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My friend who works for GAP Corporate was a fresh college grad with a BA in Accounting with a 1 year internship and a 3.5 GPA. He needed extensive training at GAP Corporate to do payroll, accounts receivables, accounts payable, pay vendors, process checks and learn Quickbooks. He didn't learn all that until after 5 months of extensive on the job training in all those areas including their Quickbooks software. But they took time and trained him.
Even my friend says that the 1st 3 weesks he was "raw" in all areas including Quickbooks. They also started him at a higher salary day 1.
Okay James. Enough of the BS.
Before I go WILD....we're talking GAP, as in GAP stores, as in $15 Billion a year in revenues GAP?
There is NO way they are doing their books on QuickBooks, for starters.
Second, there is no way that even in one year's time your friend went from any ONE Accounting area--Payroll, for ex,, let alone 'mastered' Payroll, A/R, A/P, Vendor Payables, etc. Didn't happen. No way. What? He was promoted to Controller during year two?
If you wish for people to help you, the first step is to be truthful.
Now, what REALLY happened that you got fired after one week on the job?
so enlighten me where do you feel i went wrong in my 6 days there and what could I have done better?
When you weren't being trained while at work, what were you doing?
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Originally Posted by james2455
I worked Mon-friday 9-6. I didn't get home till 7:30pm because of traffic. I had to make dinner and eat so by the time i finished that it was 9:00. I had to take a shower and prep for bed at 10pm so I could wake up by 6:00 am and eat breakfast and be to work by 8:50 am. I had off Saturday and Sunday.
What is your commute where you are commuting an hour and a half each way? What did you do over the weekend? Why couldn't you cook for the week on a sunday and spend from 7:30-10pm studying?
What could you have done better? You can start by considering the fact that you might have done something wrong. If you have the same attitude you have here while at work "obviously I didn't do anything wrong!", this won't be the first time you get fired.
When you weren't being trained while at work, what were you doing?
What is your commute where you are commuting an hour and a half each way? What did you do over the weekend? Why couldn't you cook for the week on a Sunday and spend from 7:30-10pm studying?
What could you have done better? You can start by considering the fact that you might have done something wrong. If you have the same attitude you have here while at work "obviously I didn't do anything wrong!", this won't be the first time you get fired.
my first week we had large tests each day on this financial ad visor who has a book out. We were told to go home and read 3 chapters a night because we would be tested in a 2 hour window the next day. I got an A on each of the exams in that 1st week. Because I went home a read the book on my down time.
I commuted from Irvine to Brentwood daily.
A girl who was new and started at the same time as me saw how I carried my self in the office. She doesn't feel I did anything wrong. She got hired on as a broker and she is still there. I have her phone number.
My weekend I just rested. Thinking about the situation now. if I was still there, I would have said Henry can I come into the office and train with you Saturday and Sunday for the next 8 weeks. I would have done it even though there would be no extra pay for doing such. Yes the office is open weekends, but only the president, operations manager, and Henry occasionally comes in on weekends.
Before I go WILD....we're talking GAP, as in GAP stores, as in $15 Billion a year in revenues GAP?
There is NO way they are doing their books on QuickBooks, for starters.
Second, there is no way that even in one year's time your friend went from any ONE Accounting area--Payroll, for ex,, let alone 'mastered' Payroll, A/R, A/P, Vendor Payables, etc. Didn't happen. No way. What? He was promoted to Controller during year two?
If you wish for people to help you, the first step is to be truthful.
Now, what REALLY happened that you got fired after one week on the job?
No kidding. This makes me want to hear Henry's side of the story.
Before I go WILD....we're talking GAP, as in GAP stores, as in $15 Billion a year in revenues GAP?
There is NO way they are doing their books on QuickBooks, for starters.
Second, there is no way that even in one year's time your friend went from any ONE Accounting area--Payroll, for ex,, let alone 'mastered' Payroll, A/R, A/P, Vendor Payables, etc. Didn't happen. No way. What? He was promoted to Controller during year two?
If you wish for people to help you, the first step is to be truthful.
Now, what REALLY happened that you got fired after one week on the job?
no bull**** its all for real and truthful.
The company i was terminated from that what using Quickbooks had 6 companies tied to this one company. No he wasn't promoted to controller the second year. He's one of the many staff accountants they have working in there large accounting department. He's not doing all the tasks by himself obviously, but they maneuvered him into different facets of the accounting department over the span of a couple months. I don't know the ENTIRE story with my friend at GAP, but those are the tidbits I know from what he told me
As the mod said in another thread if you're going to be mean and disrespectful or if you don't believe me don't post in this thread. You don't know me and I don't know you.
Employers like to train, but we expect people to at least be able to chew gum and walk at the same time.
to a certain an extent what you say is true. Bear in mind some employers/people are more patient than others. Some people are more strict and some are less strict than others. However, I've had some employers tell me in interviews can you do X X X because we don't train and want someone who can hit the ground running.
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This makes me want to hear Henry's side of the story.