So I was hired for a temp position last year around May and my start date was end of May. They were supposed to send me a laptop, information for direct deposit, all of this. I got through the drug test, the background check. Everything turned out fine.
I get to the friday before my start date and they decide they wanted to push it back to the first week of July. Okay, no problem, I can make that work. Luckily my mom was able to loan me some money to pay my rent (which saved my ass) and I waited it out. The friday before the training started, they send an email saying “Sorry, but we're rescinding our offer” something about how they'd hired too many people.
Well to my shock, this May, they were hiring again and offered me a position due to what happened last time. I took it, got through training and everything was fine for the first two weeks. My first week on the floor, though, was one I've never experienced before. Upon starting the actual work, they didn't tell me of any expectations for the role, as far as metrics goes. So I asked when I started on the team. They wanted 80-100 applications submitted per day. Straight out of training. Micromanagement got so real, they also sent out metrics every hour to everyone of the entire team and yes, being new, I was behind. All of the new people were, not just me. But they went into the second day saying I'd be out of a job come next week if I don't pick up the pace… i'm a meeting with 70+ people in it. Now I wouldve understood if it was a meeting of me and a manager or a couple managers, no they called me out.
So I continued and gradually got better and the days went. I told my supervisor I felt disrespected by that and that Idk if I'll be staying if that's how it is usually. Bad move, I know.
The following week, I get a call saying that I'm being “let go due to not reviewing applications enough and trying to manipulate my metrics of applications completed.” I laughed… I got that call and laughed when they said that. I asked to get my last paycheck, asked for a shipping label and sent their shit back.
But before I left, I said something I kind of regret but it felt so nice to say. “Hey [manager name], maybe next time you shouldn't call people out and talk shit about new people in a meeting of 70+ people. Fuck your production numbers and fuck your piss poor management style”.
I was so happy I said it. In retrospect, it's ironic because I said it in the group of 70+ people, but I couldn't hold back. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. I'll never be able to go back to that job, but it was temporary anyway. Plus, it was pretty toxic from the looks of it during training and after training.