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What's an aspect of your job that college didn't prepare you for? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Ragdoll_X@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Tight deadlines. In college, we were given 2 weeks to complete projects. Of course that time also took up other assignments from other classes but it was manageable. In a real job, sometimes we need to get something done TODAY, or even 3 hours from right now.

[–] sawdustprophet@midwest.social 6 points 11 months ago

In a real job, sometimes we need to get something done TODAY, or even 3 hours from right now.

I work third shift and it's so much worse in this case. I walk in the door at 10 PM to an email saying I have to do a training module that takes an hour, and it has to show completed before midnight. Then they wonder why I wasn't able to get my work area set up and make progress on a long term project in that same time frame.