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Clear communication is essential when starting a new job.

In this story, a man was about to start a temp agency job but faced a lot of problems on his first day.

From missing onboarding paperwork to unclear instructions about the job site, things quickly became frustrating.

After being left waiting without answers, he decided he’d had enough.

Check out the full details below.

Quitting a job before even starting it

I am not normally one of the “Anti-Work” crowd.

Today was the first time in my 28 years of working that I actually quit a job before I even started it.

I was working for a temp agency. They had red flags posted all over them.

They wanted me to start a shift before I even went for an interview. I told them no.

This man requested the paperwork to be filled out, but it wasn’t given to him.

They failed to send me the onboarding information after the interview, such as tax, bank, and superannuation paperwork.

Despite me requesting it three times. They also failed to communicate the name of the client.

They did not tell me what my day-to-day tasks would be and who or where to report to.

All I got was a basic “Be at xxxx at 7.30 a.m. Monday.”

He eventually found out who the client was.

Now, this xxxx is a huge complex. I did eventually find out who the client was, but that only happened by chance.

I found out through a couple of other workers onsite, not through the agency.

They also failed to send me some critical paperwork I needed for the site.

They claimed they had sent it to me. Nothing from them came through my inbox or spam filters.

The client told me I could not work on that site without the paperwork. That was rightfully so.

He decided to go home.

The straw that broke the camel’s back was when I told them they still had not sent me the critical paperwork.

I told them I was going home. I hoped to have the issue rectified quickly.

After an hour of waiting in a park across the road, there was nothing.

So I ended up going home.

He also informed the agency he wouldn’t continue working for them.

At noon, I told the agency I was no longer going to be working for them.

They were mucking me around. Basically speaking, it was all over before it started.

Adding insult to injury, there was another job site nearby in the same complex.

They had no idea who I was. They did not know what I came there for.

Has anyone else been in a similar situation?

Yikes! That sounds like a disaster from the very beginning. OP gave them more chances than most people would.

When a company can’t even handle basic communication and paperwork, it’s a huge red flag!

Walking away early probably saved him from a much bigger headache later.

Let’s see how others reacted to this story.

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Some jobs simply aren’t worth the hassle.