Worst job

scientific1982 · 01-08-2010 07:50PM #1

Whats the worst job you've ever had? For me telesales/customer care was the worst. No one should have to talk to that many people in one day.

Strange Loop · 01-08-2010 07:52PM

Coffinmaker, when I was suffering from depression.

galwayrush · 01-08-2010 07:52PM

Self employment.....
No Job security,
No wages most weeks,
No mercy from revenue,
No pension fund.

01-08-2010 07:52PM

Probably pulling weeds with my hands along a mile stretch.

Saying that though, i would do anything to do it again in this economical climate.

K4t · 01-08-2010 07:59PM

Working in a hotel..

My name is URL · 01-08-2010 08:10PM

My current job has me working from home.. which was great to begin with but the boredom is a killer now, and I seem to put doing stuff off until the last minute which is stressful. It's far too easy to procrastinate when there's nothing to stop you from doing so

I've had tough jobs which I've loved.. working for a removals company in San Fransisco.. I'm not the strongest guy in the world and the lads I worked with used to make me take chests of draws etc down fleet upon fleet of stairs without any help.. was a good laugh but I'd say it took years off my life!

nobbo · 01-08-2010 08:14PM

Working in a supermarket..

01-08-2010 08:16PM

I'm rather lucky, worst I've had was a waitress in a chinese restaurant when I was 16, worked there for 1 night only, never met more of a b*tch of a manager ever since. I got accused of stealing a tables bill even though I blatently saw one of the fellas that worked there walk over and pocket it...the winked at me :eek: Cheeky b*stard...ofcourse since I was new no amount of arguing was ever going to convince her it wasn't me. So for good measure I took me an enitre tupperware box of pre-made spring rolls

Gotta love spring rolls like! Looking back that was a bit childish and wrong to do but meh they deserved it!

Berty · 01-08-2010 08:21PM

Worst job was the last one. I hated everyone working there, especially the two fvckfaces who owned the company and the oddball sales manager they hired.

One example.

He wanted 3 phone calls a day updating him on what I was doing along with a daily report of what I had done on Excel, weekly report elaborated on the excel file and a weekly, monthly, quartely and bi annual projection report. One day I was driving from Limerick to Belfast which takes around 4 hours. I left at 8am. He called me around 11am to find out why I had not updated him. IM DRIVING, WAS DRIVING THIS MORNING AND STILL DRIVING NOW. NOTHING TO UPDATE!!!

Got written warning for breaking his rules.

Asshole owners let both of us go 3 months into the job. I still feel happy he lost his job.

FVCKIN ASSHOLE!

Boxoffrogs · 01-08-2010 08:28PM

I used to work in an office in a Residential Care Home. Sometimes I could hear the residents say thing like "oh dear God help me please" repeatedly. More than once on my way in or going home, I'd have to pass a resident being wheeled out on a stretcher all zipped up in a body bag, didn't make for a good start/end to my day.

DerekDGoldfish · 01-08-2010 08:33PM

When I worked in the pub I did have to remove the odd pair of "discarded" boxers from the toilet as well as one occasion when it looked like someone had used a spraygun.

Still IMO the worst job ever(alough I havent done it) would be chugging, id work down a south afriacan diamond mine before id ever consider chugging

DingosAteMyBaby · 01-08-2010 08:37PM

Selling scratchcards on the street. It's feckin' soulcrushing!!

scientific1982 · 01-08-2010 08:45PM

DingosAteMyBaby wrote: »

Selling scratchcards on the street. It's feckin' soulcrushing!!

And I thought telesales was bad. I couldnt do that job. Id seriously turn to crime instead.

scientific1982 · 01-08-2010 08:45PM

DerekDGoldfish wrote: »

When I worked in the pub I did have to remove the odd pair of "discarded" boxers from the toilet as well as one occasion when it looked like someone had used a spraygun.

Still IMO the worst job ever(alough I havent done it) would be chugging, id work down a south afriacan diamond mine before id ever consider chugging

Whats chugging?

Berty · 01-08-2010 08:49PM

scientific1982 wrote: »

Whats chugging?

Chugging = Mugging.

jordan.. · 01-08-2010 08:52PM

Dunnes Stores!

The managers in that place are the prime example of powertripping!!

Horrible people

DerekDGoldfish · 01-08-2010 09:21PM

scientific1982 wrote: »

Whats chugging?

Charity Mugging, the people are paid to get signups from people for various charites.

01-08-2010 09:40PM

This guy's job:

CrazyRabbit · 01-08-2010 09:50PM

When I was self employed. My boss was a right bastard and had me working 60 hour weeks.

RonMexico · 01-08-2010 09:59PM

Anything to do with retail...the public are cunts.

baltimore sun · 01-08-2010 10:22PM

d4 pubs for rugby games.

Worlds worse fans, soccer fans are far more well behaved.
Rugger-buggers for the most part are unbelievable obnoxious tossbags

Lollipops23 · 01-08-2010 10:30PM

My last job was awful; I was in ad sales. It was basically ringing companies trying to get them to spend money they genuinely didn't have on ads that didn't work.

The management were dreadful,power-tripping assholes left over from the celtic tiger. They set unachieveable targets and berated us when we didn't get them, humiliated individuals who had bad days and generally nearly killed us with the stress (where they insinuated we'd all be sacked at a moment's notice).

I left for a lower wage job,which is also pretty crappy to work for,but I'm still so much happier.

Pauleta · 01-08-2010 10:35PM

Telesales. I thought i interviewed for customer service but on the 1st day they said i was in sales. It felt horrible annoying people in their homes. I personally think it should be illegal. I lasted 1 week. I wasnt bothered about getting rejected it was the fact i knew myself how much i was annoying people. The bloke beside me sold broadband to an elderly women who probably didnt even have a computer. That was the final straw.

Xiney · 01-08-2010 10:36PM

Let's see....

I worked for a sadistic dutchman, seeding, planting, weeding, harvesting, packing, storing and loading lettuce. 60 hour weeks, (7am to 6pm 6 days per week, he was Dutch Reform so we got Sundays off!) blistering hot in July and August (this was in Southern Ontario), and rampant sexism ahoy hoy.

Thing is, I liked that job. Taught me the value of a dollar and to work hard.

My worst job was actually a desk job. Hated lying to people selling advertising. Only job I ever had to quit. The newspaper went bust a few weeks back though, happy days!

greendom · 01-08-2010 10:38PM

galwayrush wrote: »

Self employment.....
No Job security,
No wages most weeks,
No mercy from revenue,
No pension fund.

Absolutely, not to mention no holiday or sick pay

mojesius · 01-08-2010 11:21PM

Has to be the hellhole J1 waitressing job I got the 1st time I moved to NYC. No wages whatsoever (it all went on taxes apparently, never saw one wages slip), made about $40 tips per shift because the management overstaffed, had to work from 10am - 2am six days a week with a 20 minute break (even though the place was dead). At the end of the shift, you'd nearly have to beg them if you could leave for the night.

The owners hated smokers so you weren't even allowed to go for a cig on your designated break, plus they constantly watched on cameras from their house, in case you left the building. It was like being in prison, I lived on cheerios for the entire duration to pay my rent.

I still smile fondly when I recall the day I got a new job, and told the owners to stick their crappy job up their a*se. They said it was completely unprofessional of me to leave them in the lurch without any notice and warned me that my new job sounded like a scam. Worst part was that these owners were a young Irish couple from my area, completely taking advantage of people who had just moved there and who knew feck all about employment law, just to make more money.

I rarely call anyone this but they were total c*nts.

Cupcake_Crisis · 01-08-2010 11:33PM

Working in a certian well known accessories shop. They make you practically harrass the customers. Being friendly to rude people for 8 hours a day just wasnt working for me.

didntgotoplan · 02-08-2010 12:03AM

A takeaway.
One of the chefs, who owned the place, decided to give this one woman the wrong thing as she was driving them mad with demands every week. She comes back in and the kitchen gives her something else, not what she wanted. She rings in screaming down the phone about how I made the mistake and she wants the right food sent to her. She doesn't stop insulting me until I get upset over it, which the chef thinks is hilarious. She comes in the next day and makes a complaint about me, in which the wife of the owner gives out and docks me pay for the food "wasted". This happened any time some order was left or not collected too!

I was working with a girl who was a friend of the owner's wife. She used to go off for a smoke during busy hours, go off for a chat with the wife leaving me doing everything alone. Then the till began being short €50 everytime she was on with me, which I was questioned about a few times. Turns out the girl was stealing it. She never got fired for doing it.

So I was sick of being messed around with and handed in my notice. The owners told me I couldn't handle any other job as I was a mess and a bad worker.

Mister men · 02-08-2010 12:31AM

Worked in citibank for a few months and was on savage money but it was horrible horrible work. In a lower paid job now but go home and can look myself in the mirror at least.

rannerap · 02-08-2010 01:40AM

mc donalds

hell on earth

Wazdakka · 02-08-2010 04:02AM

Sex vending machine....

I was always running out of change

Worst job

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