What's the shortest amount of time you've been employed at a job?

[notfred]

I worked at this used computer shop for one day. I went in to buy something for an old PC, and got to talking to the manager, who was trying to find it for me. He thought i seemed knowledgeable, and offered me a job. I took it. First day I showed up, the manager turned out to be this wannabe gangster-ghetto guy, and the owner was a freak. Someone came buy asking if he could put up a collection bin in the front of the store to collect donations for abused children or something. The owner started gonig off about "how do I know those kids were abused? How to I know they weren't wrongfully taken from thier parents? How do you know? etc..." Never did put upthe collection bin. Then he gave me a giant box of random cables, all tangled up, and told me to sort them and wrap them up neatly.


I never went back for the second day. Wasn't worth $8/hour.

 

[Mrfrog840]

i was employed 1 week at an auto shop. Well respected, except they were a-holes!:| i got fired for not doing my job, not putting auto parts in the right places. BS i did everything they said. They only wanted me to clean for a yearly inspsection. I got 500 bucks for that one week though

 

[Maetryx]

I worked one day at C&J's Drive In (local burger joint). I was a delivery driver. My wife (now ex-wife) pestered me into calling the insurance company and making sure there was coverage on the vehicle when using it for a job. They gave me an emphatic, categorical "No!". So I called in the next day and told them I couldn't work there.

 

[Nocturnal]

Four days, working at Sam's Club in the fast food area. Man that was hell on earth. I could not stand it anymore and I went on my lunch break and never came back.

 

[CallTheFBI]

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
Four days, working at Sam's Club in the fast food area. Man that was hell on earth. I could not stand it anymore and I went on my lunch break and never came back.

Dude, I feel for you. I work at fast food and it definately is hell.

 

[Mrfrog840]

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
Four days, working at Sam's Club in the fast food area. Man that was hell on earth. I could not stand it anymore and I went on my lunch break and never came back.

lol that looks great on your resúme when they call

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: Mrfrog840

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
Four days, working at Sam's Club in the fast food area. Man that was hell on earth. I could not stand it anymore and I went on my lunch break and never came back.

lol that looks great on your resúme when they call

You don't put it on your resume.

 

[kermalou]

four hours. it was a temp job doing bookkeeping and it was very very boring, so boring that i fell asleep. when i came back after lunch they said i should leave, my position was filled and they didn't need me anymore. after i left the temp agency called and i was chewed out ( i think that they had lost that account).

i think that is a record.

 

[CallTheFBI]

Originally posted by: kermalou
four hours. it was a temp job doing bookkeeping and it was very very boring, so boring that i fell asleep. when i came back after lunch they said i should leave, my position was filled and they didn't need me anymore. after i left the temp agency called and i was chewed out ( i think that they had lost that account).

i think that is a record.

I don't know but I think it would suck working for a temp agency. Having to go from job to job all the time doing all the crap that no one else wants to do.

 

[kermalou]

Originally posted by: CallTheFBI

Originally posted by: kermalou
four hours. it was a temp job doing bookkeeping and it was very very boring, so boring that i fell asleep. when i came back after lunch they said i should leave, my position was filled and they didn't need me anymore. after i left the temp agency called and i was chewed out ( i think that they had lost that account).

i think that is a record.

I don't know but I think it would suck working for a temp agency. Having to go from job to job all the time doing all the crap that no one else wants to do.

for a college student it's great and was great. you work around school and they don't want a commitment (kind of like a girl)

 

[Mrfrog840]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: Mrfrog840

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
Four days, working at Sam's Club in the fast food area. Man that was hell on earth. I could not stand it anymore and I went on my lunch break and never came back.

lol that looks great on your resúme when they call

You don't put it on your resume.

I didnt put that one above on my resume

 

[rival]

shortest, a week, but it wasnt really a 'job'

about 2 months at another before being fired

 

[Jugernot]

A couple of months in a student job. I did the job until the project ended...

I've been at my current job for over 2 years now.

 

[deftron]

About 2 hours at Walgreen's

I got a job as the one hour photo person..

The day I started I felt kinda sick.
Plus, the manager was an ass.. kept telling me to smile more and say some dumb scripted upselling stuff.
Anyways, after a couple hours, I got a break...

Never came back from the break


ALso, I worked at Dairy Queen for like 2 days... only fast food job I ever had.
It was heard as hell, and very frustrating cause I couldn't make the ice cream cones right.

 

[slikmunks]

i worked 4 days for the sierra club... GOD that was hell...

 

[derek2034]

1 day at about 3 of the restaurants I've worked at. Lol, I fuvking hate the upselling stuff they make you do almost everywhere. Must be based on some studies or something. I intentionally avoid places where I receive sales pitches, or make it easy on them and make it crystal clear I'm not interested before they get started.

 

[Chaotic42]

One month. I worked at an Office Depot at Keystone at the Crossing in Indianapolis. Busy place. I got 3 job offers from customers. I had to leave though, because I moved.

 

[CallTheFBI]

Originally posted by: derek2034
1 day at about 3 of the restaurants I've worked at. Lol, I fuvking hate the upselling stuff they make you do almost everywhere. Must be based on some studies or something. I intentionally avoid places where I receive sales pitches, or make it easy on them and make it crystal clear I'm not interested before they get started.

Yeah, I never do that B.S. at my work. Last year around holiday season they wanted my other co-workers and I to push the gift cards on every customer for every order. I didn't do it and no one said anything. It was stupid because there was a sign advertising it sitting right on top of my register that they could see easily.

 

[derek2034]

1 more thing I'd like to add that is straight from the training manuals from a certain store that shall remain nameless.

"Extended service contracts have a profit margin of 50% for the store" and that is after 10% commission.... sure it is nothing new to the people here, but if you didn't know how BAD of a ripoff it was...