Your first job may be challenging, but it’s also a chance to learn and grow as a young person. For many, it’s a way to make some extra money while gearing up for post-high school life. For others, it’s all about gaining life experience .
And while it isn’t always going to be easy, your first job should at least be somewhat enjoyable, right?
One dad shares his daughter’s experience during her first job at a “local retailer.”
In a now-deleted tweet posted by @essjax , , the New Zealand-based dad shares a letter his daughter received from her employer on the first day of her job.
“Kid recently left her job at a local employer (which employs mostly 16 year-olds to pay well under min wage).”
The letter included a list of “harsh realities” that focused on how unfair the world is (in fact, the first “rule” is “Life’s not fair – get used to it!”).
Though the tweet had been deleted, the image was reuploaded to Reddit.
Posted to the Subreddit r/antiwork , the image can still be found in all its glory, including the strange set of rules that had the dad riled up in the first place.
Some of these rules seem… well, needlessly harsh.
Rules ranged from “If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss,” to “Television is NOT real life. IN real life people actually have to leave the coffee [shop] and go to jobs.”
Some of the rules in the image are also a little condescending.
“Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT,” one rule states. “In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they will give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn’t bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.”
The Reddit comment section was pretty united against their hate for this list of rules.
A lot of commenters pointed out how big of a red flag this is, while others theorized it was given out by a boss on a serious power trip.
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“This just screams ‘our workplace is toxic af,'” one user said.
“Also handing this out to 16-year-olds feels wrong. When I was 16 I bent over backwards for my employer. I was so excited to work. These rules are pushing some [expletive] up world views and reads like the employer wants to bring them down a peg right at the start.”
Others saw it as the boss’s way of talking down to their young employees.
“Wow. Way to advertise you hate your employees – and anyone else younger than you are,” another commenter went on to say. At best, this letter seems out of touch.
Others pointed out the irony in the number of typos in the letter.
One commenter wrote, “They talk about work ethic but are too lazy to even spell check a simple document. I’m always amazed at how bad the spelling is in every one of these posts. It just immediately undercuts the hierarchical system these posters always try to uphold.”
Many thought this spoke volumes to the boss who handed it out.
“Give a sad person little power and this happens,” one Redditor wrote.
“This is the most boomer thing I can remember seeing. It’s nearly pure distilled essence of boomer,” said another.
Not hating on anyone of any age, but this does feel pretty boomer.
What do you think? Let us know in the comments!
