Dad shares workplace rules for daughter's first job

A New Zealand dad has revealed the “ridiculous” letter his daughter received on her first day of work.

A dad has revealed the “ridiculous” letter his daughter received on the first day of work which included some rather unusual office rules.

Twitter user @essjax, from New Zealand, shared how his daughter has now left the unnamed local retailer and gave him permission to post the letter she had received, The Sun reports.

The dad wrote alongside the picture: “My kid recently left her job at a local retailer (which employs mostly 16-year-olds to pay well under minimum wage).

“This is a letter she received from the boss when she arrived on her first day on that job.”

The patronising list of rules reminded employees that “the world won’t care about your self-esteem” and that “life is not divided into semesters”.

On the list, rule number one was: “Life is not fair – get used to it!”

The man said his daughter had been working for a local retailer. (File image.) Picture: iStock

This was followed by a second rule which said: “The world won’t care about your self-esteem.

“The world will expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself.”

Other rules on the list included saying that “flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity” and told them not to “whine about your mistakes”.

Rule number seven said: “Before you were born, your parents weren’t as boring as they are now.

“They got that way from paying bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were.

“So, before you save the rainforest from the parasites of your parent’s generation, try delousing the closet in your room.”

Meanwhile, rule eight read: “Your school may have done away with the winners and losers, but life has not. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they will give you as many times as you want to get the right answer.

The rules left other Twitter users unimpressed. Picture: Twitter/@essjax

“This doesn’t bear the slightest resemblance to anything in real life.”

People on Twitter were not impressed by the note and were quick to comment.

One said: “I am sorry this was her first experience of employment. I hope she finds a rewarding job.”

Another person commented: “Oh wow … I have a teenager who is thinking about a part-time job and really hope she doesn’t end up somewhere like this.”

Some pointed out that the list isn’t new.

One Twitter user said: “The employer is not even being original. I remember reading those words on the wall of a classroom when I was a teen.”

A second added: “My friend’s parents had this on a poster taped to the toilet door. “Memorised it while tinkling as a child.”

A third commented: “Rule #10 is a Friends reference. That’s how old this thing is.”

This story first appeared on The Sun and has been republished with permission.