friend instead. FML"

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Witchylady 17

Well it was meant to be yours. So take it. Jobs are hard to come by these days in the USA

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