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Showed Up, Noped Out: 40 First-Day Quitters Spill The Tea On What Happened
Interview With Expert
Your first day at a new job can be extremely nerve-racking. It’s your only opportunity to make a good first impression on colleagues, and your brain will be moving a million miles an hour trying to take in tons of new information. But something that’s important to remember is that your employer should be trying to make a great impression on you too. Otherwise, you might just be inspired to say “sayonara” before your first payday!
Redditors have recently been sharing stories of employees who quit their jobs before even working a week, so we’ve gathered the juiciest ones down below. Enjoy reading through these tales that might inspire you to quit your own job, and keep reading to find a conversation with Ben Stocken, Founder and CEO of West Peak!
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#1
The owners daughter showed up to open 1.5 hours late. Said she thought her mom had given me keys. Proceeded to tell me to unload her car before I could come in and clock in. I locked her keys in her car and left.
BrownEyedPanda 10 months ago
I don't see why not. The little princess got what she deserved.
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Riley Quinn 10 months ago
I want this person's name and email address because this is someone I want in my social circle.
Sven Horlemann 10 months ago
I cannot tell anyone how much I love this. I am a bad person (*sniggers*), indeed.
Marsha Hultberg 9 months ago
Oh no she/he di'nt! 😱 A scotch over the top, appreciated the laugh just the same! 😆
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#2
The oh 'By the way we never mentioned it at the interview but you will get 50 percent pay for 6 months till your trial period is over'. I was half way into my first shift when they sprang that on me. I turned around and walked out. No discussion. Didn't say a word. Just left.
MegDragon 10 months ago
‘By the way I never mentioned this but if you don’t give me the compensation we discussed I will be leaving without notice.’
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 10 months ago
By the way, I didn't mention that I'll only be working 50% of my hours for the first six months.
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Seadog 10 months ago
That's what I was thinking and unless 1/2 pay still keeps you above MW, then that's another violation in itself.
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Michael Largey 10 months ago
Most American workers don't have a contract. You know, freedom.
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VNES101 10 months ago
Most shift worker type jobs don't have contracts or offer letters.
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Dirk Daring 10 months ago
"OK, but I have also had this company on an evaluation period, and it has just failed. Good bye."
Amanda Reinstatler 10 months ago
I would blow the company LinkedIn page and that job listing TF UP. I have walked out of an interview and announced to a lobby full of hopeful candidates - "its not marketing - its cold calling, door to door sales and your pay is 100% commission based. GTFO.
Riley Quinn 10 months ago
50% income than the figure given in the interview? No problem. You'll get 50% of my time here. This borders on illegal. What was agreed upon in the hiring interview can't possibly be altered mid-shift.
Simon Chen 10 months ago
Fair enough, i am giving 50 percent of my workpower until your trial period is over 😏
#3
Desk job. All male staff. Male boss made a joke that I can feel free to use the kitchen to make food for everyone because "finally we have a woman on the team". Walked out.
SnootWaggling Fox 10 months ago
Lawyer will be laughing all the way to the bank after the lawsuit
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BookFanatic 10 months ago
I was a receptionist for an all-male computer business (none of the famous ones). First day on the job, my supervisor was giving me the basic tour and we came to the washroom. He said "FYI we hired a receptionist, not a maid. Any of these bozos asks you to make tea or clean anything...you come tell me." Very reassuring for a fresh-out-of-college kid.
Susan Reid Smith 10 months ago
I'd joke that they'd better have serviced their smoke detectors recently.
Daddy’s Girl 10 months ago
This one resonates almost too strongly. In my younger working days, there was no EEOC. If your boss told you to make coffee, order sandwiches and get them, or get his clothes from the dry cleaners, you did.
Ruth Watry 10 months ago
I would have looked him in the eye and said that my mom never taught me to cook, and if they really needed me to cook, I knew how to make ramen.
KombatBunni 10 months ago
I’d be in trouble for grievous bodily harm if a man said that to me..
Silviu Leibovici 10 months ago
unless hired as cook too , joke not funny... just painted a bleak story ... guys, it's not rocket science to get a sandwich together ... :D
To learn more about what pushes people to quit their jobs early on, we reached out to Ben Stocken, Founder and CEO of West Peak, who was kind enough to have a chat with Bored Panda.
"When people quit jobs right after starting them, it’s often one of two main things: Either the job has been mis-sold to them in terms of scope, opportunity and often culture, which destroys that initial trust in their leader who hired them and the organization," Ben shared.
"The second reason is that they have a terrible or non-existent onboarding experience. Onboarding is the first real opportunity you have as a business and a leader to set the working relationship off on the right foot, and getting this wrong leads to scope for miscommunication and conflict from the get-go," the expert explained.
#4
When I found out their timeclock system didn't track hours worked, but the minutes spent typing or moving your mouse. And it'd take random screenshots too (if you're in a video meeting, I guess they get to take pictures of you too?). All that and they wanted this installed on my personal computer. That and a few other reasons made me back out after one day.
Fabulous chocolate cookie 10 months ago
I always wonder which managers are so far out of touch with reality that they think this is a good idea..
Miki 10 months ago
I think thats a company policy. Managers have nothing to say in that matter.
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Panda Bear 10 months ago
Yea I’m not downloading random c**p onto my personal computer. Give me a company computer if it’s that important
Upstaged75 10 months ago
They make mouse jigglers you can buy. I may have one myself - so my Teams light is always green. ;)
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Nimitz 10 months ago
Sounds like the new Bloomberg system. It includes things like keystroke and mouse-click monitoring, randomly activating your camera and evaluating your WFH space, facial recognition in the office to evaluate your current mood and behavior, recording what you say and evaluating your vocabulary usage to ensure you're a loyal peon, using your work computer to access your home's router/modem internet traffic history (outside of work) to mine your personal data, and using your phone to track your personal biometrics 24/7 so they can confirm whether you are actively working and not taking too many bathroom breaks. You know, wholesome trustworthy stuff
Kira Okah 10 months ago
Why I opted for freelancing over WFH jobs. Some of the stuff that some of the employers require are honest-to-goodness keyloggers and malware - from my partner's observations, somtimes even directly taken unmodified from actual harmful places.
WindySwede 10 months ago
"Look at this, an free online 'keyboard, mouse, screen, webcamera-tracker'. All you have to is agree to this fine print terms and conditions " 😬
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#5
I was between jobs and got a temp job helping with payroll and they told me I would have to hold paychecks for people who did not return their uniform and when I pointed out this was illegal (and showed them the law) they said to do it anyway so I quit and went back on unemployment until I found a real job 3 weeks later. Quitting a job because they want you to break the law gets you unemployment in most States.
ॐBoyGanesh 10 months ago (edited)
Yup! Very first (temporary) job after grad school asked me to do several things that violated state & federal labor laws, two of which were also criminal. I lasted 10 months, left with the evidence & filed for unemployment. They contested and there was a hearing. They sent an HR manager & I was represented by a DFEH case worker who explained to EDD mediator that I walked out on the job because I refused to enforce or implement illegal practices of which some were also criminal behavior. I got my full unemployment insurance and they dealt with several agencies coming after them.
Amused panda 10 months ago
Most? So which are the ones where you have to choose between quitting & being unable to claim benefits or following instructions & breaking the law?
Anxious&Bored Bear 10 months ago
US states generally don't enforce Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, so quitting due to unsafe practices is considered refusing to work and won't allow for unemployment benefits.
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Me 10 months ago
I worked for a large chain grocery store many years ago. They refused to give me my last pay check until I returned my uniform.
Sven Grammersdorf 10 months ago
When I got fired from Kroger they didn't ask for any of my shirts or aprons back
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#6
When i saw that the microwave was coin operated.
Lew k 10 months ago
Office vending machines too. Most places i worked back in the 90s office vending machines were there for a convenient snack and were subsidized by the company. Example would be like 10 cent soda back when a typical vending machine was 50 cents. Now the vending machines in the office are more expensive than one you find in public.
We also asked Ben how employees know whether their new job will just take a while to get used to or if they should run as soon as they spot red flags.
"Early red flags are often a rushed interview process and repeated clashes of values. Our values underpin how we perceive the world and therefore how we interact with it," he noted. "Fundamentally, if you find yourself in the first few weeks of a new role and business, and what you observe from behaviors and actions doesn’t align to your values, it’s never going to lead to an environment where you can do your best work."
#7
I remember starting a job at a call centre for a particular company that has such a bad reputation, they need to change their name every so often.
They were telling us how we have 7 minutes alotted for "personal time" like bathroom breaks. There was one bathroom in the building, WAY down at the other end of the building...so on our first fifteen minute break, I walked to it..Took 4.5 minutes to get there. So when we came back from break I asked "so what happens if you go over the alotted time?" And the trainer goes "well then the mintues are tracked and deducted from your pay"...I got up and walked towards the door and the guy goes "see that's an example of complete unprofessionalism, and that's ok this type of job isn't for quitters"...I spun around and went "I can handle the job, chucklef**k. What I won't do is degrade myself by working for a place that monitors how long it takes you to s**t".
Delta Dawn 10 months ago
It’s that recurring dream I have that’s set in a dystopian hellscape
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Jane Jayne Jain Jeign Jein 10 months ago
I don't believe toilet breaks should be part of your break time. In fact, I'd go as far as saying that any rule that a company wants to implement for its staff, all management and CEO's MUST adhere to as well. "But we couldn't possibly, it's inhuman!" Exactly, chucklef**kers!
Lew k 10 months ago
I got sat down for a written verbal warning in a tech support call center for consistently using 10-15 minutes of restroom time on my shift. We worked 10 hour shifts but I was told I need to use the restroom during one of my 2 15 minute breaks. I asked to reschedule the meeting so I could get legal counsel. Never heard about it again but they did find a bs way to fire me about 6 months later. I should have gone after them but I was getting ready to quit anyhow.
Roland Nijveld 10 months ago
Only 30 mins break with a 10 hour shift? Why do people even accept this?
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Wang Zhuang 10 months ago
I would've noped out of there as soon as I heard that they only give 7 minute breaks
#8
It was a telemarketing company selling timeshares around the US. My first call was an old lady who told me the story of how her husband fell down the stairs two weeks ago and died right in front of her. My manager was over my shoulder listening in and said something like "OK, now pitch the package." I left immediately.
nottheactualphoto 10 months ago
To the old lady: "I am so sorry. I wish you and your family the best." To the manager: "Goodbye."
Nimitz 10 months ago (edited)
I worked for Kirby vacuums for 3 days. 2 days of "training" and my 3rd day trying to sell. My first client was a "slam dunk." They were a 94 and 96 year old married couple and already had 3 different Kirby vacuums in the closet. They did not know what was going on, but their son was there and very obviously but politely determined to prevent us from taking advantage of them. My manager was furious with me for not making the sale. I've never felt so dirty in my life. I dropped off my training materials and told them to f**k off the next day.
Sophia Pandia de Delphia 10 months ago (edited)
I only made it a week and no sales before I realized Kirby's awfulness.
Load More Replies... Lew k 10 months ago
This type of c**p is why I hate sales people. Not everyone who works in sales is terrible but this mentality is very common in sales. Over promise, under deliver, lie, sell the client way more than they need, take advantage of customers lack of knowledge. I've unfortunately always been in a repair and installation role and forced to deliver the unreasonable expectations set by sales. And because companies worship their sales people there is never any consequences for lying to the customer.
Artful Penguin 10 months ago (edited)
I was a paralegal for a law firm that helps people get out of their timeshares. My job included deep diving into the statutes of the relevant states and reviewing the client timeshare contract. Those things are absolutely evil. That firm is huge now, and has class action lawsuits all over the place. We even had a former employee of a big one reach out and give us a manual that detailed how to lie to people and skirt the laws.
Hobby Hopper 10 months ago
The worst job I ever had was telemarketing. The company was shady, and even those of us that tried to be honest automatically had 0 credibility with the customers.
Seadog 10 months ago
Time shares should be illegal. These vultures sell them to people who absolutely can't afford them. And if you try to tell them you can't they keep telling you how you can. Had one trying to sell me on one, kept on and on about how I could afford it. I finally asked him how I was going to pay more for a time share than I make to begin with? Would you believe he still kept pushing it? If I could've hit him with a bat and got away with it I would have.
#9
Line job in a factory that assembled magazines. Because of all the paper sliding along the tracks, little bits would gum up the gears and they wanted us to reach inside and pull out all the wads of paper scrap about once an hour while someone MANUALLY held down a button that paused the machine from moving. Refused, clocked out for lunch and left.
Linda Graber 10 months ago
If the Biggs of AZ has his way OSHA will be banished. What could go wrong…
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Ruth Watry 10 months ago
My dad had a job (long time ago) where his arm got messed up (47 stitches) because he turned off a piece of equipment and somebody turned it back on when he was working on it. After that he removed the fuse or turned off the circuit breaker. If in the US, OSHA report would have fixed things quickly (but as new employee, not your responsibility)
Corwin 02 10 months ago
OSHA will be a thing of the past due to your new president, enjoy !
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Beth Wheeler 10 months ago
Ummmm NO. You shut the machines down for that so that people don't lose body parts!
Hobby Hopper 10 months ago
That should have a lockout, but I'm sure they don't do it because it takes too long and lowers productivity. But hey, what's a few employees' fingers in return for higher productivity?
Finally, we asked the expert how companies can ensure that their new employees have a smooth onboarding process.
"Do one in the first place!" Ben says. "Plan it out by reverse-engineering exactly what you want the person to be able to understand and achieve in their first 90 days and create an onboarding process that delivers this. Constantly seek feedback from your newest joiners on their experience of the process, so you can refine and iterate it. Make it accessible for all, really think and seek out expert support on how you onboard different areas of diversity."
#10
I got a summer job as an HR/Office Assistant while in college.
They told me on my first day that they had to fire some people later in the week and they needed me to do it because they didn’t want to.
I didn’t come back the next day. Not only did I of course not want to do it, but I was shocked at the callous disrespect they had for the employees that they wanted to fire. If you want to destroy someone’s lively hood, have the balls to f*****g do it yourself.
KatSaidWhat 10 months ago
This feels like you got hired to do the firing and then would have been fired yourself after that.
Fellfromthemoon 10 months ago
I don't understand the rationale behind the company's decision. Did they assume that the fired workers would be mad at the college kid working there for a few days or weeks instead of the actual decision makers?
Liz Mary 10 months ago
Remi ds me of a manager who, after announcing me a promotion, hired a friend for the position. 3 times. The 3rd time he sent someone else to tell me that the promotion was no more because he didn't have the guts. Hope your, Robert "Snow", are reading this! Got my revenge at the end! Proviked my dismissal in a legal way so they had to pay me a package when in reality I had been accepted at university in the UK. I would have resigned if they hadn't done this and other s**t and it would have cost them nothing! 😈🤣 "O que ri por último,..."
Silviu Leibovici 10 months ago
HR is the team that treats humans as resoureces ... not individuals, not even assets... resources ... that's why i'll never work corporate ...
Pam Wilson-Hallinan 9 months ago
A similar thing happened to me. One of my various bosses (a person with the title of 'Director) didn't like conflict so he wanted me to call a contractor or talk to an employee (can't remember which right now) and tell them they were being cancelled. I was just an analyst and that was definitely NOT in my scope of responsibilities! I told him why I refused to do it. He was not pleased but did it himself.
#11
I was a GM car salesman half a day. Family of 5 come in and settle on a Pontiac Catalina. Sales manager told me to squeeze another $275.00 from them. I went to family, cut $500 from the contract, turned it in and sent them home in a new ride. Told sales mgr I was done and left..
Lew k 10 months ago
It's funny. When I buy a car and the sales person is pushy or constantly trying to upsell me i just leave. Both my current vehicles i bought after just going to look but had a cool sales guy they just held back let me check out the car, take a test drive and said almost nothing. I spend a lot of time informing myself before I ever show up to a lot but can't stand being sold and instantly lose interest when someone is telling me bs about a car I've extensively read up on. I once drove 20 minutes further away to buy the car i wanted/needed after getting annoyed with a sales guy.
nottheactualphoto 10 months ago
My dad bought a 1970 Pontiac Catalina station wagon. What an enormous car. A few months later, the oil embargo hit and fuel prices went through the roof.
Seadog 10 months ago
Not all car salesmen are bad people. Most of them, but not all. And I've met some of the worst. Local Chevy dealer sold a coworker an S10 Blazer the first year they were available as a 4 door. She noticed right away it didn't drive right, figured it just needed a front-end alignment as most new cars do. Alignment shop called her and had her come down to see what the cause was. Turns out the Blazer was a rebuilt wreck. It had been a total loss and they put it back together, poorly. She went back and they tried sweet talking her. She said fine, you'll hear from my lawyer. They gave her money back. 2 weeks later that Blazer was sitting right back out front of the dealership with the window sticker back on it. Yep, they were once again selling it as a new vehicle. To top it off, she worked for the bank that handles their floor planning. Word spread pretty quick what the dealer was doing.
Seadog 10 months ago
The same dealer also owned one of the local Ford dealerships and sold the bank a Fairmont. It was white but it always looked dirty, like it was stained with red mud. This was before I went to work for the bank and I had a detailing shop. So one day I'm washing this car and a little paint comes off. Paint under it was bright white and pristine. So we really hit the car hard with the pressure washer. For some reason this dealer repainted the car. No damage anywhere, they didn't even sand it. The officer in charge of the company cars saw it on Monday and called me and asked how I got it so clean and how great it looked. I told him. He of course asked if I was kidding. I told him he was welcome to come see my wash bay which was now covered in white paint flakes.
Load More Replies... Marsha Hultberg 9 months ago
You're clearly not car salesman material. KUDOS for that! Drag re: the inconvenience though.
Beth Wheeler 10 months ago
So this one wasn't what I call a lot lizard. If you get out of your car and a salesman is there as soon as your feet hit the ground watch out. Or if your car is in service and you're just walking around looking. One time years ago my mother had been hit and her car was totaled because of the age. We were at a Ford dealership and this total lot lizard told us if you don't tell anybody I'll let you have it at my price of $12K it was a used Taurus wagon that wasn't worth that much, I literally bit my tong, spun around and walked away.
Cammy Mack 10 months ago
$275...what's the point? $1.5K or $2K wouldn't surprise me, but $275? Why don't you go pick bottles out of the ditch?
#12
The boss hid the bathroom key and had everyone ask him for permission to use it.
I have IBS and I got the runs the first day (of course).
When I asked for the key the second time after 30min of using it the first time, he asked me: "again???"
The third time he started chewing me out.
I literally turned around on my heel and got to the locker room to take my stuff and go.
He then tried to block my way out when I sat on my motorcycle to drive away.
KatSaidWhat 10 months ago
I have IBS which my doc and I have now fondly termed as bipolar presenting IBD - some days, I'm running, some days I'm getting seats because the bloat must mean I am pregnant, other days I'd rather be running than blocked. IBS is a wild ride. And you can never trust a fart.
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Nimitz 10 months ago (edited)
I worked at a computer repair shop. The boss installed a camera over every single repair bay and the washrooms. He would watch us randomly throughout the day. When we pointed out that this was patently illegal, he literally pulled out his penis and told us to suck his c**k if we didn't like it. Needless to say, we all quit and the business went under within the year. Seriously, the guy just pulled out his junk. Who the f**k does that and expects everything to work out without issue?
Sue User 10 months ago (edited)
In answer to your question:Lyndon Johnson.
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Dawn Marie 10 months ago
IBSD is NO laughing matter. I am a severe case. Stress only makes matters worse. Without an elephant load of Imodium and three probiotics a day, I will be in the bathroom 15-18 times a day. There is no cure, only management. I am on a VERY strict diet and in therapy. The theory is that IBSD is caused because of trauma in your early life that was not delt with and push far down within your gut. This rings true for me. If you know someone with this affliction, please be supportive and understanding. There is a stigma with this and no, I can't be spontaneous and just go out. I have to know where we are going and must know where all the bathrooms are.
Oskar vanZandt 10 months ago
My IBS-D isn't nearly as extreme as yours, but I know about URGENCY. I think it's one reason I'm self-employed and working flexibly... The condition affects every aspect of your life.
Load More Replies... BrownEyedPanda 10 months ago
So the lugnut tried to block him. I would have ran his àss over. Unlawful detainment.
Lisa Lilla 10 months ago
Bad for anyone, IBS or not. When you gtta go you gotta go. Disgraceful behavior.
rorschach-penguin 10 months ago (edited)
Did you discuss with the company before starting that you have a disability and need frequent bathroom access? I'd be pretty suspicious too if an employee claimed they had to poop multiple times in a few hours.
#13
Work in IT and got a new job as a SysAdmin and on the first day found support tickets where the guy before me was required to track every second of his time through it. Several tickets that read something like "Cleaned office - 15 minutes".
No thanks. I'm not a child that needs supervision.
Luckily my old job let me come back like I never left.
Nikole 10 months ago
I freaking hate when companies do this. Are we producing good results? Then get the fúck off of our backs.
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 10 months ago
That's what I like about my current job. They don't track my time, and they know that sometimes I have family issues to deal with (new baby, many, many animals) that mean I might not be working my standard hours, but they also know that I will try to make up any lost time, and the attitude is that as long as everything is getting done, there's no problem.
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Corvus 10 months ago
Ugh, yes, my previous boss has this obsession with "no idle time," so we sometimes had to do ridiculous stuff, just to avoid "doing nothing" - like, for example, counting blank sheets of paper in folders, and then filling the results in an Excel spreadsheet. No, not joking!
Seadog 10 months ago
Worked for 2 companies that tracked milage of company vehicles. Every time the vehicle moved, it had to be logged. Somewhere they got the idea the vehicles were being used for personal use. Didn't take long for this insanity to fall apart. Pretty much the first time one of the execs wanted to use a vehicle and decided he didn't need to say why. Oddly enough, the vehicles that were actually being abused, fit within the guidelines of genuine business use.
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Foxglove🇮🇪 10 months ago
Years ago my company was doing a survey or something on working time, we had to account for what we were doing all day (in percentage of time). My job wasn't busy, and I often had extended periods when I was basically waiting for the next task (no backlog or anything to fall back on). They didn't like that I recorded something like 30% with nothing to do, I had to take that out and turn the 70% into 100%. So what's the point of the exercise then?!
Sand Ers 10 months ago
When I worked at Sun, they were obsessed with "metrics". I spent almost as much time documenting how much time I spent working as I spent working.
SnackbarKaat 10 months ago (edited)
I had a job where you had to write down to the minut how much time you spend on a file. Even if you made a phonecall for it, you had to write down 2 minuts or whatever time it took you... (I lasted two days, i fell sick and they fired me)
Lew k 10 months ago
I hate the trend of over tracking time. I'm a communications plant tech and my job used to track if we were actually completing work but know our trucks are GPS, they monitor how long we are in one place, if we leave the job site, if our truck is idling for a long time. News flash. We work in Arizona and in the summer we never shut our trucks off because if the AC is off not only do we have no place to cool off but our laptops and equipment overheat. So enjoy sending me a report about idle time everyday from here until I retire. So pointless and annoying to have to explain to some red tape pencil pusher every week the same c**p.
Definitely a Human 9 months ago
Wrote this tedious note tracking my work - 30 seconds Wrote the note about writing the note - 30 seconds Banged my head against the wall - 16 minutes
#14
Started a sales job just after graduating which I was happy to do because I'd done what I thought was a similar job while studying. Morning was as expected, induction stuff, a few odd characters, manager seemed ok. After lunch, they said ok now we need to get in a car and go do some door to door sales.... this was supposed to be an office based on the phone type of job so I was already thinking, nope.
After about 45 minutes of chatter and slight panic because the person who usually took people around had gone off somewhere, someone asked if a car with a specific reg plate belonged to anyone. It was my car. Manager asked me to drive the team to an area of town for the door to door. They said they'd give me a separate payment for fuel. I said my insurance wouldn't cover them so I can't take the risk. They said to call my insurance and confirm. I said I'd go outside to do that while having a cigarette.
I did not smoke. I got in my car and went home.
Zephyr 10 months ago
"But we are a family here and family shares" this and other b******t employers say
Michael Largey 10 months ago
"If we're a family, how much do I get when the owner dies?"
Load More Replies... Amanda Reinstatler 10 months ago
Always trust your instincts!!!! I have ignored them before, and I always regret it. Sometimes your body figures things out before your brain does.
Lew k 10 months ago
These days you need to pay me better than just gas to use my own vehicle. Cost of vehicles, cost of maintenance, the fact it's going to drive up my mileage meaning in get less years out of the car. No thank you. I'm currently looking to get out of field work but kind of dreading losing my home start/ company truck. I honestly drive my own vehicle less than 10 miles a week for groceries or errands. At that rate i won't need a new car until I retire. My 14 year old personal vehicle only has 80k miles its a Toyota and can probably hit 300k with no problem.
Seadog 10 months ago
They do this thinking when something happens to the car and/or its occupants, it's all on the now former employee. Law says if you use your personal vehicle for company business, then the company is now liable for any and all incidents. Adn paying you fuel is a joke. The wear and tear is so much more. The tires on my car are almost $1G each. Paying me fuel isn't even going to touch that. Oil change is $50+ and that's with me doing it. Pay a shop to do it and it'll be over $100. The big picture is something many people don't think about when they decide to use their personal cars for deliveries or ride share.
Andrew Keir 9 months ago
Law in UK is 'If you're driving it, you're responsible for it'. If you have a work toolbox in your car, normal insurance doesn't cover you - at all. But, we have a 'suggested maximum' per-mile rate set by the Government, and surprisingly everyone charges that. Different country, I suppose
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I got a job in town X. One the first day they told me tomorrow I needed to show up to a different office in San Francisco (which is a 90 minute commute there and a 2-3 hour commute home). Not what I signed up for, they legit could not understand why I was leaving.
Amanda Reinstatler 10 months ago
Employers are always so very SHOCKED when people stand up for themselves. I LOVE IT.
Dog Mom to Zoe 10 months ago
I live East of San Francisco and the traffic to S.F. is 20 minutes at 3 a.m. Morning commute takes you up to 2 hours.
Sand Ers 10 months ago
And evening is 3. When I worked office jobs in the Bay Area, I always managed to live West of the office. Traffic would be heavy but typically moving at or near the limit. The other side of the freeway would be a parking lot.
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Karen Krause 10 months ago
Now, I could understand if they said, "We will need you to go to San Francisco the first week. Is that reasonable for you?" "Then she could have made a decision or even arranged transportation or asked if they would provide temporary accomadations or travel stipend. Just to throw it at a new hire is unreasonable.
trixiefly11 10 months ago
In one of our positions there is always a rare possibility that you may need to travel to one of our other locations. But that is stated clearly in the interview and job description. It rarely every happens though.
Hobby Hopper 10 months ago
They should have provided a car (or paid miles) and counted travel time as work time.
#16
I came in to be one of 4 retail managers for a museum with 4 stores. While training me I overheard multiple associates (who I would be managing) swearing and yelling at customers. Then one of the other managers training me to log the safe yelled and screamed at me that I didn’t know how to count cause the safe was $1 short (we later found the dollar on the floor behind the desk she had been counting at) then the district manager above me spent the entire day sitting at the cameras listing reasons to write up associates which included: seeing the outline of a girls phone through her back pocket even tho she never took it out, an associate going to the bathroom twice during his shift (they were only permitted one break apparently), and an associate not asking literal children to donate to the museum.
Great first day. Even better last day.
Sophia Pandia de Delphia 10 months ago (edited)
I read "microchip-mange." I was amused at 1st with my mistake but then froze and thought this could happen. Then it was full on panic. I feel that if I'm thinking it, then you can be sure other companies have or are willing.
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Snowkit 10 months ago
It ain’t the girls fault the phone was sticking out, our pocket are so tiny, only half my phone fits inside! If they don’t like it then get us bigger pockets!!!!!!!
Sand Ers 10 months ago
She wasn't supposed to have it on her during work hours.
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Shelley Keenan 10 months ago
Uhh is it illegal to limit bathroom breaks cause it damn well should be.
Sand Ers 10 months ago
Even if it is illegal, in the US it's routine to find companies violating employment laws. And now we have a foreigner trillionaire trying to have the agency that enforces them ruled unconstitutional.
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Cj Churchall-McKenzie 9 months ago
i got fired from a famous museum in london for not smiling while selling guides, even though my role was supposed to be info desks. they now make all staff sell them, with quotas
#17
Got hired as a farmhand for a potato farmer as a summer job from college; minimum wage through the local job office where I was told, “this guy has gone through a lot of workers”
First thing he told me to do was change the oil in the tractor and pointed to where things were. Now I had changed the oil in my car, but that hardly compared… I managed
Next, I was given a “s***ide jack” and told to walk out to the field where a 40” tire on one of those huge sprinkler systems had slipped off the railroad tie going over the ditch and use the jack to get it lifted out of the ditch and somehow use my 130 lb frame to move it back onto the railroad tie…I managed
Lunch time came and I had trudged back from the field with the jack. The farmer sees me and says, “I’m going to the house for lunch, please eat in your car.” Luckily I had brought my own lunch, but it was 90 degrees out and I was a sweaty filthy mess from what I had done so far and had no way to clean up… I managed
For the afternoon, the farmer had me perch on the back of the potato planter while he drove it down the field and I had to hop back and forth between the planter bins and manually make sure the potatoes were dropping into the feeder tubes… I managed
Got a call shortly after getting home asking if I’d like an assembly line job in an air conditioned factory, never went back to the potato farm.
Tim Douglass 10 months ago
As someone who has considerable life experience on a farm, that sounds like a normal day.
Delta Dawn 10 months ago
Never heard of a “s***ide jack” before but I get the idea from the name… for funsies y’all should google “bill dookie”, which is also a real tool.
Helen Rohrlach 10 months ago
I'm assuming it what I'd call a kangaroo jack or a high lift jack.
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#18
I was a Cold caller trying to solicit donations for an organization. Called a guy. His widow answered the phone saying he had recently passed. Supervisor said I should try and get the widow to make a donation. I was done.
Zephyr 10 months ago
Your wife died recently? How sad...so into more pressing matters would you like to donate to our tax evasion scheme
KatSaidWhat 10 months ago
Sadly people need to pay rent and eat, etc. So you take what you can get until you can take what you want in terms of jobs.
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I was in high school, working 3 part time jobs. I had gotten hired as a cashier at a supermarket. I really just wanted to be a stock boy, but oh well.
I show up to work and the manager isn't there. So I just start asking people like, hey I'm new how do I clock in? What do I do?
Eventually someone clocks me in like an hour late. They put me on a register, show me the produce code sheet like once, then left me alone. No clue how to do a sale, no idea how to do coupons, etc. The manager shows up halfway through and yells at me, in front of a customer, for not knowing produce codes. Even the customer was like, "hey, it's his first day. Calm down."
Time for my lunch break. Nobody has shown me where the staff room is, so I just buy lunch from the store and eat it in the cafe area. Manager storms in, takes my tray, throws the rest of my food away, and goes off that I CANNOT eat where customers are, that I'm stupid, etc. I just got up, threw the apron at her, and walked out. Absolutely ridiculous. I did, however, go back and demand my check for hours worked. Because f**k that.
StumblingThroughLife 10 months ago
3 pt jobs while attending school...👀👀 That's insane! I hate to think how badly paid peeps are that they need a handful of PT jobs.
detective miller's hat 10 months ago
This sounds like the Food Emporium where my friends and I worked in high school, minus the horrible manager. No one showed any of us how to do anything, so we just figured it out ourselves. No idea where the managers went every shift, it was basically just a bunch of 15 and 16 year olds running the entire grocery store.
Renée Parry 10 months ago
If it took me a hour finding someone to greet and help me, I would of walked out there and then.
Seadog 9 months ago
Can you picture the so called manager if that customer had started berating him on why HE hadn't trained him? Why wasn't the manager doing his job by training new employees? Seems to me the store needs a manager because clearly it doesn't have one. Then demand the managers DM's number.
#20
I was assigned to a middle school grade 6 as a student teacher. I was supposed to be under the guidance of the classroom teacher. She was all too willing to let me be in complete charge and told me I could just do “whatever.” I called my faculty advisor and requested to be reassigned. The next day I was at a different school with a teacher who knew what she was doing.
Kohl_Keene 10 months ago
That happens a lot. You’re there to learn from the classroom teacher, not for the teacher to have you do everything. You’re not getting paid either so that’s unfair for a variety of reasons
Bryn 10 months ago
When I was a student teacher, it was set up so that the teacher would slowly give you control over the classroom. Bit by bit, so you didn't get overwhelmed. Then, you were in complete control of the class for like 2 weeks. And then you slowly started giving control back to the teacher.
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#21
I was laid off from my first job back when I was in high school due to the housing crisis in the 00s. I was a dishwasher at a restaurant. When new management took over, they offered everyone their old jobs back, and I accepted.
I tried to take my CD player that I had left there before the layoff home with me, and I was told that I was stealing as it was company property since it was there when they took over. Everyone in the kitchen attested that it was my CD player, but the new manager wouldn't hear of it, so I just walked out with it. I was called later that night by HR telling me I was fired for stealing company property. I guess I didn't quit, but I was going to do it anyway.
Zephyr 10 months ago
If I'm fired for stealing when I just took my property then I'll have to take something to justify the allegations
Jane Jayne Jain Jeign Jein 10 months ago
What you didn't realise was that when they took over the company your CD player was one of the key assets they were trying to acquire 🤣
#22
I was injured and they told me to keep working. I was loading trucks at RPS by the way. Went to the boss and said "Who do I tell if I want to quit?" He responded "Me." I said "Ah OK, I quit." He asked my to finish my shift but I laughed in his face.
Apachebathmat 10 months ago
I had a broken ankle (in a cast) and they expected me to carry a coffin into chapel…nope
Seadog 9 months ago
Injured on the job? That's workman's comp and not letting you seek medical attention is going make things really bad on the company. Injured otherwise but boss says work? Unless the doctor has released you to work, It's illegal to even allow you to work. At least in the US it is.
Gracie Mae 9 months ago
seems to happen a lot more than you might think; happened to me as well, and while i didn't quit I did leave to go to the ER w/o permission with no consequences (city job)
#23
Not me but a friend. This friend is a very good looking woman. It was to be her first job out of college working as a research tech in the lab of a Nobel Prize winner. She thought it was weird that at her interview he told her she needed to wear a skirt to work since he wanted people to look professional - but in a lab? Since he was older from a more formal time she thought "Oh well okay."
At the first lab meeting he sits next to her at the table while one of the students/post-docs is making a presentation. As soon as the lights went down she feels a hand on her thigh and it's the Nobel laureate and he is working his hand up her thigh. She squirms but doesn't do anything and quit that day. I asked her why she didn't go to HR and she said she didn't think it would matter since he was Mr. Big Shot. Later turns out she's heard stories about him from multiple female employees. He died before he could get Me-Too'ed.
Earonn - 10 months ago
Unfortunately, we rather teach girls in school to cover than shoulders than that in such situation they should loudly say "This is not your leg, Sir, it's mine. Please stop touching me". Will it get you forward in that job? No. But do you want to be raped for promotions? No, I guess, either. And then everyone is warned. And if we all do it, if the does it a second time and the victim speaks up, the rest of the people know for sure.
cerinamroth 10 months ago
That's also victim blaming a little bit though. I have a freeze response and feel guilty every single damn time that I didn't do or say something. I freeze because my life has literally been in danger before and I can't bring myself to draw attention to myself or I feel it could literally be the last thing I ever did. What we should do is ensure the boys and men around us know that this kind of behaviour will not be tolerated.
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Vermonta 10 months ago
This is old school but . . . Stand up and start freaking out about a spider on your leg. Pretend you didn't even know it was him. Make a show slapping your skirt. If he does it again - cough on him; loudly ask what that smell is; draw attention. Next time find a better seat. If he sits near you lean back and tell your other seatmate "hey check this out and point" while laughing. It works much quicker than the "proper channels"
Hassel Davidhoff 10 months ago
^ That's pretty good too. Stealthy and a little slapstick, that could work.
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Someone tried to do that to my sister at work. She ground her heel into his instep. He couldn't say anything about it.
StumblingThroughLife 10 months ago
I'd have punched him in the throat... can't believe she just sat there while he groped her.
Kate Johnson 10 months ago
She should have reached over and grabbed his package as hard as she could.
Otto Katz 10 months ago
Was it James Watson? He is a known creep, my boss got his phd in that lab, and it was known he was a creep.
Neopet22 9 months ago
I don't think so. I looked him up and he is still alive but op said he died
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Wendy Neumeyer 9 months ago
I was a firefighter. I worked in a small rural area. We had a joint training and response agreement with a neighboring district. I had heard stories from other female ff that their chief had sensually harassed most of the women. When he said something extremely suggestive to me, I loudly replied, "You're married aren't you?" The nearby folks heads couldn't snap around to look any faster!
#24
In highschool a friend of mine talked up this warehouse job he had for an online surplus store. They gave him a bunch of free electronics and sports equipment. As a highschool student that seemed pretty cool, so I decided to try working there for the summer. Now I realize that was a red flag. On my first day they asked me to package a commercial range hood that had to be shipped to Alaska. They had no packing material or boxes and refused to buy any. I created a box by piecing together scraps of cardboard and covered them in a ton of tape, then I filled the box with crumpled printer paper from the office. The manager saw me doing this and proceeded to yell at me for 10 minutes, because I wasted their printer paper. I laughed at him and walked out of there. Of course, my friend later told me the range hood was destroyed in shipping and the manager was livid. A year later the business was busted for selling stolen gps units.
Zephyr 10 months ago
I'm shocked, bad business practices then illegal activities who could have seen this coming
#25
Two hours into my first shift at a glassware shop, I'd broken £175 worth of stuff by accident - while dusting the shelves, while wrapping items that a customer had just bought, and some things I swear broke just because I existed too closely to them. The owner, who was the artist/glassblower, to his infinite credit didn't want to charge me or take it out of my pay - he actually said I did a great job with the customers and wanted me to stay - but my nerves couldn't take it so I walked out. Carefully.
SheamusFanFrom1987 10 months ago (edited)
Talk about a bull in a china shop situation, sounds like OP was more akin to a bulldozer in a glass factory. Still, at least the ex-boss was understanding enough, but dang... Good boss, bad fortune -_-"
Sand Ers 10 months ago
Mythbusters tested that. Turns out bulls are amazingly agile, and if I remember correctly only knocked down one out of dozens of items on the temporary shelves they had set up. They ended up having to kick them over themselves to get satisfactory shatterage.
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ROSESARERED 10 months ago
My first job, more expensive department store Iin Australia, I watched a storeroom guy come out of the elevator with an empty stock trolley and knock a tiered display of Stuart Crystal, it all came crashing down . $10,000 worth of stock, in the late 80s...I do not know if he kept his job, or just resigned, probably the later. I never saw him again
Sky Render 10 months ago
Been there... I like to say that physics don't work right around me. I've seen stuff fall down a foot away from me when I pass by, and machines actually do malfunction around me at an alarming rate. Some jobs I really should never do, and being around delicate glass is basically at the top of that list!
Sophia Pandia de Delphia 10 months ago (edited)
If I'm shopping and close to breakable and delicate items, like the glass here, I'm required by my family, including my mom and hubba hubby, to keep my hands twisted together in front of me at all times because I can break things without trying. They started calling me "Grace" b/c I have none. Too many people have addressed me as Grace.b/c they heard my family call me that.
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#26
Not quite the first day (I have a mortgage), but:
Been through the entire interview process: small payrise plus quite a generous company pension. All confirmed in writing.
"Cool!" thinks I. Leave my existing job and start at the new place.
A week or two in, HR does their induction. And the "generous" company pension doesn't exist. It's statutory minimum.
Obviously I raise this, because that's not what I signed up for. The answer comes back: "Tough, that's the pension". Er... excuse me, but we agreed in writing that it wasn't. "Don't care; that's the pension".
They were astonished when I put in my resignation about a month later.
Kise Miarse 10 months ago
Sure, but that's a lot of hassle and expense, and depending on the company they may be able to delay until you can't afford to persue it anymore.
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Broadredpanda 10 months ago
Absolutely! You can’t get away with this in the uk! Someone claim’s it’s from the uk, but this wouldn’t be allowed! You can easily sue and win with this sort of contract.
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After 3 interviews, negotiations and tests, they agreed on my salary and we started on Monday. I come in, do all the paperwork and get assigned a pc, desk etc. Before coming in, I saw the red flag that they had a high turnover but they agreed on a really good salary for me. All of a sudden I get an email from CEO that he wants to “test me” again and gave me 3 complex tasks from his side business totally unrelated to my skills and position in the company, like asking a doctor to write a code. He told me just do it cause you’re working for me from now on. I stood up and went through the door. Half an hour later the HR calls me and asks to come back, I told her to have a good day and never contact me again.
At my new job, I have a colleague who worked there for one year. She started telling me crazy stories about the boss and the company. I didn’t dodge a bullet, but rather a rocket strike.
#28
Only time I've EVER just walked off a job site. I was homeless and answered a Craigslist ad for a roofing job (I'd never done roofing before). I was working for a pair of tweakers from NYC. After spending most of the day doing standard labor (bringing materials up a ladder, putting down roofing material and stomping down on it after they hit it with a blowtorch, etc) they wanted me to stand on a 2-inch-wide beam that was rotten and slick from rain- VISIBLY unstable- WITH NO RESTRAINTS OR SAFETY EQUIPMENT WHATSOEVER- and they wanted me to stand on it and use a sledgehammer to smash out as much decaying roof as I could, until I hit a point where the roof was solid again.
I told the guy I wasn't cut out for that type of work. He told me to quit being an upstate v*gina. I told him to find a downstate p*nis because someone is going to die under their tutelage and I'm not going to let it be me.
He refused to pay me for the 6 hours of intense physical labor I'd already worked and I had to panhandle to get bus fare back... but I didn't die...
Earthquake903 10 months ago
Have you seen the kind of heavy duty work a vāgina can withstand? Let's see a pénis pass and 8lb human being out while the testicles get brutally beaten for hours beforehand. Being called a vay jay is a compliment.
cerinamroth 10 months ago
Amen, sis. And we can literally "grow a pair", and "another pair" until we're done.
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Kitty 🥀 10 months ago
WHY is VAGINA censored?!?! That is a body part that I am not shamed to have!! Screw you, Bored Panda!! I’m sick of this b******t!!
Broadredpanda 10 months ago
It’s crazy! Here in the uk, we’re allowed to use the words PENIS and VAGINA on tv simply because that’s the correct word for them. Not allowed to use others. BP is seriously becoming a joke! For me, anyone insulted by using the correct term/words wants hanging. Damn that’s gonna be censored 🤬
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Tbh, if I was homeless, wasn't getting paid for a days work, and I knew where the sledgehammer was: I'd be finding the bosses car pretty quick...
#29
When the manager said, ‘We’re like a family here.’ Bro, my family doesn’t make me clean a bathroom for $12 an hour.
Fabulous chocolate cookie 10 months ago
Yeah this is something I've seen way to many times at jobs. Especially supermarket jobs and cashier jobs where your side-tasks are also cleaning the toilets, cantine and the whole workfloor. Plus you only get 20-30 minutes to do so.
Nimitz 10 months ago
I remember when I was 19 I worked for an engineering company. Minimum wage was $8.95 an hour. I asked for $12, they gave me $10. I repaired custom cabling for $200-500 worth of product per hour. The other applicants accidentally wrecked about half of what they touched. I told Andy to give me the $12/hr. He gave it to me, then acted like a d**k about it. I purposefully made sure the next two batches for his biggest client failed QA. He lost the $500k contract, I got a job for $14/hr somewhere else
#30
Basic restaurant server job, I was in college. The drive was kinda long, and as a college student that matters a lot. I was mostly getting a job due to feeling like I was inadequate if I didn't have one.
So I go buy the black clothes required and show up. But the clothes weren't black enough, due to having a gray lining around the button-up shirt's collar and cuffs on the *inside* of the shirt. It barely peeked through under certain angles. They told me to leave and come back when the clothes fit their requirements.
So I drove back to campus, called them up, and quit on the phone. It was just way too much BS to deal with and did not bode well.
Jane Jayne Jain Jeign Jein 10 months ago
I quit a job before I even started because they said they wouldn't give me any allowance towards buying my own safety boots because they provided their own. I said, just pay me whatever you spend on your boots and that's fine, I'll pay the difference, but they said no. Clear sign that they're petty ars3h0les.
Sand Ers 10 months ago
I'll bet the boots they wanted to provide had been worn before. There's only one thing I would never accept and wear used.
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Seadog 9 months ago
Places like that have way too strict dress codes. Do they really think anyone gives a rats a$$ if you wear a certain shoe, certain colored socks, black as coal pants and/or shirt? NO. Focus on making sure the food is good and that your cook knows what he's doing.
Kathleen Hansford 9 months ago
100% this. My gf has a work uniform and they provide most but she has to wear black socks. Like, how many people will look at her feet? How many of those have x-ray vision to see through her boots, and who tf cares anyway? It's just rules for rules' sake and those kinds of rules are bad rules.
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azubi 10 months ago
I'd stop when they want me to buy their uniform with my own money
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It was supposed to be a B2B sales job. First day I get paired with a "highly successful, veteran salesman," and we go downtown. Next thing I know, we're walking into a Jiffy Lube waiting area, and the guy I'm with busts out a box of makeup samples and starts trying to sell makeup to the people waiting for their oil to get changed. We leave and I'm like yo WTF, I thought this was B2B sales? He's like "well, I do go from business to business doing sales." I'm like mother f****r that's door to door, not business to business lol. I asked to be brought back to my car and never called those fools back.
Seadog 9 months ago
I'll never forget the time we were having a cookout for one of the kids birthdays. A car stops at the top of the driveway where the posted sign is. We just figured it was one of the cousins and motioned him on down. Nope. Salesman. I told him we're not interested but he's welcome to pull up a chair and have a burger and/or dog. I wouldn't have offered to him had he not been polite from the beginning. So he ate and thanked us for our hospitality. And went on his way.
Lazy Panda 2 10 months ago
I really must remember that Jiffy Lube is not the same as Jiffi condoms.
#32
Wasn't told I'd be on the operations floor on my first day, didn't bring my PPE. Got handed company issue steel toe boots (cheap and nasty) which promptly began to tear my feet to shreds. I show my supervisor my bleeding feet and tell him I can be back in an hour with my own boots and could then finish my shift. He told me if I leave to get them don't bother coming back.
Easiest walk out ever.
#33
It was a hotel. Not a crappy one but not a fancy one either.
I was hired as housekeeping, I love cleaning and it paid decent so I was excited.
First room had a pile of toe nails on the beside table, gross but whatever, I've got gloves.
Second room someone p*ssed on THE PHONE! I asked where the replacements were and my trainer told me to just wipe it. It was a landline, there was p**s inside of it! WTF
Third room had c*m in the window sill. Another WTF. I noticed the window faced a playground across the street. I quit right there.
Sky Render 10 months ago
Because free will cuts both ways. We are all capable of literally anything within the scope of physical reality and what's at our disposal.
Load More Replies... detective miller's hat 10 months ago
Working in a hotel will really make you want to wipe out the human race.
ILoveMySon 10 months ago
As a teen, I cleaned and would often receive alcohol in lieu of tips. It was a nice hotel. I would sell it to my friends who were underage. I know,I know, it was wrong. But whatever. The 80s were interesting.
Hassel Davidhoff 10 months ago
With hotels you generally get what you pay for, in my experience.
#34
Worked in an amazon warehouse. I had just finished grad school and was applying for jobs. This was May 2020. The place was unbelievably hot, especially while wearing a mask. The guy training us kept screaming at us "COME ON! LETS GET THIS MONEY! LETS GO! YEAH!". S**t like that. It was a 12 hour shift of back-breaking wok. By the end I thought I was gonna die. I left that day, went home, went to sleep, got up at 5am and redoubled my efforts to find a job. Got a job 1 month later working from home.
Sue User 10 months ago
The sad thing is we all know the stories but still people order from them. Also when I tell people I dont use Amazon , they think I am weird.
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Kathleen Hansford 9 months ago
Just the first sentence tells us it's going to be a horror story.
Robert Beveridge 10 months ago
Back-breaking wok happens when you overfill it. Never more than six servings of noodles at once!
#35
I took a job as a residential maintenance tech for a 500 unit apartment complex, the company that owned the complex owned about 2000 units all over the city. I've been doing maintenance for 10 years at this point and I know my s**t. Anyway they send me out with this m*th head looking dude to "train" me. We do a few work orders and I watch him ghetto rig stuff instead of actually fixing it. I kept my mouth shut until he decided to duct tape a clearly busted sewer stack, I was like "bro i saw furncos is the shop, let's just get a furnco" he litteraly tore into me about him having "seniority" and he won't be told what to do by some guy who just started. Whatever, I bit my tongue cause I had bills to pay. The next work order after that, we go into this womans apartment while she was at work to fix her sink, he tells me the tenant is "hot as f**k" and goes into her laundry basket and pulls out a pair of panties to sniff.
That was it for me, I walked out, went to the leasing office, explained what my last 4 hours were like and I would be contacting the authorities and the news about what I witnessed.
They offered me 3k to keep my mouth shut. Unfortunately I needed the money so I took it. .
brittany 10 months ago
exactly and demand it in cash bc they can cancel checks. that way there's no paper trail.
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zims 10 months ago
Should have taken his job, too. If they were smart they would have loved to upgrade to someone who knew what they were doing AND wasn't setting them up for a tenant lawsuit. Unfortunately, the fact that they believed you means they probably had an idea of what he'd been doing.
Definitely a Human 9 months ago
"you paid me 3k to keep my mouth shut. I can still send emails though..."
#36
Got hired to be a machinist, which I had years of experience, show up first day and did usual paperwork stuff, then expected to be sent to shop and run Hass machines, instead they said well we’re fully staffed in machine shop and we’re transferring you to fiberglass dept which I had no experience. Walked into shop and it was a total nightmare with no ppe devices or a torret booth and told you’ll be fine. Stood around till lunch then just left.. idiots called me everyday for a week wondering where I was. That job has now been posted on indeed for 3 straight years lol.
#37
I started the day at 7am at a little technical workshop where we repaired electronics.
At 8am, I had learned that all 3 co-workers where there for 1 month max, and the teamlead resigned yesterday and I was to follow her up.
At around 9am the wife of the big boss waltzes in, verbally assaults the co-worker next to me and tell him if she ever sees him with headphones in again she fires him on the spot.
She doesn't even greet me. I let it sink in.
11am I decide to explore the facility on my own, since no one is showing me around. I learn there is no breakroom, only a shoddy toilet outside. You are supposed to eat your lunch in your car/outside.
And to my absolute horror.. that there is no coffee machine on premise and people who brought one saw them destroyed.
At 12am I walk into the boss's office, I say I have never seen such a s****y workplace and he just has to pay me from 7am tot 11am and I'm out.
Fought for a month with him and had to send a lawyer to get what I was owed because he wouldn't pay me unless I finished my workday. Which I wouldn't have been able to in those conditions.
Funny story is, since that day my first question in any job interview was: do u guys have a coffee machine. It's my, do they care about their people kind of thing. If the answer is no, I walk. I did it twice to flabbergasted recruiters.
Seedy Vine 10 months ago
Worked for a billionaire who owned an entire high-rise office building in a big city. There was no break room nor any free coffee to speak of. But there were tons of garish, gold-framed oil paintings and marble statues everywhere. The guy's in Hell now. I don't miss him.
Ange Marsden 10 months ago
Providing tea and coffee is actually in Employment Law in NZ and the better places have Milo 😁
ILoveMySon 10 months ago
The attorney may have been a friend or family member representing for free.
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Seadog 9 months ago
AutoZone. When they did finally put a coffee maker in the store, the manager told those who drank coffee that it was up to them to keep it clean etc because he like about 1/2 the crew, hates coffee. It went well for maybe 2 months, then we come in one morning to see a 1/2 pitcher of coffee sitting in the maker. and that's where it sat, and sat, and sat. About 90 days later the whole thing went in the dumpster and that was that. Any idea how much mold grows in a 1/2 full coffee pot in 90 days? About 2 inches.
#38
(Technically second day) Started working at a car dealership as a lot porter. Me and other brand new coworker were asked (ordered) to straighten a line of cars during what was the worst thunderstorm that year. Turned out multiple tornadoes and tons of lightning. Boss said if we didn’t do it right then to not worry about coming back so we both quit on the spot. (Still waited out the storm though.).
Kim Shannon 10 months ago
Although I didn't quit on the spot (I should have) I worked for a bank manager that had us tellers doing all his work, including closing loans and doing sales calls. There was a tornado warning at work once, and while we were all huddled in the vault, scared half to death and worried about our families, he insisted on having a meeting so he could brag about it at the next managers meeting. He told me he expected me to collect deposits from the businesses in the town I lived (lots of cash) and then take it to the bank every day. He also sexually harassed us, but knew we wouldn't turn him in because the manager before him was fired for SH and who would believe us? He was right. When we reported the first manager for SH us AND the customers, HR was livid with US. OHHHH how I wish I had lawyered up.
Seadog 9 months ago
HR is never there to protect the victim, they're there to protect the company from the victim. It's pretty much the same with our court system. Only in America does the perp have rights. The victim has none.
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Had a job as one of those people holding a sign on a street for a closeout sale. I sat down to tie my shoe, and got yelled at because I'm not supposed to be just sitting there. I mean she literally yelled at me. So I left the sign there and went home.
Zephyr 10 months ago
Why do people believe that if the work isn't soyl sucking then it's not really work
Kelly Scott 10 months ago
The same people who believe if you're poor, homeless, on food stamps, etc., you should never smile or be happy about anything.
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#40
I got this job cold calling local businesses to sell them printer toner subscriptions. Weirdest, most awkward job prospect I've ever encountered.
* Came in at around 4pm. Place was an empty room with a desk against one wall, a PC, and a phone. Owner had an office in the back.
* Owner has me put together his office chair for him.
* Watch him try to write an email, he can barely write a coherent sentence.
* Finish the chair. Then instructs me to pull up a program on the PC and call the numbers, ask them if they want to buy toner subscriptions.
* Um, ok.
* Spend the next three hours awkwardly calling places, asking if they want to buy toner. No script, no product descriptions, no printer models, completely flying by the seat of my pants.
* Many ask if I will install it for them. IDK. No one on either side has any idea what's going on.
* I leave, immediately text that I'm not coming back.
* Owner texts back that I'm not qualified for the position.
* Never got paid for the ~four hours.
Zephyr 10 months ago (edited)
The story makes more sense when you replace "owner" with "clown"
SirWriteALot 10 months ago
Has anyone, ever, in the history of computers, bought printer toner over the phone?
GalPalAl 10 months ago
Something similar happened to me once. Worked for a woman who claimed to have invented some massage technique with stones. She was crazy, tried to shame me into a diet that she was on and gave me little to no direction of what to do. Managed to screw up something which was a lame excuse to get rid of me. So I quit and she didn't pay me for the last few hours of the week that I worked for her. Ironically, the job I got right after this was located next door to the company I worked at for 7 years before being laid off. My favorite job of all time. It was karma
#41
It was a food truck owned by this Russian dude. His cash register was so convoluted. He'd be like "to sell hotdog push burger, then subtract 2 sodas and a small fry." Then he just left me alone. It was overwhelming and I just didn't come back.
#42
“15% of our female employees have reported harassment in the workplace” - shipping company
*this guy was right it was actually 25% working at shmed ex.
Zander Porbanda 10 months ago
It rhymes with the name of a shipping company.
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#43
A bartending job - the person training me found a giant shard of glass in the ice. And then poured more ice over it. Bye.
Roni Stone 10 months ago
The minute you find glass (or anything foreign) in the ice, you burn that ice, and clean and scrub the bin before refilling. Jesus, that was a lawsuit waiting to happen.
#44
Not the first day, but I quit teaching less than a month into it. The list why is pretty big:
* Taking away all my planning time, and then constantly criticizing me by telling me my lessons "seemed improvised." No s**t!
* The district as a whole being completely unorganized. The required "professional development," days were such a mess they were just salt in an open wound.
* Not taking an extremely severe daily behavioral situation in my class seriously, even when me and the other 3rd grade teachers were all begging administration to help every day.
* The principal basically sabotaging my progress with one of the students from the previous point "just because."
* The district deciding to move me and the last 7 hired teachers to different schools due to enrollment changes, telling me about it on Tuesday morning, expecting me to teach until Friday and then be ready at the new school Monday morning with no time to prep. I quit on the spot and walked out at the end of the next day.
Existing and stuff 10 months ago
Quit but took the next day cleaning out the classroom of everything they bought with their own money. It probably was over 1/2 the stuff in the room.
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#45
My sister had two companies in play for her first job out of college. She really wanted Chicago, but it fell through, so she took the job in Detroit. (This was before the revival; back in the decay pØrn days)
It all moved fast, so she took a guest room in a friend’s place. Her first day driving into the city, she just felt dread, like “ugh, this is where I’m going to build my life?”
She did a u-turn, picked her stuff up from her friend’s place, called the HR lady to say she wasn’t coming (lol) and went back to mom and dad’s. It took her a few more months to land a dream job in Chicago. Sometimes you just have to hold out for what you want.
#46
I applied to a local newspaper for advertising sales, thinking I would be making a lot of cold calls, instead I was being trained on ways to sneak past things like front desk reception so that I could knock directly on a business owners office doors. This was in a small town where I knew a lot of the local business owners already and the thought of behaving that way around people I had known my whole life was just distasteful, that and learning there was no wage, just commission.
I did that first day of training and then at the end of the day gave them back all the training materials and apologized for wasting their time, but that I couldn’t see myself doing very well at that job.
Michael Largey 10 months ago
I would have used what they taught me to sneak out of work every day. Hey, it's company policy, right?
#47
Got a job tarring roofs in the summer in Maryland. Sweating my a*s off but I could barely keep up. One big dude was teaching me the proper way to spread the tar evenly with a giant mop. He kept prompting me as I was going then suddenly stopped talking. I look over and his eyes have rolled back and is starting to fall over into the hot tar we just spread. I grabbed him and started screaming for the other guys as he was too big and we were both heading for the tar. They grabbed both of us and got us off the roof. Paramedics for him and the water hose for me. When lunch time rolled around I told the boss "I'm outta here". He asked if I was coming back tomorrow and I said "hell no" and left. I lasted about 4 hours.
Johnnynatfan 10 months ago
Roofing is a hard job and Maryland in the summer is brutally hot and humid. No thanks.
Deborah 10 months ago
As someone who's lived in Maryland since 1963, I can tell you that sometimes the air is too thick to breathe. We all have our knives to cut little pieces of air to survive on.
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I went through 3 interviews to get the job. I arrived 10 minutes early on my first day. The manager of the location I was told to report to had no idea that I had been hired. They called the person that instructed me where and when to report. That person said they needed to check their notes and call back. I didn’t wait, I just excused myself and thanked the manager for his time. Later in the afternoon, the person who hired me called and was angry that I was a no show at the very place I showed up for.
#49
I was hired in a temp agency office as a receptionist. When I was interviewed, I was told I would be answering the phone, relaying messages and greeting clients as they walked in, as well as some light organizing and mail dispersing etc. I was going to fill the position of the current receptionist as she was moving up in the company.
After I clocked in for my first day I was then told how to give/handle/run the urine d**g tests for clients. (I don’t do well at all with bodily fluids of any kind, I just can’t do it, would’ve never even applied for the position had I known.) And then by noon I was scolded by the boss for not knowing how to look up resumes in their database by key words to source for possible employees for temp positions. I was never told or taught anything about any of it. I took my lunch break in my car. Cried for about 2 minutes and then left. They called me and left me a voicemail apologizing for the way I was spoken to and for not training me and throwing me into it.
BigCityLady 10 months ago
At yet they didn’t apologize for not disclosing all of the extra “duties” that the job entailed during the interview process as they had basically lied. Full stop.
#50
I started a job in an office, normal, cubicles , offices and reception. I went to the wash room and it was locked, I asked someone if there was another washroom. They said ask reception for the key. Really? I went to reception and felt really humiliated, but, I asked for the key. She handed it to me, and asked if I needed toilet paper?
I said it's alright, false alarm, got my stuff and left.
Karen Krause 10 months ago
Sometime the key to the restroom is to stop people who are not part of the offices businesses from using the restroom. It's not always micromanaging.
#51
I got an offer with one of the largest UK banks.
Heard nothing for 3 months. Then they text me on the starting day expecting me in the office at 8am. I’d chased them multiple times over the 3 months.
Technically quit on the starting day but never really started.
#52
When I was 21 I got hired on the spot at a Village Inn. I didn’t know enough at that time to know that’s a huge red flag. When I showed up for my first shift I was shocked and appalled at how disgusting the kitchen was. When I watched a server drop somebody’s pancakes on the kitchen floor, pick them up and put them back on the plate, then walk out and serve them to someone, I was done.
#53
The job was misrepresented, I showed up on my first day and they said- we’re decided that you should do this job instead of what we hired you for… I said no, and walked out.. (an interesting outcome) a few weeks later I received a days paycheck from them… considering I’d only been there less than a hour.
#54
Interviewed for a position and they outlined everything I would be doing. Got there the first day and discovered that I would be doing none of it. Fortune 50 company no less.
#55
I worked for a publishing startup in 1992. Our job was to put folded magazines in screen doors across west Omaha.
I had a drivers license, so I got to drive the van for the "runners" and drop off bins at intersections for the runners to restock.
The vehicle was a van in the academic sense in that it had four wheels and an engine, but brakes and tires were clearly an afterthought.
I decided not-dying was important so I lost those people's phone number and worked at Wendy's for a while.
#56
I got employed by a fast food place and went in for orientation and training for one day. after it was done, the manager said to me, "I'll call you to tell you when you can come in to work." she never called. after 4 days of waiting, I finally called her and asked why didn't she call me? she said "oh I shouldn't have told you that. we were wondering where you were. you can come in tomorrow." no thanks.
#57
It started with the guy saying "I told him he should have just hired you when you dropped off your resume" (first red flag)
Then at coffee break and lunch all everyone did was b***h and complain.
I finished the day but it was such an angry place with high turnover it didn't seem worth it to continue.
#58
I applied at this massive night club/event space/conference center as a busser. I thought I would be grabbing drinks etc.
when I arrived for my first day they got what had to be 1000 chairs stacked in this massive warehouse room, and they ask me to carry them one by one (you could do 2 or three at a time but it was quite heavy) outside and into a different space. across the street keep in mind it was winter and freezing outside, and I was dressed to be indoors for the day.
anyway, I carried about 200 which took hours before saying whatever. I was freezing and tired and this was gonna take more than the 8 hour shift and the same thing next day. I didn't even tell anyone I was leaving I just dropped off the chair and went home. I didn't ask for my pay for the 2 or 3 hrs and they never messaged me about it lol. i was so happy to get home.
the position was advertised as event bussing, which I get can include cleaning and set up but this was just manual labour.
i wore a really nice black collared shirt, dress pants, a belt and my only pair of leather dress shoes btw. they told me to dress this way, did my hair etc. as it was advertised to be fancy events. lol I was not dressed to move chairs for 8 hours in the cold.
#59
Oh you're on call so whenever we need you, no matter where you are if we call you you have to come in.
Ge Po 10 months ago
Only on those 'on call' jobs where you are getting paid like half wage for being available. Not on those jobs where they need some extra hands every now and then.
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#60
They wanted me to work in the dark.
"Nope.".
Anthony Elmore 10 months ago
Context is pretty important here. As a surgeon, this would be a pretty reasonable complaint but would probably be unreasonable if you were hired to develop film in a dark room.
PattonPawter 10 months ago
From OP: It wasn't freaking "dancing." It was messing with chemicals that had to be kept out of light. It was for 3M. God only knows what I was supposed to be doing. They gave me about a 2 minute orientation and threw me in the dark. I quit before the shift was over. Like about a half an hour into it.
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What do you think ?
Sea Squirrel 10 months ago
On my first day waiting tables at a lunch room, I walked out because the manager kept shouting at the other 17 year old new employee. In front of the customers. I knew this girl because we went to the same school. The manager told her she was blind with her stupid brown eyes, lazy as a cow, etcetera. When he was in the office for a while, she was crying, even I had to hide my tears. I told her I was going to leave as soon as he came back and tried to convince her to come with me. So did a customer who overheard everything. But she didn't dare. As soon as the manager returned, I handed over my apron and left, while he shouted I was fired - the hero. Next monday at school this girl told me her mom had called the manager that evening to tell her daughter wouldn't return.
Janissary35680 10 months ago
One of the options in the Poll Question should be "I've done it."🤗
Michael P (Perthaussieguy) 10 months ago
I'm guessing most of these posts are from US companies. I am appalled at the way employees are treated. Like slaves.... no, more like animals to do whatever managers tell them to do. Quite disgusting :( And under the new political regime, it will get even worse :(
Aidan Campbell 10 months ago
i got a job selling Daily Mail (UK right-wing newspaper) subscriptions door to door in Nottingham. I didn't have the heart to try to sell a paper i disagree with so vehemently so left after three hours of wandering around one of the suburbs
BigCityLady 10 months ago
As an American thank you!! That rag is such an illegal and disgusting publication that journalism is nonexistent as most of the news is based on gathering information in an entirely illegal manner. Not only that but they printed an avalanche of lies regarding a so much certain woman, about 2 decades ago, that she committed suicide!!
Load More Replies... StumblingThroughLife 10 months ago (edited)
So many s**t employers in this list that it's both shocking and WTF-ing.
Seadog 9 months ago
My son got hired at Sears, in the back where they bring large items out to peoples cars. First day he goes in , goes through orientation. goes out to meet the rest of the team and they're at a table playing cards. Okay, must be break time. After about 15 minutes he asks when they're going back to work. They all said, we are working, we're busy. He went to the supervisor and asked about work and she confirmed that they're really busy and that this is normal. He quit right there. He told her he came to work, not play. She couldn't believe it. This kind of management combined with the loss of The Wishbook is what buried Sears. The internet will never replace a catalog. People will sit and flip through a catalog and often buy something they hadn't thought about until they saw it. People will not sit down and scroll through an e-catalog. If they're on your site, it's to look for a specific item and that's all.
Crissy Newbury 10 months ago
I am gobsmacked at just how many people are willing to do horrible, nasty jobs just to earn a living. Kudos to all of you for your true commitment and grit.
Seedy Vine 10 months ago
Waited tables at a bar one night. Customers would purposely veer into me while I was carrying trays full of drinks. People dealing hard drùgs right out in the open, and yes the manager was aware. Got threatened with violence after someone almost knocked me over. I practically ran out the effing door!
Sky Render 10 months ago
The only job I left day one was a cleaning position at a retirement home. The entire staff was a solid ball of stressed out, the residents were neglected and in need of social interaction badly, and I was basically told "it's cleaning, you can do this alone" after one hour. Noped right out at lunch.
Sea Squirrel 10 months ago
On my first day waiting tables at a lunch room, I walked out because the manager kept shouting at the other 17 year old new employee. In front of the customers. I knew this girl because we went to the same school. The manager told her she was blind with her stupid brown eyes, lazy as a cow, etcetera. When he was in the office for a while, she was crying, even I had to hide my tears. I told her I was going to leave as soon as he came back and tried to convince her to come with me. So did a customer who overheard everything. But she didn't dare. As soon as the manager returned, I handed over my apron and left, while he shouted I was fired - the hero. Next monday at school this girl told me her mom had called the manager that evening to tell her daughter wouldn't return.
Janissary35680 10 months ago
One of the options in the Poll Question should be "I've done it."🤗
Michael P (Perthaussieguy) 10 months ago
I'm guessing most of these posts are from US companies. I am appalled at the way employees are treated. Like slaves.... no, more like animals to do whatever managers tell them to do. Quite disgusting :( And under the new political regime, it will get even worse :(
Aidan Campbell 10 months ago
i got a job selling Daily Mail (UK right-wing newspaper) subscriptions door to door in Nottingham. I didn't have the heart to try to sell a paper i disagree with so vehemently so left after three hours of wandering around one of the suburbs
BigCityLady 10 months ago
As an American thank you!! That rag is such an illegal and disgusting publication that journalism is nonexistent as most of the news is based on gathering information in an entirely illegal manner. Not only that but they printed an avalanche of lies regarding a so much certain woman, about 2 decades ago, that she committed suicide!!
Load More Replies... StumblingThroughLife 10 months ago (edited)
So many s**t employers in this list that it's both shocking and WTF-ing.
Seadog 9 months ago
My son got hired at Sears, in the back where they bring large items out to peoples cars. First day he goes in , goes through orientation. goes out to meet the rest of the team and they're at a table playing cards. Okay, must be break time. After about 15 minutes he asks when they're going back to work. They all said, we are working, we're busy. He went to the supervisor and asked about work and she confirmed that they're really busy and that this is normal. He quit right there. He told her he came to work, not play. She couldn't believe it. This kind of management combined with the loss of The Wishbook is what buried Sears. The internet will never replace a catalog. People will sit and flip through a catalog and often buy something they hadn't thought about until they saw it. People will not sit down and scroll through an e-catalog. If they're on your site, it's to look for a specific item and that's all.
Crissy Newbury 10 months ago
I am gobsmacked at just how many people are willing to do horrible, nasty jobs just to earn a living. Kudos to all of you for your true commitment and grit.
Seedy Vine 10 months ago
Waited tables at a bar one night. Customers would purposely veer into me while I was carrying trays full of drinks. People dealing hard drùgs right out in the open, and yes the manager was aware. Got threatened with violence after someone almost knocked me over. I practically ran out the effing door!
Sky Render 10 months ago
The only job I left day one was a cleaning position at a retirement home. The entire staff was a solid ball of stressed out, the residents were neglected and in need of social interaction badly, and I was basically told "it's cleaning, you can do this alone" after one hour. Noped right out at lunch.
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