[Anonymous]

New graduate Economics major/accounting Minor from top UC who has been looking for around 8 months. I finally landed a AP Clerk offer on craigslist. However, the pay was for a lowly 11 dollars an hour non negotiable and she offered me the job right away after the interview, which led me to believe that it was probably a high turnover job (benefits after 90 days, but I have to pay part of the health/vision/dental and no vacation 1st year). But I decided to take it because I’m guessing one of the most important things hurting me was a lack of experience (had no prior internship experience specifically in accounting). Anyways, I go in first day this Monday and they just throw everything at me. They expect me to know the whole process and system right away. My boss explains the whole AP process in 20 minutes in general terms and he expects me to know all the tiny details. There literally is only a 30 minute training session on Yardi when I come in the first day and that’s it. My boss keeps on making remarks on why I don’t get stuff, but he never fully explains what I’m supposed to do. I could tell he is also stressed because the entire department is so behind on payments and they are missing deadlines. They process tons of invoices, and everything is so disorganized. There are missing invoices and missing P.O’s everywhere. So they are shoving stuff on me without explaining stuff and expect it to get done. They are so unorganized in their process. Lastly, you can tell the department is low on morale. None of the employees in my department seem to care about each other. They work, they go home. No small talk, nothing. Their pay is as low as mine, and one of my co-workers just quit literally the 2nd day I came in. Never showed up again. Didn’t even call them. The supervisor called her and asked her and she just said that she quit. I’m really not exactly sure what I should do. I have to keep the job for the experience, but I’m already looking for ways out. When can I start applying for new jobs? Will employers look bad upon if I were to leave say in 2 months? If I leave in like 3 months, will my supervisor give me a horrible recommendation, thus making this job experience essentially useless? Their lack of a formal training program, lack of organization, and lack of any positives is really making me dread to come to work. I’m going to get berated for things I haven’t been taught yet. AP is simple stuff but its the details they’re grilling me on. I admit I did make a few of mistakes that were my own fault (first week, first full time job) but the rest is b.s.