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By Goldo - 22/06/2009 20:06 - United States

Today, my boss hired a feng shui consultant for our small office space. I am the only full-time employee besides the owners, and I work as an unpaid intern. My company would rather pay someone to rearrange my desk than pay me to work at it. FML

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By Anonymous - 03/07/2013 00:00 - United States - Phoenix

Today, I came home from a long shift at work to find that my roommate had completely rearranged all of the furniture. Apparently the new arrangement is supposed to improve the feng shui of our apartment. My bed is in the living room. FML

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By givemestrength - 14/08/2014 10:31 - United Kingdom - London

Today, my boss expects me to conduct a meeting with a client, give him all the info he needs, and manage his campaign. This is because he fired the "expensive" marketing director and wants me, the intern, to continue his work. FML

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By Anonymous - 20/10/2016 17:59 - Singapore - Singapore

Today, as usual, I got to my internship early, did everything my bosses asked. At the end of the day, I was fired after 3 weeks of working unpaid overtime because they found an applicant with more experience for the job I applied to and they wanted to cut costs. FML

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By Agathus - 10/11/2011 14:35 - United Arab Emirates

Today, my mother spent over $5,000 to fly in a Feng-Shui master, put him in a five-star hotel, and had him walk around our house with a compass, moving things to help improve the "energy flow." Now all I have in my room is an old mattress and lamp. He's coming back tomorrow. FML

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By Haggis300 - 28/03/2015 23:44 - Australia

Today, my best friend went to my boss and offered to do my job for half the pay. FML

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Tuesday 23 June 2009 0:56

You gotta worry about feng shui. It's all this negative chi. It's everywhere.

coldplaylive2003 0

Tuesday 23 June 2009 1:07

Get a real job

Comments

19lollipop96 0

Tuesday 23 June 2009 4:32

It's called Professional Not some intern

HeyyyBrahhh 0

Tuesday 23 June 2009 4:38

Lol.

randomxtremely 0

Tuesday 23 June 2009 5:20

Well that's retarted. Just like another girly girl I know

shadowsx1101 0

Tuesday 23 June 2009 5:22

like others say: MOST INTERNSHIPS ARE UNPAYING!!!!!

powermad80 2

Tuesday 23 June 2009 5:22

YDI for working for free.

wowfmlife 0

Tuesday 23 June 2009 5:34

the FMLs are getting soo boring

gangsterbert 0

Tuesday 23 June 2009 6:00

That sucks

funkandspacejunk 2

Tuesday 23 June 2009 6:00

wow...that sucks! i'm sorry!! it's easy for everyone to say "quit!" but it's not always so easy when you're getting good work experience from your job, or if you really enjoy it. i hope when the appropriate time comes, you'll be able to use your work as leverage and let them know you'll no longer work for no pay. good luck!!!

lmmmr 0

Tuesday 23 June 2009 6:21

Why don't people understand that internships are a necessary evil in this economy? If you are a recent graduate, you are not going to get hired in most fields without one. And most do not pay. It is a simple reality of life.