Work: Today, I noticed that both my managers completely ignored me...

By O - 04/04/2016 03:38 - Sweden

Today, I noticed that both my managers completely ignored me when I told them that I'm fully booked, and can't take any more clients. Both of them scheduled additional clients. At the same. Three people from different companies will show up at my office at the same time. Yep. FML

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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

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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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By TheBaconater - 03/02/2013 16:22 - United States - Baraboo

Today, I woke up to a voicemail from my manager saying I had the day off. Excited, I made plans with my friends. A few minutes ago I got a call from my other manager yelling at me for not showing up, and the original manager revealed he had me confused with another girl. FML

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By Karma - 21/04/2015 16:45 - United Kingdom - Newport

Today, whilst in the last week of my notice period, I was instructed by my boss to tell six new employees that their jobs had fallen through before they'd even started. Later that afternoon, I received a call from my line manager. Guess whose own job has fallen through too. FML

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By Yudith - 23/10/2024 09:00 - Canada - Montreal

Today, my colleague came back from vacation so I no longer have to do her job on top of mine. My bosses saw this as the perfect occasion to barge into my office every five minutes to hand me tasks. When I asked for a ten-minute break to do a task that needed concentration, they barged in again after five minutes. FML

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By Nice - 28/07/2024 13:00 - United States - Steele

Today, I got roped into work on my day off because the two new guys weren't showing up. My boss promised that I would get tomorrow off if I did, so I said okay. However, as soon as I came in and got all ready to go, guess who came in? FML

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By Anonymous - 28/07/2014 02:48 - United States - Fresno

Today, I watched a manager and a co-worker sit underneath a table in our store all day as I got yelled at for not working hard enough. I was the only one actually working. FML

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By Anonymous - 23/06/2024 05:00 - United Kingdom

Today, exactly 19 seconds after I logged on, my boss Zoom-called me to let me know 3 people are out sick, probably until Monday, so if I wouldn’t mind doing their work as well so we don’t fall behind, within working hours, no overtime available. He wasn’t happy when I told him no. FML

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By sick - 06/10/2010 03:20 - United States

Today, I got up and left for work despite being really sick, because I had a big meeting. Halfway to work, in deadlocked traffic, my boss texts me to let me know he's rescheduling the meeting to tomorrow because of personal conflicts. FML

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By Andrew Dutch Beebe - 25/08/2019 20:00

Today, I was told not to show up for work, after I showed up for work. FML

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CuriousSnail 16

Monday 4 April 2016 17:26

Are you a library? Because you seem booked. Ahhahahahahahhaha But, seriously, that sucks.

nzhx 23

Monday 4 April 2016 17:34

Is there any possibility of "referring" clients to your co-workers or maybe speaking to someone higher up and moving things around, push a few deadlines if they're flexible etc? I hope you manage to work things out OP!

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CuriousSnail 16

Monday 4 April 2016 17:26

Are you a library? Because you seem booked. Ahhahahahahahhaha But, seriously, that sucks.

TheEpicKitten 20

Monday 4 April 2016 17:28

Is there anyone higher up you could talk to?

caterinette 12

Monday 4 April 2016 17:31

Life just wouldn't be the same without dumb management.

BDanzeisen 20

Monday 4 April 2016 17:32

Speak to the higher ups in that situation. Hopefully they're not as incompetent as your bosses. Good luck :)

FFStepchild283 24

Monday 4 April 2016 17:33

Well, just tell them the truth about your supervisors are the ones that overbooked you and you will get to them as soon as you can...or reschedule them yourself.

Brandi_Faith 33

Monday 4 April 2016 20:13

Just reschedule the meetings yourself. If the managers ask why you rescheduled those meetings, just tell them that you already had a meeting at that time and didn't think that having 3 people show up at the same time to wait around forever only to get sent home without being seen, was a good reflection on the company. Can't see how they can argue that.