Worst job you've had
Landscaping was back breaking work. Lasted 6 weeks.
shareDid that make you reevaluate your physical health?
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shareWorking for a music distributor, but only because of the owner's wife. She was absolute witch with a capital B. I was glad that I got to move to a different department where I didn't have to deal with her much at all.
shareWorking at a Pizza Factory, the boss was a jerk
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"Landscaping was back breaking work. Lasted 6 weeks."
What a workout though!
never have to pay for gym!
my worst was stacking shelves at Kwik Save, just boring! , until ...
much more recentkly anopther job came along: "I.T. Service desk" for an IT company providing a terrible service, so constant angry customers ringing and no real way to help them .
Walked out of that one before lining the next one up (a first)
Wal-Mart cashier
shareJust being a retail cashier in general sucks, never mind the emotional abuse from supervisors and entitled customers.
shareCorrect! I worked there before the days of 24/7 Wal-Marts, so when the cashiers would count down our tills at closing time, we were forced to go to the different departments to help the department managers clean and straighten their areas that they had neglected during their shift. They just waited for all hands on deck at closing to do anything. Sometimes this extra clean up time would add up to two hours to our shift that was not scheduled.
One night I was straightening the greeting cards with a fellow cashier, and we were chatting. A low-level manager who fancied himself to be Sam Walton himself came by and told us to shut up because talking wasn't allowed!
As far as entitled customers go, my own neighbor whom I'd known since I was five years old stood in my line one night and started talking loudly about how slow the line was! She knew who I was!
My brother worked at Wal-Mart doing several jobs, including cart-pushing, cashier, and customer service. He was forced to resign after a nasty Karen got mad at him for following the store rules and not giving her the money she demanded without a receipt for the item she claimed to have bought, and showing her the paper his manager had given him to keep people like her off the manager's back.
I worked for a month at Hobby Lobby in 2007. It was horrible. Their machines don't have scanners, so you have to type everything in (which makes it really easy to make errors), you only get training on how to do the job for 5 minutes before they turn you out to the wolves, they change the stupid coupons every week (it's hard to keep up unless you look over the cheat sheet with every purchase), their long-time patrons are extremely fussy about their goddamned discounts, they test you on taking breaks, the staff can sometimes be cliquish, and if you don't have the same intelligence level (we're talking low here) and love to do the same hobbies they do, you're SOL when it comes to bonding and making friends; the only way to know the rules is to read the rulebook, because the people working there will not tell you anything and just assume you already know when you start, and the supervisors' favorite hobby is to yell at you and emotionally abuse you behind the scenes. My feet also hurt from standing for 8 hours a day, even with a gel pad and comfy shoes.
After a month of that shit, I turned in a letter of resignation, explaining exactly why, (though I wish I'd included the part about my supervisor being mean, not sure why I didn't mention that), and wrote an angry letter to the CEO of the company afterwards.
I'm sorry about your brother's experience, but I'm not surprised at all. Your experience at Hobby Lobby sounds awful! I have never thought about that store from an employee's perspective, but you are right that some of the things they do just compound work for employees. Good for you for looking out for yourself!
My feet also hurt from standing for 8 hours a day, even with a gel pad and comfy shoes.
Yes! I was 19 when I worked at Wal-Mart, but at the end of every shift I swear I felt like I was 80. My feet and legs ached so badly, and I had the mat and good shoes like you. I think it was from standing in place all day. I think being on our feet yet able to move around makes a big difference. share
One way mom helped me when I had that job was, she taught me how to massage my own feet, and I chose a body lotion that smelled like green tea (you can use any scent you want, so long as it lubricates your hands and fingers during the process). It helps soooooo much after a long day of standing. My feet still ached, but the muscles were loosened up and I could bear to put weight on them afterwards. I think I might even consider getting one of those foot bath devices at some point. My future jobs don't require me to stand all the time, but I do have to walk around for part of it.
shareThey didn’t have barcode scanners as late as 2007? I think I remember them as far back as the early 80s at Sears.
shareHobby Lobby is always 20-30 years behind other companies. You can write an angry letter to the CEO like I did if you want. I was particularly angry that an establishment that was supposed to be pushing "Christian" values was doing the opposite, and I wrote it in both my resignation letter and my angry letter to the CEO of Hobby Lobby.
shareHere's something I just discovered in another forum which I've had to deal with in the workplace:
"Being good at your job often attracts more work.
It's called 'performance punishment.'
It breeds resentment. Good people will leave and poor performers will not learn."
I used to refer to this as,"the hardest working mule winds up carrying the heaviest pack." Simply put, exploitation.
Here's something I just discovered in another forum which I've had to deal with in the workplace:
"Being good at your job often attracts more work.
It's called 'performance punishment.'
It breeds resentment. Good people will leave and poor performers will not learn."
I used to refer to this as,"the hardest working mule winds up carrying the heaviest pack." Simply put, exploitation.
This is 100% accurate. Hard work only gets you worked harder. I have had to deal with this also while people who won't work or won't even come to work get defacto promotions to easier jobs with less accountability that bosses say is a "better fit" for them. share
It is and it's really nothing new. That pattern has existed in the workplace forever. I just thought that the expression "performance punishment" was a new and unique way of describing it. I don't quite agree that it "only gets you worked harder." While I've had to deal with exploitation quite a bit, one particular boss stands out in my memory for having recognized and acknowledged my strong work ethic. He gave me two nice pay raises, back to back, in a 30-day period. The second one completely gobsmacked me because it was even more unexpected. After all, I had just gotten a raise. It took me a couple of paychecks to notice it. I was puzzled because my checks were larger but I was working the same amount of hours. After I finally discovered it, I went to thank him, feeling stunned, grateful and embarrassed because I hadn't noticed it right away. His response was simply, "You're worth it." That was his style. No fanfare. Just a quiet, humble appreciation for a job well done. The world needs more bosses like that.
shareThe boss you mention sounds amazing. I'm glad your work was recognized and rewarded!
shareTrue.
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