The Trainer

Hey,

Today was the start of a new training class for a call center job I landed. Unfortunately I didn’t have the best experience with the company/trainer. I mean for first impressions this is kinda bad. In fact- he is probably the worst example of a trainer that I have seen since my days at Sears in 2003.

He was inappropriate. For example, he told the class about a time where he told another coworker to hit on a cute girl. Not exactly the kind of first impression you’d want to have – especially for a new hire class. If you don’t think that’s anything much– okay. There was much more where that came from, so much more.

He talked about a “circle of trust” Where basically anything goes and nobody can say anything to HR or any one else. He told us about times where he is slacked off and done the least amount of work possible… And how you can get away with it… Or at least how he did. He then assured us that he was a hard worker. So reassuring.

I would actually like to go to HR about most of the things that he talked about during class. However my being a temp could complicate the situation (if I still would have a job). Besides, it appears that everyone goes along with what he says… Laughs at the things he says and has no problem with any of it.

He goes as far as to say that if someone comes in the room he will change his behavior and how he trains, And likewise if anybody comes in we must be on our best behavior. At one point he even told us about things that he should be covering but wouldn’t unless someone came in the room and was supervising him.

His mission isn’t to train us, he said he wants us to have fun. He will get us out of the class… And onto the floor but the rest is up to us. Not exactly comforting. It doesn’t leave me with a good feeling.

It just bothers me.

just Pray.