We've all had them, toxic people at work or just rubbish work cultures, what have been yours?
Paperboy - Job started off well enough but the mid 90s-late 90s fad of putting in 5 bloody leaflets into every newspaper didn't half weigh that bag down! - It was a real skill learning how to balance on a bike with that
Waiter - Spent 2 years working as a waiter in a Posthouse forte. Was really the lowest of the low at 16-18 working there. Hated it at times, crazy long hours and all for a measly £2.90 an hour, used to get talked to like shit from from the customers and staff.
Worked for 2 law firms - One involved LOTS of trips to London from Norwich all the time, this was before the days of TomToms and the like so driving around London with a printout of instructions from MultiMap which trying to navigate the streets with a nightmare itself. The second one sacked me because I wouldn't go and help them do work in Liverpool at weekends for 'days in lieu'
Worked for the NHS - The culture, uggh. It was just awful, everything was always the blame game the entire time. I was bought in to help manage their service desk and I spent more time dealing with managers above me than staff below me and trying to help a VERY fragmented department..
Paperboy - Job started off well enough but the mid 90s-late 90s fad of putting in 5 bloody leaflets into every newspaper didn't half weigh that bag down! - It was a real skill learning how to balance on a bike with that
Waiter - Spent 2 years working as a waiter in a Posthouse forte. Was really the lowest of the low at 16-18 working there. Hated it at times, crazy long hours and all for a measly £2.90 an hour, used to get talked to like shit from from the customers and staff.
Worked for 2 law firms - One involved LOTS of trips to London from Norwich all the time, this was before the days of TomToms and the like so driving around London with a printout of instructions from MultiMap which trying to navigate the streets with a nightmare itself. The second one sacked me because I wouldn't go and help them do work in Liverpool at weekends for 'days in lieu'
Worked for the NHS - The culture, uggh. It was just awful, everything was always the blame game the entire time. I was bought in to help manage their service desk and I spent more time dealing with managers above me than staff below me and trying to help a VERY fragmented department..