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[Tertullian]

I have learned from this, thankfully, and realize that corporate jobs fucking suck. I know I can be making more money than I do now but damn, if this is the way the world works, I don't want to be a part of it. That's kind of how the whole "killing myself" thing festered its way into my head.

Nooooooo OP nooo, this is not the moral of the story.

 

[esms]

I have learned from this, thankfully, and realize that corporate jobs fucking suck. I know I can be making more money than I do now but damn, if this is the way the world works, I don't want to be a part of it. That's kind of how the whole "killing myself" thing festered its way into my head.

 

[electricshake]

If you were only there for 2.5 hours how can you say corporate jobs suck?

 

[dareacher]

So YOU quit your job after 2.5 hrs and now your contemplating suicide? How about you buck up, take ownership for your fuckup, learn from it and move forward....if this is what screw ur head up , im sorry to say buddy but ur in for quite a ride in the game of life.now get ur ass up and go find a job.

 

[BumRush]

OP, I hate to break it to you buy if that's what you "learned" you didn't really learn anything

 

[gutshot]

He would have to be the biggest fuck up in the entire world to put this job on his resume going forward.

True, but about an hour ago I would have said you'd have to be the biggest fuck up in the entire world to quit a job after 2.5 hours because they weren't setting you up quick enough, but well, here we are.

 

[teruterubozu]

I have learned from this, thankfully, and realize that corporate jobs fucking suck. I know I can be making more money than I do now but damn, if this is the way the world works, I don't want to be a part of it. That's kind of how the whole "killing myself" thing festered its way into my head.

Dude, you're 28. Get a grip.

 

[NealMcCauley]

Yikes.

I don't know why, but this is the first thing I thought of. Hope your former supervisor doesn't network with other companies.

 

[Psychological Intellect]

I have learned from this, thankfully, and realize that corporate jobs fucking suck. I know I can be making more money than I do now but damn, if this is the way the world works, I don't want to be a part of it. That's kind of how the whole "killing myself" thing festered its way into my head.

 

[E92 M3]

Participation trophies are ruining our generation and I say this being the same age as the OP.

 

[cwmartin]

If you were only there for 2.5 hours how can you say corporate jobs suck?

I contemplated suicide after 2.5 hours at the DMV, so I imagine the OP would off himself after 20 minutes trying to renew his license.

 

[Russ T]

I have learned from this, thankfully, and realize that corporate jobs fucking suck. I know I can be making more money than I do now but damn, if this is the way the world works, I don't want to be a part of it. That's kind of how the whole "killing myself" thing festered its way into my head.

Oh.

Well, in my previous post I said "lesson learned".

I guess you learned the wrong lesson.

Listen, quitting a job because you don't like it, that's whatever. But if you're going to give up after 2.5 hours every time you don't like something? Eesh.

 

[Alucrid]

Yeah, my boss said that I can have the rest of the week off and I can come back next Monday. He'll just count it as vacation days (good thing I racked up about a month's worth).



It's okay. I've been hearing it from my mom nonstop so this is nothing.

And don't worry, I won't actually kill anyone. She just gets to me sometimes.

I have learned from this, thankfully, and realize that corporate jobs fucking suck. I know I can be making more money than I do now but damn, if this is the way the world works, I don't want to be a part of it. That's kind of how the whole "killing myself" thing festered its way into my head.

I waited in this thread 2.5 hours and this is what I get. I'm out.

 

[RustyNails]

I have learned from this, thankfully, and realize that corporate jobs fucking suck. I know I can be making more money than I do now but damn, if this is the way the world works, I don't want to be a part of it. That's kind of how the whole "killing myself" thing festered its way into my head.

It's a sad day for America when corporations cannot keep up with the pace of a dilligent worker like yourself.

 

[GoldenEye 007]

The office assistant was looking for a power brick. She found 4 of them but none of them were the right ones for the monitor.

So they were actually actively working on this extremely minor problem, and you just quit? After 2.5 hours?

I'm sorry this is one of the most idiotic things I've ever heard. And I've seen/heard some shit here on GAF.

 

[A Penguin]

That's the part that I'm stressing about. I don't want to waste years of my life sitting at some desk. I already did that in school. But then when I think about what DO I want to do, I draw a blank.

And you don't have to necessarily do this for the rest of your life. You coulda just sucked it up, did the desk job, collected the salary, and then move on to bigger and better things once you figure things out.

 

[Mammoth Jones]

It's a sad day for America when corporations cannot keep up with the pace of a dilligent worker like yourself.

Dat entitlement tho....

 

[teruterubozu]

I contemplated suicide after 2.5 hours at the DMV, so I imagine the OP would off himself after 20 minutes trying to renew his license.

Yeah but the DMV is like that by design. He was on the clock.

 

[marrec]

I have learned from this, thankfully, and realize that corporate jobs fucking suck. I know I can be making more money than I do now but damn, if this is the way the world works, I don't want to be a part of it. That's kind of how the whole "killing myself" thing festered its way into my head.

Alright it's time to get serious OP.

"Corporate" jobs don't suck. Life isn't some Hollywood movie where you realize that you're a special butterfly and can go your own way. These jobs are filled with real life people that don't need to be actualized by your existence, they have shit to do that doesn't involve babysitting the new guy to make sure he feels fulfilled in his first 2.5 hours of work.

You stormed off the job because you weren't ready to face the realities of your new responsibilities. I've been behind a desk for the last 6 years of my working career and it's JUST AS sucky as any kind of manual labor. There is no magical job that is going to cater to your various insecurities about money and fulfillment and adulthood.

Do the best job you can while trying to get the most money you can while trying not to go insane from having a job you don't like.

You can't even say "this just wasn't for me" because you didn't have the patience or empathy to wait more than 2.5 hours before throwing a fit. You don't know if the job would have been exciting or compelling.

Now, having said all that, it's just one job. Get back out there and this time don't fuck it up by stroking your ego off to bursting in the inevitable wait to get set up.

Fuck.

 

[Trouble]

OP is making me want to defend the corporate world. Impressive.

 

[Dai101]

Sounds more like the employer made a huge mistake hiring you in the first place.

Your ex-boss is loving that they dodged a bullet, tho.

Indeed. And i'm actually defending the corporate world....... damn.

I'm too fucking baffled by this and actually angry. My best friend (girl/women friend) had been hunting for a fucking job for 9 months now, sending resumes, going to endless work interviews, dealing with depression for that same issue because no job, no money, bills to pay, shit like that until this friday she landed one after weeks of the initial interview and i'm really happy for her and really wish her the best.

Meanwhile you go to a nice job and quit after two fucking hours just because??

No sympaty here. You're the worst.

 

[Sethista]

why is the title of your post " I've made a hige mistake" when you clearly dont think so?

And the moral for you is corporate jobs suck? You havent even worked in one to come to that conclusion!

Really, you can tell me, are you trrolling?

 

[LyleLanley]

Yea, OP please please please never mention this ever again to any potential employer. Ever.

Now I'm imagining a resumé that shows that the OP worked a job for 2 and a half hours.

 

[Orbis Tabula]

Fact of the matter is, any big corporate organization is going to be a towering monstrous behemoth of bureaucracy. Doing something as significant as getting background checks, tax shit, IT, allocating space and resources, and payroll for one employee is an undertaking that's going to involve a lot of people working different schedules, with a lot of tasks to do. If you can't wait two and a half hours for that shit to get worked out (and getting paid to do it) then yeah, the corporate world is not for you. I've waited two and a half weeks for that kind of shit to clear before. I've collected paychecks before I was actually able to work.

 

[Skeyser]

That's the part that I'm stressing about. I don't want to waste years of my life sitting at some desk. I already did that in school. But then when I think about what DO I want to do, I draw a blank.

So instead you went back to your dead end job playing video games?

 

[stump sock]

Yeah but the DMV is like that by design. He was on the clock.

even if my job was to wait at the DMV I might quit after 2.5 hours

 

[Stilton Disco]

This can't be real, can it? The storming off after just 2.5 hours, the 'lesson learned' strop, this whole thread's based on a joke, surely?

 

[G0523]

What's your job experience like?

Was accounting your major?

No. I double-majored in Communications and English in college. My job experience mostly consists of retail and now purchasing.

 

[Chuck Norris]

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I have learned from this, thankfully, and realize that corporate jobs fucking suck. I know I can be making more money than I do now but damn, if this is the way the world works, I don't want to be a part of it. That's kind of how the whole "killing myself" thing festered its way into my head.

How would you know? You've done about as much work in a corporate role as my boss's 4 year old who sometimes spends a couple hours in the office after school

 

[Megalosaro]

You want to hear about fuck ups, listen to this.

I was routing a heart for transplant. Surgery was in Dallas. I accidentally sent the heart to Detroit ( the airport codes are simliar).

We didn't catch it until the heart landed in Michigan and by then it was too late to retender for a flight the next morning.

Because e of that, the heart didn't make the surgery.

You're mistake wasnt that bad. So being such a baby

 

[Escargo]

OP wants to play video games, he finally realized that you can't do that when working in accounting. So he went back to his old job.

But... but... he would've made more money to buy more video games to play on his own time. I..I...don't understand.

 

[Skeyser]

No. I double-majored in Communications and English in college. My job experience mostly consists of retail and now purchasing.

Okay now I know why your mom's pissed

Lending a staff accountant job with zero accounting experience, she must have pulled some major strings.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

 

[electricshake]

How would you know? You've done about as much work in a corporate role as my boss's 4 year old who sometimes spends a couple hours in the office after school

(S)he sounds more qualified than OP.

 

[Live Free or Die]

I have learned from this, thankfully, and realize that corporate jobs fucking suck. I know I can be making more money than I do now but damn, if this is the way the world works, I don't want to be a part of it. That's kind of how the whole "killing myself" thing festered its way into my head.

No OP no. That is not what you should have taken away from this. You have learned nothing.

 

[marrec]

You want to hear about fuck ups, listen to this.

I was routing a heart for transplant. Surgery was in Dallas. I accidentally sent the heart to Detroit ( the airport codes are simliar).

We didn't catch it until the heart landed in Michigan and by then it was too late to retender for a flight the next morning.

Because e of that, the heart didn't make the surgery.

You're mistake wasnt that bad. So being such a baby

You're like a real life Breaking Bad character.

 

[Winterblink]

This can't be real, can it? The storming off after just 2.5 hours, the 'lesson learned' strop, this whole thread's based on a joke, surely?

Have you ever had to deal with hiring a member of the "entitlement generation"? Because this is pretty consistent with that.

 

[Trojita]

First days at a new job generally start with them throwing stacks of documentation on your desk for you to read through to keep you busy until your access to systems, network, etc comes through. Yes, you screwed up. It's very common for people to be bored when they first start a corporate job. Don't worry, you'll be busy soon enough.

No he won't.

Also there's a chance OP literally could have left the building went home without saying anything and no one would have noticed. Instead OP insults the company/manager and says they are leaving and going home after 2.5 hours of a 1st day at work.

 

[marrec]

No OP no. That is not what you should have taken away from this. You have learned nothing.

OP is basically Judd Nelson at the end of The Breakfast Club here.

Except he probably isn't going to get laid later like Judd Nelson totally did.

 

[Mammoth Jones]

OP is making me want to defend the corporate world. Impressive.

Fuck that, I'll defend it. There are real people feeding their families with their corporate jobs. Lots of us here. We just trying to pay our bills like everyone else.

Celebrate being average.

 

[Pastry]

No. I double-majored in Communications and English in college. My job experience mostly consists of retail and now purchasing.

And you're content with just working in retail because you get to be around video games? You had an out, man. Jesus.

 

[ClosingADoor]

No. I double-majored in Communications and English in college. My job experience mostly consists of retail and now purchasing.

For someone majored in communications, you might want to start communicating with the people at your work instead of walking out. Damn dude. You were getting paid for doing nothing. PAID FOR DOING NOTHING.

 

[crisdecuba]

I guess I wasn't thinking. I'm so used to everything getting done immediately that I wasn't used to doing nothing. I feel like if I'm doing nothing then I'm missing something.

I was jumping to the "killing myself" part because I do suffer from depression and I think I was okay with quitting but then when my mom called me and started yelling, I just went there.

I'm used to making quick decisions at my previous jobs so I guess I was doing the same thing here. It didn't work clearly. I've never had a corporate office job and I didn't know that it was this slow.

I appreciate the response, thank you!

 

[DizzyCaffeine]

No. I double-majored in Communications and English in college. My job experience mostly consists of retail and now purchasing.

So you got an accounting job? OK, makes a little more sense now. You just took the job to get your mom off your back. And boy did that backfire spectacularly.

 

[E92 M3]

No. I double-majored in Communications and English in college. My job experience mostly consists of retail and now purchasing.

What was your goal with those majors? Shits and giggles or you wanted to go into that area?

 

[cpp_is_king]

I have learned from this, thankfully, and realize that corporate jobs fucking suck. I know I can be making more money than I do now but damn, if this is the way the world works, I don't want to be a part of it.

You either learned nothing or learned the wrong thing, because lol.

 

[Juicy Bob]

You want to hear about fuck ups, listen to this.

I was routing a heart for transplant. Surgery was in Dallas. I accidentally sent the heart to Detroit ( the airport codes are simliar).

We didn't catch it until the heart landed in Michigan and by then it was too late to retender for a flight the next morning.

Because e of that, the heart didn't make the surgery.

You're mistake wasnt that bad. So being such a baby

Oh my fucking fuck.

 

[richardhawk]

OP wants to play video games, he finally realized that you can't do that when working in accounting. So he went back to his old job.

Exactly what I'm getting out of this. Hope you enjoy the retail life man.

 

[Orbis Tabula]

For someone majored in communications, you might want to start communicating with the people at your work instead of walking out. Damn dude. You were getting paid for doing nothing. PAID FOR DOING NOTHING.

Seriously. If I could get paid to sit around on my phone all day, I'd bring a charger and milk that shit dry.

OP, you do know you can get Internet on phones now, right?

 

[Daffy Duck]

Imagine the giggles the office are having right now.