The 2 jobs I had the longest, I was the only Deaf person there. The first (for 2 years) was as a housekeeping staff at an inn. I can speak and lipread very well, and I think I've been spoiled living where I do - I live in a town with a huge Deaf community, so pretty much most people know how to interact with the Deaf. Plus, there's my college with the Deaf Education major, and I cannot tell you how many times I've walked into a store or restaurant and found an employee who knew sign language.
ANYWAY. Inn. The co-workers and boss all knew to face me while talking, and to repeat what they're saying if I don't get it the first time. I quit cuz the pay SUCKED... and found a better one where I stayed for 4 years. I worked in a factory/warehouse, and they have LOUD machines. In a normal environment, I can hear people calling me from behind (with hearing aids), but there, 9 times out of 10, that didn't work.
But they were cool. Meetings, I never had an interpreter, but the information was repetitive and they almost always had powerpoint so I knew the basics of what they were saying. If I missed something, someone always gave me the short short version (they're making us do overtime this weekend. Buttheads...) and I always had a good friendship with my co-workers. As a matter of fact, one relationship was so good we got married :-P