I started an administrative position with a family owned monument company 2 weeks ago. The pay was ok but had no benefits. The Interview process was the owner’s son calling me and asking me when I could start, I never even got to come down and see where I would be working. I found out how cramped and uncomfortable the layout was with 6 people all on top of one another in the first story of a home. No break room, no kitchen, just a shared small bathroom that was always gross. I found out on my first day as well that customers come into the already cramped office to go over paperwork. This was something that bothered me from the get go. The person who is training me has her last day on Friday and she wasn’t in today. I got to see first hand what the workload was going to be like once she was gone. It was too much for me to do by myself who has only been here 2 weeks. To top it off, I was thrown on the phones today which is not something I was trained to do either because of how busy they got. A group of 4 customers came in and sat at the table behind my desk all shouting at one another only 6 feet away from me. I had a question for the boss’ son as I managed to grab him while he was running around about a permit. After he answered my question I said to him “thank your help, sorry to bother you I know you’re busy but I was doubting myself with if I was doing this correctly.” His response “yeah you’re going to have to doubt yourself all the time in this business.” That struck me so wrong. I went back to my desk and between the phone ringing off the hook and the same four customers yelling behind me, I broke. I organized everything, got my lunch bag and walked out without saying a word. I did not doubt my actions. Onto better things.