Uh huh. You got fired after 5 days for no reason.

Typical Gen Z type. Probably sat on her ass for 5 days and did NOTHING. If people aren't going to train you, get up off your ass and go find someone that will. Go offer to do something to be productive, anything. What would be the modern day digital equivalent of pickup up a broom and sweeping?

I hate to sound like an old fart at age 51 but Gen Z has NO sense of "go-gettitness" and NO sense of urgency. I see it all the time.

No, I bet she sat there and played on Instagram all day for 5 days then it's the company CEO's fault she's fired.

A college graduate has voiced her shock about getting fired from her first job after just five days - while furiously hitting out at bosses who she said had no clue 'how to train her'. Tennessee-based Sierra Desiray Frederick, 22, posted a TikTok video explaining that she was 'so super excited' when she landed a job doing graphic design for a brand that produces prints for ALDI's grocery stores. Sierra shared that, after securing the position, she was due to undergo 'five days of training' - but claimed that during the majority of her first week she actually found herself 'doing nothing because [there were] two other people on [her] team, and they didn't know how to train [her].'

I dunno, you have serious doubts about a company with no supervision, management or training for a new employee.
Why hire her at all?

There's really no way for us to know what happened.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
There's really no way for us to know what happened.

True that, but posting a TikTok video about the experience probably isn't going to "up her stock"

If what she claims is true, she should be thankful. She figured out within the first 5 days that she wasn't a good fit for this disorganized company with no training/onboarding plan for new employees, plus got paid for 3 extra days to boot.

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Originally posted by stoic-one:
True that, but posting a TikTok video about the experience probably isn't going to "up her stock"

And how many members here post threads on Sigforum when something dramatic, unexpected, or frustrating happens in their lives?

Venting on social media is how many people cope and communicate in the 21st century. The platform of choice for younger folks currently just happens to be Tiktok rather than a message board.

Granted, Tiktok is less anonymous than a message board like this. And she apparently not only identified herself, but the company as well.

It's not a wise move on her part, since the first thing HR departments do when vetting applicants is to run a web search, and this will come up immediately.

She's young and has much to learn.

Nevertheless, there is no way for us to know why she was released so quickly. She may have caused it, or her ex-employer may be clumsy in how they handle new employees.

ETA: deleted post since I apparently misread the article.

Yes, there’s no way to know enough to draw any conclusions about what the reasons were for the firing. It could have been nothing more than, “Yeah; we don’t really need another person for the position at this time.” But two things:

1. Don’t feel it’s necessary to air your complaints about anything, much less employment issues, all over the Internet. I’m continually amazed by what some people feel the entire world needs to know about their private lives.

2. Sometimes is really is the other guy. I started work by myself as an emergency services dispatcher with so little prior training and didn’t know so much of what I didn’t know that I couldn’t even object that I wasn’t ready. I managed to muddle through and worked at the job for the next 12 years, but it wasn’t because I’d been trained properly.

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Aldi's seems like a mature, established company that doesn't seem to have a history of firing new hires after 5 days, I'm probably going to lean toward giving Aldi's the benefit of the doubt here

Rereading the article, it appears she didn't work for Aldi... Rather, she worked for some other company that designs and produces images for Aldi:

"Tennessee-based Sierra Desiray Frederick, 22, posted a TikTok video explaining that she was 'so super excited' when she landed a job doing graphic design for a brand that produces prints for ALDI's grocery stores.

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It's not a wise move on her part, since the first thing HR departments do when vetting applicants is to run a web search, and this will come up immediately.

I told my son 12 years ago the first thing HR does is search social media. Just get the fuck off of it no matter what your viewpoint is. He took my advice and is now doing well career and family wise. I think stressing this today to any bright H.S. or College student will land on deaf ears.

People talked before social media. If you get fired you make the most of an exit interview and keep your mouth shut with everyone. It can be a learning experience if you want it to be.

It is very possible she was hired and no one bothered to train her. An accounting company hired my girlfriend who has no accounting experience and promised to provide training. They failed to provide her any training, but did give her accounting work without the benefit of any training, she's smart and was able to figure out stuff on her own but they fired her 30 days later because they weren't satisfied with her progress.

Perhaps in did not occur to her to apply for another job. Life is so rough on Gen Z.

I had a conversation with a guy tonight that is interested in taking my old job.

“What have you done to make yourself more valuable? Yes, I know you took the initiative to seek me out for more training. That’s great, do more. When you apply for my job you need to talk about everything you’ve done to improve yourself with an emphasis on what you were seeking out beyond what was expected.” He’s one of the few that’s taken that advice to heart.

When I started at this company it was right at the beginning of the COVID insanity. We were horribly unprepared for what was to come. My training/mentorship was basically the old technique for teaching someone to swim. *SPLASH* “Start swimming boy!” Don’t wait for someone to come hold your hand, seek that knowledge and learn. Maybe the company won’t be right for you but the experience will give you experience for future opportunities.

Got her first ever job at 22?

Good question. Could be right out of college and never had a job. Could be right out of college and she meant first career job that she went to school for.

With all the part-time jobs I had in high school and college, it’s hard to imagine not having at least one job before leaving college. I call the job I got out of college my first real job though.

I had one of these nincompoops back in 2020.

Fresh out of school, big ideas and not a single gram of motivation. He knew it ALL, but was unproductive because he wouldn't take any direction from my subordinates. They have no degree, but the training I gave them. I consider that more than acceptable as I was a school teacher for 15 years. 2 years of my training every day is every bit as good if not better than a Vocational Degree.

He didn't want to draw fire exit maps as ALL the others had to do before him before moving up, he demanded to be promoted right into design where the higher salaried employees of many years experience are.

He had been told that he would graduate into a high paid position of authority barking out orders to uneducated conservative redneck servant drones.

He got a huge dose of reality when corvid hit. Anyone who wanted to stay home and hide became pariahs. He exhausted all of his time and when he got back, literally hid under his desk with a mask on.

First round of layoffs, he was gone.

Sierra Desiray??????? Name indicates she would do better in a job that has a pole in the description....

I don't know if this has been posted. We just don't have - and are not likely to find out - all the information. However, posting a whine-fest where thousands of people - including future prospective employers - can see it was a bad move.

I’ve been an employer for decades. I’ve seen it all. I’m retired now but I would rather have an employee with a great attitude and work ethic than one with creds and enough experience to think he knows enough or that my way is not right. The right employee is hungry and eager to be productive so I make money. The wrong one is only interested long enough to get a check. If I don’t spot the right one in the interview, he usually exposes himself within the first month.

As I read above, there’s no way to know what happened. I do know she grenaded her future opportunities by posting a whining video on a public platform. It makes me suspect her attitude at work. If she behaved like and entitled twit at work, that would be enough for me to pay her to go away. Which is what her boss did by paying her for three extra days.