I applied for a job, the manager called me saying what do I know about the job and read up on the section of the law that applies to what we do. Then at the end of the 3 minute call s The manager suggested applying next time when the listing comes up again. After 30 minutes I got a call back from the same manager arranging for my interview time.

Feeling weirded by the series of calls and micromanaging even before I came to the door, I attended the interview. I found one of the supervisors knew me and know I’m perfect for the job. After the interview I retract my application. We are expected to act and problem solve within the standards, micromanaging doesn’t work well in my profession.

3 days of real time, 2 hours of real work.

1st day, the boss has a problem with a truck, sends his father to guide us to the place and give us the tool. The father never finds the tools, cannot get his son on the phone, tells us to come back next day.

2nd day : no one on site. I call the boss, he seems surprised i’m here, gives me the number of his father. His father tells me he has an appointment with a doctor, tells me to clean the place til he comes back. I do so, 2 hours later i have nothing left to do. I wait one more hour, he doesnt come back. The boss sends me a message to be there next day.

3d day : no one on site, no one answer the phone. I waited one hour and went off.

Never got any message nor explanations. Sometimes they just don’t care, and anyway if they cannot provide you with a stable schedule, dont worry too much about leaving quickly

Six months. It was an IT-job, but the owner was related to criminal circles and acted like a criminal, with regular emotional and insulting outbursts directed at various employees. Imagine working with Tony Soprano.

Three weeks is my personal record for proper jobs, not counting walkout from bait-and-switch jobs.

Interviewed at two places, accepted the one that gave an offer, then 3 weeks later the second place provided a better offer. Accepted the better offer and handed in resignation. I know the bridge is now burnt at place 1, but no regrets.

Look after number 1.

There is no inappropriate time to quit if you’re not happy. Just be sure you’re not happy as a very short time at an employer can look bad on your CV.

Pretty fast. Not myself, an ambulance driver wanted to get to a nurse’s birthday party - and back - during their lunch break, or somenhing. Sirens wailing.

This was decades ago.

Not even an hour on the job. I was early 20ish, new to a city, answered an ad for an art gallery receptionist. Had the interview at the gallery, guy seemed straight-forward, I got the gig, was told I’d start in a week. That night, around 2am he started leaving phone messages, saying we needed to have a meeting immediately. I needed to be at his house by 6am. Went from inappropriately sweet to hoarse with yelling down the phone at me within a day. Call after call at all hours for a week. Told me at 8pm on a Saturday I needed to bring him donuts at his house by 9. That I needed to go shopping with him for a new skirt that would suit the office better. That I needed to respond immediately whenever he called. Literally did the “Don’t you know who I am?” “I can destroy you with a snap of my fingers,” “Don’t you understand what an opportunity this is for you?” whole shtick.

Didn’t even make it to the first day of the supposed job. Changed my phone number. Moved again.

The other was half a day, but not making it past the training phase of a call centre job probably doesn’t count.

One month because they suspected me doing drugs during work while it was legit meds from my doc, they didnt even consult me just straight up rejected me after my trial period.

I think it was like 3 or 4 days. Telemarketer for MCI long distance phone service in the late 90’s. After getting hung up on several hundred times in a single day I realized I was just making lots of people angry and didn’t want to do that.

Two months. Got brought in as a sales engineer with no one to train me. My days mostly consisted of spending 8 hours alone in my office reading ISO and ASTM standards for the test services the company offered. Got sent to Minnesota for further training for a week with no one to train me there either. Found a job right after and left my boss bewildered like he couldn’t believe it after I kept reminding him no one was actually teaching me how to do the job.

I only made it about 6 hours at one job, a shift and a half.

I had a job in college digitizing betacam tapes (old BBC/PBS footage, pretty cool!) but it was on and off. During a long lull, I needed cash bad and took the first job that called - Jimmy Johns delivery driver.

First day was fine but I knew I would hate it. Second day I locked my keys in my car.

While I was waiting for my roommate to bring me my spare set, I got a call for a different gig (production assistant on a film). It was only 8 days at $50/day but I quit JJ on the spot. Late 2000s for context on how pitiful that is

How you know this job is a scam, in your own words:

I also get paid exclusively based on how many people I get to donate (this was not on the job ad on Indeed).

This means that you’re likely getting less than minimum wage, indicating dubious legality and (as you’re experiencing) poverty inducing fuckery. It wasn’t on the job description because it’s likely illegal.

Also, never ever ever use Indeed. It’s a den of lies and villainy. You will find nothing but skullfucking third tier recruiters, AI bots programmed in Hindi, and suspiciously lucrative offers from Dubai that require you to turn over your passport. You will literally have better luck on craigslist.

I landed a job last week (hired me on the spot, did training 3 days later)

Translation - no one wants this job and they’re desperate for suckers

Reputable charities for the record and without cash donations, so not some scam

Cash donations make it too easy for you to supplement the sub minimum wage you’re earning under the table, so that’s why they don’t accept them. Their business model is likely based on a subscription donation model that allows them to hook the donor and get them on their marketing lists. The only way to ascertain that the charities in question are actually getting any donations is to contact them independently. My guess is that if it’s not a scam, the charities in question end up with about 10% of the actually donated $ with most of it going to company overhead.

Personal experience - I worked a number of these types of jobs when I was younger and trying to make my way, including working donations for non-profits and political campaigns, as well as your more traditional pyramid schemes like Cutco. They operate in a very similar fashion, but you’re more likely to make at least some money with the regular pyramid schemes - non-profits will work you harder and pay you less, because you’re “doing it for the cause” and not a paycheck, supposedly.

GTFO now. I wouldn’t even bother about the paycheck or giving notice. Any basic office temp job will pay better and give you more security. Hell, even fast food workers are paid hourly.

Two days?

A friend worked at a company with a one-man IT crew aka “the friend”. Technically they worked part time, but occasionally had to come in and fix things that broke overnight. So they were “always” on call, but things mostly ran smoothly and unless it was super important it could wait until business hours/the next working day. Basically computers working was useful, but not a requirement for this company.

Anyway I was looking for a job, friend convinced the owner they needed help, so the job was mine, no interview needed.

So day one I get a look around, get a jist of how things work, get accounts setup, get HR-type stuff setup, take long business lunch and talk shop.

Day two, meet the owner and eventually the conversation turns to, “So let me know which days each of you are covering.” As in a single 30 hour per week job for one person, is now two 15 hour per week jobs for two people.

Needless to say my friend was mortified. Obviously I wasn’t going to screw them over, so I quit. I found a job shortly after that was way better and my friend got a small (although not nearly enough) pay bump. So guess it worked out.

Personally, 6 months. Sounded great on paper and even today it sounds great, but I really didn’t like it. Now I’m somewhere that sounds rubbish on paper and in many ways is, but I’m pretty happy.

Quickest I ever saw was when I did a 2 week school placement in an IT support company. The whole company was like 4 people including me. Back in the late 90’s it was all reinstalling Windows, ISDN lines, that sort of basic IT provided in to companies. They hired a new guy and sent him off to install a couple of Windows PCs for some company. The next day he left as he was out of his depth.

My two cents.

If it’s not so terrible that you dread every day, keep it and the paycheck while you look for another job. As soon as you have a new job lined up, quit.

You seem concerned about making it easy on them, maybe help them out a few weeks to soften the blow. Don’t bother, you’re taking up their time and training resources that they could be spending on the next person who is going to replace you.

Be professional in how you quit, but don’t be a doormat. Remember this company could lay you off at any moment and the “best” company will only be professional. They aren’t your friends. Match that energy.