In 2000, Bill Belichick resigned as head coach of the New York Jets, literally the day after his appointment, leaving a piece of paper right at his introductory press conference. Looking ahead, it's safe to say he did the right thing - after all, Tom Brady and six championship rings with the Patriots awaited him.
But how right are those mere mortals who quit their new jobs literally right off the bat? Well, everyone has their own motives and reasons - but, as it turns out, many employees leave on their first day at a new job. For how they did it and why - please read this selection of stories, made for you by Bored Panda.
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#41
I (27M) have spent the past five and a half years working in general landscaping. Spreading mulch in the spring, leaf cleanups in the fall, that kind of thing. During the summer, I typically shape pruned shrubs, but I occasionally had the chance to dabble in small tree pruning jobs and really enjoyed learning about them. So in October of this year, I applied at a company that specializes in tree pruning and removals. I figured I'd spend the whole winter just dragging limbs to the chipper, but it's a chance to watch actual arborists climb much bigger trees than I'd ever work in and ask some questions over lunch. My hope was that if they like me, maybe they start teaching me to climb trees next spring.
By the end of my second day, I was seeing major yellow flags, and a month later, they were all confirmed red. Pretty much everyone smokes cigarettes in the trucks, and I was getting sick of all the second hand smoke I was breathing. A lot of the guys don't wear the industry standard PPE while operating chainsaws. That's not a risk to my personal safety, but working in the most deadly industry for which OSHA keeps statistics on, I don't want to surround myself and learn from people who don't take those dangers seriously. And it turns out that this company's main shrub pruning guy left this past summer. So now his right hand man is the guy for shrubs, and I feel like they hired me on to be his number two. If I wanted to keep pruning shrubs for another half decade, I'd've stayed at my previous employer. I came here wanting to learn trees, I thought I made that clear through the hiring process. But the hiring manager misled me, and so when I leave for a company that actually wants to teach me to climb, she's going to realize she wasted both of our time.
I sent out an application a few weeks ago, the company seemed interested in my resume and I think their culture is a much better fit for me, but it's just not a good time to be job hopping in my very seasonal industry. I think I'm going to stick it out here through the winter and then start sending out a bunch of applications to various companies in the spring.
By the end of my second day, I was seeing major yellow flags, and a month later, they were all confirmed red. Pretty much everyone smokes cigarettes in the trucks, and I was getting sick of all the second hand smoke I was breathing. A lot of the guys don't wear the industry standard PPE while operating chainsaws. That's not a risk to my personal safety, but working in the most deadly industry for which OSHA keeps statistics on, I don't want to surround myself and learn from people who don't take those dangers seriously. And it turns out that this company's main shrub pruning guy left this past summer. So now his right hand man is the guy for shrubs, and I feel like they hired me on to be his number two. If I wanted to keep pruning shrubs for another half decade, I'd've stayed at my previous employer. I came here wanting to learn trees, I thought I made that clear through the hiring process. But the hiring manager misled me, and so when I leave for a company that actually wants to teach me to climb, she's going to realize she wasted both of our time.
I sent out an application a few weeks ago, the company seemed interested in my resume and I think their culture is a much better fit for me, but it's just not a good time to be job hopping in my very seasonal industry. I think I'm going to stick it out here through the winter and then start sending out a bunch of applications to various companies in the spring.
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#42
In 2008 or so I got hired to drive around and fill up those newspaper kiosks or whatever that you used to see around.
This job was painfully boring and my trainer was even worse. After about 3 hours I couldn't take anymore and I just bolted from the truck while he was inside somewhere. I had to hide out for a while in different spots to make sure he didn't find me (I did spot him driving around and looking), but eventually made it home.
Prior to that, my shortest job was as a vacuum salesman. I quit on the third day, only to be called by the sheriff later that day because a colleague accused me of stealing her hairbrush.
This job was painfully boring and my trainer was even worse. After about 3 hours I couldn't take anymore and I just bolted from the truck while he was inside somewhere. I had to hide out for a while in different spots to make sure he didn't find me (I did spot him driving around and looking), but eventually made it home.
Prior to that, my shortest job was as a vacuum salesman. I quit on the third day, only to be called by the sheriff later that day because a colleague accused me of stealing her hairbrush.
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