GAF, I've made a huge mistake. (Job related.)

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To be honest, I can't stand being inactive either and I don't believe the people calling OP entitled know what that word means.
That aside, walking out was pretty silly compared to waiting till past lunch when you probably would have gotten the manager's time. But now you know.
 
Wow I can't believe this thread is still going on. I caught up with the last few pages. OP is either a master troll or really pathetic. No sympathy from me.
 
Walking out was stupid. Live and learn how to handle the situation.

That being said I've never had a job I've started where I've just been shoved in a corner with nothing to do on day 1 while being in "training." Would be a personal red flag, but you don't just walk out.
 
I can't take OP seriously. I don't beleive a real person would walk out of a staff accountant position after 2.5 hours after doing nothing. Nobody would complain about doing nothing. You'd ask about it to make sure everything is ok while you wait until your computer is operational, but not quit.

Then OP goes on acting like he'd set fire or whatever if he worked there for years, when he has no knowledge of what he'd be doing or how his lifestyle would be with the job. You can't based crap after 2.5 hours of doing nothing.

Lastly, OP makes this thread when it is without a doubt one of the dumbest things he could've done. As if anyone would say otherwise.

Nice 23 (or 12) page troll thread.
 
Freeza Under The Shower said:
To be honest, I can't stand being inactive either and I don't believe the people calling OP entitled know what that word means.
That aside, walking out was pretty silly compared to waiting till past lunch when you probably would have gotten the manager's time. But now you know.
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If you can't stand being inactive, go out and find something to do. Ask a coworker. Find something that needs fixing. Start looking for other jobs.
 
entremet said:
Why would someone intentionally make themselves look so clueless though?
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G0523 said:
Doesn't that depress you? That you can't see your daughter for more than a few hours a day? That your job is pretty secure as long as you keep your head down? Don't you feel like you could be doing something better?



What do you do?
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Unless you bring your kid to work or work from home, seeing your kids for a few hours a day during the week is a reality for most of the working world.

"Keeping your head down" is a euphemism for doing your job well without trying to burn the place down, screaming at your boss, or doing anything similarly idiotic. Don't you try to do your current gaming-related job well? Why would you criticize someone else for wanting to do that?

Having a job that you're good at that helps you live the lifestyle that you want to live is the "better" that most of us go to college for. There is no shame in doing an honest day's work for an honest day's pay. You quit before you even discovered what an honest day's work entails, because of your (increasingly obvious) preconceived notions about what the corporate world entails. You simply don't have the experience to be making the value judgements you're making.
 
creatinegene said:
I would love to hear the boss's side of the story
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"Hey, I just had some new hire storm into my office and tell me he quits. What's his name? I dunno he never said. He was like normal height and his hair was normal? Like maybe brownish? Brownish blonde? He was wearing a tuxedo if that helps and a monocle. Yeah I know hahahahaahaha"
 
Freeza Under The Shower said:
To be honest, I can't stand being inactive either and I don't believe the people calling OP entitled know what that word means.
That aside, walking out was pretty silly compared to waiting till past lunch when you probably would have gotten the manager's time. But now you know.
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Fucking ridiculous. Are these all OP's alt accounts? Do you guys know what onboarding even looks like. Being inactive is one thing but a company worker trying to set your goddamn computer up and you throw a shitfit about it is altogether different.

Also how did OP go from being a warehouse inventory/game tester(?) into a staff accounting role.
 
RustyNails said:
Fucking ridiculous. Are these all OP's alt accounts? Do you guys know what onboarding even looks like. Being inactive is one thing but a company worker trying to set your goddamn computer up and you throw a shitfit about it is altogether different.

Also how did OP go from being a warehouse inventory/game tester(?) into a staff accounting role.
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He's good at math and organizing and stuff.

Source: OP's mom.
 
G0523 said:
So I started my first day as a staff accountant at this corporate company. I've never been a staff accountant before nor have I worked in a corporate environment. I was really nervous about it and I wasn't even sure if I could stand being in a business outfit all day.

Anyway, I get there and after filling out the necessary paperwork, I'm left at my cubicle with nothing to do. My computer isn't hooked up since they couldn't find the power cord and they weren't even sure if they had done a background check on me. After filling out my background information, I was left at my cubicle again with no instructions whatsoever. I was told before that I was going to be in training but nothing happened.

So I just sat there at the desk for two and a half hours. I was on my phone practically the entire time and I was bored stupid. After two and a half hours I had had enough. So I went to my boss and told her that I don't think this is a good fit. I told her that they don't seem organized and told her that I wasn't doing anything. She told me that it's only the first day and that I'm in training. But I told her that I haven't done anything and I wasn't even getting trained. So I told her that I'm leaving and am going home.

And now I'm at home. I called a couple of my friends, my boyfriend, and my mom called me and they all think that I made a huge mistake and should go back and ask for my job back. So I called my boss back and she said "No. You're done." And that was it.

After getting told that I screwed up, that I ruined my future, that this is how the corporate world works, I'm feeling very depressed. It definitely hit me that I made a huge mistake. Why don't I just kill myself now and get it over with? I have no future anyway, right? Why does the corporate world work this way?! This is horrible! Maybe I'm not meant to be in a corporate environment. Maybe I'm just meant to make minimum wage and be stuck at some dead-end job.

I hate my life. Did I fuck up my future that badly?!

TL;DR: I quit a corporate position after doing nothing but sitting for 2.5 hours. And now I'm paying for it, I guess.
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SHIIIIIIIIIT DUDE/DUDETTE

Just be patient on the next job., cubicle jobs can be boring but you threw away your first day by complaining to your boss and leaving like that.
 
Gwow OP. I will say this much if you feel like talking to someone with corporate and small business experience and the same age feel free to send me a pm. Definitely an odd career move but why kill yourself? Life is full of second chances.
 
thelastcrusader said:
Gwow OP. I will say this much if you feel like talking to someone with corporate and small business experience and the same age feel free to send me a pm. Definitely an odd career move but why kill yourself? Life is full of second chances.
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Real talk, life is full of dead ends, the underemployed crippled by debt, grown folks living with their parents, and homeless people. Meditate on that the next time you throw away a real job with nothing else lined up.

People who can afford to not work, or work jobs with minimal hours that barely pay anything, usually have the benefit of generous friends/families or simply no responsibilities.
 
The only problem I see with you is that you overreact to everything, learn to count to 10 before taking any decision because your instincts are WRONG.

And I'm not talking about losing your job (yes, quiting after 2.5. hours doing nothing is stupid but you can just learn from it), I'm talking about that "I should kill myself because I lose a job" bullshit.

Learn to be a bit stoic instead of losing your shit at everything.
 
G0523 said:
Thank you! Some sort of positivity and understanding! I feel like I would've set the place on fire if I worked there for years. It felt claustrophobic and small and I was choking.
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This is hilarious because you work at some shitty warehouse processing games that your company paid people pennies on the dollar for. At least at an office, they do something of value instead of tricking young kids into trading their games 20 for 1. You're basically Slugworth from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory trying to scam a golden ticket out of some kids hands everyday.

At least at an office you could do some real work.
 
My first day is practically me sitting and doing nothing while IT guy set my computer and email. Eh, you mess up this time, but don't worry, you can still make it. Good luck with your job searching.

Oh, in a few month or few years, you'll be wishing you have nothing to do during work (unless you really love that job, even then, i'm sure you appreciate some downtime)
 
Wow. Halfway through reading it, I thought you were going to say something like "I found out that I was supposed to be in another building for a training session" or something like that, but you totally surprised me.

Yeah it was a bad move. Yeah you should NEVER do something like that again. But, in the long run, probably not that big of a deal. You'll get another job, and now you'll know to just go with the flow when there's nothing to do.
 
I'm posting from work right now, slow day with not that much to do. It happens.
You have indeed made a huge mistake. First days are always like that.

On your next job (good luck finding that btw, hope your mom has more friends), the same will probably happen. Do whatever you can do, study the company brochure, remember everyone's name and seat, stuff like that.
 
MC Safety said:
That is a major screwup.

I don't mean to be overly harsh, but you may have killed someone.
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Sunset Samurai said:
Holy shit is the patient still alive?
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Yup. Logistics is serious business. I don't know if the patient is still alive. That info is confidential. We aren't given any patient details. Just where to pick up the heart from, and which hospital to take it to.

xxracerxx said:
How the fuck do you not have a ton of checks and double-checks on shit like this?

This makes me ill.
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At any given moment, my office is monitoring 200-400 shipments. We are supposed to be double checking each other's work, but sometimes things fall through the cracks.

It wasn't until our receiving agent picked up the shipment that he released "oh shit, this address is like 2000 miles away."

I don't want to make it sound like my company is incompetent. We're not. In fact, I think we're pretty good at what we do. But sometimes surgeries are missed, movies don't get to south america in time for their premiers, etc. There is about a million variables that can cause a shipment to go awry during its cross-country commute. Even more if you're shipping internationally, which is a whole other headache.

Speaking of which, one time I was taking an afterwork course and we had a guest speaker who is a Customs Broker.

CBP is implimenting a new system for submitting customs filings called ACE. It's a big piece of shit pain in the ass that is causing all sorts of problems not just for me, but my entire industry. I haven't gottne an AES filing right since we switched over.

Anyway, I asked the broker "why is ACE being such a pain in the ass? It's roll out has been completely botched."

Turns out the guest speaker is on the committee that has been helping develop ACE. It's his god damn pet project. He wasn't happy with the question.
 
OP, It is extremely important that you learn from your unbelievably foolish mistake. Remember this feeling, and use it to guide your future decisions. If you can do that, then you will one day look back on this as a net positive experience.

I personally believe that we are all *mostly* responsible for our own job satisfaction. If my job sucks? I find a way to make it fun, or at least hopefully less sucky. Only after I've exhausted every possible angle would I consider quitting. I get that there are situations that are unavoidable (shitty manager, poor work environment, shit company) but in this case you didn't even give it a chance.

My first job was doing data entry. I sat at a computer for 6 hours and entered info from written forms into a database. It was every bit as boring as it sounds. But instead of complaining, I made it a point to figure out the most efficient way to knock out the huge pile of forms. I'd record how many forms I got through in a day, and then tried to beat that record the next day.

The kicker was, I got the job because the branch manager was a family friend. Given that it was my first job and it was basically handed to me, I took it upon myself to prove to the folks there that I wasn't just some punk kid who was handed a cushy office job. I felt obligated to show my appreciation for my boss by exceeding expectations, or at least get fired trying.

This is the attitude with which I have approached every job that I have ever done, and it's a large reason why I think I've been able to achieve success in my professional life.

You should read this if you haven't before. It was written specifically for people like you

http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-harsh-truths-that-will-make-you-better-person/
 
Only read the op and just wanted to say you are fucking dumb op. Smh at the lack of "basic life skills 101" on some posters at this forum. Who the hell goes "i am going home" 2.5 hours into a job?
 
G0523 said:
Doesn't that depress you? That you can't see your daughter for more than a few hours a day? That your job is pretty secure as long as you keep your head down? Don't you feel like you could be doing something better?
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When a person grows up they realize that life isn't a fucking movie. We're not gonna be rock stars. Or movie stars.

I commute two hours to work. Two hours from work. I see my daughter a grand total of 2 hours maybe if she stays up per weekday.

Depress me? No. My job is to provide. I don't live in a fantasy world where I let perfect be the enemy of good.
 
Mammoth Jones said:
When a person grows up they realize that life isn't a fucking movie. We're not gonna be rock stars. Or movie stars.

I commute two hours to work. Two hours from work. I see my daughter a grand total of 2 hours maybe if she stays up per weekday.

Depress me? No. My job is to provide. I don't live in a fantasy world where I let perfect be the enemy of good.
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Well said. We do what we can do in order to survive and provide. My vision sucks, so I can't be a fighter pilot. I'm not particularly handsome, so I'm not a Hollywood actor. I'm not extremely bright, so I'm not an engineer for NASA.

I am, however, pretty darn good at making spreadsheets regarding and analyzing company financials. Soooo...I do that. It pays enough to live and have a little extra fun from time to time, and I can relax on the weekends. This is how life is done for the majority of people...we just have to embrace the good parts.
 
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