Work: Today, I went to my boss with concerns that my manager is dumping...

By raquelcita - 26/08/2016 06:05 - United States - Winter Park

Today, I went to my boss with concerns that my manager is dumping her responsibilities on me. He agreed and told me to just do whatever she wants. She gets paid twice as much as me to talk on her cellphone all day. FML

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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

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Meritocracy

By Anonymous - 24/02/2024 09:00 - Jamaica

Today, after six months of doing the job of 2 people, because all my coworker does is sleep and sit down with her phone, I told my boss that I can't be doing my coworker's job and getting the same salary as her. My boss added just $10 to my salary and told me to let her carry on doing nothing, while I still do the work of 2 people. FML

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You deserved it 131

By Anonymous - 19/06/2014 08:24 - United States - San Francisco

Today, I shouldn't have told my boss that I was interested in management. She now throws any problem she doesn't want to solve at me and either gets mad when I can't work it out or takes credit when I do. FML

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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

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Money for whining

By Anonymous - 14/05/2021 23:59 - Dominican Republic - Santo Domingo

Today, I realized I get paid to hear my boss complain and talk crap. FML

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You deserved it 132

By anonymous - 29/03/2012 15:42 - United States - Houston

Today, my boss pulled me aside to chastise me for being "off task" because I was chatting with a co-worker while working on a project. She then spent a half hour chatting with the same person about what daycare she should go to for her new baby. FML

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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

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You deserved it 1 064

Supervision

By cocoapuffs4life - 10/06/2015 23:45 - Canada - Aurora

Today, I was told by my manager to make sure the supervisor on shift does his job. Last month I was told I couldn't be a supervisor. Apparently I can supervise someone who earns more than I do though. FML

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By crackie - 16/06/2016 17:45 - Korea, Republic of

Today, my job as a supervisor has become increasingly ridiculous because one employee doesn't want to do the tasks I give her. My supervisor tells me to keep working with her and giving her work. When she goes directly to him, he tells her she doesn't have to do them. FML

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You deserved it 730

Boss man

By Anonymous - 13/04/2024 23:00

Today, my boss agreed to a 20% pay rise, in exchange for adding a list of new responsibilities to my job description that will effectively double my workload, which he expects to be carried out in the same 8 hour workday, and not on overtime either. My boss is my dad and I hate him. FML

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You deserved it 170

WCARlover 34

Friday 26 August 2016 15:25

May have to go to HR for this one cause your boss is useless. Or find another job so you're not working for tools

Tripartita 44

Friday 26 August 2016 15:31

An FML that doesn't mention expired food, feces, or detailed injuries but still makes me sick to my stomach! Bravo, FML! Bravo!

Comments

royallymessedup 23

Friday 26 August 2016 15:21

Great boss you got there! Hopefully, the boss will eventually see sense and get rid of your idiot of a manager

soulreaper12296 28

Friday 26 August 2016 15:25

Your boss agrees with you, but wants you to continue doing it anyways.......um ok. I think it may be time to find a new place of employment OP if that doesn't change soon.

Bibliovore 26

Friday 26 August 2016 15:38

Any chance the boss is gathering evidence to fire the manager? If that IS the what's happening, and OP has already proved able to do the work, perhaps a promotion is on the way. In OP's shoes, if I wanted the manager's job I'd decide how long to keep at it just in case, then go to HR if nothing had changed by then.

WCARlover 34

Friday 26 August 2016 15:25

May have to go to HR for this one cause your boss is useless. Or find another job so you're not working for tools

Tripartita 44

Friday 26 August 2016 15:31

An FML that doesn't mention expired food, feces, or detailed injuries but still makes me sick to my stomach! Bravo, FML! Bravo!

Joshua_the_alien 11

Sunday 28 August 2016 5:06

this is not ifunny stop complaining

igive 29

Friday 26 August 2016 15:45

Sounds to me like she might have gotten her position by being on his "good side".

Lalala579121 27

Friday 26 August 2016 21:07

Probably many positions.

BoxFullOfLazy 25

Friday 26 August 2016 16:12

Follow the chain of command. If your boss isn't doing anything about it, then go to the next level up. Or perhaps he knows something you don't. He could be gathering evidence to support letting her go, so you could just let it play out and see what happens.

sparkles8595 20

Friday 26 August 2016 16:23

My supervisor does the same exact thing! When she isn't talking on the phone, she's taking selfies. And always telling me to do things she should be doing. When I went to higher up management they told me they didn't believe me. OP Definitely talk to someone higher up than the manager you talked to, because thats not right at all.