i’ve been in two jobs since the past two years. i cannot handle stress plus very little attention to details and get things messed up. (i work with numbers and deadlines). my first company was very toxic. my second company is very supportive and positive. but one thing that does not change: how incompetent and messy i am. should i just not consider a career at all? how do i live?
So after I was hired by my company a month ago, they told me that they would start interviewing people and that anyone currently within our circle who can find a viable candidate would be rewarded a $3,000 bonus. My first thought would be to help poach some former coworkers that I had a good relationship with from a previous job with a toxic boss. But recently our receptionist told me that even though the company was still open to interviews, they're not currently looking to hire more people. They're simply holding interviews to “test the waters”. I thought to myself this place is really trying to waste other people's time. A part of me is slightly offended because I knew what it was like to struggle after interview after interview, getting rejections and while hearing the trending buzzword “nobody wants to work anymore”. Now that I have a job…
For employee appreciation day my work brought in both breakfast and lunch. Bagels and muffins for breakfast, but the muffins ran out pretty fast. Come lunch time they bring in pizza, 5 boxes for around 100 people. Only half even got one slice, while the rest just came into the break room and left immediately. We were told to expect pizza for lunch so most everyone didn't have anything else prepared. Some of the purchasing people ordered more, so everyone did get fed. Afterwards I overheard a conversation that next time, their main solution is do just tell the pizza place to cut smaller slices. Lots of appreciation today lol.
Seriously, if there was a Regus Pattoff School of Management – sign me up. Followed by Leadership and Interpersonal Behaviour training by Hans Landa. Sign me up.
