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Worse Job You had?

i worked in the "butcher block" at albertsons (a dallas grocery chain) for a few months.... every thursday i had to take out all of the raw meat and fish from the display case, and wash the whole thing out. Then re-ice all the fish, and put everything back in the case in the new order that some big wig made every week..

and at the end of every day i had to go wash out the cutting room. ... it was a very gross, cold job
 
my friend worked at a pillers meat factory,, or soething liek that,, he always smelled of sweata nd dead turkey it was so gross, even when he showred,, he didn t get rid of the smell until about a month after he quit...
 
Xfujinon said:
Plasma clinic...a CROOKED plasma clinic!

You see, selling plasma is big business. Think about it: they can afford to give the DONORS almost 40 bucks, so you know they are making serious mad cash off of the stuff.

I worked about 11 months in a plasma clinic that would regularly fudge the rules for donors (allowing those with high BP, certain conditions, etc.) to donate. These people were the absolute dregs of the Earth. Some came in drunk, most had no teeth, all smelled bad, and without exception, they were possessing some of the worst attitudes in history. Fights would break out, stuff would get stolen in the parking lot, it was terrible. Lots of belligerence, no respect, frequent demands, sometimes open hostility. Moreover, all of the staff were terminally depressed, and were not pleasant people to work with for the most part.

Icing on the cake? I had to stick these unpleasant people with 14g needles ALL DAY.

It sucked. Before I even started, they cut everyone's pay (crooked, eh?), which seriously undermined the reason for doing it. Fortunately, I did it mostly for the money and also to get some phlebotomy experience, but no amount of cash would ever have me go back there.
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You should send a letter to the State's Attorney General about it.
 
Managing an organic foods distribution warehouse.

Long hours, odd work days, (the busiest day was Sunday).

They hired me for my experience and knowledge in operations and facility management, spent eight months NOT letting me make ANY changes to the facilities and operations, then fired me because "things haven't improved". Most frustrated I've ever been in my whole working life.

To top it all off, after they fired me, they denied my last two expense reports totally! So here I am, married with two kids, unemployed, and they stick me with paying for $250 worth of goods I had bought for the warehouse and had receipts for. Thanks guys, you're a class act!

The only bright side to that job is that now, no matter how bad things get in my current job, I can always say, "This sucks, but it's better than A*****s Organics!"
 
My worst job was working in a seafood processing plant. Basically processing and packaging fresh caught fish. I did learn the art of how to properly cut a fish apart :p. Try cutting off fish heads and fins for 12 hours a day, 6 days a week. Wasn't the most stimulating job. There were some other duties I did sometimes, but mostly that was it. :cool:
 
none of the jobs ive had are horrible but some were pretty hard

one was being a gardener/weeder for a large flower garden at a university. spening 8hrs bent over all day playing with bees wasnt the most fun

then i worked in the oilfield buisness. interesting but days were 14-17hrs at least most days and easily over 90+hrs a week. good pay though but really tough work. the jobs were also called at anyhour of the day where it be 1pm or 3 am didnt matter lol.builds character!
 
Not necessarily a bad job, but a hard job.

Working on a dairy farm in HS.

Milked cows twice per day, at 0400 and 1600. Every day of the year. Sundays, Holidays, New Years Day, Christmas Day, you get the idea.

And for this privilege, I was paid $2/hour. :)
 
sushi said:
Not necessarily a bad job, but a hard job.

Working on a dairy farm in HS.

Milked cows twice per day, at 0400 and 1600. Every day of the year. Sundays, Holidays, New Years Day, Christmas Day, you get the idea.

And for this privilege, I was paid $2/hour. :)
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What year is this? :eek:
 
Mammoth said:
..Okay that's good to hear.

....Aww man my dad was already old in the 70's. :(
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Be kind! ;)

Actually, I fudged a bit. My starting wages were $1.50/hour. After a few year of milking cows, I hit $2.00/hour. :)

Edit: Oh and that including cleaning up after the cows inside the milk house and the outside pen, if ya know what I mean. Plus I helped deliver a few calves that needed to be pulled. Now that was a bitch.
 
Worst job: Working at Hollister.

I barely worked at all (thankfully it was over the summer and I had a back-up job) and I'm glad I got away. Just awful. Mind you retail is never fun, but that was worse than Target (my 2nd worst).
 
Packing shelves at a smallish supermarket. Only did it for a few months.
 
Antares said:
My least favorite job was in direct sales. Calling people on the phone to try and convince them to set up an appointment for me to go to their house and do a presentation on cutlery.
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If you're talking about Cutco I'd have to say those are the absolute best knife's I've every used.

CalBoy said:
Mind you retail is never fun, but that was worse than Target (my 2nd worst).
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Funny enough, Target is the best job I've ever had. Then again, it really depends on who runs the store and the district. I happened to be pretty blessed (I don't believe in luck). I opened a brand new store with great bosses who love me, peers who love me and a team who loves me. Sure retail sucks but working with 100+ great people can't be beat no matter what you do.

Worst job I had was as a floral delivery boy before GPS was affordable or even in consumer hands. I already suck at directions and had to drive a 4 cyl '88 Caravan. Talk about under powered. I was almost rear-ended accelerating many a time it was so slow.
 
dukebound85 said:
i didnt enjoy working at target. i could never tell if it was raining, sunny, snowing, or anything! i was in a flourescent box all day when i worked there lol
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... most office & retail jobs are like that. That's why there are breaks. But I hear ya. I wish they'd put skylights in. It's the only thing Wal*Mart does that makes sense.
 
Cassie said:
Well, if you read the OP, you could probably guess english is not his first language.
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They don't teach English in Seattle? ;)

This is neither here nor there anyway.

One other reason I hated working at a clothing store was because a lot of my money ended up going back into the store itself! :eek: :eek:
 
CalBoy said:
They don't teach English in Seattle? ;)

This is neither here nor there anyway.

One other reason I hated working at a clothing store was because a lot of my money ended up going back into the store itself! :eek: :eek:
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but discounts make it worth it! i know i got discount parts for my car when i worked at a dealership. it was very nice
 
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