'You must be on camera 100% of the time': Guy gets fired two hours into new job, gets roasted online

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    00 200 157 MacBook Air mm P "Fired 2 hours into new job for going off camera for 10 minutes"
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    Fired 2 hours into new job for going off camera for 10 minutes I just started this new wfh job for a call centre doing training. My dad came over quickly to grab some pork I bought him from the store. I messaged on the zoom meeting brb while I quickly got him his food. Not even ten minutes I come back and the trainer tells me to check my email. It reads "you must be on camera 100% of the time during training,
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    because you were not, you are no longer needed to attend this meeting". I told him it wasn't even 10 minutes and I just went to the bathroom. He told me I can only use the bathroom during my allocated break times. Then he told me I can reapply once I'm more "prepared" for this job. Some people...
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    G_HostEd 15 hr. ago Next time take a on camera. That's what they want. 2.1k Reply Share
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    Major 15 hr. ago Consider yourself lucky. This was not a job you want. Employers who micromanage to this extent are certainly not paying you what you are worth. Liberal 1.4k Reply Share
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    Suspicious-Bed9172 13 hr. ago Any wfh job that micromanages your time that much isn't worth the effort. Only use the bathroom at allocated break times? It's your house they can them selves go 538 Reply Share
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    Runkind4141 15 hr. ago .. the employer cannot legally restrict bathroom access, even WFH 456 Reply Share
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    ParamedicCareful3840 15 hr. ago I know I will be down voted, but this was your first day at a new job. Your father couldn't come over after work? He couldn't grab it out of the fridge himself? You signed up for this job, which admittedly sounds absolutely horrible, but I assume the need to be on camera 100% of the time was explained to you. You violated that rule 2 hours into a new job and you are complaining about "some people." 198 Reply Share
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    yesgirlnogamer. 12 hr. ago I'm inclined to agree. Some of the stories on here are nightmarish and I definitely am on the side of labor, but there's also being sensible when you first start a job.
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    Mlurman321 12 hr. ago I've been so blessed to find my wfh job. No cameras, no excessive meetings, no micromanaging. Just answering emails all day and listening to podcasts. 135 Reply Share
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    NolChannel 13 hr. ago Dude. You're in a Zoom Meeting for Your Onboarding Training. What did you think would happen? Ten minutes out of a zoom call for me would be over 15% of the total meeting. 119 Reply Share
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    Uniqueusername264. 13 hr. ago Employers cannot restrict restroom breaks under half hour. It is protected by osha. 117 Reply Share
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    brinky_12 12 hr. ago I understand the legalities of bathroom breaks that other people are commenting about, and I am as antiwork as they come, but I think leaving during a live onboarding training meeting is different than taking a "bathroom break" during a regular shift.
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    thisisntmyOGaccount. 10 hr. ago I feel like lots of folks are glossing over the fact they left for 10 mins on day one, during training. Cameras on is only during training. In a remote environment, I think this is pretty standard for training. OP is shocked pikachu bc he did not take his day one training seriously.
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    deadlockx2 8 hr. ago So you left a training session (the important part where you learn you'll be doing) and only said "brb" (remember, these people are paying you, not the other way around), went for 10 minutes (it takes 10 minutes to hand someone a packet of pork??), came back, lied about it, and are surprised they fired you?! Some people...
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    IMIPIRIOI 15 hr. ago That's your life when working a WFH call center (or onsite), your time is accounted for down to the minute. It's unlike other jobs in that sense, it takes micromanaging to a new level as a standard. You likely would have been miserable working in those constraints daily.
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    Xixxixxixxix. 13 hr. ago As a hiring manager, we're super sensitive to remote workers who don't actually work the first day. You hadn't built up any credibility yet and there are tons of people who accept these jobs with no intention of ever working, so the companies develop zero tolerance policies for people in training. If you're a few weeks in and doing fine this would be no big deal at all... But first day in a remote job, this was just a bad decision on your part. Sorry.

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