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What has been your worst first day at a new job?

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BooGiMaN

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Mine wasnt all that bad, but when you come in and they are totally unprepared for you it makes you wonder what the rest of your time with them will be like and makes you rethink your decision to accept their offer.


i ended up cleaning out a cube they were using as storage space, everyone dumped whatever they didnt need in there...

i also had to piece together a computer and scrounge around for a chair and a phone.

good times good times....
 
I worked at a trailer manufacturing company as a drafter for a bit back when I first got out of school. The first day there were some metal plates that needed to be stamped. It would contain the serial number, and other misc information.

The machine they gave me was faulty at best. I think I screwed up about 10 of them before I got them done, and found out that they ran about $5.00 a piece. Although not much, the owners wife gave me a good butt chewing over it once she saw all those in the trash. Everytime I did it after that they gave me the exact amount I needed for it, and if I needed any additional ones I had to ask for them. I was nervous everytime I had to go in and ask for another one.
 
They interviewed me at one facility and failed to tell me that I'd be working at a different facility, about 10 miles away. I showed up at the wrong building on day 1.
 
Worst thing that's ever happened is that I number two-ed in the bathroom (single stall) but couldn't figure out how to flush it.

There was no lever or button visible to me anywhere..Later I found out that the switch was inside the septic tank area.. 😱
 
Worst thing that's ever happened is that I number two-ed in the bathroom (single stall) but couldn't figure out how to flush it.

There was no lever or button visible to me anywhere..Later I found out that the switch was inside the septic tank area..
 
Originally posted by: Turin39789
ran out of gas on my way to my first day at current job. Non working fuel gauge FTL
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Doesen't your car have a trip odometer? If you know the kind of driving you're doing, you can look at the odometer and estimate what's left in your tank....
 
i was supposed to have a job as an intern at a lobby group. i got there early thinking it would impress them. unfortunately nobody had heard of me. my contact didn't bother to tell anyone i was coming. so i sit around and they try to figure out what to do with me.

after about an hour my contact came into work. they ask her what was going on and she states, "i don't know, he goes to butler." butler happens to be the university i went to, but there was also a recent hire of a person with the last name of butler. so instead of finding out why i was there and what i wanted to do they gave me to the new hire as a lackey. great times.
 
I was hired through a recruiter to work as a Java developer at a company (that has since been raided and shut down by the FBI and SEC). I walked in the door, was shown my desk, and told to write some workflow application to be used on the company's intranet. This was at approximately 8:10am. No orientation. No training on the company's software architecture, coding standards/practice, or time to review any existing frameworks.

I pretty much sat and stared at my computer for a week. I asked several times for some assistance and getting acclimated, but no one was cooperative. The atmosphere SUCKED and I was hired into what was obviously a developer sweatshop. I quit and went back to my old job and was only there for a total of 2 weeks.

BY FAR the worst experience I've had at a new job. I'm very good at what I do and I'm known for always hitting the ground running. I was the first person this company hired outside their initial workforce (company was very new), and they had no idea how to really bring new people in.
 
It was my first IT contract job, back when I was a young lad...

I was supposed to meet the recruiter in front of the client's office building 30 minutes before my shift started so I could fill out some paperwork. I showed up on time, and waited for about 15 minutes without seeing anyone. I was nervous, so I figured that maybe I had misunderstood the recruiter and that we were meeting inside. The door was locked, so I knocked. One of the network engineers let me in, but he did not have access to the part of the building where I told him I was supposed to work. He told me to wait in his office while he went to find out where I was really supposed to be. I waited another 15 minutes and he never came back to his office. I was worried that I would be late for my shift, so I decided to try to find someone else.

I finally found someone who knew where I was supposed to be, only to find out that the recruiter had just called the client to tell them I was a no-show! :|

Good times...

Fortunately I was able to work things out after I found the network engineer again and he vouched for me being there on time.
 
Originally posted by: BooGiMaN
when you come in and they are totally unprepared for you it makes you wonder what the rest of your time with them will be like and makes you rethink your decision to accept their offer.
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This is so, so true. First impressions work both ways. If you're treated like garbage on your first day, you can be expected to ALWAYS be treated like garbage.
 
Originally posted by: ATLien247
I finally found someone who knew where I was supposed to be, only to find out that the recruiter had just called the client to tell them I was a no-show! :|
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Reason #483 why 99.9% of IT recruiters are slime.
 
First day of work at a new shop. We needed to pick up a 24' truck and I had to drive it back to our shop. The truck was manual with a huge bench seat. As I was turning at a stop light my coffee I had set on the bench seat spilled soaking the entire seat and my entire ass. I spent the rest of the day working with a wet brown arse.
 
I must preface this by pointing out it was the 70s.
I was in high school and had applied for a job. I didn't hear anything that day.
The next day, at school, I had injested some of Timothy Leary's finest. The employeer called me after school and wanted me to go to work right then.
I couldn't say no as I wanted the job (money), so I went. I actually did OK but it was a trip. Literally.
 
Originally posted by: acemcmac
Originally posted by: Turin39789
ran out of gas on my way to my first day at current job. Non working fuel gauge FTL
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Doesen't your car have a trip odometer? If you know the kind of driving you're doing, you can look at the odometer and estimate what's left in your tank....
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I would invariable forget when I had last filled up.
 
Originally posted by: jbourne77
Originally posted by: BooGiMaN
when you come in and they are totally unprepared for you it makes you wonder what the rest of your time with them will be like and makes you rethink your decision to accept their offer.
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This is so, so true. First impressions work both ways. If you're treated like garbage on your first day, you can be expected to ALWAYS be treated like garbage.
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at the opposite end of this experience at one job my first day began with orientation, filling out forms...then a map to the office layout with everyones name and title..updated to include my own.

when shown to my desk everything was already setup with network connections to everything i need to access and even a welcome email and one introducing me to the department i was joining and yet another that was a lunch invitation for myself and the whole department so i could meet them.

I also had a care package left on my chair...company shirt, mug, stationary etc. with another welcome aboard letter

then thoughout the day all the relevant departments came by to introduce themselves, HR, IT, Department managers i would be dealing with

i was impressed...
 
Originally posted by: BooGiMaN
Originally posted by: jbourne77
Originally posted by: BooGiMaN
when you come in and they are totally unprepared for you it makes you wonder what the rest of your time with them will be like and makes you rethink your decision to accept their offer.
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This is so, so true. First impressions work both ways. If you're treated like garbage on your first day, you can be expected to ALWAYS be treated like garbage.
Click to expand...

at the opposite end of this experience at one job my first day began with orientation, filling out forms...then a map to the office layout with everyones name and title..updated to include my own.

when shown to my desk everything was already setup with network connections to everything i need to access and even a welcome email and one introducing me to the department i was joining and yet another that was a lunch invitation for myself and the whole department so i could meet them.

I also had a care package left on my chair...company shirt, mug, stationary etc. with another welcome aboard letter

then thoughout the day all the relevant departments came by to introduce themselves, HR, IT, Department managers i would be dealing with

i was impressed...
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Nice... I'm still looking for that company 😉 .
 
Originally posted by: BooGiMaN
Mine wasnt all that bad, but when you come in and they are totally unprepared for you it makes you wonder what the rest of your time with them will be like and makes you rethink your decision to accept their offer.


i ended up cleaning out a cube they were using as storage space, everyone dumped whatever they didnt need in there...

i also had to piece together a computer and scrounge around for a chair and a phone.

good times good times....
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job that i was overpaid and unqualified for.

had to talk like a politian (avoidance/double talk/change subject/answer with a question/etc) for a couple of weeks till i got my sea legs
 
Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Does my first day of basic training in the military count?
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*shudder* Wait a minute, the first day of BCT is easy (unless you mean the first day post-reception).
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I'll never forget the first thing my training instructor ever personally said to me: "You'd better wipe that stupid lookin smirk off your ugly face or I'll cut off all your fingers and turn them into nubs".
 
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