Started New Job at Feedlot
I just started a new Job at a feedlot today and it's unlike anything I've ever done. Full industrial scale operation, 10,000 head of cattle, 60 pens, and a few thousand acres. I've done farm work before but nothing as professional as this. Anyways the first day didn't go as I expected. Started off with simple cleaning jobs and after a few hours they had me picking up garbage in a couple pens. The first mishap was then. Now I was working all alone the entire time and didn't know the lay of the land at all so I asked around a bit. Because of a miscommunication I ended up cleaning the wrong pens, when Boss wanted me to clean 4 different ones. This wasn't a big deal and I quickly did those pens he wanted. After that he sent me to patch fences and pickup any fallen boards. I did a quick passover of the place in about an hour and asked another worker if I should grab and cut some lumber to fill the gaps, I also asked if I should re nail every board that's not doing very well. Both these coworkers told me that what I did was good and that nailing all those boards was more of a rainy day task and we'd get to it another time. I then asked what I should do and they told me to call the Boss. I called him and he said to come in for coffee, in the middle of break he called me to come look at the fence and then got really mad at the work I did. He said if you're gonna do something do it effing right the first time. I was mostly unfazed and said I would get right to it. Worked for another hour then went home. An older coworker there said I did good work and the place looked much better than before, but my boss seemed disappointed. Anyways I don't know what to make of all this as when I got hired I explicitly stated I have little to no experience in agriculture and have just done a couple of years of landscaping and carpentry. It almost feels like he expected me to be like one of his main cowboys.
TLDR: Boss disappointed in me first day, coworkers seem to think I did fine. I'm a bit bummed at what the boss said to me as I thought I did good.