This is more “mildly infuriating” than outrageous compared to a lot of the other stuff on this sub, but I thought you guys would get a kick out of it.
My wife works part time for a health care agency. She just got a full-time job that she starts soon, but the HC company has a mandatory training that takes place on the first day of her new job. No evening session, no rescheduling, no switching to another group on another day, nothing. Apparently they're letting go of a lot of employees over this.
So she had to call her new employer and work out an agreement where she could come in later that first day. Not a big deal overall, but makes her look bad for this new job.
I just don't understand why you would have such a rigid, unnecessary, ridiculous rule like this. And be willing to lose a chunk of your workforce over it, when all you have to do to make it work is offer an ounce of flexibility. Management in this work culture seems to think that rules are more important than real life. It's mind-boggling.