Doesn't really sound like a nightmare, just your run of the mill clueless goofballs. And averages are averages because in a normal distribution 50% of the observations are below it. It is strangely fun to see through these terrible job situations though, like a morbid fascination.

I wanted to start this as a series. I definitely have much more. Hired under false pretenses, recruiters lying through their teeth until I signed a contract, doing a day's worth of work and being paid WAY below average, and of course, the run of the mill bait and switch where the switch was done days before signing.

Hilarious. More of these please.