I’ve decided to talk a little bit about the job that I used to have for less than a month. It went by the name of Aramark. Disclaimer: In no way am I trying to degrade this place or piss anyone off. This job was by far the worse job I have ever had. On my first day (which was a Friday) they had me fold aprons and towels, which I enjoyed.
When I came back after the weekend they moved me upstairs to sorting. This job consist of looking at the account number and man number and sorting them. They have 10 -20 charts for each day of the week to sort by. My first week wasn’t all that bad besides occasionally messing up when hanging or sorting slowly, which my two coworkers told me wasn’t a big deal and that I shouldn’t hurry because there is a lot to take in and remember.
On the second week my two coworkers that I worked with upstairs came up to me and said that they will be leaving me here by myself to sort while two workers downstairs hang clothes to be sent up to me. At first I didn’t think nothing of it until they were heading out and told me that they were leaving me to hang this rack (which I have never hung before.) After they left I started to hang it by the chart, until I came upon some numbers that weren’t on it. I didn’t know what to do so I just pushed all of them back. In the process of trying to figure out that chart and hang all of the clothes the lines started to get backed up from the two hanging downstairs. I went downstairs to let them know and a young girl followed me upstairs to help me. When she got to the top step she looked at me and said I don’t know how to do this job. She told me that she was going to go ask my manger on what I should do. 10 - 15 minutes later she comes upstairs and tells me that we will be leaving in 30 to 40 minutes just try to cope with the back up. I just say okay and try to hang and pull clothes as quick as possible. After the bell rings I head downstairs to clock out and leave. While heading out of the door my manger gives me a dirty look, I just shrug it off and head home.
The next day the two woman upstairs are pissed at me because I left them with so many clothes and that I messed up on sorting the chart. When I mentioned to them that I’m still learning the charts they told me that I need to hurry up but also work on my accuracy. When last week they told me not to rush because there is a lot to take in and remember.
Later on in the day they left me by myself, yet again with another chart that I have never done. This time my manger come up and told me that I need to hurry up and that when I go on my ten minute and thirty minute breaks that I don’t need to be spending two to three minutes after them using the restroom (Not to be tmi but I go to the restroom a lot because I’ve been vegan for about a month and my stomach is still getting used to it.) I just nodded and told her I would speed things up. I still wound up getting way behind again but this time I didn’t tell anyone I just pulled out a bunch of clothes onto the line and leaving them for my two coworkers in the morning.
When I showed up today they fired me. Now I am looking for another job. From your opinion should they have left me by myself when I had only been on my second week?
