what is the shortest period you've had a job

DCFC79

For me its 5 months, not had a job that was for less than a day and jacked it in, i wanted to do it with my current job last year but i decided to stay which was wrong decision

GotToChange

Just over 24 hours; flew to Alicante for a three-month stint with Chipperfield's Circus. Too many reasons to list - three universal words saved me :
"Taxi" "Hotel "Airport"




(Before MC was charged with animal cruelty - and the circus was all-people except for the team of horses.)

pimento

GotToChange wrote: »

three universal words saved me :
"Taxi" "Hotel "Airport"

I've always wanted to be able to say that. That and "follow that cab!"

kirwell81

Lasted a couple of hours in a call centre. Did the training, made my first few calls asking people who were already making donations to a charity if they could up their donation. About 20 minutes in the computer generated the next call for me to phone a pensioner who was already donating £25 a month. Supervisor told me "You don't get to decide which calls you make and which you don't". I laughed in her face - "yes I do" I said while walking out.

Willow92

My only job has been working three days for Vauxhall (the cars) in the office with my mum typing numbers into a spreadsheet, apparently I'd done it all so quick that they had nothing to do for me the next day. It was only temporary for the summer hols anyway

zyxd58

3 months mcdonalds

after being told i couldn't wear cotton trousers the same colour as their nylon ones

after being shouted at to 'hurry the !!!! up, the punters don't care about quality, we need quantity'

after being told ' just fry the mcvegy burger in the normal fryer, punters dont care'

after finding a circle of dead rats in the freezer lol

racist/sexist behaviour/language from managers

got a job at bt, Walked out after a shift, never answered their calls, best job ever

scubaangel

2 nights at a newly opened restaurant, I was 17 and had been waitressing for about 18 months elsewhere - on my first night I was told to keep my gob shut and smile because it was up to the male staff to take orders, I simply had to take carry drinks, on the second I was told that I should have been taking orders and not leaving it to the waiters and I clearly had a bad attitude as I didn't even try to offer customers drinks.

Vaila

zyxd58 wrote: »

3 months mcdonalds

after being told i couldn't wear cotton trousers the same colour as their nylon ones

after being shouted at to 'hurry the !!!! up, the punters don't care about quality, we need quantity'

after being told ' just fry the mcvegy burger in the normal fryer, punters dont care'

after finding a circle of dead rats in the freezer lol

racist/sexist behaviour/language from managers

got a job at bt, Walked out after a shift, never answered their calls, best job ever

i read somewhere that mcdonalds cannot garuntee that anything on their menu is suitable for vegetarians

Mr.Harley_Quin

I took a job that the Job centre had been very imaginative with its description. I arrived and it was cold calling for kitchens. The guy gave me a chart to read from and made some noises about bonuses etc. He then tore a sheet from a telephone and book and sat me down to start. I called a friend and he said it was a scam, so I walked out. As I passed his desk I said 'you can have those 14 minutes for free'.

zyxd58

arran_m wrote: »

i read somewhere that mcdonalds cannot garuntee that anything on their menu is suitable for vegetarians

Not surprising, thing that amused me most about working there was that the boxes of burgers said

'100% pure beef hamburgers' a nightmare for anyone who is allergic to pork/beef, and that everything had to be called the american name, fries, chiller.... stupid americans