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“What Is The Fastest You Have Ever Quit A Job? I Don’t Want To Hear Months, I Want To Hear Days”
As fun as the idea of unemployment might seem while you’re working, most folks need a job to get by. Finding one, as it turns out, is often easier said than done. So once you actually get a job, it can be exciting to finally start, but some workplaces have vacancies for a reason.
We’ve gathered stories from people who walked into a new job and left almost immediately because they quickly realized that something was wrong. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your thoughts in the comments section down below.
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#1
first day abt to clock in, saw that they lowered the initially agreed on salary by $300 and said 'well we would prefer this', i said in that case i'd prefer another job and walked out lol
Jaya 4 months ago (edited)
I hope they live in a place where there's a police department or a labor organisation that they can report this to, because this should absolutely be illegal. And OP may have been able to just walk out, but the company knows that some people will be desperate enough to get along with it. Absolutely disgusting behaviour. Also, OP should get compensated, because even when you are able to just walk out, it's such a shítty experience.
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#2
Walked in, was told I needed more makeup and a tighter shirt *sighed* walked out.
#3
I was an au pair for a French family who used me as a glorified servant. They took my bed away one night and made me sleep in the tub. I booked a flight back to USA and slipped out at 5am
#4
my kids got in a wreck, was in the children's hospital for three days, Olive Garden was mad I didn't show up for my shift when they knew where I was. told me I needed to grow up and get a baby sitter to sit with him instead and come in because "we are family"
#5
4 minutes. was hired as a line prep cook. dishwasher had quit. walked in saw days worth of mess. they were rinsing and reusing pans over washing them. walked out. called health department
#6
Got hired at kohls. Had my first 4AM training shift, nobody showed up until around 5am and they told me I should’ve known. Went home on the spot.
#7
arbys threw me on the meat slicer at 16 (illegal in the state I was in) without any training on my first day. I took off my apron and left 20 minutes later
#8
Subway. I was 16. They wanted me to close, ALONE, after 3 days at 10pm.
Brazen 4 months ago
A long time ago I got a job as an overnight baker in a donut/coffee shop. After a couple of days I was told that I would have to do the work alone, meaning bake/decorate donuts, clean the store, serve customers (as it was open 24 hrs a day), restock everything...basically run the store. The problem I had with it is that it was illegal in my city to have people work by themselves at night. Why you ask? The law came about because of a murder of the lone worker in a donut shop years earlier....at the one I was working at.
#9
3 hours, they told me i would get “trained” for one month and wouldn’t get paid at all
#10
Worked for a charity for 1.5 hours. Told me I had to earn my breaks by how many donations I got.
#11
I quit in the middle of a hospital shift, my first shift. The rn didn’t listen to me (the new CNA) about vitals on a patient and the patient passed away 30 min later….I walked out middle finger high
#12
I quit a job I didn’t know I had. Interviewed for Kay-bee Toy Store along with several other retail shops. They never told me I had the job until they called me complaining I’d missed two shifts.
#13
2 hours, maybe? It was a nursing home, and the way they did things was abysmal. I was doing orientation, went on break and called state, and then went home and applied for a different job 😂
#14
I didn't even go to my first day because when I gave them my direct deposit information 1200 dollars came out of my account and the bank traced it to them got a hold of the better business bureau and there's no more gift shop there anymore
Remi (He/Him) 4 months ago
How can anyone get money out from an account with the deposit info???? That shouldn't be possible
#15
Local mechanic shop. Within a week I was sexually harassed multiple times (all by men). I told the boss/owner, I said “this kinda stuff shouldn’t be happening to anyone”, he said “oh no I disagree”
#16
Worked behind the mcdonald grill during a heat wave when i was 15. I got burned and leaked through my jeans bc of my period. I wanted to go home but manager did not allow me to go. Walked out.
#17
After the 1st day. I didn’t come back the next day. They monitored when you went to the bathroom
#18
2 days working at a gas station. I was 16 and got hit on by multiple old men WITH the trainer there. They then told me I’d be working till midnight alone. No thanks.
Fuhleeheece 4 months ago
"Oh, and by the way, the company gets mad if you defend yourself during a robbery. Wouldn't want to upset the other customers, you know." True story.
#19
One 4 hour shift at subway. Some guy left a 90% empty coffee cup on the table and left for 20+mins so I threw it out while cleaning. He came back and screamed at me. Then the manager did too.
PeepPeep the duck 4 months ago
I’ve had this happen with beer at work but coffee 😂 what a loser
#20
Worked a 6 hour shift. Didn’t get home till almost 4am (it was an hour away) and they wanted me to come back for a mandatory staff meeting at 7am. I never went back.
#21
I quit on the first day at a warehouse job. had boiling water soiled on me then was told I wasn't allowed to tell anyone or have it checked out bc it gives a "bad reputation" for the company
#22
1 hour after orientation, realized the call center was a scam and they were banned across 13 states and Canada
#23
I couldn't even began because a few minutes after a got the job they discovered a human body hidden in the restaurant.
#24
They told me we're not allowed to drink water while working, I left 10 mins after signing the contract
#25
Worked at a plant. One day. They told me I was getting off at 3. 3 came around and they said I couldn’t leave for another 2 hours. lol my bye. Yall inconsistent and I don’t like that.
howdylee 4 months ago
My BIL works a union job. As the employees are headed for the exit door, the bosses are allowed to pick random people and tell them they have to stay (a few more hours, or a whole shift). I think it's the dumbest thing in the world and just proves they can't manage their work load properly. My brain wouldn't be able to handle it - if I'm headed out then I'm already mentally out, and wouldn't be able to stay longer because I'd be flustered and beyond P!$$ed!
#26
4 days into working at MIchael’s - a lady screamed at me abt a 15% of coupon & I started tearing up a bit cuz I was overwhelmed & my manager yelled at me for crying after. Walked out & never went back
Brian Leahy 4 months ago
There are definitely people who get a thrill out of abusing retail workers. Awful people.
#27
I think it was a week and a half. I got written up for being 30 seconds late… the parking lot was closed off so I had to walk.
#28
Kohls. Less than 2 weeks. I got yelled at for not folding a towel correctly. Absolutely not
#29
Day one, 2.5 hours in, wouldn't give me a restroom break.
Walked out without a nod.
Celtic Pirate Queen 4 months ago
Yeah, I'm a f*cking grown up and know when I need the restroom. Suck my @ss, b*tch.
#30
subway. worked there 3 days. the first 2 were fine, making sandwiches is easy. the 3rd the manager was working with me. she yelled at me for making 2 sandwiches at once even though the people were together.... while I had a line out the door and she stood at the register on her phone.. I looked at her and then at the customers who also looked at me in shock from her yelling at me. I said 'fine, I quit'
#32
3rd day working at an electronic store. First day I saw them taking money out of the safe for ‘personal use’. Spent the next 2 days tracking it & gathering evidence. Quit day 3 after calling corporate
BrownEyedPanda 4 months ago
Good thing you did. Once it came to light that money was missing from the safe, you would have been the fall guy.
#33
i worked at a pet hotel, and the manager would watch us on a huge tv in her office and radio us into her office so everyone knew, then would yell at us for talking to each other while working.
Disgruntled Pelican 4 months ago
I had a manager do this as well except it was at a bank. They would be at home and pull up cameras on Saturdays and scream at anyone who had the audacity to sit or laugh, even when no customers were present.
#34
olive garden❤️all i remember was someone throwing a pail of water on the floor and someone screaming about breadsticks. i think i actually entered h**l in that moment
Nicola Roberts 4 months ago
Is h3ll being sensored now? Or is there another word I'm not supposed to use?
#35
I’ve literally got like 3 1/2 minutes for you.. I was a chef, took a casual cooking job at coffee club Wilston.. I walked in set up my stuff, watched a qualified chef microwave a fried egg in a plastic container. I rolled up my knives and I left.🤣✨
michael Chock 4 months ago
Yeah, if a boss doesn't let a chef do real cheffing, its time to F out with your chef knives.
#36
Started a job & the first day was yelled at for not knowing how to do things and not moving faster with 0 training at all. Quit after 3 hours.
Seadog 4 months ago
AutoZone 1993. Manager not doing a thing walks past me and tells me I need to pick up the pace. I was assisting a guy a the counter and was on 2 phones, all at the same time. I thought the customer in front of me was gonna knock the manager block off. I didn't quit, the manager did.
#37
I lasted 4 days ✨ they said I was going to be an account manager and on training they “transitioned” our positions to become cold calling sellers, I quit on the spot and left
#38
5 days at Golden Corral. I thought I was ready for the amount of dishes but I was not.
#39
after 1 day they lied about My roles and wanted me to sell products door to door
Peeka_Mimi 4 months ago
I had that happen in 1999. They said it was a sales job and basically kidnapped me about 1.5 hours away from my city and forced me to sell pizza coupons door-to-door. After a few hours I told them they better take me home, NOW!!
#40
Family members working together, Is like an organized gang in the workplace. They decide who comes and who goes at any cost.
#41
This happened a week ago, actually. Had an interview where they basically asked if I’d work OT for free... During the first day of training I left the Zoom cause they asked us to smile at all times.
#42
worked at a grocery store. left 2 hours in because i saw a manager yelling at an employee in the middle of the floor cause she was 5 minutes late (she got rear ended on the way to work)
Fuhleeheece 4 months ago
Hope all the customers took note of that manager rat's attitude and made his life a living h3ll outside of the store.
#43
got an IT job right out of college, few weeks in I accidentally deleted a clients entire server profile, quit out of embarrassment lol
#44
i had a pizza place hire me and when i asked why we were all filipino she said “i hired filipinos because you guys listen to anything good or bad so its the best this way” “no other race does that”
#45
Zumiez, as soon as I figured out that we had to pressure customers into buying at least a certain amount of money worth of clothing per purchase or my job was on the line I was out of there
#46
3 weeks at Kohl’s because i threw up on the clock and when i called in sick the next day they wanted to “talk about my attendence” also side note they PUSH you to get people signed up for a Kohl’s credit card. i never asked anyone.
BookFanatic 4 months ago
Knew a person who worked as a Kohl's cashier. She got sick at her register and when she bent over to clean it up, her pants ripped. Bosses refused to let her go home, or even leave to get another pair of pants. She tied her sweatshirt around her waist, flipped them off, and walked out.
#47
1. Started a job. He told me what I was wearing wasn’t showing enough skin. Then sent me on the sidewalk to attract men. (My job was a bartender btw he had us wearing swimsuits. I was wearing a bikini top with a skirt) Then he told me I looked plain and needed to wear makeup (I don’t wear makeup never have never will) After 4/8 hours of working (I came late) I never showed up the next day.
#48
Boss became extremely toxic. Worked a shift on two hours sleep got dragged aside and berated. Pretty much told I better not quit etc. emailed my resignation with 0 notice an hour later
#49
I was an overnight worker at 7-Eleven. Female, barely trained, and alone. I had a teenage girl get chased into the store by two cars full of men chasing her. I finished the shift, quit that morning.
#50
I mean I didn't quit but I got hired on a call and on the same call fired
#51
2 days at Verizon they literally wanna make people go into debt over a phone knowing they can afford it!
#53
I worked at Zambrero’s a Mexican fast food chain, the manager made me pay 50c for disgusting infested water so I took a thing of nachos and quit
#54
walked into tim hortons on my first day, person training me didn’t speak any english, nor did anyone else, had no clue what i was doing, lasted a solid 23 minutes
#55
Telemarketer….20 min
#56
I worked at subway for 2 days then quit. they paid minimum wage and I got written up day 2 for not asking every customer about their day 😒 not worth it
#57
3 hours, dairy queen. I was 14 & I asked for a wmns small uniform, they gave me a men's XXL and said that was all they had. the two girls training me made fun of me throughout the entire training
#58
An hour: Cold calling teachers WHILE THEY WERE AT WORK, to sell them supplies. They’re too dang busy for somebody to be calling them out of the classroom!
#59
I worked in a warehouse pick packing. It was my first job, and i found it so painful, and so tiring (7am-3pm). I stopped 3 days later, and later found out i had fibromyalgia.
#60
I got hired for Burger King, called a couple days later to see when I should come in for training and they left me on hold so I hung up and never called or went back
#61
i started a job at dairy queen and my first day (about an hour in) my trainer was totally ignoring me so i just walked out and never went back
Fuhleeheece 4 months ago
Were you supposed to attach yourself to him like a backpack and peer over his shoulder?
#62
I stayed at all of my jobs for years because i was a people pleaser that put up with anything
Anthony Elmore 4 months ago
I mean, technically if "slow as f**k" is the fastest you've ever quite a job, it still fits the list theme, but I feel like this really violates the spirit of the theme.
#63
Any small family business EVER. They absolutely USE you and your job role will be to do everything and anything, paid below minimum with slavery hours. Don’t do it ppl
CM 4 months ago
I have a small business. I drove around to local shops to see what they paid and started my employees at more. It's just a small juice and smoothie shop but I know all of their fav coffee shops. I send them gift cards, their fav candies, am flexible with their scheduling bc they're students with lives, I give a raise after 3 months. I try sooo hard to make sure they're happy. They keep my business afloat, I don't understand why people wouldn't treat their employees well
#64
I worked at Safeway for 2 days. They wanted me to stay outside collecting carts in -45 weather without coming in. Collect carts put them in the caged area, wait outside for more carts. Bye.
Serena Myers 4 months ago
-45 celsius is -49 fahrenheit, or -45 fahrenheit is -42.777 ish in celsius. Where was OP working?? Norway? Alaska? Finland? 🤔
#65
Papaya it was my second job and i walked in and spent 2 hours with no direction so my next direction was the door
#66
worked at olive garden for 3 days & the last day of training the server who was training me made me cry and i never went back LMAO
#67
I restarted an old job after a 5 year gap, quit after 4 days; nothing had changed, and I ended up getting the manager fired hehe
#68
worked at a concept bubble tea store and got fired after 4 hours because they said i didn't know how to do anything LOL. they refused to train me because they were too busy and withheld my tax slip
#69
2 hrs at a security job. Got a knife pulled on me by a homeless dude. Left right after
#71
Dairy Queen. Some worker got rainbow sprinkles in the chocolate sprinkle bin (which I never saw get changed once). The manager then had me spend time separating the sprinkles out by hand.
Papa 4 months ago
This is a manager who can't do math. Something similar happened to me about 45 years ago. I was working at a lumber yard that sold nails by the pound, and the owner's wife told me to separate the random nails on the floor and put them in the correct bins. I don't remember exactly what I was getting paid per hour, but for the sake of argument let's say it was $5.00 per hour. It was not humanly possible to sort $5.00 worth of nails in an hour.
#72
4 hrs. I said thanks at the end of a call. There was a post it note on my locker door from the boss “say thank you, not thanks as it sounds rude” left and never went back.
#73
3rd day there Got yelled at for usuing their microwave to heat up my lunch so took it home and heated it up ( I didn’t go back )
#74
Worked at a makeup store for ONE shift then quit because I wasn’t allowed to sit down during the job
Madison Taylor 4 months ago
This one is a little silly. Most retail jobs do not allow workers to sit while on the floor. Which is exactly why I do not work retail. But, OP should have known that going in. Have you ever been to a store and seen the workers just sitting around in chairs asking "can I help you with anything?" No. You see them walking around, offering to assist customers, standing somewhere organizing merchandise or checking people out.
#75
amazon fresh. i was there for not even 2 days my wallet was stolen and i filed a police report. but for a brand new store their security cams were such a terrible quality
Fuhleeheece 4 months ago
Cops don't like to look at security cameras for petty theft. Cops don't like to look at security cameras at all.
#76
dollar tree, worked there 2 days. Barely any training. customers were MEAN and the coworkers didnt make it any better when I had a breakdown at the register. They laughed at me
#77
Grocery store. First day. Got 2 mins of training on a meat slicer and was left by my manager for an hour alone to run the deli. Went for lunch and drove home, never came back.
#78
I worked at a Mexican grocery store for 8 hours, couldn’t use the bathroom??? And they hired me on accident so I never got paid for those 8 hours
#79
Worked at Timhortons for 3hrs, the manager was clowning me because I asked for a large uniform and then asked me to lift my shirt up. Walked out when she wasn’t paying attention and never returned.
#80
Burger King… all their equipment was out of date and you needed two keys to open the register.🙄 I went back to McDonald’s two days later🤣
#81
Kohls; bc how you hire me and then forget that you hired me and then just give me a radio and told me to work the floor and sell credit cards 😂 it’s my first day idek where the radios are 💀
#82
I worked one day at a gas station and it was so bad the moment I stepped out I blocked everyone there and denied I ever worked there
#83
3 hours.. it was a gas station. They did not have a working toilet and told me to go on top… they’re so lucky I didn’t report them to the health department.
#84
i walked in, got the uniform, signed the papers, got put to cook, almost fainted from heatwave and quit right there, i think i was there like 2 hours
#85
I worked at my local chicken shop to get their pasta salad recipe, left 45 mins in after learning the recipe.
#88
Drove up to a place bc all the interviews were virtual, didn’t like what the outside looked like so I left
#89
I worked at Wendy’s for 2 weeks. I was immediately working from 2pm-2am closing the front alone with almost no training and I lost two toenails. I was so depressed I had to go back to therapy after
#90
30 minutes before my shift started I was crying on the floor in my living room. And then it hit me… I’m never going to let myself get that burnt out over a job that would have my job posted faster than my obituary if I died ever again.
#91
It was Tim Hortons , quit after three days because the manager yelled at me on the floor in front of everyone over giving a customer one two many napkins ONE OVER
#92
I left within an hour or two from my first day working at a hibachi restaurant. I went out for a smoke and just ended up walking off and never coming back. The person training me was just really rude and impatient
#93
Lowe’s working in the lumber department, the amount of lazy rude customers was insane.
Seadog 4 months ago
The thing about home improvement stores is there are too many people who refuse to pay a knowledgeable person to do the work, Think they're qualified when they don't have a clue, expect the store staff to tell them how to do something in 5 minutes that takes months or years to learn, and then blames the store when things go south and it costs them 10X as much to get it fixed. All because they refuse to admit they're in over their head. Have I worked there? Nope. But I'm in Lowe's enough that I know more about what they have and where it is than many of their own staff. I've actually assisted some customers because they were polite.
#94
13 days … a Law Firm filled with Middle aged women that did not want to teach me the right way to do things … had me literally RUNNING errands in 34° heat in formal uniform because no work car 🏃🏻♀️
#95
It was at a boba shop, they had me using a torch on the first day of the job, there was no training there just made me start making drinks for people, found out the owner was sleeping in the washroom
#96
Kohl's I pulled into the parking lot 2 mins before i was supposed to start and realized I did not to want work there
#97
McDonald’s, lasted 2 days. They told me to make the sundae on the FLOOR. And the lady teaching me mixed it with her FINGER.
#98
McDonald’s made me remove my fresh full set, short nails btw.. and my friend who worked there had foot long nails, then they gave me my schedule on a paper napkin.. never went back🤣lasted like 5 days
She who must not be named 4 months ago (edited)
I agree about the nails, it's a food health and safety risk and you should have been informed of uniform and appearance guidelines before you started. However, if someone else that works there has false nails too then they need to sort out the double standards. Schedule on a napkin is unprofessional too, even for McDs 🙄
#99
I worked at Hollister in highschool, they made me walk around the store, standing like a mannequin in corners, changing clothes every half hour. Left after 5 days...
#103
I couldn’t find parking so I just kept driving to my friends house
#104
I got a job at Dairy Queen on my first day 10 mins after I clocked in they were showing me how to do the dishes and I said I need to get something from my car and never went back
#105
1 hr at urban planet folding the same clothes over and over. I told them I wasn’t feeling well and left immediately
#106
1 day. I walked in as a CNA, b4 I could introduce myself everyone was screaming a residents name searching, naturally I joined in and we found him on the roof like an hour later I was like i g2g
#107
Panda Express….. trained day 1… Day 2 it was mid rush hour and I was cooking and grab the wok bare handed🫠🫠🫠. Walked out and they saw me at the drive thru next day ordering
#110
4hrs. I had to escape. they pkged food for the airlines. & the security was tight. told them I forgot my medicine in the car & had someone swipe me out. got in my car & laughed manically as I left
#111
worked at texas roadhouse for 2 hours and left.
#112
Buffalo wild wings..Nuff said.
#113
Petco 3 days, they had me bagging live crickets. No mam
Mark McCawley 4 months ago
You quit because you had to bag crickets? The little chirpy things?
#114
I worked as a mechanical engineer for 4 days then I quit everything to become a full-time artist. Go after your dreams. Otherwise what's the point in living 🫶
#116
kfc. did my online training for 6 hours, got paid for it, then quit.
#117
On my first day working at a pet store, i was asked to clean the fish tanks using a vacuum-like device. Unfortunately, I accidentally sucked up all the fish. I never returned after that
#118
I got hired at Hollister, purchased things with the employee discount then never came back. Scheduling there was a mess 💀
#119
Moved to a diff state, got a job bartending at Dave & busters, used them to get my serv safe for free then ghosted after 2 days & used it to get another job 😂
What do you think ?
Fluffyllama30 4 months ago (edited)
I have a couple crazy ones but the best is probably the one where after my second interview and accepting the job was told I’d have to come in the store every single day to check my schedule as it was subject to change at any time… see ya
Claire R 4 months ago
Most of these are horrific, but the occassional: "I was just a bit late, finally arrived, forgot my uniform, stood around watching my co-workers do work, no one offered me coffee or a break from the standing a looking around, and then I realized I don´t really want to work at all so I went home" make me chuckle/cry a bit.
Papa 4 months ago
. . . or "I went in just long enough to steal a recipe, or buy something with my employee discount, and then quit."
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R Dennis 4 months ago (edited)
At 16, I left a dishwasher job that was paying me 60% over minimum wage to apprentice under a master chef. I barely saw the guy, they paid me minimum wage, expected me to buy my meal at full price, had pests, and the exec chefs acted as if they were master chefs. During a dinner rush, they made me fire a potato dish (he was literally screaming at me) while I was in the middle of blanching tomatoes and when I salted it, there was a clump of salt barely visible, but it was there. They didn't actually need it, it was a test. This same exec, while covering my station, sent out incredibly sloppy food - not to get me blamed, but because he was lazy about quality. When the rush was over, he made me remake the dish and it was perfect. He dumped a pound of salt on it and said "F*****g eat it!" I responded "You f*****g eat it!" Then I went to the master chef and quit. He asked me to finish out the week, it was a Wednesday. I didn't come back. I went back to my previous job.
Fluffyllama30 4 months ago (edited)
I have a couple crazy ones but the best is probably the one where after my second interview and accepting the job was told I’d have to come in the store every single day to check my schedule as it was subject to change at any time… see ya
Claire R 4 months ago
Most of these are horrific, but the occassional: "I was just a bit late, finally arrived, forgot my uniform, stood around watching my co-workers do work, no one offered me coffee or a break from the standing a looking around, and then I realized I don´t really want to work at all so I went home" make me chuckle/cry a bit.
Papa 4 months ago
. . . or "I went in just long enough to steal a recipe, or buy something with my employee discount, and then quit."
Load More Replies... R Dennis 4 months ago (edited)
At 16, I left a dishwasher job that was paying me 60% over minimum wage to apprentice under a master chef. I barely saw the guy, they paid me minimum wage, expected me to buy my meal at full price, had pests, and the exec chefs acted as if they were master chefs. During a dinner rush, they made me fire a potato dish (he was literally screaming at me) while I was in the middle of blanching tomatoes and when I salted it, there was a clump of salt barely visible, but it was there. They didn't actually need it, it was a test. This same exec, while covering my station, sent out incredibly sloppy food - not to get me blamed, but because he was lazy about quality. When the rush was over, he made me remake the dish and it was perfect. He dumped a pound of salt on it and said "F*****g eat it!" I responded "You f*****g eat it!" Then I went to the master chef and quit. He asked me to finish out the week, it was a Wednesday. I didn't come back. I went back to my previous job.
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