People Who Quit Their Jobs Without Really Having A Plan Share What Happened (30 Answers)

That was a good come back! You go Girl or rather You left Girl ;)

I just love the mentality of some of these employers out there: move for our sake, but we won't support you. Oh, and you need to have 15 years of experience, be proficient in 15 different platforms, hit the ground running (because we are a "fast pace" company) and we'll pay you an entry-level salary. We'll see about benefits. Okiedokie.

I did that with my last job. Place was toxic from the get go but I pushed thru. When the situation decended to hell, I resigned with a prayer and walked away. I was unemployed 2.5 months but had several interviews and got a job that paid more with a whole lot more benefits

Dodged a bullet there... and possibly a knife too

where did they work westeros

At first glance, I had a mental image of the boss throwing a live mouse, and was preparing to be upset, then the context sank in and I realized it was a computer mouse. Whew!

Boss of the year?

Was not expecting all of that. Sounds like dude had some issues

Hope you don't have kids

True, my job in a fortune 100 Insurance company was so stressful I became seriously ill for over a year.

The security guard would of been flattened. Try stopping me from leaving a burning building.

I quit the day after a patient snuck in a sawed off shot gun and a 9mm gun to the hospital I was working in Brooklyn. He took an employee hostage and when all phone attempts failed for his escape he shot the man-he survived. The administrators were so happy to see me go referring to me as a constant troublemaker, they approved unemployment benefits even though I quit. I had no plan at all yet felt no anxiety just relief about getting out of there.

Oh. Em. Gee. 😱

How much produce were you carrying at the time??

Amazon?

30 years ago I worked for a company that was instrumental in integrating computers into the manufacturing environment. As a side gig I also taught an introductory class at the local tech school. Of course in those days the industry was dynamic and ever-changing & I was constantly changing the class material to reflect the latest trends. When my class was monitored & I had my evaluation meeting with administration I was penalized for “not following the syllabus”. I explained that I had written the syllabus a couple of years ago & just hadn’t updated it to reflect the current environment. They countered with “but that’s not the way the industry does it”. I told them that I worked for the leading company in the industry & if you called them and asked somebody there how they do it you would literally be talking to me. The dude still wanted to argue. I walked out & never went back. Was only doing the gig as a favor to the tech school in the first place.

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My sis worked for 38+ years in education and finally had enough. When the whole pandemic thing hit, the school board was screamingly desperate to get her (and many others) to come back. Her response was an emphatic "NO".

Lasted 31 years.....hmmm sounds like a boomer story where all you do is rock up to a business and get handed a job

Man, you could triple my salary I have now and I would never go back to working fast food. Actually, you could offer me millions and it is still not worth working fast food. I have been homeless and I was a lot happier homeless than I was working in fast food. Manage a department in healthcare research now, work is harder...but yet a million time easier than dealing with the type of mistreatment you get as a service worker.

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I don’t understand. You *would* rather work in a burger joint?

Shocker, "low tolerance for BS." There's a red flag for all parts of her life. You ever notice how people who claim to have a low tolerance for BS always seems to find it? Lmao

"if you can cope financially" I can barely feed myself on what I make.

Worked for corporate America, really fed up with their BS. Sitting alone again after another hectic day and my phone rings. Owner from a job I'd had before and loved. Se says, "we need to talk" I said yes we do. Interviewed the next day, turned in my notice that evening via text. Next morning manager told me I was terminated immediately. We got into a bit of a snit over unpaid vacation and once HR arrived at 9 and confirmed I would be paid unused vacation I left. Went to new job to tell them I'd be starting 2 weeks sooner than planned, I got hugs from people that didn't even know me yet. That was 10+ years ago and I'm still here and happy.

No job is worth violating the law! Court appearances and jail time will cost a lot more, and in stuff other than money, than heeding an unscrupulous employer. Besides, the "little guys" - and gals - will get the shaft while the Big Bad takes the money and runs.

As someone who had it all and literally lost everything; life sorts itself. It’s hard, things go wrong, & you hate life - but with effort it always sorts. At some point things will turn around. Fact. The end of routine & security isn’t the end. If anything it’s a fresh start you may not have realized you needed. Perspective.

Ew, real estate investing.

She broke the law...