• SSTF@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I once quit on the first day of a job.

    I had previously worked with industrial robots and automation. Fixing them, calibrating them, making hardware and software adjustments as needed.

    I was between jobs and found a small business that seemed like it was looking to do some automation expansion. The interview was a little weird because they were kind of vague with specifics. That’s not entirely abnormal with companies that have proprietary processes or automation, though I felt they were being a little bit overly cagey.

    They wouldn’t take me into the clean room, which again isn’t unheard of, if in my opinion a little overly protective.

    My previous job had been partially titled “Maintenance” (as in I maintained the robots) and the small company asked quite a lot about my versatility in maintaining things. I think that makes sense for a small company to want one person do all things for a robot.

    I get a call that I’m hired. On paper the job looks good. Pay is a little low but this was an in-between job.

    I show up for the first day of work and one of the first things I have to sign is a 15 page front and back Non Disclosure Agreement. That’s an insane length. My previous job with a huge, established tech company was a two page NDA and they actually had a lot of different processes.

    So, I sign their crazy NDA and I’m taken into the airquotes “clean room”. First thing I notice is that I’m not suiting up or even putting on a white room style jacket. I see a cup of coffee on a “clean room” work bench. This is not a clean room.

    I’m walked through and out of the “clean room” and to the outside back of the building and shown some air conditioner units. Told I need to work on those to fix them, and then later in the week I’ll be cutting the grass.

    Lol.

    No.

    I left at lunch.