How To Recognize A "Hell-Hole" Workplace Before You Take The Job (r/AskReddit)
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- AskReddit When looking for a job what is a dead give-away that the place and job is a hell-hole to work for? People Share Red Flags That A Workplace And Job Is A Hell-Hole To Work At.
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If the interviewer says, “we work hard, play hard”
It just means they do 60 hour weeks but get super drunk on the weekend.
Huh, sounds kinda good, but the hours are crazy.
This is just all kitchen jobs in a nutshell
Lol, I actually used to live like that, 7/10 maybe I'll pull it off again one day
60 hours is nothing when I started off retail for 72 hours 6 days as soon as I graduated high school for half a year
@@Green24152 Working constantly only to use your free time getting plastered and recovering from hangovers isn't fun, it's miserable. I've seen it turn many young people into wretched, gossipy burn outs.
If thick skin is mentioned at all as an asset, it usually means your boss will be yelling at you almost constantly
or you work in a job that deals with customers.
Lost count of the customers who've screamed at me and cussed me out because i wont do what they want because its against store policy, i have no authority, or it's straight up illegal.
Customers can be some of the most abusive people ever who think you are their personal slave to do their bidding and never deny their demands.
If you are lucky you get managers who have no issue kicking these people for treating their employees like crap.
@@scorch2155 Yup. I think Lincoln said something like "Any man can overcome adversity, but if you want to test a mans character, watch him try to return a damaged product without packaging three weeks past the return policy."
@@scorch2155 not everyone is looking for a career as customer sales associate at retail
That's not always true. It could simply be from customer service. I work at Dunkin Donuta and the last thing you want is a customer chewing you out, leaving you nothing to say over the drive thru speaker for all of your coworkers to hear. Really impacts your mood if you let customers get to you like that.
True! Either your boss or your customers will be constantly screaming at you.
When they say "we're one big happy family", be ready to get underpaid for doing a ton of sh*t not in the original description
I couldn't agree more with you
The owner of the restaurant I work at only says that at our parties. He knows better. He's so nice that I worry about the day when I leave to move some place else. Maybe that day won't come, and while I would love to leave my hometown, I'd be OK with staying.
I once had a meeting with the boss of a store together with a social worker where we discussed a potential internship for me. The boss mentioned they were one big family. I started my internship, and it turns out they really were one big family. I really miss those guys.
Basically retail.
Definitely expect this, but that may not always be the case..I'm in a company right now that said that and has a "family room" with games and shit. I still get paid 6 figures and go home after 40 hours. Best job I've ever had
First week working at a factory a guy working there for 20 years told me to get the hell out while I still can, never got to thank him
I am reminded of a redditor who got a job working at a salad plant. He was working with a woman who'd been there 10 years. She was called off the like and pulled into the office. She came back crying happily and the guy asked why. After ten years they promoted her to the lettuce line. The guy knew at that point he had to get out.
@Thelondonbadger oof
@@whattheflimflam heard that one two. Big ups old lady
I worked production for michelin tire. 3 years, fired for false reasons. Cant fight it because no union. Never work for michelin.
I had a similar experience working in a grocery store. I still worked there for a couple years, but was so happy to quit.
any place that has a PERMANENT now hiring sign
Just like my job at sonic lmfao
Retail stores are majorly guilty of this
Any company that is permanently hiring, they either can't keep people there for long or are rapidly expanding and are making stupid hires.
Ha! My first job
Ironically my old job was always hiring but it's the best job I ever had. The job was just a placeholder for a lot of people but the staff was lovely.
"I own you."
Three words that guarantee I will NOT be working at that establishment
Weird that any boss would be so honest about that. Lots of assholes will try to establish dominance over their employees. Very few will outright admit it.
Those 3 words were said in Basic Training in the military....good times.
@Jim Clark *doing emperor palpatines voice* Do it!
Why on earth would you say that to an applicant lol
Not gonna lie I would have a hard time not laughing in his face and asking him to repeat that, I think i misheard him.
"Now you realize that once you have this job, I own you."
Even if they don't come out and say this, a lot of employers actually believe it.
Don't ever work for an airline. It's not outright said but heavily implied. During my interview they wanted you to know that this job was your first priority. You have to stay if there's a delay and mandatory overtime is a thing. Not to mention it's seniority based so if you're new it's a total crap shoot on scheduling. Unless you've been there a long time or something special like a pilot or dispatch, the pay sucks. I'm a ticket agent and downstairs ramper and thanks to union i make as much as a Wal-Mart worker starting pay. I've been there a year I'm still trying to get out.
What's ridiculous is, many believe they are owned. It's illegal to own someone, call them out on their shit, report them, and nope the hell out.
@@Shalyn-ln9tu thats what contracts and big time lawyers are for they will own you if you sign
@@furrycircuitry2378 No one owns you. You are obligated for signing the contract, but contracts have limits.
@Ryan Alex Depending on the job, contracts are required. Just read the freaking contract and negotiate
I interviewed for a high end job and the interview was going very well, had it in the bag, then the woman said she had one last question: how do you handle working with difficult people. I naively didn’t realize she meant herself. Que a year in hell.
Must not have had a lot of self-esteem if she called herself difficult.
Or just a polite euphemism for herself. Some people just know they’re c***s.
I ended up getting hired by a woman I'd know professionally, but slightly, for a few years. I knew she had had four husbands & four divorces but didn't think anything of it until I started to work for her. She had real trust problems with men & whenever I went to her office to ask a business question, she treated me like shit. Didn't stay a year there.
John Doe I’ll never work for a female manger again, tried that out a few times and each time it was like dealing with a Karen trying to make a cashier accept expired coupons 😂
@@greghillard2515agreed. Been there done that.
Also, I interviewed for a photographer job where I told them I had a an associate degree in photography, and the interviewer said Photographers are a dime a dozen. Then said if she hired me I would have to start the next day. I said oh wait, I’ll have to give two weeks notice, and she says condescendingly, well that attitude may just cost you this job. I say I owe my employers the courtesy of giving them a chance to find a replacement. She calls later and offers me the job. I say no thanks. She calls 15 min later and i say nope. HER MANAGER then calls to say they really liked me, won’t I come on board. Keep in mind that 10 min in to the interview I realize it’s not really more money I’d be making, they just expect you to work 45 hours a week with no overtime pay. Told the guy to lose my number.
Neglected to mention that the photographer on duty was giving me crazy eyes every time I looked over at him. Yeah if I had been unemployed at the he time I’m pretty sure I would have missed some of those clues that the place was a portal to hell
I once went to an interview at a sketchy rundown and poorly painted office. Red flag 1. Sat down and waited. No art, barely any decoration on walls at all. Red flag 2. Got called back. 2 younger guys whose smiles never failed. Red flag 3. Told I'd be taken to a neighborhood to sell Kirby vacuum cleaners. I had to park my car in the lot, they'd take me. Leave your phone in your car. (So, you're asking me to completely isolate myself and get in your van? Usually guys like you offer candy.. lol) turns out, they take you to a neighborhood out in the boonies, tell you to go door to door, and you can't leave until you meet your sales quota. No phone, so no calling family/friends to rescue you. Glad I got the creeps during the interview and never showed.
Wait!?!? How they not allow you to bring your phone?
@@smoovejl Not sure. They just said they would "cause distractions" and wouldn't be allowed while we were "on probation." Yeah. Hopefully I wasn't the only one who noped out.
@@LifesGuardian Sounds illegal, chief
@@GlareanLiebertine Wouldn't surprise me. Like those roofers you contract to fix your roof that require 50% upfront. They half-way do part, then skip town. Always tons of the vultures after strong storms and nearly always from far away to make it harder to track.
Sounds like they found a good deal on wholesale kirby vacuums and formed an LLC to sell them. Then rope in whatever schmuck to sell it for them before laying them off for another schmuck. Good job getting out, thats not the first time Ive heard about this. While its not illegal if all the proper paperwork is in order, as they can definitely form an LLC and legally sell goods obtained at wholesale for the profit of the retail markup, it is super shitty to do to people.
A dead give away for me was noticing that the company/business was hiring multiple at once, in quick succession. I realized later that it’s because everyone leaves after a short time working there because of how terrible it is.
I never understand the idea that companies seem to have that "high turnover" makes them appealing; it just makes for a business model destined to fail within their lifetime. They don't even get to keep the "easy money" they pocket because they have to deal with the blowback from going bankrupt.
And yet they don't see the problem staring them right in the face
Shout out to the Microphones album cover profile pic!
When a company gets an influx of cash and you find out that the management gave themselves raises instead of buying new equipment...
My husband abandoned that sinking ship, fast.
Yeah this times a 1000
Emphasis on "that sinking ship." This type of "management" 100% sinks companies. On a national scale, its the reason the economy keeps collapsing. Extreme executive/shareholder compensation increases with stagnated employee wages.. cant run an economy when no one can buy anything.
Sounds like Sherwood Foods......they are still using powerjacks made just after WW2
Happened at so many former workplaces of mine.
Employees are called "associates" and customers are called "guests".
Edit: Not Target or Walmart, but it seems to me it doesn't matter. Either way the corporate leaders want the employees to be something other than people you pay, and customers to be something other than a rube to be taken.
I aggressively use customer whenever I’m not talking to managers, it’s the most foolish thing, customers don’t give a fuck LOL Maybe hire more people to help customers instead of coming up with new bullshit names- I’m now described as a Style Consultant when I just work in the kids clothing section folding and putting out new stock, general customer service lmao
SilentSirenn At Walmart I was called a courtesy associate for pushing carts.
*cough* Target *cough*
i see someone else has worked for Target
Been there, done that (right out of high school). The first time I actually went "off" on someone was there (front end manager kept scheduling me to work even though I put a bid in and was hired as the pharmacy tech, and was sanctioning me with no call/no shows). Scared the shit out of everyone. I was left alone after that.
When you put in your application and they contact you TOO quickly.
This is so true--two of the worst jobs I ever had were ones I was hired for within 90 minutes of emailing a resume.
Worst company I worked for hired me within a few hours after emailing my resume in response to their ad, interview held at the same day. Was even informed by the lead manager that "this is one of the rare companies that offers a learning environment." He was half right, I learned that the company was full of co-workers who couldn't care less about anyone else unless they needed help with something. No communication, no teamwork, tools were scattered all the time, making setup take longer than convenient. The foreman being the most unprofessional manchild I've ever met, I called him "Rich the Itch". Yeah, I didn't work there for long. So, said "you know what, fuck it.", went back to school to learn how to weld.
TheLoneCabbage
Yeah, after not getting a reply from over 100 employers for their accounting dept. I got a response from this one place asking to interview the same day. They ended up just making me do collections and started yelling at me for not getting money from companies that didn’t even owe anything. Then they called me crazy for thinking the company should move its production out of China before the end of 2019.
Maybe I should call them and say “told you so”
Ha... wish I had that luck when I searched for my first job... I tried applying for somewhere around 100 jobs and got 2 responses total (most of which were grocery stores and basic restuarants/food places). Finally have a job now and despite us always having a hiring sign up its actually quite nice.
Jobs are sort of like dating apps. If the 2nd party replies to you almost instantly, expect them to either be desperate or clingy. I mean I don't mind a bit of clinginess in a relationship, but too much clinginess or desperation with either scenario is a red flag.
Whenever a boss starts complaining about how far behind they are, it is a scam. He is just trying to push you harder to get a promotion himself.
I went to an interview the other day, for a position not too much people are qualified (specific railroad work). The guy interviewing me says, almost immediatelly "I'll let you know right now, I don't pay overtime". So I answer "Oh, so no overtime?" He responds "No, overtime is expected, but I don't pay it."
This guy expected me to work at least 1 extrah hour, every day, monday to saturday, for free. I just laughed and left. I was the fifth guy he interviewed for that position, everyone else also just got up and left. And the guy still hasn't been able to hire anybody and doesn't seem to understand why.
I try to actually explain things to these people. Look, we have a very simple relationship - I do things you want instead of things I want to do, and in return for that sacrifice on my part, you sacrifice some of your money, or other benefits in lieu of money. This is especially needed any time you're doing freelance work, or anything artistic in nature because for some odd reason many people seem to just assume that you should feel happy doing their thing for them for free.
I've been working on the railroad. All the live long day. I've been working on the railroad just to pass the time away. And I didn't get overtime
"I've seen managers try to hype up their employees when the job isn't even worthy of hype."
This line accurately describes every Army recruiter
Everyone I know that joined the army or marines for patriotism, wanting to be infantry, and taking the fight to jihadists, hates it. They get stuck in some state side base, then when they finally deploy are basically just stuck in babysitting duty. Even though it's just about marines, the movie Jarhead is pretty decent at depicting it from what I heard. You have people wanting to fight, that become trained killers, then you don't let them fight, the result isn't good. Not that I served, and I got respect for people that do, it just seems like it sucks ass. They were expecting ww2 and got cop in a shithole.
@@shithappens6887 The only person I know who really enjoyed his service was a guy who basically just really enjoyed working out; he was a sergeant and basically thought it was awesome to get free room and board, do PT with his guys every morning, and workout in the officer's gym every evening. Dude was not as ripped as you might think but still in damn good shape, even years after getting out of the military.
Untrue. The Army is always worthy of hype. Hooah.
Jesse Tellez
Majority of what you’re doing in the military is pretty lackluster when you’re not on the front lines and even that can be pretty lacking.
@@hyperion3145 Bro, just take the fucking joke.
if they try and hype how family oriented they are RUN
Remember as a child when your parent's would unload every chore possible onto you, and in exchange got something like $6 a week (that they'd sometimes 'forget' to pay) which probably translated to a fraction of minimum wage, and if you refused to work they'd beat you?
@@djdomain Never work for family
@Face in the Crowd pretty sure that was the norm pre-90's i do not ever remember getting an allowance
@Face in the Crowd different times
@@djdomain and if you cried they'd stuff you in a sack and leave you laying in the floor
I got a job helping out in national forests because my interviewer accidently farted and i farted right after so to not make them feel embarrassed. I remember saying "see im a team player" 🤣
Was the job worth farting in the interview haha? You still work there?
This is the spirit
Thats hilarious
@@Growlingtummy2 oh it was worth it sorry for the super late reply im usually in areas where there is no cell service. Currently I no longer work there due to the current events but given the chance ill go back lol.
If the company makes an offer too good to be true, be VERY skeptical
Try to find the downside, sometimes it's manageable and you can adjust to it pretty easily.
Honestly my job was too good to be true. But I super lucked out. The boss is chill and he gave me all the downsides before I went to work. I loved the job!
Alexander The Snivy, I think that can be said for any opportunity nowadays
Or just don't believe them at all because 98 percent of the time it's a lie or comes with an unmentioned caviat XD
If it's too good to be true it probably is
Tip: If you're interviewing in a kitchen (rare that they even interview but still), if they let you take a little walk around, check under the stoves and check the floor of the cooler. If they're disgusting, walk out because it'll always be that way. If the chef who's interviewing you says anything about long hours, expect 60 hour weeks. If the cigarette can is full and so is the dishpit, just walk right out because that place is stressful and nothing gets done. If any of the cooks start screaming while you're there and no one flinches, rethink working there. Just my two cents from working in a couple places.
As a high school senior planning to take a gap year before college and work during that time to save some money, this is immensely helpful.
10 years of schooling, multiple degrees, $150k in loans. I can't even get a job interview none the less pay my bills. IF you decide to go to college. Go to Community first. Classes are the same ACCREDITED courses as MIT or Harvard. 40-75% cheaper than State Tech or Agricultural colleges. My local state college is $200/credit, the community is $89. Also every 4+ year degree, no matter the specialty, requires the SAME 101's and basics. So before you decide to switch your degree a billion times or focus on a career you hate and find tedious. Get your associates. It'll allow you to put your feelers out via different classes and try some stuff while still counting towards your overall degree. Once you have that piece of paper, you can choose to go back to school at any time. If you stop halfway and don't finish. Your credits are worthless, they time out in seven years. Also if it is NOT a state-affiliated college or a Tech training school for skills + apprenticeships. Don't do what I did and listen to everyone who HAS'NT grown up with the current market. 80% of the teachers and staff I went to school with could afford a degree on a part time job in the 70's/80's.
Do research! If you haven’t heard of the company then do even more! If they can’t come up on google, get out of there, that’ll help thin out possible pyramid schemes.
Avoid places that wont tell you the hourly or gives you a “projected earnings”. Don’t be afraid to turn down jobs that won’t give you straight answers, it’s not going to get any better after that.
Retail is hell but it’s mostly stable. Customers are going to be rude, managers will put pressure on you but hopefully you can find understanding ones that aren’t brainwashed into being sadistic to employees in order to make the corporation happy.
At the end of the day, YOU are important, your time is important, and your health is important. Jobs can replace you in a heartbeat, so don’t feel like you have to sacrifice your well being in any way for one.
Customers are going to be mean and you have every right to direct them to a manager instead because you don’t have to put up with dehumanizing, painful treatment.
Just work hard with your coworkers, be reliable and helpful, and people will vouche for you and do the same in return. Every job is gonna be different, and I wish you the best of luck!
BY THE WAY, advice from my HR people is- 99% of places hate it when people come in with resumes. They have online applications for a reason and it doesn’t make a special impression like older people make it seem. Like, that whole “door to door” method of looking for jobs is a hassle for everyone involved and does not reap more interviews, usually people don’t even talk to HR when they try this and will just be told go online lol Do everything yourself- a lot of parents try to get involved and “help” their kids with jobs but it’s such a red flag for businesses not to hire. Also, do not repeatedly call and nag about when the interviews are, etc. Wait a week or two, then call to see if the position is still available or if hiring has closed.
sorry for the long reply, take care of yourself and good luck out there!!
Thank y'all. What you said is honestly WHY I'm taking a gap year after I graduate high school- I'll gain experience in the "real world" and also decide whether or not I really want/need to invest the time and money into a degree. It makes me really happy to know y'all care :D
@@starkeeper_youtube yea, of course!! It's a scary world out there and we have to help take care of each other any way we can! Be aware of the worse case scenario but don't let it stop you from persuing your dreams :^)
If you have a stable home life and don't have to worry about too many expenses, please do yourself the favor of saving up as much of your money now! It's so easy to spend money foolishly when you first get a job but having the comfort a big ole savings account is gonna be so much better than having a billion pairs of shoes or whatever lol
Good luck, you got this girl! Rooting for ya from California :^)
Sara Holloway here’s my tip as someone doing the same. Fast food places suck unless you make friends and get along with the manager to have your back against customers. Not everyone’s going to be your friend and some people are just assholes that’s life. If you can’t get along with someone don’t say anything and never talk bad about someone to a work buddy everyone talks
If the job doesn't require any experience, training, degree, or certification, it's going to suck.
I got a rockin job as a janitor for a big name company. They created requirements of 'two years custodial experience' about a month after I was accepted.
If you dont have any experience, training, a degree, or certifications then thats the best you're gonna get.
Not always. My friend and i both got hired onto a job basically selling medicare and medicaid (he was selling, i got calls from people asking if their medication was covered). They paid for the entire class, sales licence, etc. Only thing you had to pay for was your headset, and that was 30 out of the first few 3 paychecks. My salary was 12 an hour and his is currently 16 an hour. Everyone there was super friendly and accepting, and the lunch room had a latte machine and it was right next to McDonald's. Sadly i had to quit due to stress and conflicting schedules with my family (i was skipping dinner every night). They're a chain called everise, place i worked was called C3 and they do online employment if anyone wants to snag a job there. They're looking for good workers because the turnover rates high (their words, not mine. Not everyone can handle working at a call center)
i will disagree with this one and counter with "f the job doesn't require any experience, training, degree, or certification, it will have a steep learning curve but not necessarily suck"
lol nope.
I went to an interview once where I noticed that the interviewer wrote down the opposite of what I said for every question.
I was interviewing with one lady when a 2nd joined us. On my opposite side. Worst ever. They were tag teaming questions and I didn't know who to look at.
I had a job I loved. Got a new boss. Became a job a hated.
Called in sick to Dairy Queen one day. The next time I was scheduled I came in to find the manager had been fired and since I had called in sick one day I must have quit my job by the owners.
Bagged at a grocery store. The only thing i was ever told was to do something else with my hair. I always wore it in a ponytail out of my face. Came in on on Sunday, buses didn't run on Sunday then so i had to schedule a ride. Was there long enough to be told i was fired. Had to walk to the otherside of town to get home.
At 16 I was closing McDonald's 4 nights a week. Totally illegal. Needed a ride home one night. The manager didn't want to go out of her way so she dumped me in a cab and gave the cabbie some money. He turned off the meter before we got to my house because it wasn't enough to get me there but he was nice enough to drive me home anyway.
I have way too many of these I just realized.......
When a sign over the front door is: "Ye who enter here, abandon all hope"
I believe the quote is "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here."
You worked in hell?
"We are like a big family here" = "We are just as f'd up as any other dysfuntional family." Thats when I run - that means there are HR problems, nepotism, bullies I mean yeah.
People keep saying "we're a family" as if that's a Good Thing. Nope. This is WORK. This is not family. They are NOT even remotely the same thing, and if you believe a company (in this day and age) will treat you as anything other than a disposable wrench, you're deep into delusion. You agree to do a certain amount of labor, and they pay you for that labor. Anything outside that agreement is B-S, because "promises" are worthless, and you can't live off of Promises.
I actually worked in a steelworks that used the "family" line and oddly enough everything you said was 100%accurate.
@@eriktrimble8784 What I find is that companies that have a realistic view of what work is, ie a place where I trade my labor for cash and benefits strictly business, actually treat you better.
Job for a restaurant. "Don't bother calling in sick, either show up or quit"
Umm, we're handling food.
I needed the job though, and got the second interview. Manager left earlier, with no call to me, because... he was sick.
One trick i've learned, that works realy well on big companies, find the highest level person you can, and ask him "Who sweeps the yard" Or something to that effect, most likely he won't know, but the body language and tone will reveal a great deal about the top level management
I once went for an ‘interview’ at some telesales place. I walked into the small, cramped office with about 5 other workers, one girl had her head down on the desk crying and nobody was addressing it. The manager got me to do ONE phone call with a real client, I had NO idea what the product was, what to ask, all I had was a sloppily written up sheet of bullet points. Needless to say I didn’t get the business of the person on the other end of the phone. I walked out and never looked back.
same here, worst job i ever been at. the only people working there were addicts in disguise. i called 2-3 people and one of them told me their husband was dying. I was like "man you guys are nuts, BYE"
When there is a 5 star rating, but all of the reviews are like
Pro's : everything
Con's : cant think of one.
Hr sends out campaigns to get their average review up. Talked to an hr lady for an analyst job, she just kept referring to the companies glassdoor review...
GREAT POINT! noticed and found that out about a company I worked at .You know when you have reservations about a place but figure,well it pays pretty good,but you quickly understand really why people walkout if not run.The first 3 reviews are what you said,anyone who gives a real descriptive review is the real with pros and cons
One of the steps for orientation at my current job was literally leaving the company a 5 star review on Glassdoor. Boss would make you him you actually did it before being able to go to work
Or companies pestering sales reps to pressure customers into leaving 5 star reviews on relevant platfoms
During my exit interview, the HR lady begged me not to give a negative review on Indeed. I chuckled.
When they’re always hiring because people are always quitting. BIG red flag of how bad the work culture is.
Or the workers have different expectations. Retail often are more physical and mentally demanding than most people thinks.
Yep, I got an interview with Vector Marketing once. They accepted me, but I decided to back out when they said I needed to sell knives to my own friends.
Justified Game Enforcer - Omg, I also left after being accepted to that same company. The interviewer was a total asshole, asking combative questions like I was an intruder, not a prospective employee. After reducing me to a stammering, panicking mess, I was accepted, but noped out after hearing about the knife thing.
Fuck you Cutco. That place was such a scam, luckily I backed out before they got me.
vector is the biggest scam ever
I was happy to keep the knives they gave me in the sales demonstration set. They are actually really good but there is the downfall of their sales strategy: the only people willing to pay that kind of money for those knives already did years ago and will never need to replace them since the knives last forever.
Bruh my sister was in the same shit for like 2 years, she made 50$ every two weeks and maybe 150$ at most
When you apply for the job and get a call within 6 hours and an interview the next day. I thought it was because I am highly qualified, turns out they were just grossly understaffed.
Same!😪
If the place is hiring too often... there's one hotel just around the corner looking for a receptionist all the time! Always the sign disappear for a while and then poof! It's there again... and again and again. I never even tried it even though I need a job because I think that's a red flag if people are leaving constantly.
There are exceptions. The Arby's I work at is a pretty good work environment, despite being chronically understaffed.
Look at the cars, always.
If you see a bunch of beaters and older cars and one or two either brand new ones, it's a good indication they dont pay well.
Yes... if staff shows up late or mgmt allows staff to bend rules, ignores SOPs GET OUT. I had 1 security post, 3yr ago in metro Orlando FL. Our site mgr worked 700am Mon to Fri. 5x week. She somehow was LATE ⌚ every shift. 10min 20min 30min. Bull 💩.
If the place you are applying for says they are extremely understaff, it more then likely means the work conditions are horrible. Or their is way to much drama going on. At least from my experience.
Oh you ain't wrong about that one, buddy.
yep!
My current job was actually really good, the pay was competitive for the work. Someone got injured at home and went on disability; management thought they'd cut costs and we could get the work done without hiring. We lost another worker, then another. Now it starts to suck, so people quit purely because we're short staffed. The head manager bitches that no one wants to work, he's getting promoted to a different location, so he doesn't give a shit. New manager appears and spends a couple months blaming the situation on existing employees, and more people bail out. Finally management looks at the volume of work vs. man hours, and panic sets in, about 18 months too late. We hire and hire, but the new people see how bad it is and flee before we can fully staff the business. Business is actually good, and we'd be doing great, if we could actually meet demand by being fully staffed. Management tries the hype and sugar coats everything, and most of us are sick of it.
Counterpoint: I manage a small jewellery store and I work with a very strict weekly labour budget. I'd love to hire a second part-timer (especially with Christmas coming) but head office won't let me! $1200 in labour per week isn't a lot when minimum wage is $14/hr where I live - and $1050 of that $1200 goes to myself and the store manager! It's so tight.
AJR 1986 holy shit, 14 minimum wage. God damn, the minimum wage in Miami is 8 lol.
Went to an interview and I mentioned work life balance, she laughed and said no such thing..I left at that moment. I was asked why by the agency and I said "If they are saying theres no such thing as a work life balance...lets just say that they have their priorities skewed. I workl to live..I dont live to work" Agency then said theyd have no more interviews for me I said fine.
A few days later I got a job with a company that made sure they mentioned my rights and gauranteed leave.
When the owners son/daughter is the manager
Oh my God! So my current employer!
John Williamson have they got into screaming matches in front of their employees yet?
@@Mogget01 no, not that I've heard of. But I have seen that kind of shit from a family business in Texas once. Not pretty.
Depends.
I studied with a guy, his dad owns a company. He had multiple siblings but he was the one who actually gave a fuck about the company and he busted his ass off there while also studying full time with me. He may not have been the brightest bulb but he was and still is one of the most diligent and hard working people I've ever seen in my life. He became the manager there after getting his bachelor's degree
I've worked at places where the whole family is involved and so far I've had nothing but good experiences. My favorite job was a costume/Halloween store where the son was the manager and the mum owned the place. They were both so nice and understanding. I miss working for that place.
Any place has blaring older music and old office furniture run. I went to a “job interview “ if you wanna call it that . It was a sales presentation for vacuum sales. I should of known something was up for the interview they called 20-30 of us back. Then this guy said “college is for losers” . For 2-3 hours he went on and on how great this vacuum is. It was a nice vacuum but I’m a salesman by trade and price point critical. I put myself in the buyer’s shoes. I think 200-300 bucks I might be able to move these. I asked him 2 separate times. Wouldn’t tell me price. Finally he told me 1200 dollars. I got up and walked out. To which he called me a loser and now I’m lead salesman in North America and a consultant and I promise I make way more than he does.
Urgh those people are such parasites.
Why is older music something bad tho?
Maybe and just maybe it could be because some of the employees prefer to listen to older music.
If they won't tell you a price until you hear their entire spiel, it's to much
@@TheSimba86 nice profile pic btw, Such a cute girl
Kirby
When the employees tell you to save yourself
I told all the new hires that. I wasn't the one to quit no matter how hard they tried so they had to come up with a BS reason to lay me off sudden notice. Unfortunately they weren't so stupid as not not give me the 2 weeks pay to make up for the lack of notice as I still got that and my vacation pay.
Lmao my mom is a TOTAL SUCKER for pyramid schemes. Pampered chef, passion parties, arbonne, some crazy mascara, etc. I kept trying to explain to her why its wasting her money not making her money. Luckily shes not involved in any right now
Most people I've known who got involved in things like Pampered Chef, Jamberry, etc. did so to get a discount for themselves.
MLM/pyramid schemes totally suck. My in-laws got suckered into one a few years ago and lost thousands since it turned out to be a huge Ponzi scheme.
Never go for a get rich quick scheme. The only people that actually get rich "quick" are the people that start MLM businesses, revolutionary inventors, and lottery winners. Everyone else gets rich slow or doesn't get rich at all.
mine's current obsession is Yoli. Is convinced a bunch of pills are making her SO HEALTHY. Buys more for herself than she sells.
What is it with moms and MLMs??? You'd think a parent with many years of life experience would know better than to fall for some dumb scam like that.
The only time you accept "be your own boss" is when you say it yourself or when you're watching a motivational video
At the first firm I interviewed with they kept saying "attendance issues", "willing to go the extra mile", and "weekend availability". NOPE! I'm not living at work. My current firm of 4 years interview went like "Don't f*ck anything up. Oh yeah, look up from your phone from time to time to at least pretend you see me enter the room. Wanna start today?" Out Atty is amazing and so are all the partners. They come in and say things like "Go work at the park or at home, the office feels stuffy today." $1,000 birthday bonus ❤.
ParalegalNfashion Sounds like a great job and boss!
Hook me up wtf
Weekend work is a deal breaker
@Zzzz Dddd I'm not familiar with Out Atty or what ever it is, how come you know op is a woman ?
Weekend work is always a red flag in any IT-related position...
the meaning usually goes something like this:
Software: "We often set completely unrealistic deadlines for huge projects compared to the count of available developers" = you'll basically be living at the office
Hardware: "99.5% of your work is going to be any paperwork we ask for", "We are required to ensure 100% uptime" (impossible) or "We are too cheap to invest in a simple VPN solution"
Both: "Oh, and we have office golf, ping pong, yoga, massage and 'thinking rooms'" - you'll never get to use those perks and it's gonna be a shitshow of an open plan office.
Also both: "We do not understand technology".
Whenever they say “do you have any questions”? I always ask, can you live off of what you are going to pay me? They usually look at one another trying to figure out how to answer my question. So that is the answer
I agree watching all the employees body language and it can tell you what you’re getting yourself into.
Pretty much any job in the medical field, it's misery. Imagine that mean costumer who enjoys being rude to staff, now imagine that same person with cancer and blaming you for it. Now imagine that with a 12 hour shift with no lunch. Now imagine that but working on a holiday at midnight. midnight. Yeah... A field of misery.
Unless you're a phlebotomist at a blood bank. You take people's blood donations. These people are always well, no one donates while they're sick. Additionally, everyone is always in a good mood and are never the selfish type because most of these people genuinely want to help. Far less paperwork. Far more reward knowing each time you draw a person's blood you've help save a life. PS no one every holds a blood drive on Christmas. Lol
Testify ! Jobs in the medical field are the worst!
I was just saying this to my husband the other day. I would never work in the medical field. It's absolute hell.
Just remember folks, if a manager or supervisor EVER blocks an exit and wont let you leave...quietly remind them that false imprisonment is a felony. Then tell them to stand aside or else.
When they’re reluctant to tell you the name of their business.
If anyone is interested, Krispy Kreme is pretty decent for its interviews, I got 3 free donuts and 30% off my cola.
Best interview I ever had, beating the free escape room interview.
Bruh @5:51 met up with a friend I hadn't seen in years and she invited me to her house with some people to celebrate a new job. Bought her a card and wine to say congrats. It was a god damn PowerPoint presentation and everyone there was apart of this scheme apart from Me. They tried to get me to buy stuff but I told them I had sensative skin and not really that interested. I left pretty annoyed. Haven't seen her since.
Pretty wise for a cat
Also happened to me, it was a damned Mary Kay presentation. The friend drove me so I was trapped until I ordered a kit but cancelled the order as soon as I got home.
meme cat honestly I hear you,false pretence ,been in a very similar type gathering.Its funny because the person who was trying to befriend me almost went into a total rage when I said I wouldn't invest.Have to remember I was 21 at time ,and being pressed by a group older.Going back it was like a cult,having meetings ,giving thanks and praise to a MLM company that preys on newbies. Last time before I went to one of these scams I told person who invited me I am not interested in any MLM companies ,he promised me it wasn't so I attended. When I get there I find out in the lobby it was not only a MLM meeting but for a company I already attended and left.Lets just say I remember scolding the guy before the meeting in the lobby and a older lady was trying to sign up this young lady.Live and learn
When the job requirement needs to specify "must be able to work under pressure". That's like the obvious requirement for most jobs, but the fact the they need to specify that means that management has had problems with employees quitting.
I’m an exec at a big insurance company. Don’t get into insurance unless you are okay with straight commission.
Yes, there is a chance that you can make six figures, but you are FAR more likely to drain your savings, wear out your car, and not make enough money to live on.
Our company is one of the best in the industry and still only about 3-5% of new agents can stay for 3 months.
Roughly 1% remain after a year.
Roughly .001% remain after their fifth year.
You don't find anything wrong with that?
@@galingtar some jobs suck, and they really aren't for everyone. I work in a highly specialized field myself and can attest that most jobs like this require more than most people can give.
So you’re admitting you run a pyramid scam lmfao nice 👍
If they're always got vacancies. High staff turnover.
amazon basically
Not sure about that one. Some areas are just always searching. Like Software Developers are highly sought out.
My area has more jobs then people to work them resulting in there always being vacancies everywhere with a bit of understaffing.
Not always true. They (most employers) are DESPERATE around here to attract workers. Everyone from the factories on down to the fast food. I've seen some pretty creative ad campaigns trying to woo job seekers to them.
I read that as "vaccines"
These Reddit job discussion videos make me sad, I feel like every imaginable job is going to be BS now.
Same.
+P247 almost every imaginable job is absolute BS unless you're getting it through your college professor or university lol if you need to apply via a website/job ad chances are it's just another BS position.. upward mobility is only possible with a good degree
You have to be aware of what is important to you. Money, prestige, fun with your coworkers, it’s in a field you love, easy commute, gives your family great benefits., small company, big company, etc rank them in order of importance. Each job might have some down sides, but if it meets your top requirements, then your life will still have pleasure.
Ive found a great company to work for where everyone respects each other and we work hard. I started simply working with my dad helping maintenance machines in his business. When he got burnt out working for himself he decided to start working for a company, and the company was in need of experienced maintenance workers. I was supposed to be temporary since i was only 18 at the time but i worked hard and proved that i was worth being there. The company is 4 times bigger now. Now i make alot more with better hours and they pay for all of my college. I love everyone there and i watch these videos to remind me that alotta jobs out there suck and im really lucky to have one this good. I would say from my experience, learning the trades and starting young is a good way to success. Especially the trades because you dont have to go into debt from trade school and the benefits are instant. Also the most important thing, ss that tradesmen are in high demand right now, learning how to weld or do electrical and the like are so sought after that while i was learning how to weld i literally had guys from companys coming to me during classes offering jobs to everyone in class. I dont really know where im going with this or why i started this but i found alot of success working with my hands.
Unfortunately you're going to have to deal with the bad before you get to the good. I spent 2 months being picky about what job I wanted, what hours I wanted to work, how the reputation was, and so forth and only got a small handful of interviews. Most of them were awful factory jobs where you get overworked because one department is unsurprisingly 2 days behind schedule. No wonder they were looking for new people.
My 5 biggest red flags are always:
1. They are super vague with the details of the job until you start; *(Sh*t hole warning)* .
2. They spend most of the time trying really hard to convince you to work there; *(marketing crap warning)*
3. They constantly try to avoid talking about the pay until the last minute; *(Free or low pay warning)*
4. They keep emphasizing growing as a team and extra duties needed for the business to prosper; *(A.K.A. Late checks, free work and/or free overtime warning)* .
5. Focuses too much on the rules of what you cant do and how you have to act and consequences; *(Tyrant workplace Warning)*
If they start flattering you it's a huge red flag. If they tell you "I want you to see this store as your own" or say "I view my employees as partners" and other similar stuff, it means "I want you to feel morally obliged to overwork and do stuff that weren't on your job description." And don't be naive with small family businesses. Some people think these jobs are by default better than positions in chains and corporations because they are more personal or whatever. It's far from the truth. A guy may be running a literal shithole and he can still act like a fucking prime-minister and treat his employees like slaves. Also, and most importantly. As time goes buy a job may get easier since you get accustomed to it but a work environment won't get any better if it's shit. I've done this mistake in the past. Don't. If you see people acting like shit, especially higher-ups, just go, the salary ain't worth your mental health.
Facts i worked at an auto parts shop once it was a mom and pop store the man was Peruvian who owned it and he yelled at tje employees and talked to me nice the first day I never came back it's so true tje harder it is to get a job the better it is tje easier it is it sucks
I agree. I worked at a family owned grocery store for about 10 years and while the actual owners were esconced in their office far away, we did have nepotism out the ass in determining who got promotions. They were even rumors that both women who were promoted essentially whored their way up. I could see it with the second woman they promoted to manager. She was trashy. She even brought in an album of pictures from her bachelorette party in one day. Naked stripper and all. She was also dumb as a rock. One guy was forced to do all departments by himself because the dumb sun-damaged bimbo let everyone else go home. He shouted her down and left. At least she was demoted. The other woman got fired when they found out she was bringing alcohol into the office building where the bigwigs worked.
Yup my ex asshole boss said this that he wanted to see this store as my own and made me do shit outside my job description I’m glad I quit he was such an asshole and took advantage of me.
I’m lower level management at a not so great company, and am involved in interviews. Very hard to try to convince a potential employee to come on board, when I myself don’t want to work there. Every time someone accepts the job offer, a part of me dies inside.
Hopefully you found a better job to be proud of or at least more bearable to work with
@@martinsandoval9380 thankfully I found something much more bearable shortly after writing that comment.
When coworkers say people don't stay here that long is a bad sign.
when one of the supervisors says "dont stress" with a huge smile on your first day of work they stressing alright
2:57 it got to “I always sneak in a friendly way of asking” then commercial pops up and says “do you know what you’d do if you lost all your data?” Or something like that. Priceless timing
I thought it was weird the first day of a new job when the general manager made a derogatory comment about me being early. Then he didn't give me anything to do. I was uncomfortable just hanging around the lobby so I went back and asked "yeah so I start working today right?" He said yes. I asked what I should do then. He said go in the shop. So I went in the shop and found the mechanic and asked him what I should do. The mechanic was like uh....are you a mechanic? I said no but I have helped in the shop lots of places I know about emptying garbage's, sweeping, organizing stuff, call me over when you need help etc. He also didn't give me any work to do. So I hung out in the shop for a bit, got told not to touch the garbage's until the end of the day, stop sweeping etc. I was like ok....so I went in to the wash bay and told the attendant it was my first day and can I wash some trucks? He was like oh um....I don't know Johnny over there is already doing it. I went back to the general manager and I was like so....what did you hire me to do? He said just relax we will let you know. So by lunch he has a job for me. He says "drive to the warehouse and get supplies" I am now excited that I feel like it isn't a mistake that I am there. I say ok where is the warehouse. He literally said "Its in Edmonton" I said ok....do you have an address. He doesn't know the address off hand. I said ok...I will look it up what is the name of it?" The shop. "I know, what is the name of it?" The shop in Edmonton don't you know where it is?" "No I don't its my first day holy shit can you give me directions?" Yeah get off on the highway and its right there" "Which exit" "Edmonton" "What one in Edmonton Can we look on googe maps? This one? This one?" I said never mind ill ask the mechanic. "Where is the shop in Edmonton" "what shop" "the GM asked me to pick up YOUR supplies in Edmonton" "No Nappa delivers that stuff" "then what am I picking up in Edmonton?" "I don't know" I ask other truck drivers "Where is the warehouse in Edmonton" I get a clue finally "You mean the pigging shop" Go back to GM "Is it the pigging shop"? YES. Back to driver "where is the pigging shop?" "I don't know never been there" By 3:00 the GM gets an address from somewhere and give it to me. I get back late and the gate is locked with my car inside the gate, and me locked out. I call GM, goes to voice mail. I don't have any other numbers. I had to take a cab home and left the truck outside the gate. The next day the GM is bitching me out about leaving the truck outside the gate. I explain It was locked and I couldn't get in, I called him and he didn't answer. He said well didn't you use the code? I said I don't know the code you didn't give me a gate code. He said well if you weren't so late getting back it wouldn't be a problem.
jesus fucking CHRIST...
Lol what a shitshow
Holy fucking shit 😂😂😂😂
Bro that is fucking incredible. I'm glad the dealership I worked at had competent management
Dude...start thinking like a BOSS. 1. Should have taken the fuxking truck home. Show up next day.
LMFAO MY FRIEND SET ME UP TO THAT PYRAMID SCHEME AND OUR FRIENDSHIP WAS OVER AFTER THAT
Ouch
When you see the same company seeking to fill the same position(s) several times a year. You have to wonder what kind of special slice of Hell it is to work there.
Exactly
When you get to the factory that’s hiring and there is a sign above the entrance that says “Work will set you free”
Or "we listens to all our customers"
I think you mean"Arbeit Macht Frei". I believe i've seen that somewhere before? Hmm?
Chris T I don’t quite remember myself. My memory is pretty hit and missler
I wonder who quoted this? Maybe we can play gas who, and find out.
Groyper 19 LOL! That’s terrible!
So what’s the next pun?
Beware if they hire you on the spot as soon as you walk into the interview and tell you to start tomorrow.
It means it's a crappy position that they need filled ASAP because no one else wants it.
When they don't give you a job description.
It means that they haven't thought about why they need another employee or how they fit into the structure. You made a resume to show them how they need you, the employer should put forward the same courtesy/responsibility. Never accept a job that won't give you a job description/list of duties.
I understand why people rather sell drugs or rob a bank than get a job now-a-days.
Skinless Pickle
At least if you sell drugs you are self-employed
The biggest signs: hiring signs too often at the place, bad reviews on Facebook/Yelp/Reddit,etc, and look for someone who seem to be doing more than others they may have answers for you.
“People do not quit their jobs. They quit their bosses.”
1. It appeared after lunch he was told: "You have an interview waiting..."
2. He didn't have a copy of my resume. (I gave him two)
3. At the end of the interview he asked: "So, what's your last name?" I said:
"Hernandez, just like yours..."
😵😵
"Looking for rock star"- this means you will be worked like a dog into the wee hours of the morning.
When the place you apply reaches out to you about interviewing right after you apply online. Twice this has happened and it's just an MLM. Don't do it.
I had a auto 🚘 dealer security mgr contact me at 1030pm at night on a weekday 🙄. True story! The client, security VP was a 🤡 & petty dictator who was a jerk. He once called the car dealer alarm service 45min prior to my scheduled security shift & NEVER told either me or my contract firm supervisor what he was doing. 😖. Yeah, cause why would 👮🏻♂️ who patrol the lots all night need to know what alarms are active 🙄...
When they say "this is a great place to work for". I keep hearing that from the place I work at and it isn't a great place to work for. I work with idiots who can't be bothered to do their jobs right, the equipment is either broken down or improperly functioning almost constantly, and the supervisors act like children.
It isnt Sherwood Foods is it?
I looked at a die casting job at master lock in 2004. I went on a tour and half the facility was shut down. The place stank of down sizing death. Even though they were offering me high pay , I knew every day would have been a wait for that pink slip.
Jesus Roselly Maybe take that high pay for at least a while while you look for another longer-term job?
@@KnakuanaRka when i was there I was already thinki g about getting in the truck. 2 years later I was a new driver at CCX .
When they ask for leadership experience for an internship
Any place where all of the employees look dead inside and out
Like every call centre on earth.
Yep
I remember an interview I went to. It was a job to repair bank equipment. Not hard work, lots of troubleshooting, and you were nearly always working outside. Thought that would be great. I interviewed blew it out of the water but they wanted someone who wasn't a city away. I lived 40 miles away. Said ok got a job as an engineer, 2 years later I found out they wished they hired me cause they cant keep workers more than a month. Sucks to be them
The irony of this is I got an ad for one of those stupid get rich schemes in the middle of the video
Easy, does it entail cutting trees? Tqke it from me, its a hell hole. 10 years experience doing tree removal. Ignoring how dangerous it is (i got cut by a chainsaw 3 years ago for example) its hot, evrything is heavy, everything fights against you. Only good thing is the pays decent.
I did some tree cutting on weekends. It was the most grueling job I ever did and also the highest paying but it was not worth it. Risk of injury is extremely high. Considering all this it is not worth it at all.
I think it's more of a paid lifestyle than a job, if you live in some backwoods it's kind of a given
There's a mine I toured once in Colorado. They like to talk about how rough the work is. They have a picture of a guy who couldn't hack it and left after a few days or a week or something. It was Mohammed Ali.
That’s called hard work. That isn’t a bad thing. Not knocking you at all, but there are no illusions on that gig. I cut and split wood a lot of weekend for my home, so I have an idea of your job.
I am glad to hear the pay is good.
during my first week of door-to-door salesman (we sold an encyclopedia, it was the 90s) i was shadowing a senior coworker. a lady welcomed us into her house, offered us coffee and let me do my presentation. she said she was interested but the recent flood destroyed their bathroom, so all their resources were going into fixing that. her children even shared their school notebooks because they couldnt afford buying more.
i couldnt honestly push a useless buy to these people, so i wished her good luck and exited the house.
my coworker was fuming. he told me that that was an already-made sell. that lady was weak and i should've exploited that.
then he proceeded to show me photos of stuff he won for being the best seller of the year several times.
i felt so disgusted i quit the same day.
Getting hired before I even finished filling out my application. Also the manager did the whole, “we are a family”... yeah my job is hell
Flexibility with hours (means you will be working unpaid overtime) Being a team player (you will be picking up the slack for your coworkers.
High turnover rate. Interviewer is late/never shows. Interviewer never makes eye contact.
Anjelina Arroyo 😂
Made appointment to meet them 8am the next day.
They never turned up.
To their own office.
Ever.
When the owners are talking about how immigration standards need to be overhauled so they can get fresh workers to the table... instead of actually offering local people (or already-existing immigrants) a decent wage. Seems pretty common in the food industry in larger cities here in Canada atm, and I'm not just talking about fast food, I mean upscale restaurants with owners opening multiple locations, but they don't want to pay people jack (not even the cooks), and then complain about a lack of interest in their jobs.
"Fast pace enviornment"
Don't work as a newspaper carrier.You get paid 9 cents a paper, have to come in around 1-2 in the morning to get the papers you'll be throwing, half the time the truck is late so you'll be standing around looking stupid for half an hour (every once in a great while the presses will break or such, at which point you'll be waiting SEVERAL hours) And then you have to be done by a certain time. Previously for us this was 6 o'clock, but has been moved to 6:30 recently because they SHUT DOWN THE WAREHOUSE IN OUR CITY AND MAKE US DRIVE TO THE NEXT CITY OVER TO GET OUR PAPERS.What was previously a 30 minute round trip to obtain the materials to do our job is now a hour and a half long slog when everything goes right.The reason the company did this? They didn't want to pay 1000 dollars in rent for a warehouse. Half the staff of our district quit immediately after this, leaving our poor manager at the time to deliver several THOUSAND papers himself, which has only been semi fixed to this day (this went down a year ago now)In addition, you don't have sick days. Not PAID sick days. You don't have sick days. The company has tried to get me to continue delivering despite requiring EMERGENCY SURGERY before.And naturally, you work literally every day, forever. Holidays are the worst thing. Thanksgiving is the worst because thats when they load every paper to 4-5 pounds for Black Friday deals (guess what day they consistently choose to make major changes on. Take a wild guess.) and you deliver to everyone cuz holiday, plus the presses are guaranteed to break sometime during that week because they put FOUR TO FIVE POUNDS OF PAPER THROUGH THEM.Had a Blizzard on Thanksgiving a few years back. Got actual death threats from customers because we were late.So yeah, two things there. Don't believe the mailmen's lying song, WE get the shitty weather. They don't come out till all the snow's been plowed, we have to drive through it if we expect to not be penalized.And second thing, customers HATE you. You get a few on every route who are nice and some even tip on holidays, but 90% of them are cranky old women who have nothing else left to live for except reading this musty old newspaper, and basically consider you magic pixies and GOD HAVE MERCY ON YOUR PIXIE BUTT IF YOU ARE LATE, FOR MRS. ANDERSON HAS NONE.Complicating this is that the company will blame you for anything they screw up, while lying to your customers that the frequent rate increases are to pay YOU more.Oh forgot to mention how customer complaints work. See y'know how you get 9 cents per paper? (32 on Sunday and Thanksgiving, which reminds me that until a few years ago they DIDN'T give the Sunday rate for Thanksgiving) well when a customer complains for literally any reason, whether because you forgot them, you were late, or just that their alzheimers is acting up and they think its tomorrow already? You don't just lose the 9/32 cents. Oh no. You lose several times what the paper is worth. $3 on Sunday, forget the rate for dailies offhand.So yeah.
Never work as a paper carrier.
Plus, it's a dying industry. Everyone just uses the Internet now
@@filippians413 no kidding. The carrier who goes through my neighborhood used to deliver to many more houses than they do today. I bet business has dropped at least 50% in the last 10 years.
@@filippians413 I'll be glad when they finally disappear. Those so called journalists who just parrot whatever the government says need to stfu as far as Im concerned
When they mention "work/life balance." It means you will be working for 60 hours, getting paid for 40 while the management go off and enjoy themselves.
Nice to come across this during my job search
If you meet the employees and none have been there for more than a few months,
I had a job for 8 months, only 3 people, all managers, with apparently nothing to work for had been there for longer than that, when I started most of my coworkers were within their first two weeks and had no idea what they were doing
Whenever a job is understaffed constantly, just run
4 and a half years....... last 2 are Full Time..... leave in Jun last year with depression.
Company literally spit me out as a mess!
Kevin Wendel :( in sorry that happened, I hope you get better!!
My first interview was at a Kohl's and I was supposed to meet the manager for the position, but apparently, she never came to work as it was her day off, so I was waiting by the front door sitting at a desk just staring at the wall for over an hour. when the assistant manager finally came to get me for the interview she took me to the manager's office and started the interview. sort of. She mostly talked about how she did all the work there and how she was looking for a better job and how everyone hates the manager and they are all trying to get her fired and how the head of security put a mic in her office (the one I was currently in) to catch her doing something illegal and eventually she started crying and telling me how hard her life is. I was suitably freaked out. Eventually, the interview ended and she walked me out. On our way out she told me I would hear back from them in a week and if not then she got fired and I should call and try again. I never got a call, and I am pretty happy about that since if I did I would have taken the job because I was pretty desperate.
One dead give away is how the talk about their employees
Any job that hires you on the spot is a revolving door of employees. Not necessarily a bad place to work, but it's probably crap work with crap pay.
I went to an interview for a lorry driving job, and they asked if I could start on the spot! Actually started the next morning as I had commitments for later that day. Ended up staying for 7 years, only left because I got (what I thought was) a better offer in a different field.
I remember having two interviews where the potential employers where down playing my competences, just to offer me 1/6th pay of what i got paid once i landed a decent job. The funny thing is, in my previous job i had over 200 people under me. Not trying to brag or anything, but imagining someone with such experiences would fall for such a trick seems a bit desperate...
4:05 lol Not even the manager. The guy from HR wanted out. XD
If they hire you 3 months after the interview because you are their second choice and the first one didn't last more than 2 months, RUN!
I worked at a place where my coworker with 13 years of employment had like 2$ differences between me and her. I worked there for 1 year. Very motivating!
I worked for Vector Marketing. 2001.
They make their money by soliciting fresh outta high school kids to "purchase their own showcase knife set" to show customers.
1. That's a guaranteed sale.
2. If the kid sells ANY knives at a higher price = party bonus!
They don't actually pay what they say they will either. I kept track, I never got paid what I earned.
Anyone else work for them?
Purchase? I am pretty sure I got my showcase set for free upon taking the job. I tried selling a few times, figured sales are nowhere near my skill sets, and left with my free knives.
@@GhostBear3067 damn, I had to buy mine
I remember them! I think I went to the initial interview and this was about 2001 as well. I wonder if they are still around? I remember the girl "training" us and how she told us the secret was to do everything they tell you to do and you can be successful like her. Lol I remember taking my knife set and bring it back 24 hours later like nope.
@@Prophezora you should have kept the knives. Sure they are not really worth the sticker price they tell you to pitch but they are still good cutlery and letting you keep the damn things is the least Vector could do to make up for wasting your time 😜😅
@@GhostBear3067 I did not pay for them and they mentioned that if we dont continue with them would send us a bill for the knives...I knew basically as I was walking out the door that most likely I would be bringing these knives back I didnt have a reason to keep them anyway because I was still living with my parents.
The biggest red flag is when they hire you before you even do the interview. It means that they are incredibly desperate
When they are late to the interview yet demand you show up early to the interview. Also if they make you attend more than one interview.