What's the one thing that irritates you the most at your job?

[TaySan]

As an Inventory counter for Bar, Restaurants, strip clubs etc it's Keg rooms at bars. Some bars stack their kegs 3+ high or they keep a million kegs cramped in a small keg room. It's hard to weigh them for someone who is only 122 pounds. What's something about your job that irritates you?

 

[Deleted member 1086]

the crappy programs we have to work with. A couple of them only work right in conjunction with the other, so when one decides to stop working the other one won't work either, resulting in me having to restart both which kills several minutes of time. And it's not something that happens on rare occasions, it's something that happens on average at least once a day. There's really not a lot I can do about it either, I'm not the only one that has these issues, I see it in our group chat when someone mentions having to restart because the programs hang up. One of them is published by HP, would be great if they patched it or something.

 

[Border]

The customers.

 

[Maximus]

My manager. Other than that idiot, I would say when I do work and there are so many revisions because people are disorganized or not putting in the proper time to provide feedback, resulting in my making too many changes.

I have spoke up about that though, but it doesn't change.

 

[johnny_park]

Getting burned.

 

[Mest08]

I manage 45 people. All call offs go to me 24/7. So the worst part is the 2a wake calls when a person is calling off.

 

[capitalCORN]

As a cook, inventory day.

 

[Deleted member 12028]

People sending a message over Skype right after they sent an email. People checking if you are joining a meeting 1 minute after.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

I do marketing/promotional material. There's one guy who will ask me to create something and then he'll turn around and email it out to the company saying that he made it. He does it 3 or 4 times a year.

 

[B.K.]

Dealing with people. I hate people after doing my job as long as I have. If I ever get a new job, I hope it's a nice office job where they can tell me what to do and lock me up in an office or cubicle for eight hours a day and leave me alone.

 

[Stranger Things]

my SCM operations uses early-generation 2 OBIE and other traditional/oldschool ERP programs that are totally archaic. they do work, but they're still frustrating and clunky. they should have updated years ago but all of the managers, IT team, etc have been trained to work/teach interns using those versions of the softwares, so i'm just stuck with it until I take over the company in 20+ years lol.

 

[dtcm83]

Reporting impossible-to-determine project statuses with terrible software to people that aren't even paying attention

 

[JilloftheJungle]

Leaving work with no rush samples due the next day, then the next morning I come in and there is 50+.

 

[Rory]

Incooperative parents.

You tell them to see an ENT, and they make an appointment at a befriended docs place so he writes an ok for the child, despite abnormalities occuring in the previous tests and obvious behavioural issues.

Most parents straight refuse to consider that something might be different about their child, seeing a specialist is a big red flag. I do not mean this typical "That child has an attention deficit, it needs pills" thing.

 

[Quantum Leap]

They only hire extroverts so I had to lie my way into my position and now i'm stuck with exhausting people all day.

 

[Eros]

Kind of a cheating answer (because it has many annoyances), but the work culture on the floor we got moved to.

 

[TaySan]

The customers.

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Dealing with people. I hate people after doing my job as long as I have. If I ever get a new job, I hope it's a nice office job where they can tell me what to do and lock me up in an office or cubicle for eight hours a day and leave me alone.

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Worked as a Deli Clerk before this job and let me tell.... you will hate people even more than you ever did before. Not just customers, but corporate as well.

 

[AnansiThePersona]

Shannon please for the love of god empty out the mop bucket when you are done cleaning for Christ's sake. AND TUCK THE TRASH BAGS IN...FUCK. Okay yeah that's it technically two things but whatever

 

[maxxpower]

Working overtime.

 

[raYne_07]

People with the sole goal to do as little work as possible. Then have the nerve to complain daily that they are sooo tired.

Additionally, people who complain they aren't getting enough hours, but then don't come to work when you give them hours. If you call out once or twice weekly so I schedule you 3 or 4 days a week, what the fuck are you complaining for?

 

[Laserbeam]

The complete and utter lack of accountability.

Everyone gets away with dragging ass and doing a shit job, so why am I even trying?

 

[5taquitos]

Other departments that can't follow simple procedures that are clearly laid out in easy-to-read language .

 

[Sadire]

The lack of communication.
I got a lot of shit for fixing something that others broke for their project, but because other departments never communicate this is a constantly recurring thing.

It's an IT job.

 

[Brinbe]

Customers

 

[Pau]

Having all the responsibilities and work of a particular position but not being given the corresponding title and pay.

 

[Dan-o]

People with no sense of urgency who you have no choice but to depend upon for some work or information.

 

[Walter White Walker]

People. I now do my own thing where I don't make as much but the benefit is I don't need deal with people at all. And thank fuck for that.

 

[B.K.]

Worked as a Deli Clerk before this job and let me tell.... you will hate people even more than you ever did before. Not just customers, but corporate as well.

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So basically, there's no hope.

 

[Robin]

In customer service. I don't mind people who are angry but it can be frustrating when you can solve a persons problems but they won't let you help them.

 

[Hydrus]

Coworkers that walk up to my desk and immediately look straight at my computer screen. Or worse, they'll need to "check something out really quick" and use my pc without asking. Fuck off.

 

[TaySan]

So basically, there's no hope.

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Leaving retail and customer service is the single best move i ever made in my life. This job isn't fame and fortune, but the peacefulness with not having to interact with almost nobody is a payment in itself.

 

[Cosmic Bus]

I don't get paid nearly well enough for the amount, quality and consistency of my work. Other people - borderline incompetent, messy, and under-qualified - get promoted and make a lot more simply because they cook instead of doing pastry like me.

Having all the responsibilities and work of a particular position but not being given the corresponding title and pay.

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By extension, this too. I run this shit entirely on my own, every order, every special occasion, every banquet, with no help and no one to fall back on. Do I get paid better for that? Certainly fuckin' not.

 

[Poppy]

my boss tends to roll over and sit there without saying anything for ten plus seconds and i just kind of stare for a variable amount of time depending on how im feeling that day until i get the effort to say something

just a weird thing he does, he usually wont talk first

its either that or the feeling of pointlessness

to be honest i cant really complain

 

[Saucycarpdog]

In customer service. I don't mind people who are angry but it can be frustrating when you can solve a persons problems but they won't let you help them.

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When I worked in CS my particular peve was people who refused to accept my answer (I was CS at a bank).

Me: "Yes, I understand that you apparently need $1500 in cash by the end of the day, you only said it 30 times, but sir, it's a Sunday and all the branches are closed. You can withdraw up to $300 in cash from the ATM per day and that's it".

Customer: "......but I need it today."

The complete and utter lack of accountability.

Everyone gets away with dragging ass and doing a shit job, so why am I even trying?

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This is sorta my problem. I feel like I'm the only one in my department who gets stressed when things get screwed up. Everyone else just kinda has a constant "whatever" attitude about it.

I think I might even be more attached to my departments flow than my manager, which might be a red flag.

 

[Z-Beat]

The weeks when I don't have anything to do so I'm stuck waiting and I don't know where to log my time for that downtime in the system.

 

[FTF]

That hardly anyone seems to give a shit :/

 

[Subpar Scrub]

People who ask for advice, ignore it when given, do something wrong then blame you.

 

[Classicrock78]

The lazy ass supervisor he does nothing to help he just on his phone watching videos and disappears we tell the assistant manager and he does nothing already 3 people left because of him and he made a female coworker cry.

 

[TaySan]

That hardly anyone seems to give a shit :/

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THIS. Coworkers all the time calling in sick or no call no shows....they think they are punishing the boss, but no you are only hurting me in the end as i have all of their work i have to deal with when we are already understaffed.

 

[Kasai]

I turned down a manager position after working my ass to get it, because I realized how much my boss doesn't do and how much more work I'd have to take on.

Jokes on me though, because I basically ran the kitchen line for 2 straight hours while my boss was doing God knows what in the back while I'm having to excuse myself every few minutes to hack a lung up or blow my nose.

I guess it boils down to I hate working in food and I can't wait to be an EMT...for a little while.

 

[Khamsinvera]

"Did you get the e-mail I just sent to you?"

Yes, you cretin - this e-mail time stamped 30 seconds ago? Yes, I got it. No, I haven't read it.

Idiot.

 

[SolVanderlyn]

There's two sets of co-workers I have, the people who have the same job as me (dispatch company headquarters, other foreigners basically) and people at my actual place of work.

The other foreigners are high school as fuck and form cliques. If you're not one of the "cool kids" you are forcibly ostracized from their little group. It's made even more annoying because they act very polite and articulate, but will not hang out with you, will roll their eyes when you talk, won't respond to you in the group chat, will make group chats without you, and won't take anything you say seriously. I HAAAAAAATE this. I'd be more ok with it if they just admitted to themselves they want to exclude people from their bourgeoisie club and told us to fuck off directly.

My co-workers at my job are super chill and cool and ACTUALLY nice, though, which is awesome.

 

[TaySan]

There's two sets of co-workers I have, the people who have the same job as me (dispatch company headquarters, other foreigners basically) and people at my actual place of work.

The other foreigners are high school as fuck and form cliques. If you're not one of the "cool kids" you are forcibly ostracized from their little group. It's made even more annoying because they act very polite and articulate, but will not hang out with you, will roll their eyes when you talk, won't respond to you in the group chat, will make group chats without you, and won't take anything you say seriously. I HAAAAAAATE this. I'd be more ok with it if they just admitted to themselves they want to exclude people from their bourgeoisie club and told us to fuck off directly.

My co-workers at my job are super chill and cool and ACTUALLY nice, though, which is awesome.

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At my old job there was two groups. Day shift and night shift people. The day shift were all friends of the manager so they basically got away with murder while the evening shift was nit picked for every little minor mistake. They could never figure out why the evening shift had such a turnover rate.....

 

[Border]

I turned down a manager position after working my ass to get it, because I realized how much my boss doesn't do and how much more work I'd have to take on.

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I think that is basically the problem of every Assistant Manager or Supervisor position. They do things that the Manager should be doing, but have to do it for far less money.

 

[Sneijder]

Why I need to drive to the customer and work from their place, when I could work from home, where I would save time and my company would save money, coz of the train tickets

 

[Deleted member 21875]

People. The only thing in fact.

 

[Morrigan]

having to work

 

[TheBeardedOne]

Not being valued enough.

 

[smellyjelly]

Right now I'm working as an electrical helper, with the position of an electrician apprentice dangled over my head.

I get that the new guy has to be the ditch digger, part fetcher, gross ass job doer.

I do all that shit without complaint, show up before work starts, clean up as I go and I'm always making sure to write shit down so I'm not stuck repeating questions. I'm code efficient and always hungry to learn more without being pushy or annoying.

Yet after several months I'm still catching incessant shit about being the new guy, I feel like I have to pry to get someone to teach me something new and finding the balance between being respectful and annoying changes depending on these mercurial ass old dudes. Some days they're perfectly willing to teach me the trade, other days I'm shoveling out a ditch by myself and don't learn anything.

I've been applying out of state for union apprenticeships, but that could be months before I hear back.

I should stick this company out until It's certain I won't get an apprenticeship, but killing myself all day while having to practically beg for one of the journeymen to teach me something new is exhausting and demoralizing.

 

[Ganransu]

Having to put in effort so I can get paid. This is so unfair.