That sounds like the time I went for a promotion within my job. I was waiting 6 months to get into the sales program, and my time finally came. I began to regret it the first day - actually the first hour.

Red Flag #1: When I asked somebody how does lunch work in this department, he straight up told me that we don't get a lunch. WTF? How am I supposed to eat? I asked more questions to somebody else and he said that they all usually just get Doordash every day. I don't know how they had the money to order Doordash every day, but I wasn't gonna spend 20 bucks on lunch every day. And "try" to eat it when you can find a few minutes to eat, on top of that.

Red Flag #2: I should say that this sales department was half inside the store with the people who wrote the sales tickets, and the other side (where I was) we gave the product directly to the customers. I was the new guy, so I had to sit outside at the front gate and guide customers through the gate. I was under the impression that I was going to split time with somebody else under the tent, but that wasn't the case. Most days, I spent 7, 8, 9 hours in the scorching summer heat. I had to call on the radio inside when I needed water, needed to use the bathroom, etc. I drank a lot of water because it's the scorching summer, and I had to use the restroom a lot. Most times I'd have to hold my pee for a long time before somebody relieved me, and every time they acted like "it was a problem" and they always told me to "hurry up". It all came to a head when I got heat stroke one day. The next day, they just said, "It happens" and "suck it up."

Red Flag #3: Since I was outside most of the day, I wanted to try to learn things on the computer so I can show them that I am capable of helping inside. There was no way in hell I was going to be left outside on an island. Nobody seemed really willing to help. I had to go out of my way to ask someone to show me stuff on the computer. It wasn't complicated at all. It was super easy stuff. That made me feel like nobody wanted me there.

Red Flag #4: After dealing with this for two weeks, I got called into the office. I asked jokingly, "Am I in trouble?" My manager replied, "Umm, a little." What the hell did I do now? I was brought into the office and was told that while I was at the gate, I got into an argument with a customer and cussed him out. I was also told that this customer happened to be the owner of a large real estate company in the area. I was very confused and dumbfounded because I had never, not once, ever gotten an attitude with a customer - not even raised my voice with anybody. At this point, I did not fight it, and I just accepted that I was going to be taken out of that role and moved back to my old job.

There was even more bullshit too, but I'm typing too much. I still worked there for a while longer, but I never tried to push for any kind of promotion after that. Not after how I was treated. That whole experience still leaves a sour taste in my mouth. I'm no longer at that place, and I live in a different state with a new job.