what is the worst job you ever have had?

United States
August 21, 2009 12:07am CST
I would say the worse job I ever had was planting trees on the highway for a job called CETA..or weed eating on the highway. When I was in school, before graduating high school there were government jobs provided for pre-high school graduates.. I never did like outside work..for prolonged times since the sun makes me sick.. What you; what is the worst jobe you ever worked.
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• United States
21 Aug 09
OMG, the WORST job was being an inventory auditory for RGIS. You have a calculator machine on your hip, and you have to count things in stores, and enter skews, scan things, the hours are horrific, and the pay is worse - NEVER do this job!! Thankfully, I was like 18 or 19 at the time - that's the time when you are supposed to have horrible jobs, lmao!
• United States
21 Aug 09
Sounds like that was quite a tryig job.. Some people might love such a job..Do you love the work you are doing now?
• United States
21 Aug 09
Yes and no - I am a caregiver for people on hospice. It is rough work, but rewarding because you know you truly are doing good for someone else. It is really making me think a lot about getting into working with autistic children. My son has autism, and I think I'd really like to be helping these children in the earlier years of their lives, helping them to grow and prosper, rather than be helping people through their last few months of life... wow, I'm such a downer right now - sorry! lmao
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@zoey7879 (3092)
• Quincy, Illinois
21 Aug 09
Oh lord, RGIS.. suuuuuuuuuucks lmao! Not at all dependable...
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@daliaj (5674)
• India
21 Aug 09
Thank god. I never had a worse job; I always liked the job. I am into teaching and I always liked teaching regardless of the type of students I get to teach. The problem was with politics in my school among teachers. My boss was very partial in my first job and some people just kept praising him and got promotions and salary hikes.
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• United States
21 Aug 09
I agree politics anywhere besides where it should be is a no no ..yet it creeps into work and school and homes and divides and destroys..
• United States
21 Aug 09
I think that exists in every job everywhere... I despise work politics...
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@zoey7879 (3092)
• Quincy, Illinois
21 Aug 09
It's a VERY tough call between a particular convenience store I once happened at, as well as a grocery store. The convenience store was located a bit off of the interstate, and was a 24 hour store. During the daylight and early evening hours the clients were primarily business people. In the evening, it was travelers, drunks hitting up food places on the strip, movie goers to the nearby theater, and locals. For those who don't know what a Fuelman card is, it's a fleet issued credit card where the carriers of the card have their own punch pads for their pins in order to be more time/speed efficient. I was running a cash register when a man with a fuel man card came in. I pointed where he needed to scan his card and hit the key - The next thing I know, the man at the main register is accusing me of racism for letting this man use his fleet card (again it has its OWN keypad and transaction space). To make it even worse, this man (who was an out of uniform police officer ffs) came into the store the next day and tried to get me fired. Not once, but twice. Later that week, a man came into my store acting very very strange. I'll save the story on that because it's a bit long, but I became potenitally the last person to see both a victim of a violent crime AND the people who did it, about 45 minutes before it happened. I was working alone third shift. The police came and asked for my store manager to give them the security tapes. When he got there, I was told that they don't run the security recording at night, only during the day! These people were loose for two days knowing that I could identify them.. and there I was with no security camera and no key to lock the doors in case of an emergency. I quit less than 50 hours after the incident.... The grocery store I wont really get into either. It was just a crappy place with illegal hiring practices that was as unprofessional as they come. Unfortunately, equal opportunity law only affects you if you belong to a specific group(s) of individuals and you can REALLY prove it... even then it's hard to get them in gear :(
• United States
21 Aug 09
THats sounds like that was truly a stress filled and draining job.. I hope you never go through such a thing again..
@realan (518)
• United States
22 Aug 09
The worst job I've ever had was a telemarketing job I took while in college. It was asking for a donation for an environmental cause. The first day was great because I got several pledges. After that, it was all down hill. You had quotas you had to fill. The days I didn't reach my quotas, I was taken into the office and asked why. I would respond that most of the callers had hung up on me as soon as I told them who I was. The boss again would ask why and what could I do differently to reach my quota. HELLO! They hung up on me!!! It was horrible. It was so stressful, I used to cry when I got home. I quit after a couple weeks. Jobs after that have been fine. Lots of bad days, but that's everywhere.
• United States
22 Aug 09
I feel bad for telemarketer .. they have to make a living ..but I Think it's one of the most ungratifying job..You know you will face rejection..it's part of your job.. yet it doesn't make it easier. I am glad you got out of the job. Quotas make telemarketing so much harder; as you always have the quota swimming around your mind making you nervous..
@Graceekwenx (3160)
• Philippines
22 Aug 09
The worst job that i entered in was when i applied in pre-need plans! I am a licensed medical technologist and they said that i would be an advantage to have medical background. And so there i was together with all hopeful applicants who were promised to be paid for a minimum of P14k (that was more than 10 years ago). And you know what the speaker made us do? Right after the orientation, they made us go out together with their representatives to knock on strangers' door and ask them to get pre-need plans! they said that if you get a sale within 4 hours, then you would be hired! And luckily, i didnt make a sale. Their hiring means is soooo lame! Darn i hate it!
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• United States
22 Aug 09
What are pre-need plans? I don't quite understandd it. What does selling these plans have to do with your position ?
• Philippines
22 Aug 09
Pre-need plans is like pension plans.
• United States
21 Aug 09
The worse job I ever had was working for my dad. I worked 45+ hours a week and only made $100. On top of that there was always an unreal amount of arguing. Trust me never work for family... Especially your parent when they refuse to listen to anything you say and you can't tell them what to do even when you know what they need to do.
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• United States
22 Aug 09
Yep, they say one way to become distanced from family is to work for them. I am sorry you went through thaat; it's almost like familiy expects you to do that .. work for pennies.. but it's not right.
@prinzcy (32299)
• Malaysia
21 Aug 09
Any job will consider as a worse job possible if you're not being paid for months while working. I was hired as Internet Marketer. I also did some menial and clerical job around the office as I was the only one that worked there. But I didn't received my payment for months. My ex-boss said he had financial problem. So he did. But then I can't stay for months without money. When I asked to quit, he paid me saying the situation improved and he wanted to pay me little by little. But he was a lying a** as he never did. I quit and apply for my current job. He still hasn't paid me the rest of my payment to this day.
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• United States
21 Aug 09
Wow..that sounds rotten..working for free. at a job that really requires much effort and time. I, too, would have quit if this happed to me..Kuddos to you for taking a stand and finding a more suitable job.
• United States
21 Aug 09
Hello, I will have to say any job that requires, me to stand om feet all day. I used to be a pharmacy technician and a cashier for a department store, and don't get me wrong I liked the jobs that I had, but what made them dislikeful was that I had to stand on my feet, and right to this day I have feet problems, they get tired really fast , when i walk of stand for a short time, but now I have my own business and I sit mostly, and I love it s much better.
• United States
22 Aug 09
I hear you on that one.. I worked in the laundry an 8 hour shift and there was no sitting down.My ankles and feet were so tired when I got home that I had to soak them. I think GOd gave us natural cushion to sit down on when we are tired of standing on our two feet;)
@grace118224 (1038)
• China
21 Aug 09
The worst job i ever had is my second job. At that time i acted as a foreign trade sales . I was quite new to this working field and i knew nothing about the routines . My boss was very strict with us and scolded me every day. At last i couldn't stand it any more and i quited this job .
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• United States
22 Aug 09
Why did your boss scold you daily? Was he unhappy with your job performance or was he by nature a bossy boss?
@andi6520 (66)
• Philippines
22 Aug 09
my worst job I encountered was at call center operation. in the 3rd quarter of 2005 (means july-september), i worked from 7pm-4am / 6pm-3am / 5pm-2am to handle customer's complain or inquiry. on the next quarter (october-december), it's 8am-5pm and 11am-8pm duty. i had a problem on my adjustment of sleep and my body is about to collapse. when the time I got sick for 1 week, instead of using the sick leave, my supervisor gave me a warning because my performance is bad. geesh! they violate that rule and they do not truly know about sick leave. on april 2006 i was kicked out because of mishandling of call and I'm highly exhausted.