Started a new job on Tuesday. The company hired 30 people

BuelahWitch

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Sat Oct-17-09 06:36 PM
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Started a new job on Tuesday. The company hired 30 people

Of those 30 people:

Seven never bothered to show up.

Two never came back after the first day.

By the end of the week three more were gone and we had a training class of 18.

The job seems pretty decent (for my city anyway). Wages over $10 an hour and benefits offered for full time (which is 32 hours a week). It's call center work, which admittedly is not everyone's cup of tea, but it doesn't involve heavy sales, delivery of a product or any type of collections.

Why in the world would you accept a job in this economy and then just not bother to show up?

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rurallib

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Sat Oct-17-09 06:37 PM
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1. possibly they got another job?

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nadinbrzezinski

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Sat Oct-17-09 06:39 PM
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2. Some people are weird... to be honest

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BuelahWitch

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Sat Oct-17-09 06:39 PM
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3. Yeah, that's what I thought

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MrModerate

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Sat Oct-17-09 06:42 PM
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4. I'm guessing they took the job in desperation . . .

And then quickly decided it wasn't something they wanted to do. Poor choice, obviously, but you'll be better off not having them as coworkers.

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eleny

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Sat Oct-17-09 06:43 PM
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5. ot - love the kukla & ollie pic!

and good luck with the new job.

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BuelahWitch

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Sat Oct-17-09 06:46 PM
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6. Thanks on both counts

Edited on Sat Oct-17-09 06:48 PM by BuelahWitch

It seems like a good company to work for. They're not local, but out of Sacramento. They hired a bunch of people for that call center too.
Edited to add: Friday we had drinks and appetizers at a bar downtown. Kind of a "get to know each other outside of work" thing. All paid for by the company. Haven't had a company I work for do anything like that in a very long time.

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