What was your worst job ever? by Ronald Woods- Speaker-Trainer-Author https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj Why? en-us 2021-07-26 20:24:39 UTC 2021-07-28 14:53:05 UTC hello@padlet.com Front desk at a clinic - they expected me to never miss a call, even wanted me to bring the phone into the bathroom with me! https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663201352 2021-07-28 14:45:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663201352 https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663201466 Facilities Engineer with a different agency. "We have never done it that way" and "This is the way we have always done it" were daily staples. Also, very limited promotion potential.]]> 2021-07-28 14:45:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663201466 canvasser for a environmental group, got fired at the end of the second week because I wasn't getting enough donations from the people in the neighborhoods they assigned me to work in https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663201473 2021-07-28 14:45:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663201473 Space and Rocket Center https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663201493 Lack of resources in my department]]> 2021-07-28 14:45:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663201493 https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663201513 claims adjuster...low pay and I had to use my own vehicle!!

]]> 2021-07-28 14:45:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663201513 Odd jobs at elderly couple's property. I was put in several very dangerous situations. Very low pay. Worked alone. Was micro-managed at times with their instructions not making logical sense. https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663201529 2021-07-28 14:45:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663201529 Lab Manager https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663201548 Had to run experiments on mice]]> 2021-07-28 14:45:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663201548 CSR for VZW - Rough schedules, Poor leadership, Verbally abusive customers https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663201590 2021-07-28 14:45:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663201590 The job itself, the work, was fine, the manager (person in charge) was h-o-r-r-i-b-l-e https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663201656 2021-07-28 14:45:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663201656 https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663201754 In college, I worked a 3 day temp job at a plastic factory which prompted me to enlist in the US Army Reserves.

]]> 2021-07-28 14:45:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663201754 Undergraduate Research Assistant https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663201758 Mentor/advisor did not care]]> 2021-07-28 14:45:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663201758 Controls Engineer but with a different company. Management was overbearing, untrusting, and down right mean!!!!! https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663201836 Very unpleasant place to work.

]]> 2021-07-28 14:45:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663201836 Battalion S-1--horrible boss https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663201868 2021-07-28 14:45:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663201868 Medical Sales Rep - everything about it https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663201929 2021-07-28 14:45:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663201929 Working night shift for retail https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663201949 2021-07-28 14:45:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663201949 Foundation Accountant at a College: No direction, little to no workload at times https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663202060 2021-07-28 14:45:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663202060 Walgreens Pharmacy https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663202132 2021-07-28 14:45:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663202132 https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663202326 waiting tables- some people were just unkind customers even if you gave great service]]> 2021-07-28 14:46:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663202326 Lab Class TA https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663202451 Took a $0.01 pay cut between semesters]]> 2021-07-28 14:46:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663202451 Working for Aviagen. Largest Chicken producing company in the world. Performed maintenance in Chicken barns daily. Waded around in chicken pooo all day. each barn had around 18,000 chickens. Very hot work environment and long hours. On call 24/7. https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663202628 2021-07-28 14:46:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663202628 Internship with ALDOT. I was "College boy," and everyone hydrated while watching me smooth out smoldering asphalt on I-65, everyday. And I still came back because I wanted to learn something. I learned a lot: not about the job - but about myself and others. https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663202701 2021-07-28 14:46:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663202701 Laborer https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663203545 bad boss]]> 2021-07-28 14:47:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663203545 Customer Service Rep https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663203776 Customers attitudes were horrible and the working environment was unprofessional.  Plus obtaining the incentives were not realistic.  I felt like I was working for nothing!]]> 2021-07-28 14:47:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ronaldwoodsspeakerteacher/cmiojo0qa35fq3gj/wish/1663203776