For context: I worked there for one day and immediately following talked to my partner and decided to get the fuck out.
So basically, I was working for a mom and pop business and was trying to find a position somewhere given my current job wasn’t paying a livable wage and micromanaged me to the point where they had screenshots of my computer every 15 seconds to measure productivity or some nonsense.
I found a job near me which paid a significant amount more with full benefits and being new to the area I didn’t even take into consideration that the Scientology headquarters was down the road. What followed was the strangest experience ever.
I came in to this office that had brand new everything and was blown away. I had my own standing desk and it all felt too good to be true. Everybody there was so excited to work and it made me excited and nervous to perform well. The first strange occurrence was me making small talk with the IT about computers which I was met with “This doesn’t pertain to work.” Whatever, he’s probably just not in the mood.
Fast forward, I have a training course online that lasted the entire first day and everything was business as usual until right before lunch when I noticed a excerpt from a booklet written by Elton Hubbards uncle about how stupid the workers are and how much the boss sacrifices and got freaked the fuck out. I went on break and frantically looked up the name of the CEO and found his family led a chapter of Scientology and I was terrified, but decided to give it till the end of the day because “hey I can’t judge him for his family, right?”.
No. I come to find out through a mid day meeting that the biggest client was a Scientologist who had gotten in legal trouble recently. I also found the owner had a video on the official website. Needless to say, I kindly quit at the end of the day via text and watched a Scientology documentary on my first day of unemployment in terror.
Also: I literally brought dune to read on my break… the irony jfc