30 Times Employees Realized Their New Workplace Wasn’t For Them And Dipped On The First Day, As Shared Online

I had this happen at Lowe's. I gave them my availability. They literally scheduled me ONLY for the times I couldn't work. I quit before I ever finished the training.

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Or else it was a simple mistake that could have been corrected with a 2 minute conversation???

You work to live. Not the other way around.

Sidebar: I was always told European calendars started on Monday. So was that an old wives tale or is it just some of them?

Ughhh I used to work at wawa and the day shift would leave ALL their dishes for night crew even though you were supposed to have everything cleaned up for the next shift. They never did their dishes and complained that we can do them because we aren't as busy at night blah blah. Usually just did them but it would suck when you have to start a shift already cleaning and catching up. You let night shift be too busy and leave ANYTHING undone for the morning crew. All hell would break loose abs we would get in trouble because the store manager was always there in the morning but never at night

I was concierge at a hotel, our Kitchen Porters were treated like humans, an intrinsic part of the team that made our hotel tick. Their wages were decent, they were respected for the important job they did, their job is one of the foundations of the service we provided, they could destroy a service with one simple move, if they slow the process down in the kitchen or don’t check cleanliness as they go along then the chefs get behind, the pressure increases and the next thing you know guests are getting properly hacked off. KPs are an essential part of the team, treat them right and respect ‘em!

Maybe the manager can yell the dishes clean. Hope he had fun trying.

Wow - abuse the one person who came to your rescue. Smart move.

" If clean dishes are so important to you, HERE, YOU wash them!" Then walk out.

Heat stroke is no joke, don't chance it. I give my staff two bottles every time I check on them. If there's shade nearby I want you in that shade as much as the job allows. If it slows down get in the shade, if you can do the job from the shade please do. No shade, Imma get you an umbrella, tie a tarp up, something. Happy staff work better and return for more shifts.

Good for you kid 🙌

Yeah, that’s not allowed. At least in Canada.

The other way around, here. I was shop manager and I caught the alignment guy telling a customer he needed all that extra sh*t when it clearly was not required. Fired him on the spot.

I got told my car needed over $2000 in repairs or it'd be off the road within a month for various reasons, then I was told my suspension and steering was all over the shop and the car was next to impossible to drive. Dude I can steer with my freaking pinky bare,y pressed on the wheel, wtf. Also, this was 10 months ago and I've had it serviced elsewhere since with none of the bs. Yes I'm female, 54 years young, the douche canoe was about 18 to 20 with a manager side eyeing him likely testing how good he was on the scamming sales talk.

My husband has been in the auto industry for almost 40 years and he's the first one to tell you they're all liars and thieves. My muffler fell off over 60 miles from home, so I just made the choice to go to a muffler shop rather than drive home with that level of noise so my husband could fix it. Shop tried telling me all my belts were so worn that I probably won't make it home. I said, 'sure, ok, just do the muffler.' I knew their bs. I told my husband when I got home and he looked at the belts and just started cursing. They were all still so new you could read the writing on them.

My mom had a moral for this situation. When you own an apple tree, collect the apples when they are ripe and you will never want for apples. Don't cut down the tree to collect the first harvest

I'm female. (using husband's account) In 1985, we moved into a new housing development. I went with a new neighbor (another female, approx 45 yo) to buy equipment to install irrigation systems she had planned for each of our properties. Everything including manifolds, timers etc. The manager of the landscape service was patronising and obnoxious. (as opposed to helpful and gracious.) My friend was insistent that we would need specific features capable of handling multiple areas in large areas. He rolled his eyes and said VERY sarcastically, "What are you - a rocket scientist?" Delighted, she said [I am paraphrasing wildly] "Thank you. I've waited for decades for someone to ask me that question. Yes, I work at NASA and am working on the Venus project. I have a PhD in aerospace engineering. Granted, I don't recall learning about sprinkler systems but I think I can figure out the specs we need. And if we someday put sprinklers on Venus I'll let y'know."

Since the jerkoff had a reputation for this stuff, the real jerkoff is the management that kept him around.

Parents are just people too haven’t figured out life yet either.

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That used to be called initiation banter.

Well, that's professional for a change. That's how it's supposed to be

For me was other around I stayed in the camera shop. Not teaching was my best decision

So gross.

It is NEVER ok to comment about a woman’s body in a work situation. And if you’re smart you’ll understand it’s only ok if it’s positive & you’re in a relationship with her.. but still never at work.

I worked in a residential care home and didnt like the way the staff spoke to the residents and treat them they didnt seem to care that these were vulnerable people that trusted them i was like 18 at the time was my 2nd job in care industry this one was closer to home so went here when i was old enough i applied for days but they said they were short on night shift that weekend could i cover with me bein young and new i accepted i walked out half way through night shift and never returned i wasnt even bothered about the wages i didnt get i went back to the original home i worked and discussed it with manager there what rules and regs i seen being broken and she reported the home to right people it was investigated shortly after

Smart choice. If you got injured, they wouldn’t go out of their way to help you out.

Scary

A pal of mine used to do a few late evening shifts at a petrol station. It never seemed to faze or freak him out but he got fed up of having sawn off shotguns and bladed weapons pointed at him so eventually quit.

Never going to Domino's again. Wash your hands people.

The hearing thing resonates with me. I wanted to be a journalist. Last year of high school got a week of work experience at our major newspaper. First day I'm shadowing a proper journo as he interviews people about some fluff piece and he asks me to take notes. I quickly realised my hearing was just not good enough. I couldn't understand most of what was being said. When I sat and gave it thought I couldn't see how I could be a journalist if I was stopping the interviewee every 30 seconds saying "Sorry can you repeat that".

Someone I heard about got punched by a delivery driver and died because of it edit: it was a dominoes delivery guy

I had gotten a job at a veterinary hospital. I had three years of experience at another vet hospital. I go in in the evening for a 4 hour shift to train. It was just me and another receptionists and all she did for four hours was complain about every single thing and person there. I called up the next day and told them the hours wouldn't be good for me but what I really wanted to say was "Maybe you should treat your employees better because the girl who trained me last night spent the night bitching about you all".....lol

Still stunned at how little PTO people seem to get in the US. It's a minimum of 20 days (paid) here but most employers offer more - I'm on 28 which isn't unusual. And we take them.

I did McDonald's in 1994-96 ×^<