Do you/would you find training a new employee fun, or would/do you find it frustrating or boring?

[Bethany22]

[Anonymous]

I. am. still. pissed. about. this. one. Training for a replacement manager at the museum for children where I worked was the absolute worst. You literally have to teach a new manager everything from emergency care for both humans and the museum itself, every single component of 14 galleries and how they work and how to fix them if maintenance isn't available, how to do schedules, how to manage the volunteers and do their schedules, how to do PR and media training, all the tedious tasks like printing and inventory, tasks related to our education staff, how to manage tours---its endless.

The actual training takes *minimum 3-5 months solid of shadowing before we can let a manager be on the floor completely on their own. So a month into this, I get like 10 calls on the radio that no one can find this girl. Everyone had to stop what they were doing and do an all call to see if she was anywhere in the building. After 15 minutes, nothing. Worrying because anything could have happened, medical emergency, potential kidnapping (all things we train for when we can't find kids!). After 30 minutes, we call security to review camera footage and we see this girl walking out of the building on her own to the parking lot and driving off. After a couple of hours she finally calls us back to let us know she apparently quit and told no one because it was too much and she felt overwhelmed so she just f'd off leaving us high and dry. We're like, uh, bring the keys back...you know the ones that allow you access to the entire building before and after hours...she's like, no, I've left them in your drawer. Never saw her again and then had to start all over with a new person 2 weeks later.

[sage2021]

I have actually trained new employees during my year's of working. I always loved to train them. I was a very good worker, so when I trained them, I gave them through training so they would be good at their job.

Believe it or not, I have had people train me for a new job, and they gave me wrong information to sabotage me. It was at a well known bank. I was training to be the bookkeeper. The girl that trained me set me up to fail by giving me the wrong account numbers for this company for me to do a daily deposit for them. I got fired for it. She didn't even know me, but I could tell there was some jealousy coming from her.
Some people are so cruel.

[sage2021]

Thanks for the MHO 🌹

[drummerdude25]

Well about that… I’m very frustrated with this at the moment because I was told to help someone out who didn’t want my help to the extent I was supposed to and things got done wrong and it’s like, “welp, I tried…” 🤷‍♂️

So hey, I guess it’s not my problem… I would’ve never let them submit the work that they did, told them multiple times how to do it right, and it was still wrong. Tried to be there every step of the way, was told no, it’s fine… tried to be there before it was sent to give it a final look too, but nope…

At that point, it’s on you. Don’t blame me.

[TheNameIsRob]

Sort of depends on the person I’m training. If they have a good attitude and are at least somewhat enthusiastic then it’s not bad.

[Razp_Sorbet]

I've done it. It's very frustrating especially since I work in a kitchen. There's a lot of things that could and do go wrong and health and safety is of the upmost priority. Pretty hard to make sure someone is doing something right but also not literally shadowing them constantly. One of the girls I trained was very stuck up though. You could feel the attitude seeping out of her every time you corrected her, or if I suggested an easier way to do something she would just continue doing it her way. Glad she is no longer in the team

[SnowedIn]

It depends on the employee. I've had some awesome training and I've had some that are hell. Most of the time it's okay. What I usually don't like about it is that it's always in addition to my work so it's pretty much doing two jobs at once. But, I take pride on giving them a great training and making them good employees.

[LittleMelissa9614]

I've help trained people many times where I work, it actually depends on the person/trainee. I had good people I helped trained and I had some bad ones, lazy ones, even messy ones. With the good ones, sometimes I can develop a friendship with them, again depends on the person.

[Aerissa_Jade]

I've done it before, I find it fun... but with the current unemployment being so low, people don't stick around and that gets frustrating, someone is not even done being trained before they take off for a better job, so now I don't want to anymore.

[blackgaletiger]

I train a lot of people at my workplace and it is frustrating because one my experience level is there and i have little patients sometimes to deal with people. Its natural. I dont take out my frustration on them. What I hate are people that are cocky and have this no-it-all attitude or you can tell visually they dont want to be there which make training them pretty useless. In the end you have to train people and still get your own work done as well which puts more pressure on you

[Anonymous]

I enjoy training people. I think I do because I’ve been POORLY trained in the field I work in and have seen it happen to others. The person is set up for failure and everyone acts like it’s their fault they can’t do their job correctly. I don’t think having a person following an employee like a puppy and watching works. You have to make them physically do a task and make them do it over and over. I have never seen shadowing and watching create a good reliable employee. They always become a target, the topic of workplace, constantly fail then quit. If I train someone, I refuse to let them become that.

[Truth0225]

In the nursing field, it’s pretty stressful to train someone. A lot of them don’t even really take notes or pay attention so it’s like it’s going in one ear and out the other

[DizzyDesii]

It always frustrated me because those little hoes were disrespectful or easily distracted

[SnowedIn]

I don't want to know who you were training for what... lmao

[DizzyDesii]

@SnowedIn lol i was just training other women how to handle files and crap for dept of Ed

[SnowedIn]

too darn funny!

[Googlemyahoo]

If they’re picking it up yes if they’re useless no. I’m doing that now. But after awhile I wish the trainees would fuck off. They always come to me in the morning to stand in my area I’m like go somewhere else man.

[Jimrat86]

I would find it exciting. I always enjoyed being trusted to train someone to learn a new skill. I find the instructional aspect attractive.

[NathanDavis]

well, I am a tutor, a coach... and also a manager

if I found this frustrating I would be killing myself on purpose, lol

[MCheetah]

Frustrating and boring, unless they were really eager and enthusiastic to learn. Most new recruits are not, though.

[snackthatsmilesback]

I like training people. It can be a bit stressful and is slower, but whatever it's fun. U get to be in charge n shit yknow. Maybe they're cool people

[FunkyMonkee]

If they're smart and pick it up easily, no problem. If they're idiots and you have to teach them, over and and over again, it's a major painus in the anus!!

[Sixgunsound]

Depending on their attitude, work ethic, coach ability, and relationship to people who outrank me it could go either way.

[SeriouslyFunny00]

I trained a co-worker during my previous job. I love teaching so I enjoyed it.

[BlueScorpio]

It's okay. I never minded it plus it helps me get t9nknow them better.

[Paul_in_Indy]

Is “training a new employee” a euphemism for what I think it is?

[trina_x]

i love teaching and that stuff so I'd probably enjoy it

[jamesgoldman]

Boring until I could deligate almost everything to them, genuinely had a shift where I did nothing because one of the trainees did everything

[exitseven]

I have trained quite a few new technicians over the years. I usually enjoyed it.

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Training a new employee can be stressful.

[AmeerX]

Sometimes it is fun for me and sometimes very irritating. The man has to have a feeling for learning new things

[Stevefiveo]

I have trained a lot of people. It is usually annoying although if it with a pretty girl, it is somehow fun. Lol

[douride2]

I dislike almost hate training new employees.

[Anonymous]

That depends on thier level of commitment. I'm not doing it for my health. I got better things to do if you're just trying to learn only enough to collect a paycheck.

[worldscolide]

I enjoy it. I get to teach them the things I had to learn on my own..

[Shy_Steve]

I have been doing it at work lately so I don't mind it because I was just doing it myself before.

[Tracker1958]

People get on my nerves, I would be a happy camper if I could spend the rest of my life and never talk to another person.

[clampfan101]

Frustrating because I’m bad at explaining things. :/

[pizzalovershouse]

Can be all depends on how quickly they learn or a good personality

[BJP21]

If I'm training an employee... Time for a raise.

[Luckycharms12]

Not very good to explain things to people so don't like it.

[Anonymous]

It is alright, if you can do most of it by yourself. Otherwise it is frustrating to try not to miss anything someone else did; and not repeat what they already have.

[krin_m]

It should be a good experience for both of them. So may be.

[Jennz6]

I am the one that is being trained

[Phoenix98]

It depends on the person your training.

[Jamie05rhs]

I enjoy training new employees.

[PeterLegg91]

It'd frustrate the fuck out of me

[nawtee_me]

fun if they are trainable...

[Bklynbadboy12]

I train newbies all the time it's fun for me

[Xtendable]

Depends on the employee