30 Times New Hires Were So Dumbfounded On Their First Day, They Immediately Quit

I’m remember when the Amazon warehouse first opened by my town. I called for the job. The recruiter said, “all shifts available.” So I went into the interview in a conference room with maybe 15-20 other people. There were p**s cups and contracts to sign in front of us. The HR rep says, “we only have overnight shift available. You p**s in the cup, if it comes back clean, you’re hired. Any issues with this leave now.”

Myself and 5 other people walked out of there in disgust because we were lied too about shift availability.

I took a job doing warranty support for computers bought at Best Buy. My first day of training I was gone 12 hours and at least half of that time was driving. I was expected to drive my own car and no benefits. I didn’t go back the next day .

I was 24 and just started a working holiday visa. I did a shift at a cocktail bar and after the third unprompted comment on my appearance by my female manager about 1- not wearing a dress; 2- not wearing enough makeup; 3- not appearing interested enough in male patrons, I hightailed it out of there so quickly.

After college, I got a job at a small tech startup. They prided themselves on a "dynamic work environment" but that was code for no formal breaks and an expectation of 24/7 availability. The kicker? They paid in "stock options" they assured would be worth thousands when the company took off. Two weeks of sleeping with my phone under my pillow and watching my social life disappear, I realized my mental health was worth more than speculative stocks. Handed in my two-week notice the next day.

First day as a carpet/tile installer’s helper. We hadn’t been working ten minutes and dude is losing his temper because I measured a cut wrong. Started to chew me out and grabbed my arm. Yanked myself free then sashayed out to his work truck, jumped in and drove it back to the shop. Got in my car without a word and hauled a*s. The jack*ss had to walk about a mile to call the owner (it was the’70s).

When I walked into the office and immediately felt an overwhelming sense of negativity in the environment.

The manager seemed disorganized and dismissive, the team members barely acknowledged my presence, and I overheard complaints about long hours and lack of support.

The final straw was when I was handed a massive stack of work with no clear instructions or training and told to figure it out on my own. Realizing that this was not the kind of work culture I wanted to be a part of, I decided to walk away before getting too invested.

My main job was in banking. All kinds of responsibilities around keeping your cash drawer closed and locked at all times. Terminable offense if you're out of balance over a certain amount or often.

Took a part time job at a theater and was responsible for the cash drawer. Except, it didn't lock and they wouldn't give me a key. When I questioned it, I was told, indeed I am solely responsible for the integrity of the cash drawer, yet had to frequently leave it to get popcorn, snacks and soda for guests.

Noped out within half an hour.

Got a head of ecomm job, and on my first day they said I'd run into trouble from internal candidates who wanted the job but didn't get it. Apparently they don't hire for senior positions internally. 🚩

Then I was told the team were not allowed to work from home (including when it was mandated) because "they couldn't be trusted".🚩🚩

They continually described the shambles the place was in as though me alone was their only saviour. 🚩🚩🚩

Holidays, breaks, pension etc were all the legal minimum - very unusual for senior roles. 🚩🚩🚩🚩

I was told that I had to sign an opt out for working time regulations "just incase" - there is no paid overtime.🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

Finally, the owners (family) dragged their kids along to my onboarding, who sat on their phones the whole time and occasionally asked ridiculous questions that were either already covered, or grossly inappropriate. 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

I left after 3 hours, f**k that noise.

The person who was training me got arrested for shoplifting during work, and I almost got arrested too on suspicion of being his accomplice.

The bad vibe of your coworkers that you could sense right from the first day.