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What's the worst job you've ever had?

jlucas
jlucas over 9 years ago

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Following on from last week's discussion on our members' engineering origin stories, this week we'd like to hear about some of the more regrettable chapters of your careers. Whether it was a bad experience with an employer, a project that went badly off the rails or something your heart wasn't really in, use the comments section below to tell us about the worst working experiences of your career.

 

  • How did you find yourself in the role in the first place?
  • What made it stick out as a particularly negative or unfulfilling experience?
  • Were you able to resolve the issues, or did you simply have to walk away?
  • Were you able to take any positives from the experience?
  • What would you do differently if you found yourself in a similar situation today?

 

Now, we don't want to be responsible for any lawsuits, so be mindful to avoid "naming and shaming" if discussing a specific employer. We'll be looking for the best, funniest and most interesting answers for a future feature.

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  • shabaz
    shabaz over 9 years ago +7
    Worst job interview : ) I applied to some firm that made something related to video (I can't remember the detail). They were really happy I knew Z80 assembler. Which was worrying!! : ) Anyway, they made…
  • rscasny
    rscasny over 9 years ago in reply to shabaz +5 suggested
    Shabaz, I read your comment about the bad interview. The interviewer was dreadful and foolish. I always tell people that the potential employer may be interviewing you, the job applicant, but YOU are interviewing…
  • DAB
    DAB over 9 years ago +5
    Worst job was a contract competition for a large systems job. I was promised lots of training and tools to do the job, only to find out that none of that was going to happen and oh by the way there was…
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  • Jan Cumps
    0 Jan Cumps over 9 years ago

    I've been in the army deployed in West-Germany with nuclear service during the cold war.

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    0 Jan Cumps over 9 years ago

    I've been in the army deployed in West-Germany with nuclear service during the cold war.

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  • Jan Cumps
    0 Jan Cumps over 9 years ago in reply to Jan Cumps

    Google Earth makes those things more explicit these days:

     

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    also served here: US SAS Werl Nuclear Missile storage site - 4th U.S. Army Field Artillery Detachment - digital-exposures

     

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    Not even 20 years old. - think away the graffiti. Iron Curtain 20 minutes away for jets. Minutes for missiles;

    Expected survival duration in case of incident < 60 minutes.

    Put soldiers on the roof and imagine three Chinook helicopters moving warheads in front.

    These times 3 image :

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    1987. Kids of today have no idea.

     

    How the curtain looks like in the new millennium: traps and fence gone, but still clearly spot-able from Google Earth.

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  • DAB
    0 DAB over 9 years ago in reply to Jan Cumps

    So True.

     

    I worked on a lot of programs in those days when the Russians were the bad boys of the day.

     

    I remember analyzing a lot of devices to figure ways that we could exploit their weaknesses.

     

    I am very disappointed that the Russians want to go back to those days.

     

    We all lose, so what is the point.

     

    Or Does Vladimir Putin just need a huge?

     

    DAB

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