The best and worst job you've ever had

[Mid Boss]

Wow this is still alive! I thought it had died

Worst? Telemarketing. I didn't call people. But I was the person you got if you called into an infomercial to buy something.

This reminds me a little of that south park episode where the guy sold all that jewelry to old people. How'd you end up in that job?

My business wasn't up to the point I could live off it yet and my unemployment from my previous job was about to run out. I was desperate and they offered as much overtime as you could possibly want and flexible scheduling so I was free to travel about selling my wares at anime conventions on weekends.

They hired me to be a transcriptionist. I listen to audio files and then write down the info from them. They hired an entire round of 20 people for the job. We got out of training to find out they only needed 4 people to do it and put the rest of us on telemarketing. :\ The whole company was a sham. Even the transcriptionist job was just recording people's names, phone numbers, and addresses so they could sell them to other companies.

About three months after I walked out they went out of business.

My boss there told us all about how he would scam unemployment. He was very proud of it. He'd work for the company for 6 months pulling 60 to 80 hours a week. Get his average paycheck as high as he could, and then just stop showing up for work. In pennsylvania you can't fire someone for simply not showing up if the person has a medical excuse. So he'd get his doctor to say he had a migraine.

He'd then live off unemployment for a year and a half, come back, work at the telemarketing place again and start the whole thing over again. :\

What he didn't know was my friend Sarah works as an unemployment benefits investigator and, after I quit, she was VERY interested in hearing all about his schemes.

 

[Euryalus]

-SNIP-

...Wow. That guy sounds like a dick. Did you friend do anything about him? This whole thing could be like one of those documentaries you see on Dateline or something. I'll get some popcorn lol

 

[Mid Boss]

-SNIP-

...Wow. That guy sounds like a dick. Did you friend do anything about him? This whole thing could be like one of those documentaries you see on Dateline or something. I'll get some popcorn lol

She investigated him and turned him into her higher up.

She can't release any information about it after that. But, he'll have to pay back all that money, plus fines, be ineligible for unemployment benefits for the rest of his life, and maybe serve jail time.

 

[Johnny Impact]

My best and worst job are both the job I have now, at a take-out restaurant.

Worst because of the guy immediately above me and the crap he allows to happen. Example: we had a young guy there who showed up late 2/3 of the time, went home "sick" or called out at least once a week, routinely parked his ass and did absolutely nothing for 2 or 3 hours at a stretch, ignored customers, was surly and uncooperative with the customers he bothered to help, flat-out refused to do any task he didn't feel like doing, and mouthed off to anyone who tried to address these issues -- but according to the boss, *I* was the one with the problem, because I thought this kid's behavior was inexcusable. It is, shall we say, just a bit frustrating to have to do someone's work for them, take lip off them, then have your boss tell you you are the problem, for 2 1/2 years.

Best because the vast majority of customers and coworkers are very pleasant, I have improved people skills which were sorely lacking when I started, there is good variety as I work in two different store locations plus the home office, I have learned how to do payroll/accounts payable/read a balance sheet/etc, and I now also manage the company website and own a small but growing stake in the company. Someday I may own it all. Then it will be *my* turn to decide who has a problem, muahahahaha!

 

[Denamic]

Delivering newspapers. On foot.
Holy shitlicking fuck. It's an 8 hour job crammed into 2 hours of unimaginably slavish work. And holy crap, apartment buildings. SO MANY FUCKING STAIRS. I used to play hockey back then, and I was about as fit as a 16 year old can get, and I was burned out after just a week. That they make kids do this shit is insane.
Easy money my ass.

Never had a good job.

 

[pearcinator]

Best: Unemployment

Worst: Unemployment

I haven't ever had a job and I am 21! 1 more year though and I will be a fully qualified teacher.

 

[Chemical Alia]

My best job is my current job, because I do what I like to do the most.

My worst was at Halliburton. Turns out leaving a six-figure job is surprisingly easy for me, I quit after about a month v: Even the army wasn't that bad.

 

[BreakfastMan]

Well... I have only ever had two jobs, and I don't like either too much.

If I had to pick worst, it would be janitor, best would be game tester. But best here is relative. It is like comparing sleeping neck deep in urine to sleeping knee deep in feces. Both suck, one just kind of sucks less.

 

[kaizen2468]

Washing dishes at a resturant was the worst. bad pay, bad work.
Doing electrical for a mining company. great money, easy work.

 

[King of Asgaard]

I'm a student, so unless you count that, I don't have a qualifier for either.

 

[Diddy_Mao]

WORST.

Working in/managing a Movie Theatre.

Please understand that I'm a big believer in customer service, I'll bend over backwards for my customers to make them happy.

With that said. Movie theatre patrons are some of the most infuriating, entitled and self righteous customers I've ever had the displeasure of dealing with. It's been over a decade and just the thought of my time in that job makes my blood boil.



Here's a short list of things that you should expect a refund for at the movies.

#1 Technical failings that result in your film being interrupted, delayed more than 5 minutes, or otherwise unviewable.
#2. Within the first 10-15 minutes you realize that the content of the film may disagree with you.
#3. You or a member of your party get sick and need to leave.


Here is a slightly longer list of things that you should not expect a refund for.

#1. You didn't like it.
#2. It wasn't faithful to the source material.
#3. You had to take a shit and missed the best part.
#4. You came in late and missed the previews.
#5. You came in early and had to sit through commercials.
#6. You already saw the movie once.
#7. The movie was too sad.
#8. The movie was too scary.
#9. The movie wasn't scary enough.
#10. You didn't realize it was rated R.
#11. It promoted a gay agenda.
#12. It was historically inaccurate.
#13. You sat too close and now you have a headache.
#14. The movie was in black and white.
#15. The movie had subtitles.
#16. The movie had witches in it.
#17. It starred "that black guy."
#18. Someone else sat next to you.
#19. The theatre smelled like popcorn.
#20. Someone in the showing you came to last night coughed and now you have a sore throat.


Managing a movie theatre is essentially like being the only parent on a really long road trip with 300 kids who are all cranky, can't nap and won't shut up.

 

[Zeema]

Worst Job was KFC: the people were loud, obnoxious, drug addled and the spawn of Satans left testicle ( They were mean) and not to mention my Manger who would yell at other employees for not doing her job and breaking a girl to make her cry for fun and the spineless employees who didn't wanna defend me even know they know the manager was a dick and picked on people

Best Job: Not lucky enough to have one

 

[Angie7F]

my best job is my current jobs. The combination of my jobs work perfectly and I love it.
but i cant disclose the content because it is so rare.

i tried to think of my worst job, but i cant really think of one.
I tend to choose interesting jobs, so everyone of them have a interesting trait that makes it hard to hate.

 

[Vicarious Reality]

I have never had a real paying job, but i have been on numerous school prao work preparation test things

Best was when i was a librarian

Worst when i was a graveyard gardener

 

[Legendairy314]

Worst- Probably working at a terrible fast food job in which no customer could see the inside of the store. Fun fact, if the place isn't under the pressure of customers looking in then nobody even bothers keeping the place clean in the slightest.

Best- Haunted house. I got to be a cannibal that would chase people through a hallway and get them to piss themselves. I had a record of 7 all on my own. And when there wasn't a customer coming through you could chill with people in the rooms adjacent to you.

 

[Krantos]

My worst job was when I was strong armed into helping at my wife's job (back when we were still just dating). It was at a Wolfhound kennel. Basically consisted of scooping poop and working on some fencing the guy wanted done.

The work wasn't terrible, but the guy was a total ass. I eventually quit and soon there afterwards he fired my wife. Via Email. Because she wasn't "a good fit personally." That was after she snapped at him for snapping at her.

Best job is the one I have now. .Net Developer/tech support for a company that produced a program to handle inspections and database management for oil refineries.

 

[RufusMcLaser]

Worst? Barnhand. It was everything I hate about "good honest work"- smelly, dirty, cold/hot (depending on the season), paid poorly, and my boss was Satan herself. Dairy cows are stupid, filthy, incredibly passive animals. I have no actual ill will for them only because I like beef and I like dairy products, so long as someone else is doing all the organism work.

That job had one upside- it gave me a frame of reference for every other job I've had.

Best job? I'm a career military man, and I have been very fortunate in working in a field that I find interesting and rewarding. It's carried various and differing duties depending on time and place, but I've never woken up in the morning and thought "I don't want to go to work" even once.

 

[RobfromtheGulag]

Worst: Dog Washer at a grooming store. Annoying small dogs, gross dirty dogs, violent dogs. And hearing their unhappy barks all day long.

Best: English teacher in Asia. Essentially just chat with different people for 8 hours a day.

 

[gh0ti]

Best: Unemployment

Worst: Unemployment

I haven't ever had a job and I am 21! 1 more year though and I will be a fully qualified teacher.

Was going to add being a teacher as both the best and worst job I've ever had.