Catholic hospital as a temp hardware monkey. They were $8 million overbudget and 6 months behind schedule on upgrading their medical records system, which included a full hardware refresh. They hired me and 40 other people on, didn’t give us any direction, and expected us to pay our own way for mandatory TB tests and vaccinations. I don’t mind that they required said test and vaccines, but for fuck sake, if you’re requiring it, and you’re a hospital, then you can pay for it, and not the employee.
Anyway, the reason why this job sucked so badly, in my humble opinion, is that they had me spend three weeks in the hospital sanitation department, cleaning shit. You have to wear a bunny suit, and gloves, and eye-protection, and a fluids resistant mask down there at all times. It’s 90F down there at all times. There is 76dB of ambient noise down there at all times. It smells like a sewage plant down there. You can’t scratch your nose if it itches. I only had a 15 minute lunch break, because I guess I was too young and stupid to call them on it.
They also never sent my final paycheck when I was laid off.
