The grass isn't greener....

[Chiefsmom]

So...
I originally loved my last job.  Fairly easy, good pay, mostly good people to work with, no covid bs, ect.  I worked there for 3 years.  The problem was my boss.  I didn't realize it, but the boss was a narcissist, who was never wrong. (even when proven otherwise)
So I started looking for another job.  I did miss doing payroll and such, so I looked in that field.
Mind you, before this job, I had been with my job for over 20 years, then a company buy went bad.
So anyway, I went on a few interviews, didn't hear anything, then I did.
It was great on paper.  HR & Payroll.  Small company, that had been in business for almost 100 years.  I didn't have any experience in trucking industry, but they were ok with that.
I had also never given a 2 week notice.
So, I accepted the offer.
Put in my 2 weeks, which was awkward as heck.
And went off to start my new adventure.
Well, turns out there were a lot of other questions I should have asked, that I didn't think about.
Health insurance?  It said they offered it.  Turns out it is expensive as heck.
Holidays?  You work Christmas and New Years Eve's.
401K?  They are still working on it.
Oh, by the way, we just bought the company from the old owners, and have big corp silent partners.
And the 2 people who mostly bought it, don't communicate well about daily issues.. well, one does, the other is horrible.
No office for human resources, just out with 2 other office workers in the front.
And the most fun.  One of those office workers is a sibling to one of the owners, that has been there for 5 years and resents not having the office manager job anymore, even though it was open to apply apparently, so they just do what they want, when they want.
Plus the bonus of the 3 old owners, coming in everyday, like they still run the place, offering "advice" on how to do things.
Maybe it is just because I am older, and had been out of the job hunt for so long, but I really almost ran out crying the first week.  
It has now been almost 90 days, and I am still wanting to look again.  Much more carefully this time.
But I also wish I wouldn't have left the previous one.  
Better the Devil you know?
Just needed to vent somewhere, where it wouldn't be found.
At this point, if I could win just enough money to pay off the house, I swear I would get a mindless job at Walmart or something, just to keep the lights on.

[GeauxHomeLittleD]

@"Chiefsmom" 

Trust me, you don't want that "mindless" job at Walmart either! Worked there, have many friends who still do. It's a job you only want if you have absolutely no other options. Nobody that works for them loves their job and would give just about anything to work ANYWHERE else! The grass there is completely dead and littered with trash and dead crawly things.

[VioletDove]

I have to agree with @"GeauxHomeLittleD". I’ve worked there too. That place is a cesspool. They treat their employees terrible and most of the ones I’ve seen around here walk with a limp or have some other issue. I know a 70 year old lady that works there and she’s expected to lift heavy bags of potting soil, mulch etc by herself plus carry other heavy items up and down ladders several times a day. Just because she can doesn’t mean she should.

I understand your frustration but someday when you pick a mindless job, pick anywhere other than there.

[ABNARTY]

Sorry to hear about your circumstances.

Sounds like they were less than honest during the interview/hiring process. And they have an interesting cavalcade of characters to boot. It sounds like a positive environment is important to you. And why wouldn't it be, right? 

Unfortunately, I have no amazing advice to give you. Every place is going to have pros and cons. It sounds like you have identified the cons pretty well. Are there any pros?

[hounddoghowlie]

@"Chiefsmom" 

Trust me, you don't want that "mindless" job at Walmart either! Worked there, have many friends who still do. It's a job you only want if you have absolutely no other options. Nobody that works for them loves their job and would give just about anything to work ANYWHERE else! The grass there is completely dead and littered with trash and dead crawly things.

Did y'all do the pep rally thing?

[Snarl]

Unfortunately, I have no amazing advice to give you.

I might ...

Stop wishing the place was the way you like ... and make it the way you like.

What's the worse thing that could happen?  They make you go home?

[Chiefsmom]

Unfortunately, I have no amazing advice to give you.

I might ...

Stop wishing the place was the way you like ... and make it the way you like.

What's the worse thing that could happen?  They make you go home?

LOL  Well.......
I quit, without another job.   So much going on there, but I did try to make it the way I would like it, and to get the one boss to stop doing illegal things like letting an un CDL'd driver teach young drivers in the semi's.  He didn't like that.  And he wouldn't listen to the other owner either.

And ok Ladies, I hear you. NO WALMART.

[Selbiene_Raveren]

Did y'all do the pep rally thing?

Ugh.. that brings back nightmares of when I worked there in my early college years. The 8 o'clock morning meeting... 

I always found it funny, the button to the produce cooler got stuck around that time, and I was mysteriously trapped inside and could never attend... oh darn!

[Snarl]

Unfortunately, I have no amazing advice to give you.

What's the worse thing that could happen?  They make you go home?

I quit, without another job.

[hounddoghowlie]

Unfortunately, I have no amazing advice to give you.

What's the worse thing that could happen?  They make you go home?

I quit, without another job.

This one works to,

It's been such a long time,
I think I should be going,
And time doesn't wait for me,
It keeps on rolling.
Sail on,
On a distant highway.
I've got to keep on chasing a dream.
I've gotta be on my way;
Wish there was something I could say.