> I accepted an offer and I was asked to join four to five calls with vendors ahead of my start date. This felt like “work” to me since each call takes prep an

> I accepted an offer and I was asked to join four to five calls with vendors ahead of my start date. This felt like “work” to me since each call takes prep and led to follow-up calls. Having not yet worked in the role, I’m also lacking context on the business problems leading us to chat with these vendors in the first place. To be frank, it feels very unnecessarily rushed which is ringing some alarm bells. Bizarre. > My new boss says it’s not really a big deal to ask me to join these calls before my start date. I suggested we either move my start date up ahead of the calls I was asked to join or I invoice for my time ahead of starting. He scoffed at both but mentioned “they’d take care of me” with “maybe an extra vacation day”. Vacation time at this company is “unlimited” so I don’t really see that as a perk. Bizarre, and it might suck to work under this boss. Everything seems to point to a picture of a mess of a company. I'd say your course of action depends on what you have available right now. Did you have other offers lined up you wish you had taken? You could reach out to one of them. If not, it doesn't hurt to just give it a shot for now and see how things feel in 6-12 months. It really depends on what you think you can handle and where you are in your life right now. If disorganization and bumbling drives you mad, obviously stay away. If you can't handle looking for another job right now (for financial reasons or otherwise), you may just have to stomach it. But you are absolutely right: things are off here.