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McDonald’s Cashier Job….Not enough credit, training, or money

I’m fifteen and in the 10th grade. When I started working at McDonald’s I was thrown on the front register with nobody else up there to help me, the A. Manager didn’t train me and every time I asked her a question she rolled her eyes did it with no explanation and walked away. [...]

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Nordstrom Jobs…Poor Pay and Benefits

AMEN!! that is all I have to say. I knew I was not alone in my opinions or should we say facts seriously I stated here right before Christmas so the time for sales was good for the most part.  But “Hello why did I sell that shoe I ask myself and which one was [...]

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Frozen Yogurt shop gets taken over by lazy family nepotism

Right after I graduated from High school I found a job at a local Frozen Yogurt shop, The same day I got the interview I was hired and began working the night shift that day. I really liked it because I was the only guy besides the manager and the rest of the workers were [...]

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Hell at Maccas….no hours or respect as a cashier.

So i’ve been working at Maccas for 7 months now and let me tell you, if it wasn’t for my broke ass, then i would of quit ages ago. On my 1st and 2nd training shifts i was taught how to fry fries, and guess that was pretty easy (not a lot of work). On [...]

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Applebees sucks…poorly paid part-time server.

I started working at the Applebees in Wisconsin Rapids in October. When I was hired I was told I was going to be a bartender, but on my first day they trained me as a server. I asked the manager about this and she said its because the bartenders serve food and they wanted me [...]

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AMC Theaters Job…low pay for unsanitary work and sexual harassment.

I have only been working for AMC Theaters for 5 short months.
For $8 per hour I have been forced to:
-pick up vomit
-stay at work after being thrown up on
-clean poop off of walls
-get called multiple names by customers and still have to stay and be nice
-do hard labor until 1 in the morning
-get called a [...]

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Male School Paraprofessional…responsible for absent teacher for low pay

Ive worked as a school paraprofessional at multiple schools and feel it’s very necessary to inform parents and those considering paraprofessional jobs of what really goes on.
The facts are that for the vast majority of paraprofessional positions, no education beyond a GED is required (and even that can be worked around by taking a “keys” [...]

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Fired Unfairly with a Double Standard for Managers…..McDonalds Manager

Where to begin!!! Hmmmmm. Well to start it off,I’m a manager at the rockdale McDonald. Well not now… see, I got fired for a NCNS (no call no show), but the thing is, the general manager knew why I didn’t come in…
I got a very bad eye infection,so I went outta town to a doctor [...]

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Night Auditor….never a dull moment in the hospitality business

First off I want to say cool site! Im a front desk clerk/night auditor at small hotel in a small town. I can honest say I like my job!
I’ve had alot of jobs from straw hat warehouse worker(sweat shop), CNA( glorifed ass wiper), call center (nightmare),dental asst. (temper tantram denist),taco packer for frozen food factory(nightmare [...]

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McDonalds Manager in Australia – Overworked with no breaks!

Hi there, so I’m 19 and am currently a manager at McDonalds in New South Wales, Australia. And I’m here to tell you just how bad my job is.
First of all, I have been a manager for little under a year. And the mcDonalds i work at is located within a shopping centre, so [...]

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Nurse – No BSN = No Hospital Job

I have lived my whole life wanting to be a nurse like my mother. I chose a difficult path by having children first, but I had a career plan and stuck with it. Little did I know that the nursing profession/medical field was taking a turn for the worse and would send me into downward [...]

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Nurse – I love nursing, not managing.

I love working as a nurse, but I don’t enjoy my present job.
I am fortunate enough to work with wonderful professional people, but I work for a small agency and was promoted to administrator. Now I am responsible for tasks for which I had little or no training, and I don’t get to see [...]

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The McDonald’s Experience – Dangerous Crazy Coworkers

This story is long, but please take your time to read it. It contains some things that might make you think twice about the things that go on behind the golden arches…
I began working for McDonald’s in Australia last year, and if my experiences were in the contract’s terms and conditions then I never would [...]

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Waste of 10 years – Underappreciated Nordstrom’s Manager

I worked at Nordstrom for 10 years and as manager for 9 and 1/2 years. Year after year I would get promoted or receive glowing performance reviews.
As all the other reviews mention they work you like a dog and the customers get treated with the upmost respect. Employees on the other hand do not. Store [...]

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Radiology worker….overworked and hating my career

I work in MRI and hate everything about the job.
I never get a lunch or break, stay late all the time, get yelled at by unappreciate patients, stay late all of the time because the ER puts in STATS five minutes before time to go home, I work weekends and holidays and have to carry [...]

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Supercuts Sucks – low pay and no raises

I have worked for Supercuts for over ten years and must say they truly dont care about their employees. Now during the christmas sesaon we get no chrstmas partys no bonuses nothing..
They are always wanting the numbers to be at a certain point and when the shop does it what do we get???We get to [...]

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LVN = Least Valuable Nurse – Male Nurse

ive been an lvn for 3 years and in that time i have never held a full time job as a nurse ive been forced to work registry jobs with non guaranteed shifts ive been used as grunt labor and all kinds of random SHIT because im a male nurse i get asked not to [...]

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Student nurse – Nursing, I love it, I hate it!!!!

I am a student nurse, in my 3rd year of nursing. I took up nursing with a lot of passion towards it. Prior to being a part of nursing, I worked for 10 years after my 12th grade in medical transcription, I did make good money there. I lost my close friend [...]

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People Watching and Meditation…..McDonald’s Junior Crew Member, Australia

I’ve worked at a very busy McDonald’s store in Australia for around a year and a half. In my time there I’ve certainly seen the good, the bad and, not surprisingly, the ugly.
Of course you have the perils of horrible customers, a far from glamourous working environment and the regular insults to your intelligence from [...]

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Only one year and tired of nursing already – New Jersey LPN

Hi, I am 24 years old and an LPN in Jersey. I have been working as a nurse for about a year now and I’m already fed up. I guess my experience in nursing is limited. I’ve been doing home care for the whole time and going in and out of people’s home is insane, [...]

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