First job out of college and I was living upstate and commuting by train to Manhattan. I wasn't paid enough to live closer to, or in NYC. They opened a disaste

First job out of college and I was living upstate and commuting by train to Manhattan. I wasn't paid enough to live closer to, or in NYC. They opened a disaster recovery office upstate. They wanted me to work there instead. Mostly alone. I was young and naive. I asked for them to give me a bonus/raise enough to cancel out the cost of a new car. It wasn't much. I should have got a fancier car. It was still a 1 hour drive each way! I had already basically finished the project I was working on, and they gave me a new project. For the new project they gave me no instructions, and no requirements. I tried and failed to independently gather requirements. They never checked on me at all. Didn't ask about my progress, and didn't respond to my requests for instruction. I spent quite awhile enjoying being paid to do absolutely nothing, but that wore off pretty quick. Maybe if I had been paid to do nothing from home I would have tolerated it a bit longer. Eventually I accepted another offer. So I told the old job I was coming to work in Manhattan for the day. I got there and they were so happy to see me. They wanted to talk about all kinds of stuff. I told them I was quitting. They actually seemed upset! I thought I was putting in notice, but they had me meet with HR and escorted me out that same day. I told them I hadn't done any work, but I didn't get much reaction. I'm still really curious about what was going on there, but it's long in the past. Seems like that company still exists, though, somehow.