Today, I was scheduled for an interview at a local firm owned by two partners. The secretary told me to be there at around 12:00 to 12:30 pm, so I arrived at 12:15. The first boss told me off for being early, the other one yelled at me for being late. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I showed up on time for a job interview. After waiting for about three hours, I was informed that the manager had "better things to do" than interview me. FML
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Today, I arrived at work and was immediately given a disciplinary write-up for being two hours late for my shift. Apparently the manager had changed my schedule that morning and failed to tell me. FML
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Lauren10102 3
How dare you be early?!
perdix 31
Sounds like a delightful work environment. They're bitching at you even before you're on the payroll.
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Comments (62)
Whistlee 8
Smells corrupt. Leave that job.
yeongji 31
Looks like communication and organization is both a problem at the firm. I would rethink whether it is worth working there or not (if you get an offer).
nmlutgen 11
That's bs. No boss would tell you off for being early, it looks good and the worst thing it does to them is they let you wait.
StanSmith2013 26
I'm sure if you suck up to them, everything will be ok!
katie1989 9
I would have been there at 12.
junkman6 22
You guys are missing the main point! The bosses were just trolling and in league with the secretary!
htownpostman 16
If the meeting was between 12-1230, u should have gotten there at 11:45
htownpostman 16
12 was the starting time.. Should have been there at 11:45
FlyingPie 17
I wouldn't want to work there. I find it odd that companies act like that, too. One time, a company that I applied to apparently scheduled me for a job interview but didn't tell me. One day, I got a call from someone there who said "Did you know you had a job interview set up with us today at 10:00?"
sacredeye73 11
You should have told the secretary you needed a specific time. 12-1230 doesn't cut it.