Whats the shortest time you have stayed at a job?
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No 100% sure where you mean, but i asume you mean near the main crossroad next to the weaver? I might have a look next time im in Nantwich.lay-z-boy said:opposite the river weaver when you get to the crossroads (its also opposite a bar)
And yes, the place is stuck in the stone age
:edit: wow that was a poor description
SideWinder said:What was so bad about it? I wouldn't mind working there.
I tell you now, Game is a terrible place to work.
Had a job at one while at uni. Manager was the biggest **** I have ever met in my life. Used to be on people's backs every two minutes to sell as much as possible. I was told to lie to customers to sell PS2's, then when they came back to the store to complain the manager would haul me up in front of them and make me apologise for "lying".
He also never drew the rota for the week up until the night before, meaning I would have to repeatedly phone the store to find out what my hours were. It also made it a nightmare when arranging meeting up with friends, my girlfriend, etc.
I put up with it for about 4 months as my colleagues were mostly all really nice people, and the assistant manager was the total opposite of his boss - relaxed, calm, and a downright decent guy. He would expect hard work, however he wouldn't jump up our asses all the time, and was always doing things to keep the shop relaxed, joking around etc.
It all came to a head when my girlfriend came to visit. He knew this and kept me late after my shift telling me "my attitude was all wrong" - making me late to meet her. She had to walk 2 miles in a city she didn't know. Then he sent me to another store for a day to help. They were so nice to me that I ended up thinking "What am I doing working with this guy?" - I never went back to my store the next day.
As for the manager in question - well his wife left him taking the kids with her, and I went back there one night when he was working and caused a "small" amount of damage to something he owned. I have never thought this of anyone, but I hope the guy contracts a terminal illness. I really do. Scum.
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3 months, though there is a slight chance this one might be shorter depending on how the rest of this month goes. I very much dislike dealing with irate customers for long periods of time, though I should have known this before joining!
Many moons ago, 1.5 days. Cold calling and selling advertising space. Awful! I ran away at lunchtime.
Recently, just over a month. Working for a care company co-ordinating nurses and carers. Basically I was given a phone, a massive pile of old dears details, contact details for a load of carers and nurses, phones from the office were diverted and I was left to get on with it. It was sooooo badly organised that I spent 15 hours a shift trying to cover calls with carers that basically didn't give a **** and managers that were unreachable. I've answered 999 calls for ambulances but this is the most miserable stressful job I have EVER had. Being totally accountable for 100's of old people getting put into a bed at night/cared for/fed/given meds for minimum wage, no thanks. My last shift I told every complaint I had (dozens, as usual) to contact Watchdog or the medical complaints people. Gave out the numbers too. Awful.
Recently, just over a month. Working for a care company co-ordinating nurses and carers. Basically I was given a phone, a massive pile of old dears details, contact details for a load of carers and nurses, phones from the office were diverted and I was left to get on with it. It was sooooo badly organised that I spent 15 hours a shift trying to cover calls with carers that basically didn't give a **** and managers that were unreachable. I've answered 999 calls for ambulances but this is the most miserable stressful job I have EVER had. Being totally accountable for 100's of old people getting put into a bed at night/cared for/fed/given meds for minimum wage, no thanks. My last shift I told every complaint I had (dozens, as usual) to contact Watchdog or the medical complaints people. Gave out the numbers too. Awful.
i did an 8 hour shift at a royal mail sorting office. Was me, a crazy little welsh girl and her homosexual friend, a Romanian women who kept asking if my dreadlocks were real and about 30 people who couldnt speak english. I'll take my £40 and see you guys again never. Also the guy who drove the bus was some sort of nazi and scared the crap out of me
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Shortest was a day at Norwich Union, i'd previously left AXA as I hated call centers.
Was told by an agency this was NOT a call center... Got the job... Turned up... It was a call center! Stayed for the rest of the day as it was just training.
Walked out and never went back, didn't even get paid which was annoying but there you go!
Long time ago though! Maybe 6 or so years ago!
Was told by an agency this was NOT a call center... Got the job... Turned up... It was a call center! Stayed for the rest of the day as it was just training.
Walked out and never went back, didn't even get paid which was annoying but there you go!
Long time ago though! Maybe 6 or so years ago!
I got a job driving hgv1, it was moving sheep, cattle, pigs etc, it was good work to begin with i started off in Carlisle and Drove up to a market a sterling to pick up a flock of sheep and drove them back to carlisle. Called the boss the next day and explained that i thought the way the auction treated the animals was cruel and that I could not stand them to be treat so.
I'm not a stranger to farm animals as my dad had a farm basically my ancestors were farmers untill my dad jacked it in. Never on my dads farm did we treat the animals like they did at the auction mart.
I'm not a stranger to farm animals as my dad had a farm basically my ancestors were farmers untill my dad jacked it in. Never on my dads farm did we treat the animals like they did at the auction mart.
Actually, following on from my post earlier in this thread.
Here is a question for you all. Is it a bad thing to exclude jobs from your CV?
i.e. You work somewhere for say under a month and don't include it on your CV.
I know quite a few of you have said you do, but just wondering is it naughty/bad to do so?
I have worked at two places in the past for under a month, and neither make an appearance on my CV, even if I did work there. I left of my own accord mind you, just hated the job.
Here is a question for you all. Is it a bad thing to exclude jobs from your CV?
i.e. You work somewhere for say under a month and don't include it on your CV.
I know quite a few of you have said you do, but just wondering is it naughty/bad to do so?
I have worked at two places in the past for under a month, and neither make an appearance on my CV, even if I did work there. I left of my own accord mind you, just hated the job.
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Hi joined a temp agency work last summer.i got offered doing caretaking work. when i got there
i was told i would be scrubing floors in a high crime estate i smiled and said i am just going out side for a smoke i went back home
i was told i would be scrubing floors in a high crime estate i smiled and said i am just going out side for a smoke i went back home
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sgx.saint said:
It isn't naughty or bad to miss out parts of your career history but a potential employer has the right to ask you about it and you have to answer truthfully. On most CVs you won't have enough space to list all the jobs that you have had unless it is either your first job or only job so I've left off a few that I've done briefly in the summer holidays because they were barely long enough to count, they also don't really add anything to my work experience either and so are unlikely to benefit a future employer.
andy said:1 shift
12 hour night shift
"what do we need these hardhats for , were in the middle of a field"
"it puts the gypos off bashing you over the head"
we where guarding 300k worth of cable in the middle of an open field :/
as the night went on and speaking to other guards we found out we where only hired because no one else on the security team would do the job
lmao class!!
awesome sig too
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When you guys applied for another job after these short ones, did you put them down on an application form/cv?
I'm looking for a new job as this one,to say the least, does not suit me. My brother has got me an app form for ASDA and i'm going to hand out cv's.
[edit] should have read the thread properly!
I'm looking for a new job as this one,to say the least, does not suit me. My brother has got me an app form for ASDA and i'm going to hand out cv's.
[edit] should have read the thread properly!
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About 2 hours as a runner at a media company, I had to take a pot of boiling hot tea to some clients, walked into a room I'd never been in before, the room was very dark and I didn't see the huge step down into the area where the clients were causing me to drop the boiling tea onto my foot leaving me with a pretty bad burn. I told the boss and they said that's nice, now we need you to walk about a mile to get a shirt for someone, I said ok then and hobbled out the door without coming back. Still got the burn scar on my foot 2 and a half years later!
It was really hard carrying things on trays going into rooms as you had to pull the doors to enter rooms rather than push, bit hard when you're carriyng loads of stuff. I should have sued the ***** for my burn.
It was really hard carrying things on trays going into rooms as you had to pull the doors to enter rooms rather than push, bit hard when you're carriyng loads of stuff. I should have sued the ***** for my burn.
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