Whats the shortest time you have stayed at a job?

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1 day as a furniture removal man. It was sheer bone-idleness that made me leave. It was summer, it was sunny, and I wanted to play golf and relax. It was so easy to pick up other summer jobs at the time too.
 
Only had 2 jobs, first lasted 10years and my current ive been in for 6years with the intention to work here until im 55 and then retire.
 
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Yes and some of them were big posters, and probably did something stupid that didn't warrant a ban, like posting in the random picture thread without posting a pic, or some power mad mod having PMT
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nah normally they go out in a blaze of psychotic failure :p
 
1 Week at a Weatherspoons Kitchen when it was a 600 capacity, who only had 3-4 Kitchen Staff per day, working your B*llocks off was'nt the half of it :D
 
3 days... back when I was temping during my gap year... was advertised as a support helpdesk role, got there, turned out they had promoted someone internally to that position and I was stuffed in an horrific admin job (filing filing and more filing) with a 'boss' who found it hilarious every time the files fell over.

I'm surpised I even managed to last 3 days... but I wanted the money rather than going on to benefits.

I ended up getting an apology and the contract paid for (8 weeks pay for 3 days work)... so it all worked out for me :)
 
A day, it was a contracted 3day thing, first day got cancelled, asked to work 2nd day with no third day. At the end of the 2nd day asked if I wanted to return told them no.
It was online/catalogue sale thingy called Bodens who were having their sale at Ingliston.
Most bored day ever, and currently untill this thread, shut it out.
 
Shortest proper job was 5 weeks, I got fired because I had two days off sick, the first time I was actually ill, the second time I had bunked off to go and get my old job back (which I managed to do) but wasnt going to start for a week and a bit to give the current job a weeks notice, went back in the following day got called up to the office and they fired me.
Which you can appreciate I wasnt that bothered about having already secured my old job back.
What surprised me though was that not only did they pay me a week in hand, PLUS the full week we were currently in (this was a Wednesday) they paid me an additional £1200 for some reason.
So I went out the next week and blew it all on computer bits and playstation 3 games.
 
o.O ... there was a shorter one... lasted a day at one place.

Was looking for summer work while I was a student and this sales (but it's not really sales wink wink as they kept trying to drill in to us) position popped up, thought I would give it a try.

Didn't show up for the second day... they were especially keen on me because I had a car... so kept calling and calling trying to convince me to come back so that they had a lift - lmao! Shoddy company.

It was some kind of weather protecting paint for certain types of building... can't remember the details now.

Ahhh... I don't miss those days.

It's weird to think I started off with such crappy things & now only 4 years down the line from the one just mentioned, I'm on quite a bit above average ;) working in a place I really like... fantastic people, great money, great benefits and copious amounts of remote consultation (from home) :)
 
dmpoole said:
Did you actually start the job?
How long did you stay?

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I stayed for 3 months. Bloody horrible! Got some cheap toys with the staff discount though.

I have since done a job picking strawberries that i left after 2 days.

3 months assembing power points on night shift.

2 years in a quarry which i would never go back to if it was the last job on earth :mad:

And now im currently a vineyard/winery and been there for 12 months to the da which isn't a bad job. Just not my dream.

Hoping to finally be in the army in a few months :)
 
2 weeks. I worked at Subway during 6th Form. Was alright, brought in a nice bit of pocket money. The Manageress was a cow though. I left when they wouldn't take "No way in hell am I working til 3am when I have an exam the next day. I told you at interview that I wouldn't do it, and the answer is the same now!" as an answer. They told me I'd turn in to work before 7pm or I needn't bother coming back. I popped in at 7, bought a sandwich, went home. The manager gave me an earful when she saw me leaving the shop, followed me down the road for about a hundred meters, I told her to **** off, she told me I needn't bother thinking she was going to pay me for any of the shifts I'd done because "nobody could prove I worked there". Truly enough, she tried to stick to that. I took them to court and won. She lost her job. Happy days.

That was the last Subway sandwich I ever ate.
 
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