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Anonymous
The only two jobs I have ever held the longest was with a Uniform company. This one I started off in the warehouse, and due to the extreme discomfort of standing on concrete any where from 8 to 10 hours I moved to the office where I did customer service/ call center. This only lasted for 3 years and I lost this one due to performance issues. I cursed the bosses out in anger because I felt I did the job to the best of my ability.. I despise those S.O.B’.s to this day for the torment I went through. A month later I went to another call center for a “generic/sideline” phone company. The only reason I was able to stay as long as I did there weren’t a lot of detailed responsibilities. But there were a lot of hard core stupid rules I had to try to live with. I was trained specifically for 1 department and it took me longer than the rest before I was ready to answer calls by myself.. I hate these places that try to “cram” tons of stuff on you at one time and then expect you to perform like you’ve been there for years. As time went on and more people were either quitting or getting fired for different reasons, the more cross training they poured on us. I was stressed to the max to the point my doctor put me on leave of absence from extreme depression… I eventually got “laid off” and I knew that was their reason to get rid of me. I miss the money but I don’t miss the stress. The company eventually went out of business anyway. I was diagnosed with ADHD in 2007 after all this happened and I have been struggling to find/keep employment ever since… It’s been 1 failure after another. I’ve had 43 or 44 jobs total and I’m only in my early 40’s…..Can’t win for losing…
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