train me first....before i start..

Hai friend.... I f my boss forcing me to work on a field that I have no experience, I will tell this to him and request him to get a small training..It's very difficult work such things...If we can't make that as a success, He will surely blame you later...If your boss forcing you to do that work with out work, You can just take a leave for one day and take a small training about this work...That will help you to success in that work...So try to get any practice in any way....Thank you.... and ALL THE BEST...

That has happened to me in the past. I did learn how, but not from the boss. I learned through making phone calls to the company. I am not sure what your job is, but I believe that they should show you how it works before putting you in a position. That's what's wrong in this world, no one wants to bother anymore.

I will voice out to my boss. He can see me as incompetent, or can even ask me to leave but it is better than me doing things blindly and ended up getting myself into bigger trouble. After flagging out to my boss that the knowledge I possess insufficient and yet he won't provide the least guidance, then either I look for colleagues for more guidance in order to survive in the company or move on to another position.

I sure will accept the job dear and try to learn as well.But,I need to tell them that if am not given the right training it might not work properly for me.i will tell them that i think ill be more knowledgeable if given proper know hows..

what job is that? if it's a complicated job, then it needs training. i think i would go for it, given that i have people i can rely on to guide me with whatever work i needed to do. this may be a good opportunity to show your boss how capable you are as an employee. good luck!

For me as long as the offer is good why not. In job, it is really hard to do the task without training at first, but as times goes by and you have to do that task repeatedly everyday it is like you are attending a training already. I think you'll be more skilled and knowledgeable already on that.

that is what happened to me in my present job. they sort of threw me to the wolves and it was a good month before i got the hang of everything i do.

Hi Asliah! What field is this? Is this selling? If it is, perhaps it would help if you know your product first before ever selling one. In my case, i was never trained when i got my work. I learned everything though discovery and observation. I was not client interfacing then so it didnt really matter if i was trained. I just go with the flow. Should i need some clarification, my seniors would just have to bear with me.

Welcome to the real world then! In my two companies that I worked for, I was expected to ask, observe and learn by myself the things I have to do. It is quite tricky at first as you are hesitant in doing things due to lack of experience in handling the job. But I think, it is a great opportunity for you to learn fast and quickly about the work. Experience is the best training that you could have. Plus, you will have the advantage of having your inexperience in doing that job as an excuse whenever you make mistakes right? Just dare to do the job. The more you don't know, the bigger the possibility of knowing what you don't know. It will be hard, but it will be very rewarding in the end. So I advise you to just go for it and put your best effort in trying to learn what was assigned to you. Treat your lack of training in the field as a motivation to be more competitive and double your efforts to be at par or even better with the others on your same field. Good luck and always do your best in everything you do!

You just cannot do a job without proper training. If it isn't obvious what to do, you have every right to demand proper training. I wouldn't do a job that I didn't know how to do.. that's just setting yourself up for getting fired.

that's a horrible work experience!. this is the first time i heard of it. It would be okay if you have been in the company for several years because at you are familiar with the set up. But when you are new and the work being of you is entirely different from your preparation, its very dangerous mismatch. It's like army being sent to the battlefield without the weapons. That's a very dangerous move of your boss. On the other hand, maybe he also has seen something in you that you can carry on with it even without a training. Even then, at least orientation of the type of task you are going to perform is very necessary and important so that you can be guided somehow. If I were in your shoes, I will insist on a little orientation and goal setting at least so that you can situate yourself . That's a kind of a 'hijack" on your part. And when something wrong is going to happen , you take all the blame? That would be unfair. It would can ruin yourself as well as the company. I hope that something could be done about your situation.

wow, i never heard of this either.. thats kind of crazy to me. I would just have to watch your boss and listen to what he has to say about the job. but some training would be nice :)

uhmm yeah, when I was given additional load for his other company. It's difficult especially that he's expecting more and thinks that I am good at that. 'Though I know I have no experience on the field he's asking me to do, I only know the basic of it. And I had a hard time but then thankfully I was able to present him something he thinks is a great work I guess if you think it will be hard for you, you can ask him to train you first at least tell you what a few important points you need to know about the job. But if you think you can just do a research about the field then it will impressed your boss if he finds out you're good at it even without training you.