People who quit their job on the first day, why?

[@althealee9375]

If someone pinched my skirt like that at work, not only would I be raising Cain but my husband and my dad would be coming to knock someone out. That’s just plain wrong

[@dontrumpjr2244]

Daddy says wanna bet? 😊

[@risto375]

@@dontrumpjr2244that is wrong to say as well

[@yukiandkanamekuran]

@@dontrumpjr2244 creepy.....

[@yukiandkanamekuran]

@@ArealiusCantonius thats the worst advice ive ever seen in my life.

[@ArealiusCantonius]

@@yukiandkanamekuran I’m just saying.

[@monsterkicker291]

If I remember correctly I think it's illegal for the hospital employer to say "I expect to see you at church' as if the employee gets fired for not being at church it can be considered discrimination based on religion, or at least in the states. I don't know someone who does will probably correct me

[@viliabone1952]

Illegal?

[@BeefMeisterSupreme]

@@viliabone1952 The statement implies penalties if you don't go to the managers church

[@J05TI]

I doubt that statement on its own is illegal. If he said "join my church or you're fired", that would probably be illegal, though.

[@prman9984]

The person could sue for religious discrimination. Might be tough to win before a Utah jury though

[@chandlerlukens4579]

Nope. I live in Utah and you could absolutely win that just fine. ​@@prman9984

[@javiermaldonado7120]

My employer expects me to be at his church, but I think it’s understandable since my job is to be a tenor for the church’s choir

[@DubYuhGChoppa]

Lmaoo you got me in the first half

[@prman9984]

Same. I was the associate pastor though, so I let it slide

[@immortalsofar5314]

Not really. My friend was a musician who gets paid to play at one of the local churches. They never asked about his beliefs (atheist) and he didn't tell.

[@Fusako8]

Got hired into a night manager position at a mid-sized chain hotel. First day I ask about insurance and the like "Oh you have to get that privately." Quit on the spot then reported them to the state labor board. I hate thieving management.

[@sergioccs74]

I was a foreign student in Italy and needed to find a job. A friend of mine told me about this company that offered internet services and they were looking for sales people (like the door to door salesman type) so I decided to apply. The interview went super well and I basically started the next week. On that same day I was supposed to just follow my teacher and see how everything is done and that first day I walked like 20km, something that really hurt because I was supposed to be dressed formally so I went with formal shoes and it turns out that it was formal for everything but walking shoes is a must. Either way, what burned me on the first day was not the fact that selling door to door implied walking a lot but that most of the customers were grandmas in their 90s who we were essentially fucking over, changing their services to something that was comparatively worse. After several interactions where I saw "my teacher" lie their way into a sale I just thought to myself I didn't want the job. Once I was back in HQ I got the interview with the manager, got scared or something and didn't tell them anything, just that it was good and so on. Later that night I sent a SMS telling him I quit. Couple weeks later I was working as a barista, much better experience to be honest.

[@jamma.77]

12:12 Wow, that manager was the complete opposite type of idiot to a company I once applied to: I was literally the *only applicant* to the opening they had, and they told me that was somehow the exact reason I *wasn't* hired - I still don't understand their logic. I think they were wanted at least 2 people or something like that (it was a trainee/apprenticeship role), but, "No one else applied, so we're not hiring anyone," is still the most baffling response I've ever had to a job application.

[@benhelius4204]

They want ppl to compare. It's like when you buy a very expensive house but never look at another one and price to compare it. It is just a huge decision and you rather dont want to make a decision than a bad one. If you were really really good, they would have still taken you. But if you are around average, its not optimal.

[@razztastic]

@@benhelius4204 Did you just compare choosing new employees to choosing a new house? How are those things in any way related

[@Velaroz]

@@razztastic Financial decisions are financial decisions. Trainee/apprenticeship means you're expected to be there for some time. A house you plan on living in will usually be for some time. Is it the best analogy? No. Is it an understandable one? Yes. Could I think of a better analogy than that guy atm? Also no.

[@FlameDarkfire]

“We’re not going to be able to get a tingle in our shriveled husk of a peepee making you compete with others like it’s a gladiatorial game with business jargon so fuck off”

[@livetorek4723]

This is why I tip cashiers personally instead of putting it in the jar, crooked owners like that

[@nts3208]

Making a retail employee clean up feces without proper training and PPE is not only wrong, it's against the law. Huge OSHA violation. When something like that occurs they're supposed to either have somebody trained in hazardous waste cleanup on staff or call a company that can come and clean up and sanitize the entire area. I have gotten 2 different stores shut down for a week and incured massive fines for trying to make me clean shit covered bathroom. If that happens to you, take a picture, call your state labor department, OSHA or your local health department and report it. Do NOT clean up shit covered anything. Leave.

[@BoxOKittens]

I worked one day in a deli. I didn't want to work in that section but they said it was the only section available. The only instructions I had were a few videos on a computer. I can't learn that way so I was pretty lost. Long story short I was drowning in so much work, had to identify dozens of meats and cheeses I knew nothing about. And the kicker was when I was expected to clean one of the machines. The saws were so silent that I couldn't tell when they were running. I forgot to check the switches, reached in, and got my finger sliced. Not deep enough to be an emergency but I bled everywhere. I went home and cried like a big baby. I quit the next day. Shortest job I ever had 😢

[@AlexFlavell]

I hope you sued their asses!!

[@Farce13]

This just makes you sound incompetent tbh. Of course your supposed to clean the machines in your area and there's always a way to tell if something is on or off. I also work in a deli and it's the easiest job I've ever had

[@dovearchambault9229]

​@@Farce13 If nobody tells you the indicator for the machine being on, and you never see it off, how are you supposed to know? This person got basically zero training, much less what's needed for proper food service, so how can you call them incompetent?

[@Farce13]

@@dovearchambault9229 "I forgot to check the switches". He's incompetent

[@histy7284]

Honestly, I only wanted to start working at Petco so I can get the experience I need to become a vet assistant (which I eventually want to do). It wasn't on my first day, but during my first week without having a job coach. I wanted to quit because of my social anxiety (I even threw up in the trash can in the break room because of it), but after that day, I just kept going because I unfortunately have student loans to pay.

[@Camm3ey]

Bro it’s just petco

[@notpixar.studi0623]

Fr

[@DruidsCalling]

Want a promotion? Break out the lotion!

[@BillionairesArentYourFriends]

Social anxiety is absolutely a hellish condition that is always misunderstood. Proud of you for chugging along, but don't push yourself too much.

[@stonedandstatic]

Maybe retail isn’t the best choice with an anxiety disorder. Have you considered doing more backstage work, like stocking or even remote work like customer support? Also, don’t be afraid to check out your insurance coverage for therapy resources.

[@dj-chemicalz811]

That part about the pie being dropped? Yeah after I quit I'm immediately calling the health department that shit can't be allowed to fly

[@achimsinn6189]

I once went to a job interview for a backoffice sales position. Instead of an interview they immediatly put me into a training class that was obviously for door to door sales. So after some minutes I raised my hand and asked the person if there is maybe some misunderstanding as I didn't apply for a door to door job. He replied that this is the only training and I should still watch it as otherwise I'd lose my job. I told him I wasn't even hired so he can't fire me and that I wasn't interested in door to door sales and then just left. In the weeks after that several people from that company kept on calling me to ask if I would still consider doing the door to door job. All obviously low level sales personal. So I assume that the entire company was actually some kind of pyramid scheme where you need to find others and convince them to join in order to rank up to the level where you actually make money with it. Really glad I made the right call leaving that place before getting into anything.

[@WardenWolf]

If a job ever asks you to pay for training, walk away. It's a scam.

[@jackattackdx]

Once upon a time, I applied for a job where the listing was along the lines of "We like to have fun here. Join a growing local company that is focused on growing while at the same time allowing us freedom to enjoy ourselves." Being younger and liking the sounds of it, I applied. Days later, I got a call from someone saying they'd love to chat with me further about the job, over a free lunch. It sold me on it! I got there, and the person I talked on the phone with said we'd be heading out the door shortly, though it was almost 10am and I didn't know what the job was. We ended up driving a half hour south to a small town where we were handing out brochures and flyers. This is when I realized there was no interview and no free lunch, they just wanted extra help. After a half-hour, I faked feeling sick so we could leave. We got back, I drove off, and I never called or heard back from them. Never got paid either.

[@rachaelfrancisco8556]

My dad was a truck driver. That stuff is all pretty on par with how bad it was. Saw him once every 4-6 weeks. They (almost every trucking company) pressures their drivers to over work and break regulations to save the company time and money while risking their drivers lives and licenses.

[@lovebirdmic]

2:30 I feel a decimal would have been good. "450 an hour??? oh, 4.50"

[@sapphirewingthefurrycritic985]

Manager: You have to pay me for training. Me: Go to hell. Bye.

[@dragonlady1360]

This happened to me when I worked for Kirby. If the customer returns the vacuum the supervisor still keeps their commission check,but you loose yours. That’s why they are so pushy. I didn’t let the elderly lady sign the contract either. I lasted 3 days.

[@DarkKnightofIT]

I was thrown on the drive through line first day, without any training, expected to know how to make _everything,_ shouted at incessantly for needing instruction, ETC. Had a panic attack the next morning as everything settled in, called in to say I wouldn't be coming back, and had panic attacks every time I saw the brand for several months afterwards and still get hightened heartrate when said brand is mentioned years later.

[@toomanyfandomskiddo8932]

It sounds like you got PTSD from that. I hope you were able to get help after all of that.

[@kathrinsides2838]

I went to work for K-Mart as a cashier. I had been a cashier before for a number of places. So I knew how it worked. They expected me to be responsible for my cash, but they allowed other people to have access to it. I was not even a little bit ok with that. So I quit after my first night on the job, and I explained everything to the HR manager when she called me to find out why I quit after 1 shift. Also, they made me work straightening shelves until the managers finished counting down everyone’s registers which was beyond stupid. I took the job to make extra money to fill in for the money I was missing due to my roommate moving out that I needed due to being a teacher. I had no interest in working later than I needed to on school nights because my managers were slow to count down registers of my coworkers. There were so many things that were just not even close to best practices. And I wasn’t surprised when they started going out of business. 🙄

[@Seacret_Agent]

Uh, don't most places have you wait til all registers' cash drawers are counted? That's to ensure that no money is missing from the tills at the end of the night. I'd assume only places that fully close at night have that policy, and that other stores open 24/7 or are small enough don't. Did you work previously at places like that or? I could definitely be wrong though. Just that any store I've worked at as a cashier worked that way 🤷‍♂️

[@user-mn9wc5ru5w]

I'm secretly gay 😏 🏳️‍🌈 🍆

[@tanyagarcia3721]

There was a couple times I got letters for my step dad, who's dead for years, at my one apartment in aurora and the authors of the letters were basically trying to get him to join the latter day saints cult. I talked to a person working at the local nursing home across the street because my friend had been living there at the time and she told me she had dealings with them as well because of the husband entertaining them and had died a little after the start of the interactions. Well, the guys couldn't understand that the husband was dead and were pretty forceful in getting to see him. So she called the cops and one got to her house and was watching the interaction and she asked what she could do with the situation. He suggested that she put a civil suit against them for harassment. It quit after each of the ladies sent one last letter for the step dad and I didn't hear from them afterward. I did get one recently from the latter day saint's cult, a different person, and remembered the interaction with the lady working at the nursing home and the conversation I had with her so I wrote a quick note to the person and said not to contact me again or there would be a civil suit against them. I hadn't heard from them since

[@anonuser1279]

3:00 I also worked for Kirby and it's extremely predatory. They say the vacuum will sell itself but they only targeted older people and younger new house owners. The vacuum is $3,000. They have payments but we get paid less if there is payments. They even had a song they played in the beat up car with no car handles. One of the first lines was something like "Can't afford straight up? You're in luck, we accept credit and payments!" Fuck kirby, the whole company is a scam and I wish them nothing but the worst.

[@JayLee-bv3vw]

I was #6 in sales in the country at one time. I honestly hated the predatory tactics and the people I worked with were trash. We all left at the start of the day with our crews. Often, we'd go to locations up to a couple of hours away. If the crew lead (driver) didn't like you, they'd leave without you and you'd be stranded. I was there when the Centria came out. It was a $1,522 vacuum but they'd slap a sticker on the box that was $2,200. The day I left that job was one of the best days I had that entire year.

[@Roadent1241]

Can you pay people like this with literal poo, because that's all they'd be getting out of me?

[@theresabrennan8805]

I bought a Kirby more than 20 years ago...told hubs he has no sales resistance and ordered him up the stairs...I bought it. However, I still have it...who else has a vacuum more that 20 years old? It works great and is sent for cleaning and parts every couple of years...lifetime warranty.

[@anonuser1279]

@@theresabrennan8805 That's cool. Is that supposed to mean anything to me?

[@catherinep2034]

I once had a free carpet cleaning offer, I didn't know it was for a vacuum, thought it was for steam cleaning. I figured I'd see how they went on 1 room, & then book them for rest of the house, instead this lady started showing me her vacuum, & the filters after vacuuming my lounge room, & my bed. That's when I discovered I was very wrong about why she was there. Poor lady, I felt so bad that I wasted her time, but not bad enough to pay the scary price.

[@zylokun]

Got a job working at a burger king, and I think it's going to be the regular fast food hell but a job is a job. Upon showing up, the manager who did not have a shirt for me, gets mad that I'm not dressed and even madder when i remind her that this is literally my first day. Almost immediately after, I hear her assistant manager start spewing the most hateful, horrible homophobic things in the world and when I confront him on it, he literally looks me in the eye and calls me an F-slur. I flip them all the bird, leave, and immediately report for discrimination and harassment. That location was shut down a week later because apparently, they had done this to several new hires. No wonder I got the job so fast.

[@IIMiikexDII]

"F-slur" lol? Why are you making me say the word in my head now?

[@wistonecold]

went in for an interview with a school bus company. they tried hiring me on the spot without the needed license and said I could train on the go and expected me to quit my current job and start immediately. i kept getting calls for training and noped out of that. and these people still run the same company, and had an issue with my own kids pickup where the driver didn't even know how to use the radio.

[@thegaymer5560]

When I was 17 almost 18 I got a job at McDonald’s working the grill and fryers. The first shift they wanted me to work was 4 pm to 1 am. Mind you I was 17 and “still in school” (it was the pandemic so I was virtual) so I guess there was some sort of legal loophole with that. I did the shift anyways because I needed money but then they told me to come in at 10am to 8pm basically giving me no time to sleep. I went home changed out of my uniform came back and put it on the managers desk. I have not ate at a McDonald’s since then. It also took over 2 months for them to pay me for that day. My mother went full Karen on them (rightfully so) and told them she would sue them if I didn’t get the paycheck. Obviously she wouldn’t but she needed to get her point across. My paycheck ended up being like 60 dollars. McDonald’s in my area paid minimum wage at the time (Indiana is $7.25) It wasn’t even worth getting the paycheck at that point.

[@Mephistal]

I was employed at a certain golden arch place for 7 minutes. during the interview a customer destroyed one of my buddies for not enough pickles or ketchup or something. I was hired and the manager was getting my uniform. I’m a major introvert, and I don’t care about or like people, i found out in grade and high school I lack sympathy and don’t care about peoples feelings …my buddy said the manager said it looked like I teleported out of there. He turned his head and I was gone. I work in an industrial CT lab alone.

[@beetsq1968]

Story 1: it’s not petty. It’s the principle. And if they do this, they probably steal their regular employees hours as well. Speaking from experience

[@shadowman7307]

I quit a job on the first day once because instead of getting an assisting position working on a renovation project (as was agreed on beforehand), I was suddenly told that I would be doing everything myself. Once I explained that this was not the kind of work I had agreed to, they tried to find another guy from one of their other ongoing projects but eventually couldn't get anyone. So then I just told them that since they don't have the job they promised and my low work experience definitely isn't enough to take on so much responsibility, I dropped it. Later I learned that I wasn't qualified for unemployment checks for a few months after because I had apparently refused to work "without a valid reason", even after showing the contract. Damn bureaucrats.

[@ovi-jade]

eb games was once in US but got bought out by GameStop

[@mrow7598]

I quit as soon as I accepted the job. I finished with the job interview with HR and I got the job and we went to see the manger and with in 5 minutes. I'm like, I'm not working for you as you're an a-hole.

[@DeceptiveSS]

Part-time job at a cookie factory as a temp. 12 hour shift. 10 hours in, after repetitive nagging from my supervisor (who was mostly absent on our post, so I took some side gigs from other teams to either deliver ingredients, help with packing up for shipping, carrying stuff between sections), increasing back pain due to amount of carrying and walking (that warehouse was huge and there was almost no tools to carry things around on my post), but also learning that this absent/angry boss is the nice one and the assigned supervisor for next few weaks would be far worse than that, I quit 10 minutes before the end of my shift. Called the temp agency right after, spent a full showering and then a full day in bed, haunted both by the back pain and that overpowering smell of cookies.

[@0Yumi]

shout out to that one person in the minecraft parkour with the bi flag on their sleeve!!

[@ladylily1647]

I have one for this! A few months ago I applied at chipotle did all the paperwork and all the training videos, the next day me and my bf got in a rollover car wreck going about 50 mph and had to go to the ER. I told them per doctors orders I needed at least a week. Two days later they called because I was “missing my shift” then the manager preceded to ghost me when I reminded her of the doctors note, I obvi never showed back up and was grossed out that they would do that. No way in hell I was DRIVING into work two days if that after rolling a truck and having to be pulled out of my seatbelt that I was hanging from sideways and climb out the passenger window lol

[@MaryOnA898]

Lol the staff displayed bully behavior😂 I was like damn yall couldn't even pretend for a week?

[@mike-bee]

Worked at Mc Donald’s in Castro Valley CA. They trained me for 10 minutes at the drive thru, then left me there alone to do the job. Needless to say, my 16 year old self has no clue what to do. Left a lot of customers with wrong food orders. I never came back. Training was horrible.

[@foremanhaste5464]

Story #2 Pretty much all of that story was illegal if it was in the US. Pay to be trained, illegal. Management that doesn't assist a tipped employee with their tasks taking a cut, illegal. Also $4.50 was likely under minimum wage for a tipped position.

[@redjoker365]

Even if management is doing the same tasks as tipped workers, they don't get a cut of the tip pool. They could get individual tips if say a manager had to wait tables (as in directly wait tables, not assist a server with waiting their assigned tables)

[@mssuqiyomi]

The last story though… I should have known it was GameStop! That story is so on brand for that company and management! I was a supervisor there for some time. We’ve had to deal with some of the most out of pocket, strung out shenanigans you could and could not think of. I’m so glad I got out of there when I did and for anyone who still works there, hang in there!

[@valeon7303]

Also, for that second story (if its in the U.S.) federal minimum wage went up to 7.25 in 2009, and the story took place in 2010. So not only was the pay and job itself crap, but also illegal.

[@edwhatshisname3562]

As an American, I can confirm that EB Games did have locations here in the U.S. In fact, I worked at a Game Stop for a few months in a mall that also had an EB Games in it. It was a pretty boring job, lots of alphabetizing shelves, in my case, there were some bonuses, like access to some of the leftover promotional stuff, but other than that, it was a pretty boring place to work.

[@bigedslobotomy]

Kirby salesmen are real pieces of work! My wife let two into our house in the ‘80s as they promised to shampoo the living room rug for “free”, but once done, my wife couldn’t get rid of them, so she sent them out to me, saying that I controlled the money. I was up on a ladder painting the house, and I didn’t stop while they continued their sales spiel, till eventually they went silent and left.

[@skeletalmagpie]

Ive been working at greggs for 2 years and yesterday i quit after 6 months of dealing with an abusive manager. The weight that came off my shoulders feels amazing

[@foxfire1112]

Not petty at all, stand up for yourself

[@aricthomas8349]

As a Christian, if my employer (heck, even anyone) randomly, out of nowhere, said "I expect to see you at my church on Sunday", I would consider that a neon red flag on fire. I already have a church I love, and if my job is far away enough from said church that I need to find a new one, I will be finding the new one *on my own.*

[@DarkMatterBurrito]

Oh man, Kirby vacuums take me back. I think I got sucked into a attempt to sell them and I remember trying to sell them to my parents and maybe an aunt and it didn't go over too well. I was young and didn't know any better and thoughts I could make a lot of money selling vacuum cleaners from them. I look back now and it's hilarious.

[@ga7654]

I got a job working at a custom photo lab. I was told to do some prints in the dark room. Boss comes in to check my work...ok, I've been doing this for over 20 years, but fine. He grudgingly approved my work, and I keep doing my job. Now, the boss's wife, who also worked there, said goodbye at end of day, and as she is doing that, I can hear the boss yelling in the next room. Everyone was acting like it was a normal thing. I had to work for another 20 minutes, in the darkroom, while I can still hear him yelling in the next room. I thought he was yelling at someone, but when I left, I had to pass by the room he was in, and he was alone, just putting stuff away, and yelling. SO WEIRD. I left and didn't say goodbye. Went home and told my husband. About an hour later, the boss called and I told my husband to tell him I quit. He begged and begged for me to come to the phone, but no. Wild.

[@leslindelgado6124]

I have two. I was hired at Flower World in New Jersey back in the late 90’s. The supervisor yelled at one of the older ladies who takes over the phone orders for flower arrangements so bad she cried. I was only a teenager at the time and that scared the hell out of me. I was so scared I went back to pick up my one day check with my dad. I never even bothered to cash it. The second one was telemarketing. I called someone for a credit card offer and they immediately hung up on me. I was so shocked that someone could be so rude. 😂 I decided this wasn’t for me and left.

[@achimsinn6189]

Sorry to say so, but I always hang up immediatly once I find out whoever calls me is telemarketing. If I want to buy stuff I call, if somebody calls me, I won't buy. By hanging up immediatly I save myself that stupid discussion about why I don't want to buy and how I am making a bad decision blablabla etc. I don't concider myself rude for that. I concider those telemarketing companies rude for stealing my time with that crap.

[@IIMiikexDII]

Imagine calling someone rude for hanging up on an obvious telemarketing scam. No, you're the rude one for even taking that job.

[@Chocolatecookie857]

That kirby vaccum salesmen story is true i worked for them for a week & quit because they kept pushing me too sell too a older women but told me too tell her it was lower than it was actually was & i think they would "lock" her in the sale so she wouldn't have no choice. I hated that job plus never got paid when it said "youll get paid even if you dont sell anything " & Yes i live in North Carolina!

[@fatcatm0rty360]

Worked at a factory for making park equipment and on the first day I left work covered in powdered paint and blisters on almost all my fingers even though I was wearing heat resistant gloves. Didn't bother to ever go back.

[@idiomasentusiasticos7954]

My current job actually pays you for the training. You actually have to “clock in” for the training and they pay you for it IN FULL. If you’re there for 8h, you get paid for 8h. If you go to 2 training sessions, you’re paid for 2 training sessions. The training sucks though. Because it’s classroom style. You sit in a seat and take notes.

[@maryellen9503]

I quit a job where you had to bluff your way to company presidents etc to sell ballet tickets and/or talk people who had just seen a ballet into donating. I walked in, watched the people who worked there get reamed out for sucking and then my first two calls were like "no" and I didn't push because I'm not that sort of person. I got up and left.

[@vladdracul7810]

It was not my first day on the job, but i climbed a lock walk and told the captain to put my shit off in Memphis. Pointed at first mate and said "that mother fucker is going to get somebody killed" and noped the fuck outta there.

[@orthohawk1026]

When naive me turned 18, I got a job at a cleaning service. That first day I was sent to an adult bookstore. You know, the type with "preview" booths for adult films with holes cut in the walls between booths? I was told to clean the booths. Opened up the first one, took one look and noped right outta there!

[@unwoundsteak17]

my mom had a story kind of like this (although she quit after 2 weeks instead of 1 day). she got a really well paying job in her field with a really small company, and it turns out she was only hired so that the owners could get her signature on a bunch of documents since she has really high licensure. what they were doing with said signatures was illegal (I don't remember what the full details were), so she put in her 2 weeks notice (she ended up staying for a little longer so she didn't screw over her coworkers who were actually there to do a job) funnily enough, another company doing the exact same thing got busted and their leadership team got arrested right around the same time my mom left that job. if she had stayed and the same had happened to that company, she would have lost her license and probably would have spent some time in jail

[@dawngarcia4583]

I quit a job at a preschool at lunch break because 1) the manager never told anyone that I was starting that day. 2) had to wait an hour for manager to get there 3) no one there knew what room I was in

[@PancakeNation]

Story #1 AS YOU SHOULD! THATS BALLSY!

[@lilithhecataniangoddessesm187]

I am unable to precisely identify the specific reason, but I can provide a description: it feels like my energy’s dry around it, feels like I’m mentally sleepy (metaphorically). If ever I wanted to be satisfied I got the job, it’s all going to be forced, even in the presence of a genuinely welcoming atmosphere, there were no concerns pertaining to the individuals in the vicinity. As I said, I can’t point my finger on where exactly the reason came from why I felt like to seek somewhere else.

[@dannybeane2069]

Mine was where I got hired as a donation collection person, where my compensation was tied to my ability to essentially scam people out of money. I and a partner would wait at the exit of a grocery store asking for donation to something. The reason I say scam cause my partner and I took a cut, our manager took a cut, and then our boss took a cut as well: each taking a progessively greater cut. The money actually going to this charity was pennies on the dollar. What's worse, was I would need to be on my feet, 10 hours a day, Mon-Sat, for around 5 bucks an hour (this was back in like 2017), with no benefits at all or over time. Over full time hours, for below minimum wage, no benefits, and I was doing more social harm then good: abso-fucking-lutely not.

[@JosieDrake1995]

My sister and I did a cross country road trip and stayed at the cheapest places we could find. We weren’t “lost tourists” but we did cheap out so much that we felt somewhat unsafe. We had to pay a “deposit” on a room on the off chance we damaged it. There was no toilet paper and creeps everywhere. In hindsight, it wasn’t so smart for 2 young women but we were being cost efficient

[@GustavoSantos-ep5jx]

Last I heard it was illegal for managers/ employers to keep tips. That's just dirty

[@InsanitiesBrother]

I quit a job on the second day. Still on orientation and I was shadowing some guy that got told off by a supervisor for quite literally nothing

[@Mark73]

I know we used to have EB Games (originally called Electronics Boutique) in the US, but I haven't seen them in years.

[@ericlondon2663]

I was hired for a position that paid more. Until I showed up, suddenly I was doing the lowest paying position in the company.... quit on the spot. Sued as well and yes, they lost.

[@nicolefallwell4333]

Technically not a job, but an externship (short internship) and I stayed half a day. I was shadowing the medical assistant at a primary care and was horrified by many of the things I saw and heard. No we were not allowed to take blood pressure, the doctor wanted to do it, but he usually forgot. Every time we did the same number for respirations, which could be a huge sign of something going wrong in someone’s body, but we are not even to check. And the worst…the instrument/supplies closet. It had bloody and used instruments just laying around. I asked the medical assistant when she cleaned them. No the doctor won’t let me, he wants to do it. They were not even soaking in any of the special soap and an autoclave was right next to them. Worst part was it was an open closet, which would be to the left of the patient when they entered the patient rooms. I was horrified at the carelessness of the doctor for his patients feelings as well. I left after 4 hours. I reported this to my teacher so she could let the right people know, even got a pic of the dirty instruments before leaving.

[@ezrakornfeld8436]

It’s pronounced “rah-lee”. “ray-lee” is a kind of light scattering and it’s part of what makes the sky blue.

[@zarszars4063]

I did a day at macdonalds, the staff at this branch were horrible to me, didnt show me anything or help me, i had custmers shouting at me and still no help, i never went back one of the worst experiences of my life

[@terrypatrick420]

I quit mcdonalds after 2 hours. Fuk em that's why! Told me to leave the shirt or no pay. Kept the shirt for the 12 dollars I earned. Told them it was worth it. Got a check for 35 dollars weeks later as well

[@d74killer]

I got a job at a car wash. The other guys there were stealing stuff out of the cars. Loose change, CDs, a flashlight… I told the manager at the end of the day. He told me to, ‘Worry about myself’. I never went back.

[@JayBigDadyCy]

Applied for a job when i was 21 that was vague in job description, but said it had a "rock n' roll" atmosphere. Turns out the rock n roll atmosphere was that the boss had a guitar in his office and the job was solictiing businesses to sell crappy artwork. I told the guy they had "training" me around lunch time that it wasn't for me. He got mad and said he'd have to waste his lunch taking me back. I offered to walk/get a cab, but he drove me anyways. Door to door sales. No thanks. Edit- this seems to be a common theme lol. Maybe mine said "marketing" as well. I don't remember. It was 22 years ago.

[@consumerdebtchitchat]

Never work at a place you enjoy going to. Once you know the politics you will never enjoy it again.

[@persephonehades7547]

I was training to be a waitress. The store cut down on sanitary workers. You don't wear gloves when taking out the trash. The same hands that touched leaky bags of diner trash also touched customers' plates and cups without having the time to wash in between. I didn't just walk out of Frisch's. I straight up vowed to never eat in them ever again. The drive thru's okay, though. They operate similar to other fast food places, and no one who's touched trash is touching your food there.

[@mjlh7079]

Kids keep TWO versions of your social media account, 1 plain Jane one under your 'legal' name to 'give' employers & your 'real' 1 under a nick name.

[@AlanSito-md2ji]

Was a busser at a restraunt i had to wipe all tables but i wasnt allowed to touch tips only waiters waiters were suposed to give me tips end of day waiter kept $300 and only gave me $7

[@jenzicam]

That story of the marketing and door to for sales? I had the exact same thing happen to me! I in my first day I decided to follow the woman “training” me as she went door to door as I figured a job was better than no job. Then she excitedly told me that i would be making money depending on how many shitty Netflix clone subscriptions I sold, and she was actively lying to get subscriptions. I waded about the basic and she just laughed at me saying there is no basic. I told her to her face that this was a scetchy scam and walked away before door 3

[@nerdpopeking]

Also quit Kirby on day 1, what a terrible business model for a genuinely good product.

[@allisonn6056]

I quit before I even started working. I was hired, but the hours and my job position had completely changed because of the pandemic. Understandable except that I didn't have a way home for night hours. Not to mention it's a pandemic and I'm immuno compromised. I'm expected to start in under a week and I wasn't going to get any training when I was going to get training initially. I noped out of that because I didn't have a way to get home, and frankly didn't need the job badly enough to risk my life getting something that was brand new initially deadly. It was minimum wage too. It wasn't worth that to me, and I'm glad that I didn't take it. Particularly since I'd probably be classified as an essential worker having my job at some grocery store with frequent rotation of items and food products.

[@sodafrogrocker]

Worked with a third party company that helped another company that raises money for foster kids going into the system. Seemed nice so I applied. This third companies tactics for trying to "sell backpacks" and the money goes back to the offical company felt shady and they keep pressuring me to be more abrasive and try to guilt trip the public into giving me money for this organization. I had a bad gut feeling so after a week doing it I left. Also, you were paid in PHYSICAL CASH. Like only a handful of jobs still do that. No checks or paying system.. I'm happy now and work as a Substitute Teacher and a Special Needs Avocate Trainer. ❤ Never heard what happened with that company.

[@sydneyyoung7352]

It's a really lucrative business model. You set up a non-profit and a for-profit. The non-profit hires the for-profit to fundraise. The non-profit pays 90% of the fundraised money to the for-profit for the fundraising service. The employees and donors are sold on contributing to a good cause, and the top-level rakes it in.

[@mhfuzzball]

Story 18: As soon as the manager said it was an alarm company cold-calling position, the alarm bells started ringing for OP, I'm sure.

[@PERMaesan]

a few years ago, a morman couple moved in next to my house and invited my parents over for coffee. it was instead an attempt to make us morman. we are mennonite and my dad (at the time) was a pastor. my parents immediately left.

[@Ch17638]

Found out the salaried marketing manager position was in fact a commission based sales job that involved me climbing into my own car using my own fuel selling dollar store crap out of a tote bag to employees at random businesses. So about an hour into my first day shadowing one of their 'marketing managers' I asked him , if the business is taking 80% cut of my sales , what exactly prevents me from going to the local wholesale , buying all this stuff and selling it for myself ? It took him a while but he answered that the CEO might take legal action, I answered 'on what grounds ? I am gonna drop you off at the office and go now.' , We rode back in uncomfortable silence , I made up some stuff about an emergency at the university where I was studying part time and never came back.

[@exxor9108]

Yes, there were indeed some EB Games stores here and there in the US.

[@CommanderquesoTV]

I did package delivery for Amazon one day next day my feet were pulsating after walking 30 city blocks in a day and up and down stairs . I quit started an online business and that was it

[@adriangreene908398]

Put a (No Soliciting) sign on your door to avoid those door to door salesmen, you answer the door and unless you can very bluntly tell them no right away, they’ll go into a 15 min sales pitch about something you care nothing about.

[@crybabymat]

I worked 2 hours at a wendys. The day after I applied I was asked to come in and was instantly hired with no interview because I had previous training at a wendys in a different state. I got there, no one wore their uniforms correctly, food was being touched without gloves, the entire place was highly mismanaged and there were flies EVERYWHERE I got my things and said hey basically it’s a no from me and the manager said I understood why. I later found out shortly after it was shut down temporarily and almost everyone was let go due to health hazards

[@UnicornOfDepression]

It was supposed to be my first day. High school, junior year. I got a job at Burger King. Was so not wanting to work there. I could see the dead end ahead. Soul sucking work. I stood outside the front door for a few minutes. The manager came out. "I'm sorry. I can't do this. I can't work here." I left and never went back. Ended up with a job at the best pizza place in town later that week. Thank God I never took that BK job.

[@theresabrennan8805]

My daughter quit her accounting job because the company had prayer meetings before work. She was shocked to be told she needed to accept this practice and resigned by cell phone at lunch the first day.

[@lvly5357]

I hate sales job.. always so sneaky. The ones at the top have to go against the rules, but it’s ignored because conversion demands are being met. For ex - Had a job where people called to register an item, sometimes 4-5 items per person… here’s the catch, I get paid if I SELL on each item. So after their registration, if I don’t get 4-5 sales from that person, that’s basically 4-5 people counting against my conversion score. The problem? I HAD TO REGISTER THE ITEMS. The only way to maintain a good conversion is sweet talking your way out of registering all needed items & only registering additional items after you get the first sale (BUT BUT, don’t let them know you’re trying to sell them!). Part 2 of that.. you STILL won’t get paid if they cancel their purchase within 30 days. Tooo many cons.

[@chandorasworld]

I showed up on time at 9am and my boss wasn’t there yet so some employees found me a desk and told me to go through their website to familiarize myself with the company while I wait for my boss to give me projects and show me the ropes. I waited and waited. He never showed up. Around 1 pm I got fed up and wrote on a sticky note “So unprofessional” and walked out. Never went back and they never called me back. Good riddance, a waste of time. I never received pay for my time either but I’m glad I dodged that bullet.

[@Kururugi0]

I worked one day of sanitation in a factory that packaged frozen food products. The machines were large and metal and required a hot pressure washer to clean. Our gear was supposed to be a waterproof set of pants and coat. I did not receive a waterproof top. Pressure washing the machinery, I was soaked almost instantly. Since we were packing frozen food, the entire factory was kept at 34 degrees F. The shift was supposed to be 10 hours and my trainer and only other sanitation worker did not speak English. He completely vanished at the end of the shift. I was pretty lost, not knowing where he went, the next shift supervisor caught up to me. He told me the shift ended 30 minutes ago. I finished what I was doing and left. Unsurprising, I caught Pneumonia. I called in the first morning and they seemed to not care so I just didn't call in the day after.

[@anjachan]

game stop ... i miss this shop so much in my city ...

[@Tony_Seed]

I applied for a job, got interviewed and employer told me what my job would be, when I get there I’m doing everything but what was my job description and nothing that was, and this happens every time I’ve gotten a job.

[@BobbyGeneric145]

I got hired for a job doing I can't remember what... On the first day of training its revealed we're actually going to be a traveling team selling cologne door to door! Other first day quit was Directv tech support. Id previously worked there when it was a 3rd party contractor... 4 years later on the tour I see the exact same people and gear a guy telling an old woman how to program a remote. Left at the break.

[@LunaT-u8v]

One of the advertising companies I applied to almost applies. Everything this job was depicted as in the original description, the phone call, and the initial interview were all a complete lie. The only thing you actually did at this job was go to a random Home Depot every day and harass customers at random with a "pitch". It was just a classic pyramid scheme with expendable foot soldiers, and they hid it for over a week until the "second interview/first day of orientation". There was an older man with me who also had his day wasted with their bait and switch crap. They personally drove us to a Home Depot, so we had no way to leave during their pathetic attempts to recruit us to be their grunts. When we returned, the person left us with a whole bunch of papers to sign to make the job official, and said she'd be back in a few minutes. The man muttered about it not being the job he applied for and dipped almost immediately. After about a minute, I snuck out behind him. My biggest regret? I left my pen there, and couldn't go back for it. We were both technically "hired" (all we needed to do was sign our souls), but neither of us took the job.

[@iamalbertwesker2]

Story 15: I guarantee they didn't hire too many people, they just bait and switched OP

[@Goldhawk7]

Spit in food. Is a famous chicken place popular in GA. That is all

[@vinter5256]

EB games and game stop were 2 separate companies but they merged and in us we used have eb games locations but after merger in early 2000's bunch eb games locations were rebranded to game stop

[@JeantheSecond-ip7qm]

I only lasted 4 days at a job because they completely misrepresented what the job was and I spend all day doing nothing. Then at 5:00 pm, all the stuff I was supposed to edit came in and I was expected to stay late to do it. I went back to the job I left for that one, so I just called them on day 5 and said I’m not coming in.

[@squigl3z78]

I got hit by these Kirby salesmen before . They came to my apartment at like 9pm and it was two 12-15 year old kids saying their boss wouldn’t let them go home until they cleaned one more carpet . Those bastards are the worst

[@pk5727]

I was upset when an insurance job I was app,using for wanted me to pay 250 for a license, Unless there’s a guarantee I’d get the job or the company pays for the license regardless of if they hire me…that sounds bloody ridiculous.

[@tamaramendelson1634]

We had both Gamestop and EB Games here in the states, but I think Gamestop was more popular. Not sure if EB Games is still around though

[@donder172]

2:40 50 dollar of training for a job that pays 450 dollars per hour? That is an insane salary.