...and I've never trained anyone for anything before. It's a receptionist job, nothing too complicated (at least I don't think so). But what the hell am I supposed to do with this person for eight hours?! Explaining how to do things is not my forte. I have my way that I work and it's fine for me, but I don't think it'll work for anyone else. I guess I should explain here that I'm on the low end of the autistic spectrum. I have anxiety and depressive disorders, as well as misophonia/misokinesia. I work very well on my own in this job, but one on one with another person is going to be very trying, to say the least.

I don't think explaining how to do things will take more than an hour at the most. There's not much to explain other than how to open and how to answer the phone. I take care of all the other tasks up here, being the senior person in the department. I plan to explain the phone and have her sit by me for maybe an hour and then have her take my place and I'll sit by to answer questions. But I'm supposed to just sit there next to her for the rest of the time? Ugh, I hate this.

Tell me your work woes?

In my own training experiences, it's been 1-2 hours of explaining the job and the rest of the 6-7 hours is observation and/or bull****ing with the new person.

It sounds like you pretty much already have the plan down pat. If it doesn't take more than an hour to explain a receptionist job, then that's all that's needed. Answer any questions they have and observe them for a few iterations to see how they do. If they do things well, then's it all good. If they need improvement, don't hesitate to point it out and correct them on the spot so they know what to do early on. Let them watch you throughout the day and let them take the wheel every now and again. Keep in mind they're just coming onto the job. Every place has their own unique work ethic and pacing, so they are the ones who will have to make a bigger adjustment in this situation and may even be more nervous then you are.

If there is any real advice to be had, it's this: Make them feel welcome to be there.

Unless they're a jerk, then screw 'em.

I've had to train many people and it's always awkward haha! It was when I worked at a dog daycare, so there was a bit more than a couple hours of explaining, but basically it's all about experience. You can explain your way of doing things, while mentioning that there's more than one way, and just let them know that they'll get the groove of things. said basically anything else that I would have added.

Hopefully they're eager to learn and will be a good employee!

Hopefully she won't be like the one girl I trained, who after she did something wrong, lied and said that's how I told her to do it to save her own ass, which got me in trouble. I hated that job (and that woman).