There are so many red flags here it is hard to count them all: The number of staff that called out leaving only trainees for the supervisor to chase around all days, all screams of an organization that is relying solely on manipulation tactics to corner desperate candidates who are willing to be exploited all to keep up with a “meat grinder” of a workplace that is shedding staff at a rate of turnover higher than it can keep up with. There’s even more cynically, a chance that this whole thing was just a way to get them in the door, and this is how the company seeks to cover for staffing shortages. That one seems like a little bit of a stretch, but one would have to wonder just what sort of toxic management structure is behind all of this lack of support and frantic decision-making.
Of course, situations like this probably do happen for real reasons, and who knows what a willingness to help out could do for your career potential. But, at the end of the day, you need to be able to judge these situations for yourself on the fly. And even if this was all just an honest misunderstanding and some bad on-the-spot judgment.
Even, say, if this was just a one-off and the worst day of the manager’s life, it still raises questions as to the company’s prepardness and levels of organization.
Author: Kayitsi.com
