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30 Employees Share What Forced Them To Quit Without Any Notice
Interview With Expert
Anyone who’s ever had any job experience knows that it’s not all massive paychecks, awesome colleagues, and annual promotions. Work can be exhausting, frustrating, and unfair. However, if you’re stuck in a toxic workplace environment, every single day can be a struggle. Especially if you’re already burned out and barely hanging in there.
Members of the r/AskReddit community opened up about their worst workplace experiences in a viral thread. You’ll find their candid stories, about what finally made them quit without notice, as you scroll down.
Bored Panda reached out to Paula Davis, JD, MAPP, the founder and CEO of the Stress & Resilience Institute and the author of 'Beating Burnout at Work.' She was kind enough to shine some light on the early warning signs of burnout, as well as how employees can address serious workplace issues when they're scared of the backlash.
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#1
After 18 years in retail, I took a vacation to the beach. It had been an ungodly tough year of death (becoming a widow), trouble with my children, money problems, and a boss with an otherworldly hatred of me suddenly having much more things taking up my time.
They were completely unwilling to be flexible with these new constraints on my time, so I finally just wrote a schedule and took a whopping 3 days to myself.
I finally felt relaxed and realized I felt so good to be so far away. The day I was supposed to pack and head home, I extended mine and my kiddos’ stays and just never went back.
They called like crazy, texted, tried to get ahold of me but I didn’t care. I stayed gone and it was like a weight was lifted.
I still have nightmares about that place, but at least I wake up knowing I never have to go there again.
Charles McChristy 1 year ago
I did something similar when I walked out mid-shift and never returned. I still have nightmares about that place, too.
Two Cat Studio 1 year ago
I empathize completely. I retired suddenly, spending the first few weeks getting caught up on rest. Then the nightmares started. It's been 24 years & I still have them ... but maybe once in a blue moon now. When they started I got therapy, psychotherapy & psychiatric therapy. Never realized before just how overworked I had been for YEARS. I wish you all the best in your recovery AND new life!
With so many employees reporting burnout, Bored Panda was curious about the early warning signs that everyone should look out for. Davis explained to us that some of these signs include consistent procrastination, as well as a drop in productivity, and an inability to concentrate.
Another indication is that you react disproportionally strongly to small requests of your time. Davis said that this might mean someone has a "level 10 response" to a "level 1 ask."
In the meantime, employees on the verge of burnout get sick far more frequently. They especially have more low-grade sicknesses, from headaches and stomachaches to colds.
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#2
Dillards. They told me to clock out and work all night because regional was coming to inspect the store. So they wanted me to work for 8 hours moving around heavy stuff for free. Quit on the spot. Told me I wasn't a "team player". I asked the manager if he would pay me for not working. He said no. I asked him why would I work without getting paid, blank stare.
Alexandra 1 year ago
It never ceases to amaze me that apparently employees in the USA only have a few rights when compared to employees in most European countries. Why is that? Americans are usually very vocal about civil rights and liberties and such, but apparently not when it comes to the rights of workers.
Sunflower Moon 1 year ago
Decades of brainwashing that hard work gets you places. The newer generations are waking up from this disturbing fantasy but corporate power is stronger than people power here, so it's going to be very difficult to change. People are trying to unionize but corporations good loopholes to squash those attempts. The jobs that do have unions with maybe the exception of the grocery union, are quite well paying with lots of worker vendors and power. So much here in the US is incredibly backwards and appalling because a significant portion of the population either believe that "America is the greatest country in the world" and/or they are completely ignorant of how much better their life be because they don't know anything about the world outside of the US.
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Sonja 1 year ago (edited)
It's a classic. When an employee needs anything, they're insisting they're not a social service and in capitalism you have to work to get paid, but as soon as it suits them, they want you to be a team player and take one for the team for free. Like nah, baby, that's socialism. I do what I'm paid for. That's capitalism baby. You want me to work you'll have to pay up. You want more work, you pay more money, you want higher quality, you pay high quality money, you want loyalty, you pay loyally. That's what capitalism means. My workforce is my currency, cold, hard cash is theirs. I sell, they're buying. Like a whore I sell my body, my presence and my time for cash. But I don't give them my love or my passion because that's a gift reserved only for my friends and family. That's what it is. They don't get to make demands on social investment in the name of the greater good to the benefit of the company when they're not willing to give that back when I'm in need.
Jeremy James 1 year ago
When I was 16, my boss would circumvent labor laws by having me clock out and continue working late on school nights. He claimed he would adjust my hours so I would get paid. Being young and naive, I never checked to verify that he did.
Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
Forgive the stereotype, but from experience I know southern (US) companies and managers expect blind obedience to illegal behavior. Dillards are as south as you can get.
jonathan doe 1 year ago
When we Americans talk about our rights that mainly means our right to complain and moan about having to work lol
Chelsea McKee 1 year ago
He wants you to be a team player...for absolutely no rewards. Some team.
johnny smitherman 1 year ago
Capitalism has brain washed people into thinking hard work for years will eventually pay off. Its a huge lie
#3
Old sales job I had. Landed/closed a big deal with a nice commission check heading my way. Found out a week or so later that the client wasn't *mine*, therefore, the check would be going to the correct sales rep. The "correct" sales rep just happened to be related to the boss and so they got a free commission check without ever lifting a finger.
Left that day.
Eduardo Y 1 year ago
I was a sales executive at a big german chemicals distributor and we had a comissions sistem where we would get nothing if we did not reach 80% of the sales goal. Come december, the busiest month of the year, I had a pile of orders booked, the plant had the products ready, the client had the trucks scheduled to pick up, financil approved the credit, my check was already in sight.... then the f*****s decided that the plant workers deserved one extra free day on dec 30th. With that, I made 79,99% of the sales goal... ZERO comission that month
Davis, author of 'Beating Burnout at Work,' also noted that another indication that you might be burning out is that you detach from the things that you typically enjoy. For example, your date nights become less frequent. You don't work out or participate in sports as often as before. You take part in fewer social activities. You give up your hobbies.
Workplace burnout is a global problem. Statista reports that, according to a 2022 survey, 36% of American employees experienced a moderate level of burnout. A further 15% were dealing with a high level of burnout; another 8% reported their levels of burnout as very high. Meanwhile, a 2021 survey conducted in Europe found that 66% of Polish workers were on the verge of burnout.
Meanwhile, a Deloitte survey found that 77% of respondents have experienced burnout at their current job. More than half of the workers surveyed have admitted that this has happened more than once. It’s a very widespread issue.
#4
New management started taking from my commissions and kept trying to worm out of our agreed contract and pay. Final straw was when they were taking from the tip jar claiming tips weren't for employees, just the boss
Roberta Surprenant 1 year ago
Illegal in the US, could have been a good payout for the employees if prosecuted.
Laura Williams 1 year ago
Nope just hell no. Customer leave tips for servers who brought them food ect. Not asshat who made schedules.
#5
I was a shift supervisor at Wendy's. One night, a customer ordered an apple pecan salad after we had sold our last pre-made one. I asked an employee to gather ingredients from the walk-in fridge, specifically, a bag of pre-chopped apples.
He brought me two bags. One contained browned apple and had an expired expiration date label. The other looked fresh and wasn't expired. I thanked him, took the fresh one, and instructed him to dispose of the expired one. He refused because he was afraid my boss would find out it was him and fire him. I said, "she can't fire you for doing what I told you to do, especially if it's the right thing to do."
The next day, I get a call from an underage employee asking for a ride to work. When I picked him up, I suddenly remembered that he wasn't on the schedule and asked him why he was going on. He explained that the boss had asked him to sub for someone she fired.
We arrive at work, and I walk straight back to the office to check the schedule and see that she's crossed out the employee name who threw out the apples. I asked my boss why his name was crossed off the schedule, and she said he was wasting perfectly good food. I told her that I told him to throw it away because it was brown and the stamped date was expired. She yelled back that it was only a few days past expiration, and it was still fine. I explained that it is illegal to sell food beyond its expiration date, but if she wanted to eat it herself, she was welcome to get it out of the dumpster. She said she did get it out of the dumpster and made salads with it. Then she yelled, "You don't throw away milk just because the expiration date has passed without sniffing it first!" I yelled back, first of all, the apples were f*****g brown, and second of all, I absolutely will throw out expired milk without sniffing it because spoiled milk smells awful and I don't wanna ruin my apatite while I'm serving myself a meal!"
Then she threatened to fire me, and I yelled that she should because I was the one who instructed the employee to dispose of expired food, and I'll do it again. She admitted it was an empty promise because she couldn't afford to fire me, so I told her I was quitting. She asked, "Right now?" I said, "No, I'm giving my two week notice, but I start my two week vacation tomorrow, so tonight is my last shift."
Later that night, I called the fired employee and apologized for getting him fired and bragged about how I quit in solidarity.
When my two weeks vacation was up, I actually did have to work one more week in order to get paid for my 2 week vacation, because I needed one more week to qualify working a full year. During that final week, I had an exit interview with the district manager. I explained why I quit and spoiled the beans on a bunch of other s**t the boss did wrong, and also suggested she get the security camera system fixed without the manager knowing because the manager's shift is constantly putting money in the register and handing food out of the window without ringing it up in the system, then the manager counts out the drawers, which is against policy, and pockets the excess cash.
During my next shift, a couple of tech guys from corporate showed up to fix the security camera DVR, but left the second they opened the closet and saw we had a VHS system. They couldn't just fix it. They needed to replace it. Also, they were very confused as to why we had a VHS system considering how new our store was. I told them the rumor was that the manager swapped it with a system from her house so she could get away with they.
Anyways, the district manager asked me to work at a store that was closer to my house for 1 month, because all of the managers at the other store were overdue for vacations but they didn't have enough managers to take vacations.
When I started working at the other Wendy's, I explained to the general manager why I quit and got transferred, and that I'd quit with no notice if he overruled my decisions on food safety. He agreed.
I worked there for almost a month and never had a single shift where I was the only manager on duty, which either meant that they did have enough managers to take vacations, or they weren't taking any vacations anyway.
Then, one day, an employee grabbed a bag of frozen chicken out of a freezer, unaware that it was already open, and dumped the whole bag of frozen chicken on the floor right in front of the general manager and I. The employee looked at us both, shrugged, and asked, "Five second rule?" I replied, "No. The five second rule works if your only concern is vilification contamination, which can be cooked off, but we clean the floors with toxic chemicals that can not be cooked off. If you serve that chicken to customers, you will poison them."
The employee looked at the general manager for confirmation, but the general manager said, "He's right, but that's a whole lot of money. Pick it up and serve it." I walked out while saying, "Good luck with the food poisoning lawsuits!" Loud enough for customers to hear.
Chelsea McKee 1 year ago
Thanks for walking out. ✌️ There is an expected standard when we go out to eat.
Pursuing Peonies 1 year ago
Op does not sound like a wasteful food snob, they sound like a person who follows rules. While yes, it's very important to also check for spoilage regardless of dates, in food service if it's out of date it's illegal to sell. Period. Lawsuits have happened enough because of people not following basic food safety that food service has to be overly cautious about it.
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#6
I was a shift lead in a kitchen where none of the management knew anything about BoH. I ran grill, sauté, expo, and ovens solo during every peak shift. I ordered trucks, prepped all week for weekend brunch, wrote kitchen schedules, coordinated kitchen cleaning projects, contacted vendors for repairs, and generally ran the kitchen’s day to day. I was given the keys and started opening 6 days a week. I was working 55+ hours and loving it. I expanded our brunch service to Fridays as well as Saturday/Sunday and I come up with an early week menu to use up leftover brunch items and minimize waste. I helped grow weekly sales from 40-45k to 75-80k in three years.
I started having issues with closing management on shifts where I wasn’t there. I’d get in at 6am to open and the restaurant was left a mess and prep/stocking wasn’t completed. I talked to the staff and tried to get them to help out but I had no support and follow through from the actual managers. This went on for weeks.
Then one week I was in at 5 for Friday Brunch prep. I was prepping sheets of bacon and went to the back to pull the biscuits I had prepped the day before. I had left them on a speed rack. I found them on a shelf stacked on top of each other. The weight of the trays had smashed every biscuit into single sheets of dough on the lower trays. The speed rack had the dressings and cold items from the line close the night before.
I did about 90% of the brunch prep by the time the “opening” manager showed up at 8:30 (we opened at 9.) I told her what was left to set up the line. She asked why I was telling her. I laid the sheets of dough in front of her, dropped my keys on top, and walked out.
I got nearly 50 calls from them that day and dozens of texts. I didn’t respond to a single one. A few days later, the owner of the store called me and asked who he needed to fire to bring me back. I told him I’d pass and ended up finding another job in a day. A little over a year later, this restaurant shut down and was demolished to turn the space into a parking garage.
Noproblem 1 year ago
*deserts (Because they’re getting what they deserve.) Unless you were just making a foodie pun. Then please excuse my pedantry
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dayngerkat 1 year ago
I mean it's like the owner knows and appreciates what this person does, they were probably just kept in the dark by management. If you like the owner and the business, just fire the useless people and hire new staff. No sense penalizing the business owner for the incompetent staff
Cyber Returns 1 year ago
Boss: "Who do I need to fire for you to come back?" OP: "Every last one of you including you. You all suck"
The reality is that far from every employee is going to stand up for justice and against unfairness in the workplace. Some people don't want to risk their careers and financial stability because they expect backlash from management.
Bored Panda asked Davis for her thoughts on how workers can still tackle those all-important issues more subtly.
"I always suggest that a good first step is to not go it alone. Is there another person (or people) on your team having the same or a similar issue, and can you approach talking about the topic together?" she urged employees to look for allies.
#7
My brother had just died, would have been the first Christmas without him and I was expected to work because “it’s not like you have kids.”
DennyS (denzoren) 1 year ago
At my job too, I am the only unmarried/childless person and it's always used in the same way, "oh, he doesn't have any wife/kids so he can/wouldn't"...very unfair treatment.
CrazyKnitter 1 year ago
I'm Jewish, so I get a lot of "Oh, well you don't celebrate Christmas". Well, yes, I do actually. My husband does and his mother (who I actually adore), it's her favorite holiday and she's devastated every time we can't make it. And I still have to work Hanukkah most places too....
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Len Mastin 1 year ago
People with kids and smokers , always get more time out! Trained with someone who smoked and she took an additional 2 hrs break time for smoking but nothing got done, as usual.
Mike F 1 year ago
That's not always true, I worked with a printer in the 70's who went, every hour, to the bathroom to read some pages in his Reader's Digest, not a smoker.
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Hamlets twin 1 year ago
Wow, people suck. At my old job I would usually work holidays because i don't have much family. But my coworkers always made up for it. On top of my boss ensenitiving by giving extra time off for people who worked the holidays. The job had to be staffed 24/7/365 so we just prioritized and asked each other.
Mbfsc63 1 year ago
This cr@p happened to me all throughout the 80s and 90s. I now have a union job in a hospital and am at the top of the seniority list when it comes time to pick vacay time. I always offer to work Christmas and Boxing Day because I don't do anything for Christmas and always take New Years off. Not gonna lie, working those 2 days is a nice boost in pay, but the choice is mine and not an expectation.
Bex 1 year ago
Have done the same for all holidays for whole worklife. I'm not religious and have no problem celebrating in my off hours. However, I do expect zero pushback when I select my precious few vacation days.
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I don't have kids either, and I've had people try to pull this on me too. I just say, "What does their decision to have children have to do with me?"
Seadog 1 year ago
Didn't quit on the spot but AutoZone in '96 I had a vacation approved near the end of their black out period (the time between March and October when they don't want employees taking vacation - you know, the best time to take vacation). AN issue at another store cause all vacations to be canceled. I was going with my dad to the Fly In at Osh Kosh, I'd never been before and this would be the first vacation dad and I took together in 20 years. He died that December. I quit 4 months later.
#8
I put in that I needed off a particular weekend 5 months in advance. That week comes and I’m on the bar schedule. I call and say “yeah I can’t work this I have someone in town from across the country staying with me. I put in to have off 5 months ago.” Manager replied “you put in a *request* off, and it’s just that. A request.” So even though I was seething angry, I said okay and then hung up. Day of the shift comes and I waited until 15 minutes before it started to leave a message thanking them for the opportunity to cover everyone else’s shifts for 3 years, but I wouldn’t be in ever again. I still joke to this day with my friend that I quit my job for her.
Alexandra 1 year ago
If the employer does't react to your request, it's automatically granted.
Megalodon Meg 1 year ago
I just see it as I'm not requesting the time off, I'm letting you know I won't be here as a courtesy so you can find coverage.
Tigara Akimoto 1 year ago
Time off forms are NOT "requests"! They are simply informing the recipient (boss) that they need to find someone else to cover those shifts because you WILL NOT be there for them.
Stymied Egan 1 year ago
It depends on where you work. If you work for the government in the US, it has to be approved. Government jobs are not something you want to give up easily. I believe they are supposed to reply with in a given time period. If it's approved they can still demand you come in. Hopefully you are in an office with a good union, they will fight for you.
Load More Replies... General Anaesthesia 1 year ago (edited)
Three Kings Day (Epiphany), January 6, 2021 rings a bell. Coincidence? You never know with BP.
#9
My boss continuously berated my performance. I got a similar job elsewhere. My new job was going to start in a couple of weeks and I was waiting to talk with my boss and give him 2 weeks notice. He started criticizing me again so I gave him my keys for the building and walked out.
Skywitness 1 year ago
A former coworker snapped and walked out in the middle of his shift. He was the one person who did a very critical job and, of course, our multi-billion dollar company had exactly no employees to take his place. He received calls for several days asking where he was. F you very much. My departure was sooner but less dramatic. I had no replacement either with over 3 months advance notice.
Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
Yup! dropping my retirement papers the day I go off on 2 weeks vacay. He deserves it, sadly the others who respect me do not. But if asked, I WILL enlighten them.
"You also need to be clear about the issue and be very intentional and fact-based when talking about it. Is 'unfairness' a lot of rumors about a pending sale, for example, and your team is being kept in the dark? Or is ‘unfairness’ things like incivility, workplace bullying, or the like, which have potential legal consequences for the company?"
Davis said that whatever the case might be, it's vital to document specific dates, times, and emails.
"Keep copies of emails if that's applicable. Depending on the severity of the unfairness, you may have to ask yourself some tough questions. Is this really the right environment in which to work?"
#10
When they took my elderly coworker in the back and unceremoniously fired him. He had a disability when he was hired but after a few years a new manager started tasking him with things he wasn't able to do, then complained to the new owners...
I walked out with him. I have a lot of pride for that decision. He said it made him feel like he mattered. They went out of business 6 months later so who even cares. It's been 7 years and it still makes me angry to think about that day and those smug heartless managers.
Asri X 1 year ago
I once worked for a company that assigned a 75 year old man who had worked for the company for 50 years to my department. He had absolutely no skills for what we did, but was a treasure trove on information regarding every part we ever sold and what it worked with. I was informed to write him up for every mistake he made. I completely ignored him so I wouldn't have to write him up. He probably thought I was a b***h. He occupied himself answering questions from the customer support emails because. I got counseled repeatedly by HR for not writing him up. The boss had temper tantrums and started throwing things at me. When I reached the point where I decided not to duck next time, I realized it was time to leave. I have always wondered if my replacement got that poor guy fired.
Chelsea McKee 1 year ago
If Grandma and Grandpa are able to walk and move around, do basic cashiering, move some boxes, maybe the lighter ones, and otherwise provide a service to the customer, keep them. Loyalty and experience has merit.
Laura Williams 1 year ago
Yep good for you for standing up for someone who probably couldn't. It is illegal to fire people for their disabilities.
#11
My manager threating to punch me in the face for wearing dress shoes(he thought I was interviewing for another job, I wasn't) AND a customer threatening to kill me in the same day
#12
My dad died right before Christmas. I was already scheduled for a week off for family travel HR said I could add three more days for funeral services so we could have it after the holiday. I came back and received a call from HR. The woman apologized and said she needed to ask but would make it brief. She asked if my dad actually died. I told her yes, and she apologized again and said she didn’t need anything else. Then the office manager called me into her office to tell me my boss had been telling people she thought I was faking it to get more time off.
My boss was horrible in general, and relied on me to do the majority of her work, which is what led her to creating the story about my dad not actually dying. She was hoping I’d be called back early from my trip.
I had been interviewing for a job at another company and got an offer the day I got back. I called from my desk and accepted the offer, then packed my things and left.
Thor Haugen 1 year ago (edited)
At my last job, my boss and several colleagues came to both my parent's funerals. Seriously, as long as it's in the same city, why would you not go to the funeral of a parent of someone you work with? It's called being human.
Worst Cop in Britain 1 year ago
I wouldn't. I don't know my coworkers like that and I sure as hell wouldn't want my coworkers at my parents' funeral. IMO that's just super frickin weird and awkward unless the coworker actually KNEW the parent...?!
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Upstaged75 1 year ago
That's crazy! I'm a manager and I treat the people I supervise how I'd want to be treated myself. It wouldn't even occur to me to think someone was lying about a death in the family.
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Caroline Nagel 1 year ago
I worked for a firm and had a nasty manager. All employees together demanded a wellness survey by an independent company. The manager was sacked a week after the results came out. All thanks to our union representatives.
You stole that from Robocop 1 year ago
When my dad died I phoned my boss at around 9pm (I knew he'd be up) bawling my eyes out, he just said "come back when you feel able".
While some of the responsibility rests on the employees themselves to enforce better boundaries and take better care of their physical and mental health, management isn’t blameless. Companies need to be more aware of how the systems they have in place can and do contribute to burnout, demotivation, and top talents heading for greener pastures.
Each and every one of us is responsible for determining how much unfairness we can tolerate at work. It’s up to us to be our strongest advocates. Nobody else is going to stand up for us if we don’t start enforcing some healthy (or at least healthier) boundaries.
The problems you can face at work are incredibly varied. They can range from financial ones like unfair pay and a lack of career opportunities to social issues like toxic colleagues and micromanaging bosses.
#13
When I got called an hour before my shift and was told to come in immediately because the manager didn't schedule enough people. When I reminded her I needed to bus I was told to "just take a cab." Stupidly I did. And when I got in she told me I should've made sure she did the schedule right. Then I was told I'd be opening the next morning... Even though I was closing the kitchen that night.
I closed. I did not open. My apron and key were on the counter waiting for her when she went to work in the morning.
#14
Over a decade ago, worked at Tim Hortons. had been there 6 years on overnight shift. (11PM-7AM)
We were always understaffed. Usually just two people; one in the back, one at front of house. Of course it is slower than during the day, that goes without saying, but there are a few "rushes" when certain places close.
Anyways, they hire back a guy who had previously been fired like 4 times for just not showing up. He was on the schedule on a Sunday morning with me. There was a 20 dozen donut order and that was the day the freezer truck arrived and I put that away. I remember saying "If he doesn't show up, I'm probably just going home".
Needless to say, he doesn't show up. Managers aren't picking up either. I think I stayed for a few hours futilely trying to get everything done- I closed down the front and the Drive/thru for what I intended to be a few hours to try to at least have the order ready for 6AM. But then a switch kind of flipped; I realized I wasn't going to be able to take any break the entire time. Somehow I'd have to figure out how to put away a freezer delivery, which arrives literally at 5AM which is busy as hell, and I'd be doing that as well. The people that showed up in the morning would just do their usual bitching about stuff I wasn't able to do, I'd probably get written up again for some stupid reason or because I didn't do X or Y or whatever, and all this for like, $10.50/hr. I paused and asked myself- "how long do I want to work here?". And right then a bunch of drunk kids were knocking on the door, apparently confused why the lights were off and the door was locked, because that's an enigma. I decided "6 years is enough" and went home.
#15
I once worked as a landscaper, and during a slow month, some of us workers were asked to head to the bosses brothers property and help out there, which was fine. My boss asked that I pick him up in the morning and take him out there. The straw that broke the camels back was while out there I had filled some buckets with water, and while I did turn the tap off, it was slowly dripping. My boss noticed this and had a complete meltdown. He made threats to harm to the person who left it dripping (he didn't know who it was at that point). I dropped my tools, told my boss to shove his threats, and left, leaving my boss in the middle of nowhere
dayngerkat 1 year ago
If he didn't know who left it dripping, then there must've been other people there
Load More Replies...Whatever your problem might be, it’s up to you to address it. If you wait for someone else to do it, the odds are that the issue will remain untouched. Not many people are willing to rock the boat, unless they know that they’ve got the support of at least some of their colleagues. So they’re generally willing to tolerate small-scale problems.
If you happen to have an issue with a problematic coworker, it’s best to talk to them directly. Have a friendly chat about how their behavior (rudeness, excessive gossip, etc.) is affecting you. Be clear, but be willing to look for some sort of compromise. You want to make your coworker feel understood (even if they’re completely in the wrong), not like you’re accusing them.
A major part of managing other people is about having the emotional intelligence to actively listen to others and recognize their perspectives, while looking for common ground.
#16
I used to work at IHOP in high school part time. They were literally scheduling me during school hours and calling me when I wasn’t showing up. I dropped off their stuff during the rush and left.
James016 1 year ago
Had a similar thing when I was a teenager working at the long departed Safeway. I was sitting my A Level exams and I asked for time off so I could study, was told no, then got an earful as I was 10 mins late for one shift, explained I had just come from an exam that they would not let me take time off for, once my exams were done, I took 4 weeks off, came back and put in my one week's notice. Safeway then go bought out by Morrisons
sharon hunter 1 year ago
I used to work in Giant in the bakery in HS, and they kept scheduling me for 2:00... School didn't let out until 1:50...
Mark Boelte 1 year ago
If they do that in the US, report them to the Department of Labor. That is a violation of Child Labor Law.
#17
I asked for a filing cabinet for 6 months got told there was no money in the budget. I found one for free and there was mo time to pick it up. Then they bought another supervisor a brand new truck
3 Otters 🦦 1 year ago (edited)
I worked at a very large bank years ago. Figured out how to save a million a year and was excited about my $600 dollar bonus. Nope, the supervisor took it. She said regular employees couldn’t get the bonus. So I waited. When I was in a better position I figured out how to save a few million. Yup. Cut her department and her job. Bye bye. That was worth $600 to me and then some.
William Travis 1 year ago
nothing quite like being told raises will be delayed/smaller due to lack of funds and then seeing your company signed on to sponsor some sporting event for tens of millions of dollars
Brian Droste 1 year ago
They could afford a 40,000+truck but couldn't afford a a cabinet that probably cost less than 100. That is crazy.
You stole that from Robocop 1 year ago
My employers got us all new furniture (smaller desks to jam more people into the same space). On throwing the old stuff out they asked if anyone wanted any so I asked if I could have my under table drawers (the new ones were tiny and if I took the wheels off it'd fit in the space beside my desk. I had all this in email with HR. 6 months later HR take away my drawers, I ask what they're doing, "we need these as our documents won't fit in our current drawers". "I'll sell them to you if you want as they're my personal property", "what?", "here's the email chain where you gave them to me, consider it a receipt proving ownership". They were not happy, that guy was a massive arsehole.
#18
Started training a new employee. He beat the s**t out of me and put me in the hospital. I was a teenager at the time. He got the job a day out of jail. His words were, "I don't take order from some dumb kid." Then he punched me in the head.
I woke up in the hospital with broken ribs, a broken leg, 3 fingers broken on left hand, 1 on the right hand. I had various other injuries from after he knocked me out. My employer called me asking me if I was going to be late in the morning. I told them I was in the hospital with a broken leg. They said I had crutches right? Be there at 7am. I told him no, I quit. I hung up and blocked his contact. Got a bunch of nasty pages from him before I changed the number.
I showed the cops the messages and gave them access to VM, they told me it was best if I never went back there. I never did. I ended up getting a nice cheque in the mail from the company for how badly things went. Took years to figure out. As far as i know the guy was never caught. Just fled on foot cursing about that kid that ruined his life. I imagine there is some angry guy out there thinking about how he was going to get me. I am not worried. It has been over 30 years.
Miki 1 year ago
Wait.. They never got a guy even if police knew his name? I thought he was some low lvl criminal, not a friking D.B. Cooper
David & Julie Dyer 1 year ago
Almost the identical thing happened where I live a couple of years ago. Except I'm pretty sure the kid died.
Seadog 1 year ago
A nice check. Okay, and the a***ole manager? I'd definitely want proof he was charged with harassment or something. I can only assume workman's comp paid all the medical bills. I can only imagine the fight for that since manager was so stupid to begin with he probably refused to file the paperwork.
Karen Philpott 1 year ago
How nice to see your boss being so very concerned about your well being. Not. Hope you're better now though.
Unfortunately, not all of your colleagues are going to be reasonable and empathetic. Some people are too proud, entitled, or lack the awareness to make some really needed changes in their behavior. So, your next step is to have someone mediate the conflict.
Talk to your direct manager or human resources rep so they can help you root out the core issues. It usually helps a ton if you have some evidence to back up your claims. That includes emails, messages, and other witnesses.
However, if your manager or HR are unwilling to help or their efforts seem fruitless, your range of options starts to shrink. What you can do is move higher up the corporate food chain. Talk to your boss (or your boss’ boss). If you’re part of a labor union, have them weigh in. And if things are incredibly bad (you’re being harassed or discriminated against, you’re owed pay, etc.), you may need to get your lawyer involved.
#19
I was working in a private Deaf education facility, and the owner refused to get certified interpreter’s. They would instead hire college interpreting student as teaching assistant to cut costs. I was hired shortly after the semester started and the seniors left.
A month in they started scheduling me to interpret IEPs. For the first two days I showed up with my job description and an invoice for service. No signature no service.
On my last and final day, a few of us student employees who carpooled from campus parked next to the owner of business. They were on a hands feee call windows down laughing about us stupid college students and the money they were making charging crazy tuition to different Deaf Families.
Imagine the shocked as we got out of the car in our staff uniform. I turned in my badge immediately then caught a bus to back to campus.
A few months pasted they made the local news because of ADA lawsuits from parents, the facility closed due to bankruptcy and financial fraud.
Purplescales 1 year ago
I remember an office I worked in trying to make the deaf patient pay for their own interpreter despite it being the businesses' legal responsibility, I'm so glad I got to quit that job for one that paid me 22 and hour instead of 14, flipping cheapskates. A coworker who had been there for 15 years only made 14.50 an hour and I had been there nearly 4. the newest hire was making 16/hr. No money for raises but plenty of money to remodel.
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Chad Turgeon 1 year ago
snyder you're a twerp. jesus fu**ing christ. You'll notice no capitals on any of this sh*t names too.
Alysha Pursley 1 year ago
IEP = Individual Education Plan. ADA = Americans with Disabilities Act
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#20
I as working at Sears part time for Christmas. They never trained me. When my supervisor came in for something and found out I was working alone he ran out before they could ask him to help. My other supervisor had a nervous breakdown and while crying, said he wanted to punch the manager but was a felon and needed the job. I just got tired of the s**t because I was literally just working for Christmas money. They found me at my other job and asked me to come back because I had figured out how to do the job without being trained. I said no and they told me I'd never be able to work for Sears or Kmart again.
Shiver me timbers
A. Starhawk Hunt 1 year ago
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Retail/ Customer Service by choice. I’m nuts.
Load More Replies... Susan Teter 1 year ago
I don't even know of ANY Sears or Kmart still open. And thanks Sears for the extended warranty on my washer that I CAN'T use now!
Maartje 1 year ago
Unless you let it expire Sears warranty is still honored, another company is taking care of their warranty claims now. call 1800 for my home (1-469-839-6272)
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LadyRougarou 1 year ago
My aunt got fired from Sears when they found out she had cancer. They fired her for being a "liability" and she was the manger over the displays. Sears can go f^ck themselves 🖕🏻
Seadog 1 year ago
My oldest went to work for Sears. In the back assembling and loading etc. Went through orientation and walked into the work area and there were several people sitting at a table playing cards. He assumed they were on break. They said no that they were in fact very busy. Son turned, walked back to supervisor who confirmed they were very busy. He quit on the spot. Super couldn't understand why. He told her that he came to work, not play.
dayngerkat 1 year ago
Out of high school, I applied at Sears for a full time sales position. They hired me as part-time stock. No training. I was lost. Quit like 2 weeks after
#21
Quit my waitressing job after my boss tried to sleep with me 🙃
LuckyL 1 year ago
And how imagine how many women he slept with because they needed the job or were to shy to say no.
Maartje 1 year ago
And how many people silently quit their job/ loose their income because of something like this, I understand why- filing a complaint comes down to he said she said. However, they cannot deny your claim for this very reason- and the issue should be addressed. If not, go up higher to state level.
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Rizzo 1 year ago
Why do I always have to feel second hand embarrassment for badly behaving men. Stop it. We have to evolve. Now!
Some guy 1 year ago
Don't be embarrassed. Just a) don't behave that way yourself, and b) speak up/step in when you see somebody else doing it.
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I had a boss promise me a promotion (I wasn't qualified for) if I slept with him. He was going to jump over many other qualified people, who had been there much longer. The creepiest thing is (when I first started) he went on and on about how much I reminded him of his daughter. 🤢
Gabriele Alfredo Pini 1 year ago
"tried to rape me". If someone in a position of power is compelling you to have sex with them is rape.
Starry starry night 1 year ago
Having to work with males bosses like that is just so draining. You have to censor your self. The way you talk, walk, dress or even stand. Trying to keep your balance, always walking the line of being respectful but not being too friendly is utterly balls
Caroline Nagel 1 year ago (edited)
Unions in Europe have lawyers for their members. She could have sued her boss/the company without having to pay anything for legal aid had she been with a union.
The alternative is to quit and look for another job. Or you can look for better employment and then quit. Your strategy will depend on your financial situation, how bad the toxicity is at work, and the alternative employment opportunities you have available. The rule of thumb is that you should not stick around at a job if it’s chronically damaging your mental and emotional health.
However, you should read your work contract in detail to figure out how much flexibility you have in terms of when and how you quit. Some companies can demand that you stay for an additional two weeks (or more) after you put in your resignation. Essentially, you should make sure that the company cannot penalize you for quitting without notice.
Alternatively, you can try to negotiate a severance package. That might mean being more diplomatic than your boss and coworkers might deserve, but that extra bit of financial stability can really help you out while you’re figuring out what you’ll do next.
#22
When I complained about being on call 24/7 and not being paid for it. And they had me in with HR discussing my performance. I walked out 2 weeks before Christmas
DennyS (denzoren) 1 year ago
Oh you want to be compensated for your work? Well it's about time HR goes through your performance with a fine tooth comb.
Sami-Jo Ross 1 year ago
"Well, you didn't answer this call at 2:18AM on a Sunday, so you clearly don't care about the impact this has on our company."
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La Lucy 1 year ago
If you are salary they can do that. Sadly I dealt with it for years, on top of 30+ hour shifts and 13 days with no break. Thankfully a lot of states are passing on call wage laws.
James016 1 year ago
Not in the UK. I am salaried but my contract says 37.5 hours a week.
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James016 1 year ago
Companies seem to expect you to dedicate your entire existence to them
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AwesomeLeoWife 1 year ago
So you were available to work and knew about this ahead of time…but didn’t actually work…how dare they not pay you for you not working!
Isa Wan 1 year ago
He worked but wasn't paid. Being on call is also work.
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Retail. You take s**t from customers and you take s**t from management. It builds up. Not sure if there was a “straw” but one day I just went to lunch and never came back.
Miranda Veracruz de la Joya Cardenal 1 year ago
Everyone, EVERYONE should be required to work retail for a year. Then we will understand more about people and society, and treat each other better.
Blondie23 1 year ago
I worked at several retail companies and for the most part they were not that bad... there was one in a mall that sold only women's swim suits that I did that very thing... just left for lunch and didn't come back. They were horrible. Expected me to work 75+ hours a week with no overtime and run the whole store by myself most of the time. The manager was sort of nice but refused to push back on corporate for their crazy policies!
Nikki Sevven 1 year ago
I don't understand the thought process behind mistreating people who are providing you with a service. You will always get better service when you treat that person with dignity, courtesy, and respect. Honestly, you should do that without the motivation of better service, just because it's the right thing to do.
Elizabeth Dittrich 1 year ago
Most quit the boss or used to. I loved the job, the customers, would do it still. I hated the boss. Their way of thinking is so messed up. The store closed for remodeling, took 8 months.they expected us to just sit and wait. The 3 of us filed for unemployment , we were laid off, not fired, didn't quit . The boss boss called us up and asked us about it, we explained, he then said well if you filed for unemployment then that means you no longer work for me. You are not employed. So to keep our jobs we either had to stop the paperwork. One did. Turns out he had not been turning in tax or employee information. When we filed he got into trouble, he was trying to prevent damage. I had worked there for 7 years and there was no proof I had worked even 1 day. I had every check stub though showing gross and net. He got into a lot of trouble with huge fines and the guy he was paying under the table got into trouble and deported.
#24
Wrote me up for something I didn’t do. Packed up my s**t, sent an email to my boss, clocked out and left.
Mbfsc63 1 year ago
When I was 18, I worked for McDonald's back in the early 80s and was asked to sign my file for being late back from my break. I what made them think I was late and was told other employees had told them. I told them I would not be signing and that what they were told amounted to heresay. They threatened to suspend me. I told them I wanted to speak with the head manager and was told I could tomorrow after my shift. My shift started at 5AM and I simply didn't go in. I got many calls and told them I would not be returning. The head manager was a decent sort and called me up and asked to meet with me near my apartment. I went, and we had a nice chat and I told him what the issue was. He was not happy with the treatment I had received and asked if I would come back if he paid me for my 2 missed days and transferred this assistant manager out. I thought that was fair and I went back and went into management 1 year later and never treated a crew person the way this moron treated me.
Elizabeth Dittrich 1 year ago
I worked as a cashier at a convenience store. I had been a cashier at this point over 30 years. I was constantly getting lectures or write up for shortages the issue was there was only one register and during my shift there was at least 2 other people in it, yet I got blamed.the other 2 were the owners. After a remodel there were 2 registers, mine and the owners. No shortages in mine always in theirs, my write ups were never reversed. One day I was almost fired, $100 was missing from my till. I knew it was not me, I finally convinced the son to check footage. I was out of sight 3 times. The mom had gone into my till and just took money out each time I was away. The son did not tell me why or what happened other than I was fine and mom was not allowed to touch my till. It was locked with a pin code each time I walked away after that. Seems she was the culprit the other times too.
#25
They 1st scheduled me outside of my availability after me telling them 2 times and leaving a note to my Supervisor who "didn't see it" until it was too late.
Got everything covered but 1 day and when I told my Supervisor that I was going to be 2 hours late because I worked 2 jobs, I was told "Be here or it's a no call no show!"
Figured out a way to get to work on time (wonderful coworker at 2nd job switched me shifts after begging her to do so) and due to the way I was scheduled, outside of my availability, for the next 3 days I was working from 6am to 1am. Asked if I could leave at Midnight instead of 1am and was told "For even asking, you just volunteered to stay until 4am with me so we can check the Truck in."
I clocked out for lunch and went home. Still do not regret it.
Jeremy James 1 year ago
How is it a "no call no show," if we're having this conversation in advance?
Caroline Nagel 1 year ago
If they were in a union this would never ever be able to happen. I just don't understand employees in the USA are willing to put up with this kind of treatment. Which i akin to slavery.
Tree P 1 year ago
Sometimes there is a union and this c**p still happens. Did at my store.
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They DQ'd me from a job that I literally created from the bottom-up, a position made explicitly for me, over a b******t complaint and were gonna send me to an overnight shift packing boxes for 15% less money. Interviewed closer to home and for 30% more the next week, quit the literal day after I burned up all my vacation hours without notice. Biggest smile of my f*****g life.
Then I learn their big fancy auditor comes in 3 months after I'm gone and finds out I actually DID A LOT to save the company money and keep them in compliance with OSHA. Oddly enough, they're about 80-some days behind on a lot of stuff...
They're hiring for my vacancy right now.
F**k em.
#27
Did everything they wanted. Jumped on
a plane to another site on 1 day’s notice. Ended up working 16 days straight before coming back. Took a WFH customer service job role I didn’t really want just to help out on a temporary basis. We were told that half the team could have Christmas Eve and Christmas Day off and the other half could have Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Except me, who could only have Christmas Day. I signed out of the VPN, call blocked my managers, put my laptop in a box and posted it to head office with my resignation letter inside it.
Eledore Massis 1 year ago
Don't forget to include a cc to HR with all the work added to your job, and add that you quit because of no compensation or remuneration adjustment.
#28
I’ve only quit one job ever, in high school when I worked at a grocery store. But I quit after I somehow was the only person scheduled to work on a Saturday night. Like, literally the only person. I was 16 or 17? Granted I lived in a small town, but being the only person working in a whole a*s grocery store (to emphasize: only person. Not a single other person was working. Not a janitor, not a manager, not a bag boy, no one else) was just absurd. Never went back.
Tim Perry 1 year ago
I once was the only worker scheduled to face the store overnight. When the store closed the MOD locked the doors and left me locked inside, alone. We had a huge storm that night and the power went out. Of course, the alarm resets and the manager is called at home. He called and asked me if I had been messing with the safe. It's been 40 years and I still owe that SOB a broken jaw.
Tim Perry 1 year ago
That's not the only thing he did though. Cursing at me on the sales floor in front of customers!
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My first job as a dishwasher and the owners were cheap pricks. I got yelled at for emptying a metal container with a serving or two of marinara sauce at the bottom at the end of the night because I was supposed to pour it back into the container for use later. He then freaked out and started throwing other food away in the fridge because “well we might as well not save anything”. So I quit on the spot.
Brandon Parisien 1 year ago
Was this a St Hubert in Ottawa before new management took over? Dishwashers mixed the creamy coleslaw bare handed....
#30
The supervisor said my weight makes me look unprofessional.
Kevin Snyder 1 year ago
"Yeah? That fat lip makes YOU look like you just got punched in the mouth."
Mbfsc63 1 year ago
Had the same thing happen to me in the early 90s. I told him ti f##k himself and according to my doctor, I am a very healthy person. I hated this pr@#k! His fawning over blonde female employees was despicable. AH was finally fired.
Maartje 1 year ago
To me this sounds like a horrible misogynist , like " either I am attracted to them or I can bully them". Terrible.
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Kim Shannon 1 year ago
You know what makes the supervisor look unprofessional? Being understaffed
Eledore Massis 1 year ago
Your assesment is what makes humanity a trashy culture. And even if you stop expressing it, you still will be the trash of humanity.
#31
Manager was always kinda mean. Threw pots and pans. Threw finished orders that he didn’t deem worthy of the customer. Dragged a customer out of the restaurant while she was having a panic attack because he IDd her well into her meal after she was already IDd for her first drink. I worked there for 2 years. I was 22, a lot of the people I worked with in the afternoons were still in high school. I was on the grill when he started screaming at this 16 year old girl who he told to “man the fryers.” She had no prior experience, it was a Saturday night. He started screaming at her because she was slightly backed up, but doing extremely well for it being her first time. She had tears in her eyes before he shoved her to the side and took over himself. The kitchen went silent. Felt like time stopped idk. We all walked out together. Nobody really said anything. She left first, then the dishwasher, then me and 2 other guys. The manager was cursing and customers were watching us all leave. The servers were stressed but understood. It felt like sweet relief.
Pursuing Peonies 1 year ago
And didn't understand them. Just saw the yelling and thought that he's abusive and therefore the manager can/should be.
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I had a waitressing job once where the cook was a basket case. The verbal abuse people put up with every time they had to go into the kitchen was staggering, but the reason I ended up walking out was when the owner of the restaurant screamed at me for throwing a piece of pie away I accidentally dropped on the floor. He told me I should have still served it. It was a piece of Boston cream pie that landed face down on the floor and he expected me to scoop it up, reshape it, and serve it. He stood in the kitchen and screamed at me with the trash can lid off, showing me what I did, asking me why I did it. $2.13 an hour plus tips just isn't worth this c**p.
Maartje 1 year ago
I had a job like this in MI.. this was not some pancake house in Lansing, wasn't it?
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This b***h kept on bragging about how she never washed her hands, yet the upper management continued to promote her. I worked in the factory that made every donut for every Dunkin' in Michigan, and yes, I mean literally bragged about not washing her hands. Do not, I repeat, DO NOT, purchase any product from Dunkin' in Michigan. If you ever order anything from Dunkin' in Michigan that has frosting or sprinkles on it, in ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM, you are touching food product from a disgusting c**t who bitches other people out for calling her out for not washing her hands. I know this sounds overly dramatic, but it's true.
#33
Heard my boss talking about my mom (who did NOT work for the company) on the phone to HR, while at work. She said my mom was a “nutjob” and went on to lie about how she had “plans to replace me for the last few weeks” She was deeply paranoid and earlier that week she’d gotten wind that I was looking for a second job closer to home which caused us to have a loooong talk where I kept having to reassure her I had no plans to quit, but just her assuming I would quit had made her turn on me like THAT after 6 years of working together including multiple major work events (like COVID). So somehow she went from begging me not to leave, to the next day telling HR she had “plans to fire me for weeks”; but it was what she said about my mom during that same call that broke the camels back. My mom was in deep grieving at the time having found her boyfriend dead on the floor on her birthday and I had confided in my boss that I was spending a lot of energy trying to help my mom and that it was causing me stress. As soon as I heard her say that I packed up my desk, walked over to HR and told them everything I’d heard and quit when they said they didn’t have any other positions open elsewhere in the company and said they wouldn’t take action against my boss
Bogdan Chelariu 1 year ago
Wait, what?!?!?! Left without slapping that b***h???? Surely OP must have left some part out...
#34
They never gave me the raise they promised me 3 months before, then a manager tried to criticize me for not doing something that wasn’t even my responsibility. I cursed him out, then cursed the main plant manager out in our meeting and left. About 3 days later the Plant Manager called and asked why I haven’t been to work. He thought I was just venting and left for the day. I told him I said I f*****g quit. No sure how that wasn’t clear…
Michael Largey 1 year ago (edited)
Maybe it wasn't clear to them because they get cursed at so much and so deservedly.
Maartje 1 year ago (edited)
"You scold me for not doing (this) which is not part of my duties, (and maybe I had not been asked to do it either, not clear) . You were supposed to raise me 3 months ago, which IS part of your duties, and you have not done so. Please explain to me how I should feel motivated to do someone else's job when you apparently are not even motivated to do your own." That is how you solve that. While I understand the OP's frustration, how did this help him?
#35
I was one of about 6 people working at a computer repair shop. Boss told us that anybody who passes the A+ certification test would get a $1/hr raise. 6 people take the test, 5 pass it, and I got the highest score of us all. Boss didn't give me a raise because "you're a kid, what do you need with money, you gonna buy toys with it?". I was about to be a Senior in high school, 17 at the time. And yes, I quit on the spot and went to work for his competition for $2/hr more than he was paying me.
Kim Shannon 1 year ago
Lol, so your old boss basically trained you for your new, better paying job.
#36
I used to work in renewable energy, but I was just a receptionist. Just the phone monkey. A man came in and threatened to kill me in graphic detail because he was sure that wind energy turns the frogs gay or some s**t. Man had a gun that he was waving quite enthusiastically. I had to have the police remove him from the office. My boss laughed. I walked.
#37
Retail job I had, I wasn’t in a great place mentally and was signed off under a crisis team. Manager went mental at me, when I returned to work she apologised and told me the reason she blew up was because it was a full moon that night?
Rizzo 1 year ago (edited)
Yeah, a werewolf b***h. And don't you dare to censor this BP. ;)
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ColdSteelRonin 1 year ago (edited)
The term "lunatic" derives from the Latin word lunaticus, which originally referred mainly to epilepsy and madness, as diseases thought to be caused by the moon.The King James Version of the Bible records "lunatick" in the Gospel of Matthew, which has been interpreted as a reference to epilepsy. By the fourth and fifth centuries, astrologers were commonly using the term to refer to neurological and psychiatric diseases. Pliny the Elder argued that the full moon induced individuals to lunacy and epilepsy by effects on the brain analogous to the nocturnal dew. Until at least 1700, it was also a common belief that the moon influenced fevers, rheumatism, episodes of epilepsy and other diseases.
#38
I worked in a toxic "All Boys Club" mentality department. When I applied for the Supervisor position that opened up, the hiring manager returned my application with "learn to do your job better...". I had been with the company 8 years and happened to train him and two other male managers. I went home, spoke with my dad about how angry and frustrated I was. He gave me the best advice to quit and don't look back. I walked in the next morning at 5am to open the building, collected my things, and left the keys on my boss's desk. Walked over HR, left my resignation letter and where to forward my last check. 2 managers called me saying it was all a misunderstanding and my response was "No hablo inglés. " Now, I have a career, a Director and VP who value me.
#39
My dad had cancer stage 4 lymphoma. We couldn't have our phones on the floor unless we filled out sone paperwork with HR for emergencies. Asked my supervisor for the paperwork and he said, "Don't worry about it!" well, when his boss visited he saw my phone and asked me about it so I told the truth. My supervisor was PISSED. A couple of weeks later I get called into the HR office, my sister called to tell me my dad died. Supervisor wasn't there but I left early. I took my bereavement and came back to work. My work bestie pulled me aside to tell me supervisor accused me of lying about my dad having cancer and dying to the entire team while I was gone. I hugged her and just left. ETA: This was 13 years ago almost, I was 20 and was out on my own for the first time in my life. He was probably 40ish and very big and fat, no way I could have decked him but wherever he is, f**k you Casey.
Cyber Returns 1 year ago
I know exactly how easy it is to deck a fat bastard. Let's just say no one will tell me where they buried his rotting carcass because they are scared of what I would do to desecrate his grave... and they are right to do so
#40
They did a lot of underhanded things to other employees so I guess it was no surprise they came for me. I had an odd feeling about it prior and the morning I figured it was happening I came in early and emptied my work space—I was a cook and had brought in a lot of my own things. I started the day they “wrote me up” and I walked straight out the door and drove away. When I got home I logged into our ordering system and deleted everything I did to make weekly ordering easier for me. I also took all the menus I created. It was very satisfying for me.
Maartje 1 year ago
He was a cook but created menus and did ordering in an online system where he was able to edit things to make it easier? I do not want to call BS but this is way outside the realm of a cook's job description.
Puppy Dancing! 1 year ago (edited)
chef description includes menu creation and ordering
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6 hours before the first break, then I was told to be back in 10 minutes. I went out to smoke and just keep going.
Blue Mar 1 year ago
You sound like one of those people who post information about required maximum time for "bowels movement" in workplace. Speak for yourself
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#42
Fast food as a teen. Worked the ‘manager’ spot on weekends overnight. Made just over minimum wage. The manager who would relieve me on sat/sun morning was often late. Called in because my car wouldn’t start and I needed a friend to drop me off so wanted to warn them I might be a few minutes late for the first time ever. It was her and she started yelling at me over the phone. I scrambled and made it in 5 minutes late. If she had just made a snide remark or let it go we probably would have been fine, but she wanted to yell and scream and berate me and I just snapped. Yelled back that I was basically overworked and under appreciated being a manager without the title/pay and brought up her being late (hours sometimes) to relieve me basically every weekend. And I couldn’t leave because I was the ‘manager’ just like she couldn’t til I showed up… and told her I quit. I was already thinking about it… I basically worked to have my car and my car was struggling and school was starting to suffer. The other guy that was supposed to be on nights with me saw it and quit in the spot with me.
#43
New boss completely changed hours/expectations without any notice or checking in with any employees, I got the worst of it and when I stood up for myself I was greeted with anything between crocodile tears to just full on insults, after 3 months of being miserable I walked after one final scathing insult. I regret the lack of professionalism on my end, but I don’t regret leaving the job.
#44
Got lit up publicly by the a*****e store manager for clocking in 2 minutes late. Waited for a busy shift when it was just him and I on the schedule then called 10 minutes after my shift started to tell him I quit. He threatened to kill me 😂
#45
First job working in retail. My dog was dying, so I had to have him put down. Called in to say I can’t make it I’m putting my dog down and the manager responded “seriously? It’s just a dog.” I said I’m not coming in. Fast forward to next shift, a bunch of my coworkers told me he was badmouthing me saying “it’s just a dog who cares” the whole shift. Then later, a different manager asked me about taking someone’s shift and said “or are you going to say no since you don’t seem to want to work” because I called in. I was furious. Last straw, I got into law school and wanted to keep working there until I left for school, as I still had about 5 months. My manager said no, we don’t want you leaving at all, so you can’t keep working till you leave, so I just quit on the spot and left. No regrets!
#46
After my sales team bent over backwards during lockdowns to keep the company afloat, turned our living rooms into make shift offices while juggling our kids to thrive working remote. We DOUBLED our sales target... We get called in for a meeting on a random day, lectured and told remote workers are lazy, told we need to return to the office full time with less than a weeks notice and told if we do not come in, we are being let go. I quit the next day.
Elio 1 year ago
Some f*cking people really like to micromanage. It doesn't matter how much more productive you were; they didn't get to be creepy and hover over you so they think it doesn't count.
Puppy Dancing! 1 year ago
Yes, but why can they not micromanage over the computer? I had a boss who would pop on to my system, listen in to calls, chat with me between calls in my headset, message me on my screen, and all remote. They do not have to be in the same room in order to micromanage. I quit after a few days, never met the boss in person.
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I had been at a place 4 years worked over time was basically a manager without the title. I called in that would be probably an hour late due to an appointment and I did it a good 7 hours before my shift. I did arrive an hour later and said I would closed. Manager was mad would most likely not get my full raise at my yearly that was happening the next day. The assistant manager showed up and was 3 hours late. Found out the crew leader had been covering for them and no one knew where she was. Management was like: “that’s cool.” I looked at them both and quit right there. They were literally trying to drag me back to the office begging me not too. I went in. Wrote my resignation letter and said goodbye. A week later the district manager called me and was begging for me to come back and had fired both the manager and two assistants because they had been doing nothing and claiming the credit. I even apologized for not promoting the previous year and giving it to the managers she just fired. Told them thank you but if they didn’t believe in me then. Why now. Company was bought out a year later and they were also fired.
#48
VP of company took me aside and showed me how my skills in maintenance had saved the company about $15,000 in my first year there, along with that, I volunteered for our departments saftey officer as soon as I got there, and was always taking the s**t jobs nobody wanted. I asked for a raise and got the run around and told I wasnt worth it. I put in a weeks notice and moved. Now Im making over 2x as much and WAY happier and appriciated for my work with less hours. I wish daily that place goes bankrupt. A blind kid could manage coloring a photo realistic painting with his big toe before that place had proper management.
#49
Verbal abuse from my boss. I'm an extremely patient person but when every single word out of someone's mouth is berating and condescending, there's no price worth putting up with that and no reason to subject yourself to it for longer than necessary.
Maartje 1 year ago
Reason I quit a job, the shift lead would yell at everyone. He was an important cog in a startup restaurant, and the owners would not fire him until the ENTIRE staff came to them and told them "he goes or we do." The owners were the nicest people around but they depended on him too much- he got fired on the spot this time though. He later applied to where I was working... guess why he did not get the job after my manager asked me for a reference.
#50
I worked a contract writing gig for hire at a tech company coming out of college. I thought that was where you started, so I worked my a*s off writing copy all day for these idiotic scripts. One day the boss comes up to the five writers and says “yeah, we only usually keep one of you,” and then said “I wonder who it will be? Hmm?” That moment showed how little they valued mine and my coworkers creative. It also showed me how little they valued me. I ended up deleting my browser history, closing my laptop, and walking out. The biggest mistake was that I had to bring the FOB back the next week… my dumb a*s forgot to take it off, so I solid snaked it back into the office at 6 am, because I knew it would just be the janitorial staff.
LargeMarge 1 year ago
Frequency operated button (FOB). In short, it's called a key fob. You may have used one in the pass or are currently using one to gain entry into your job or flat. Basically a keyless entry device that buzzes you in, out of places.
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#51
I was a bartender in a catering dept of a well known hotel franchise. My manager, who I wrongly figured was a friend would pull me off my cash bar shifts to serve food in the banquet rooms. When I was hired for the position I told them that I wanted to bartend and set up rooms for functions and that classification was called a Porter. Servers were different job classifications. So these catering shifts would be 12 to 14 hour shifts, so if I was going to work those hours I wanted to make money. Cash in hand. Everyone knew this and they figured I was just a regular sheep and would go along with whatever they wanted. So she ended up pulling me off a bar a few too many times so we had to have a conversation about this and she said that it was out of her hands and she had to do what she had to do. Not to mention that I was gifted a case of beer from a function organizer for a great night and the hotel basically said I'm not allowed to accept gifts. My manager took my beer and put it into their alcohol inventory to sell for the extra money. So this compounded with the being taken off my cash bars regularly pissed me off. So I waited until they had an open bar for 300 lawyers. Open bar meaning all alcohol is free for the whole function so I waited until 10 mins before my shift start time and I quit on the spot. She called me and said it was unprofessional and I'll have a hard time getting a job as good as this one. She blocked me on Facebook and whenever I see her out to this day she puts her head down and ignores me. The most satisfying part of the whole story is about 4 months after quitting I got a job with double my hotel pay and had a training session at that same hotel and I got to walk past her and smile. I hope that orange gremlin was happy she f****d me over. I was lucky she did. Now I own a house and set for the rest of my life. It's odd the way things happen.
April Dancer 1 year ago
I had hoped you were going to say you took the equivalent if your beer gift when you left, but well done for getting away and building a better life. I wish my old boss 'ignored' me in the street. After nearly 10 years of talking to my like s**t and taking advantage of my helpful nature, I finally got away. A year later he passes me in the street with a big smile and a friendly 'hello'. I just looked at him, thinking, are you kidding me?
#52
Hired as PA Announcer, league manager, and event coordinator for an ice rink. Day 4 they didn’t have “enough for me to do” while I was planning events so they asked me to clean the bathroom. I declined, as there was another person on staff for that. The owner got pissy, and I left saying this isn’t the job they sold me on.
#53
The company had lied about so much of the job but the straw that broke the camel's back was being forced to work in a room with no windows that constantly smelled awful due to a nearby kitchen exhaust. I'm honestly still amazed that they got away with that. They interviewed me on the 3rd floor of a glass building that turned out to be a space that they rented to lure people in. I got an offer from my dream job and bailed immediately.
#54
B***h tried to sabotage my interviews with other companies by contacting recruiters and talking s**t. So he lost the benefit of 2 weeks' notice. He acted surprised that I didn't want to give up my search and stay.
#55
I worked out as a restaurant greeting and seating people and getting their drinks. We then had one to two servers depending on how busy it was since it was a tiny place. One person who was the bus person and did the dishes and then two to three people in the kitchen again depending on how busy it was. Then the manager would kind of hop in and do whatever. Except the manager was always in the back and never helped and every other position was filled by a teenager. Not the good teenagers who are working hard because they want their own money. The ones who get a job to brag about it on social media while they sit in the back the whole time on tick tock and YouTube and everything else and don't actually work. I literally had to work every single solitary station so the dining area was always a mess and people always had to wait and food always took forever. Last straw was after I had to do a double shift and as I was leaving, the manager bought in the district manager to falsely accuse me of stealing from the cash register which by the way I didn't have access to in the first place (they already knew who it was because the cash register was always short by 20 or 40 or $60 after his shift every single solitary time and yet for some weird reason they decided to blame me even though him and I didn't even work at the same time so there's no physically possible way for me to access the cash register unless the manager herself gave it to me) I went home and quit over a text and then blocked everybody
Caroline Nagel 1 year ago
Bought is the past tense of the verb to buy. Brought is the past tense of the verb to bring. It's astounding how many people get this wrong.
Puppy Dancing! 1 year ago
I always assume it is a typo since most people are typing on their tiny phone screens.
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They tried to force me to sign a "pay restructure" that was not only a massive cut, but retro 90 days. It was gonna cost me thousands of dollars to sign that form. After 10 years, I left it and them sitting right there.
Caroline Nagel 1 year ago
In Belgium your income can only be reduced when both parties (employer and employee) both agree. Thanks to our unions.
Elio 1 year ago
I'm not entirely sure a retroactive pay cut is even legal in America.
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Was working Night Audit for a hotel, was going on year number 5, COVID restrictions just eased off at the start of the year, was able to go back to work after almost a year off. Wasn't too bad, but was bypassed on manager/supervisor daytime positions, office positions, etc. new front office manager started, part time night auditor quit about a month in being back, keep getting told the new manager will take the part time days so I can actually have a day off. Stuck it out like that for 4 months...was losing my mind. Welp, I finally ended up being super late one night, and just decided to end it. Called my security guard that night, told him to meet me at the desk cause I was going to count my bank, drop it, and leave. Never looked back. Whole paradigm shift. Do electrical work now, and it's on a normal schedule.
#58
Requested and approved for PTO so that I could get dental surgery. Morning of surgery, get a message from boss that I had to go to work ASAP. Explained that surgery was in ~30 minutes, he told me that I had to be there that afternoon. Came in after surgery. Couldn't speak, was in a world of pain. The reason? His boss was present and she asked if I was around. When she saw me and my condition, she apologized and had a very loud conversation with him. She had been one of my regulars in my previous company (yay, food service). A few days later he laid into me about my lack of professionalism and other topics about general management. I ended the call, put my keys in the safe, emailed his boss, and left. He was fired about a week later, but it wasn't enough to get me to return.
April Dancer 1 year ago
Exactly. I came as soon as possible, it just wasn't possible for days
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#59
My boss was promoted, my manager became my new boss. I was written up by my new boss, and had to talk to HR for showing up "an hour late" to an offsite meeting with a vendor. They said it was unprofessional. The hour was just scheduled breakfast I didn't want to eat, and I had stayed up late at night working on some numbers for the business to present, which they assigned to me at 8pm, after we had a big work dinner, and everyone else was going to the bar. My old boss, now boss's boss came in 3 hours late, with 2 other co-workers, interrupting the meeting to brag about how one of them passed out in the hotel lobby, the other just drunkenly handed the hotel staff his key card and said "Find my room please", and the 3rd one never made it out of the backseat of the car. They never ended up using the data I stayed up half the night collecting.
#60
I was working at my first "supervisor" job. I was one of three people in charge of a warehouse over night. My position started with me working from 5pm-2am, Mon-Fri and every other Saturday. Then I was told to come in every Saturday . They said "don't leave until everyone else leaves and you lock up", which had me staying another hour or so until like 3:00am. Then I was told "You need to come in early around 4:00pm to touch base with the day boss". Then COVID happened and they laid off like 80% of the company, including the other two supervisors on nights. So it was just me doing 3 people's jobs and a skeleton crew of like 8 people trying to the work of 20 people. We were behind every single night, and I wasn't allowed to leave until all the work was done and everyone else left. Several days I'd still be there finishing up when the day crew came in in the mornings. They'd be angry that we were behind when we were all super overwhelmed after working 14+ hours every day, 6 days a week. I told them we either needed way more people, or the day crew needed to come in earlier or stay later to help because it wasn't sustainable. They told me I needed to come in earlier to meet with the boss and to train the day employees. I got home at 9:00am. Showered and went to sleep. Woke up at 2:00pm to get to work at 3:00pm. When I got there, day shift was already done with their work because they had a slow day. As I came in, the day shift supervisor handed me the keys and left early. That night, we were crazy busy fixing errors the day shift made. I was still there at 8:00am when the day shift came in. I sat in a chair in the main office waiting for the CEO to talk to him about how low night morale was. I was there until 10:00am and he never showed up. Went home and passed out. I was woken up at around noon by a bunch of emails and phone calls from the day shift supervisor asking me about some basic stuff that he should have known. I ignored his calls & replied to his email with my letter of resignation absolutely tearing him and all the rest of the people in charge on days a new a*****e. CCd the CEO, CFO, and Director of Operations. Went back to sleep and had the best night's sleep I've ever had.
#61
I got a write up. I was a server at the time. I told my managers that I was going on a teaching my interview a few hours out of town. I had graduated and was looking for my first full time teaching position. This was like…10 years ago or so. They put me on the schedule as on call for that interview day. I reminded them I wouldn’t be able to show and they told me not to worry. Well, someone called in, and they told me I had to come. I reminded them I had a teaching interview several hours away and wouldn’t make it. They said, “Okay”, wished me luck at my interview, and got off the phone. I came into work the next day, and the restaurant owners (not managers, the owners) told them to write me up for not being available. I asked if the server who called off was getting a write up and they said no. So I said to the managers, “so someone can call off with the sniffles and there’s no consequence, but I’m literally trying to better myself and gave you advance notice and I’m the one getting the write up?” The managers looked at each other and said “Basically”. I laughed and signed it and they said they didn’t agree and tried to fight it. I actually believe them. They weren’t the type of managers to d**k you around. Anyway, one of them said, “I thought for sure you’d quit over this.” And I said I am. He asked when. I told him he’d know when I did. I got a teaching job a couple weeks later and didn’t tell anyone. I no showed on my first contractual day as a teacher. This also happened to be the same week that they had opened the restaurant 26 years prior and they ran a special on a buffet and certain dinners every year to celebrate. It was always packed, and they had everyone on deck. The owners were pissed I didn’t show and threatened to fire me if I didn’t come in. I told them that was fine and said if they didn’t need anything else, I had a classroom to set up. Then I hung up in their face. That’s how they found out I got my first teaching job. I’m still friends with the managers. They told me my absence caused a s**t show because the owners had overbooked and the servers they had on the floor with me had only recently been hired, and they were counting on me basically run the servers. A lot of meals were comped or had an additional price reduction due to poor service. They basically lost money the day I didn’t show. Restaurant closed 3 years later (unrelated to my quitting but still…so sweet to know). Sucks to suck.
#62
After a stressful year of late nights and extra work (including all the work my manager didn’t “feel like doing”), we were informed by the CEO that the company had suffered major losses and we wouldn’t be getting bonuses or raises that year. This was extra hard considering we were in a recession and barely scraping by. I guess no one at head office told my manager to keep quiet because come Monday morning he showed up in a brand new Porsche bragging about his massive bonus.
Bogdan Chelariu 1 year ago
Previous job, my boss made close to 200k a year, had his rent, utilities, car lease (changed it yearly) and gas, all paid by the company! Then Covid hit and we were informed that all management overtime are not gonna be paid anymore, but they still expected us to do them! Started searching for a job immediately! That m**********r also bought his groceries with company money at times, but he still told us all that we need to rally and accept cuts so we could keep the company going!!!!
#63
I was promoted from Backroom to Entertainment Specialist at Target. It came with a raise to $10.25/hr. It was great. Then the Electronics Specialist quit, and I took over his duties, as well as my own. Ok, that's cool. Then we were short-handed on floor staff, so I also had Toys, Sporting Goods, Auto, Travel, HIPA, and Baby Hardlines. Setting endcaps, doing price changes, clearance, pulling and stocking. On top of my actual job, which on Tuesdays (street date) was super fun moving every movie/CD/book one spot towards the back... Then came the XBox 360/PS3/Wii launches... And digital TV... After a couple years of working 60 hours a week, I thought I should apply for an open Team Lead position. Surely I had proven my work ethic was second to none, I had more Red Cards than anyone else in the district, I had been recognized as a top seller of Electronics in our region... I was told I wasn't qualified because I didn't have a degree... I said f**k it and walked. Left them with no one to cover the back half of the store. I heard it was a s**t show for a while after. Problem was, that was mid-2008. I wasn't big on the news at the time, and didn't realize we were in the midst of The Great Recession. I assumed I'd walk out and just find another job paying more. That was a rough wakeup call. Making rent the next few months was tough. I picked up random jobs, and scoured CL listings all night... People always asked why I stayed at my last job for 14 years, I think it was the PTSD of my last career-change keeping me in a stable position.
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 1 year ago
Target treats their employees like crãp. Made the mistake of taking a temp job for them while they remodeled the store (for some reason the regular employees were helping with the remodel? I'd want professionals doing that you know?) I was looked down on by the regulars, like they were afraid I was after their job? But I was told at the beginning it was a temp job, no illusion there. Managers were AH and I wasn't getting paid near enough for what they wanted me to do. I got my walking papers and left right before they got the coolers installed. Jokes on them -- when the cold stuff comes in you drop what you are doing and help put it away. Don't you think you could use that extra pair of hands? Especially since they're filling up ALL the coolers and freezers that day. Oh well, their loss.
#64
Working me to the bone until I was having dizzy spells, having a doctor tell me I'm working too much, telling my boss that I need more breaks, her forcing me onto unpaid medical leave indefinitely, Seen alive by my coworker a few days later Accused of lying to get time off of work by my boss and given a write up
Caroline Nagel 1 year ago
Maybe join a union? That could never happen with unions involved in Belgium.
LargeMarge 1 year ago
How many times are you going to tell us to get a union? We have unions, but not all jobs have them. My job has a union, but my last job did not. So unions are available in the US, I am certain of this. Calm down Belgium.
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I knew they weren't happy with my performance and I wasn't happy with the role either. I was already planning to quit in a few months once I found a different job. But then I got covid and was super sick for 2 weeks. I came back, still feeling like s**t, and me and my lead went to the big boss to discuss a very small change I had suggested so I'd take on some more accounts in general, rather than taking on a segment of work for a bunch of accounts I'm not familiar with. Instead it turned into me being reamed out for not meeting the goals they had expected. In that meeting it became very clear that they expected me to be a the same level as my lead, when I had learned this accounting role in 3 months while still covering reception duties for 2 of those months and working crazy OT), but he had a degree and 8 years experience, not to mention being paid much more than me. Not only was it an impossible expectation, but I had just missed 2 weeks and was already DREADING how far behind things had gotten in my absence. Knowing I would be miserably stressed, unhappy with the role, sacrificing my own well-being over the next month or so and having such a strong sign it wouldn't be appreciated at all anyway... That was it. I gave it the evening to mull it over and quit on the spot the next day. It was not worth it to me. They haven't been able to keep someone in that role for more than 3 months since I quit. This happened a year or so ago. I told them expanding their business by adding a new location would mean more clients and invoices and we were understaffed for that amount of work, but they didn't agree. Considering accounting is so important to a business keeping afloat, I think they were very stupid to not hire on another accounting assistant at least. They likely lost multiple thousands in discounts EACH MONTH for not being able to pay bills early. Probably hurt some client relations too. And now they can't seem to keep a replacement for me in that role. I didn't want to hurt the company by bailing like that, but part of me hopes the troubles caused them to learn a lesson and make better decisions. And ya know... Treat staff a bit better.
#66
In college I worked for a landscaper, mostly just mowing. it was a one-man operation, but it was flexible. we were driving around in a sixties two and a half ton GM truck, it was ancient with flaky paint. one day I called him before I came to work and said I was really sick, I'd rather stay home, he begged me to come in saying we had a lot to do that day. so I came in, feeling like death warmed over, I got there and he had me sand the decades long neglected running boards on the ancient truck for like 40 minutes. I walked into his house to say I'm going home, I feel like c**p, and he was sitting there getting high. every morning he gave me like a half hour useless project busy work in the driveway so he could get stoned before we went out to work. I left and didn't go back
#67
When it became clear the manager was only there to be the big man in charge instead of actually, you know, being a leader and fighting for his team. I didn't quit. I slowed down to minimal effort and let them fire me so I could get the severance package.
Seadog 1 year ago
Place I worked, I had held every position there was below DM. SO when I'd had enough of being manager I stepped down and transferred. Manager at new store figured with my history I'd run his store while he lollygagged. Nope. I'm wasn't the manager, didn't get managers pay or benefits. I did my job and went home. I quit after 3 months. Manager got sacked about a year later when DM figured out he wasn't working when he was supposed to be.
#68
The place was being run into the ground and I was one of the only good employees there. They hired two new managers after a stellar S+ manager(but was an a*****e) stormed out. One was....just stupid. The other was put with me because I could help him. Im sorry *no* its not my job to be training someone higher up than me and Im already busy. I quit 4 minutes later. Idc if you were hired yesterday. Im busy as is and you can see that, and I had put up with it for almost 3 months before they were hired. As for the dull manager(context I worked at a Sonic) Phil can you pass me tray 5? *Hands me the food, with no wrapper or bag and sets it on the plate* "Its gotta be in a bag.." He then put the pretzel twist in its wrapper(still no bag) and put it back on the tray. I really hate incompetence.
#69
Someone gave notice and they made up a fake reason he had to go immediately, and forced him to pack up his desk in front of everyone then they marched him to the door. I resigned over email and never went back.
#70
When I had been off for several weeks in early 2022, taking care of an injured loved one/recovering from covid - I got an unexpected email one night that stated I had been put back on the schedule. I had a full-scale panic attack. Hours later, after I'd finally calmed down, it occurred to me that in the weeks I'd been off, I no longer felt the need to drink on a nightly basis, and my heart palpitations had disappeared. I started applying to new jobs the next day, had one in a few weeks. The day I started my new job, I got a letter from my old job that I'd yet to officially quit. Turns out my leave of absence was never approved (thanks for taking almost four months to tell me) and that if I didn't report to work on March 31st (it was then late on the 29) I'll be considered to have quit my job. 🤷♀️
#71
I got scheduled 12 hours in a week after being hired “full time” and never getting those hours.
#72
Supervisor outside my chain of command pulled me off my project to do mandatory overtime because his own staff doesn't show up to work. Said f**k that I'm going home.
#73
Another bounced paycheck
Cecilia Matthews 1 year ago (edited)
If you keep the papers proving the paychecks bounced, you can get unemployment even if you quit. It worked for me.
#74
Emotional abuse by supervisor. Told HR, went on leave with their blessing, because they agreed with me. Two days before return the supervisor texted me and requested a coffee and donuts pickup even though that whole '60's bullsh*t expectation wasn't in my job description. Nope. Side note: I was invited to be part of a lawsuit against this supervisor who did this to other employees. I said no. Trust me when I say that won't happen again. Live and learn.
#75
I had a coworker that was habitually late. She had a long history of getting fired from every job she held within a couple months but somehow my manager really liked her and took her side on everything. I had another job to get to across town in 15 minutes and coworker was late one day. As I was blessing her out, manager came out and started in on me talking about “if you have an issue you come to me!” so I replied “I have, and you do nothing. I have to go to another job that I’m already going to be late to, bye.” To which she replied “we’re going to talk about this in the morning!” Turns out, if you just put your phone on airplane mode and sleep in, you never have to get yelled at by a s****y manager. Manager had to work the shift the next morning. Coworker got fired a couple weeks later for being generally s****y, so bang up job manager, you lost a 3 year employee over liking a moron ne’r-do-well. Jokes on you, Stephanie, I make 3x what you do and work like 14 hours a week.
#77
I was already on a performance improvement plan, had been denied the opportunity to step down, had three call-offs I was trying to cover, and heard through the grapevine that my immediate superior told the guy I had lined up to come help me cover one of the shifts not to bother.
Javelina Poppers 1 year ago
PIPs are the greatest thing ever invented for management to deny raises and they're usually about some arcane little thing you weren't even aware of in the first place.
#78
I was waitressing at an Asian restaurant while I was in college, I was getting my degree in English lit and I had to read one novel per class per week, so 3-4 novels a week by my junior year. I was allowed to sit and watch TV when there were no customers, but I broke out one of my books for school and literally got screamed at. His kids can study in the back but I have to watch the Grammys?
#79
I got cussed out cause they had me telemarketing on valentines day night.
April Dancer 1 year ago
I'm guessing telemarketing is/was your job. Do you think you should be given time off rather than calling people on V's day? Where did that end?
#80
When they told me to shut up and do what I’m told. My own mother couldn’t get me to do that what the hell makes some a*****e think I’ll listen to him. F**k that s**t.
April Dancer 1 year ago
You're not coming across as the victim here. Why do you think it's okay to 'dis' both your mother, and the guy who pays your wages? I'm betting you were like this as school as well.
What do you think ?
Powerful Katrinka 1 year ago
I was working as psych support in an addiction treatment center when I caught the flu. My immediate boss made me come back after three days because I couldn’t find anyone to cover my shifts. Not surprisingly, I got much, much worse, until I finally had full scale pneumonia. I was coughing and gasping for breath in a hallway, when the CEO came shooting out of his office and ordered me to go home until I was completely recovered. Months later, I was denied a raise and promotion by my immediate boss. When I asked why, I was told I had 2 strikes against me: missing too many days being sick and (after reminding him that the CEO ordered me to go home) “going over my bosses head” before trying to resolve the issue with him. I took the keys off of my keychain, and walked out without another word.
Susan Schlee 1 year ago
This is exactly how the idiots with a tiny bit of power lose good workers... then gripe about how "no one wants to work" or their current workers are "lazy".
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Seedy Vine 1 year ago
I had a job where I and my coworkers were all getting hollered at on a daily basis. They refused to train us. They lowballed us on pay. They demanded we give them our home addresses. They held impromptu half-hour meetings at 4:55 p.m. When one of us asked a question, rather than answer it, management implied that we were stupid. One day I got up and walked out to prevent myself from slapping the entire sh!t out of one of my bosses. They're closed now.
Jenn Smith 1 year ago (edited)
I was working a job for a BFE FL county. This one lazy woman never did anything but sit on the phone doing personal stuff. She was so far behind on billing we were all told we would have to work Saturdays to get her work caught up. At the time my husband and I were dating long distance and I would come see him on the weekends he was on call. After I told him that I have to work every weekend because this twit never did her job and somehow we are now responsible he said quit and move in with me. I didn't show up that Saturday, my husband was at my house helping me pack. I went in that Monday morning and handed over my key and badge and said sayonara bitches. Got an entry level job at a fortune 500 company the next week making double what I was there and only about a quarter of the responsibilities. The best thing I ever did
BookFanatic 1 year ago
My friend's teen got their first job at a Taco Bell. Teen has some mental challenges, and is a good worker once they understand their duties. Teen's boss was apprised of this before hiring them. Boss told Teen to do X, Y, Z without showing them how. Teen, confused, asks Boss for more information. Boss throws a loaded tray of food at teen's head and cusses them out. My friend made sure everyone in that location knew what had happened. Called the police. Called corporate. Last I heard, boss was fired, teen got a nice check. Teen now works at Wendy's.
Sonja 1 year ago
I did excellent work and was told so repeatedly. Still no raise. Not in the budget. Then I learned that the new hires got a much higher salary than the people who actually did the work and had to train the new employees. We also had 6-8 projects each and the new ones only got 2-3 tops, because it was too much for one to do a good job. Told them either I'd get equal pay at least or I'd start job searching. They told me to search. They were convinced, despite my high output and constantly best evaluations and the fact that they knew it was just too much for one person, that the fact I couldn't do more was somehow a sign of slacking. So I started searching, but I still had hope they'd come to their senses. Then Christmas came. None of the new hires was ready. Three of the old staff had already quit. They couldn't outright ask me to not take my vacation days, since they were already approved and in Germany it's illegal, but they offered the team lead bonus if someone volunteered.
Sonja 1 year ago (edited)
The only person who could volunteer was me. I wanted the tax free bonus so I agreed. I did excellent work. The clients told me do, my boss told me so, my numbers told me so. Then I got my 'bonus'. They'd unilaterally decided that because I wasn't a team lead I only deserved 10% of the bonus and not for all three days, only for one. So they gave me 15€. The worst is, they didn't give me a tax free gift card. Oh no. They put it on my pay stub, were it was taxed double as an one time extra wage pay. There was so little left it wouldn't even buy a Starbucks coffee. I have a vide variety of skills and no shame. So I started intensely job searching first, as soon as I had something, I put in my 4 weeks notice and then I went and got a 4 weeks doctor's note. I saw that sick pay they'd to give me as my deserved bonus. They had to pay out my vacation days too.
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Jesse 1 year ago
I worked at that blasted company for six days and got injured on the job, then got fired immediately after that accident. I'm gonna drop my key off today.
Roberta Surprenant 1 year ago
If in the US, contact OSHA, they are breaking all kinds of labor laws.
Load More Replies... CG 1 year ago
I managed to convince my old boss to not slash my hours beneath a certain threshold. One of the other stores closed down, leading to their inventory being transferred to ours. My hours were being slashed down from 24 hours a week (though I started at 42.5 hours for a week), down to 12 hours. I told him to his face, "If I work less than 18 hours a week, I am walking out the front door, and you will never see me again." I stayed for another month and a half before my new job hired me for full time hours... and my old boss's shop closed down.
Katie Christensen 1 year ago
Retail Sales Lead- I got H1N1 in 2010 and I was written up in my review that I didn’t “prepare my area for an absence”. Like I planned to go home and pass out for 12 hours! Corporate had already frozen our wages for 2 years (after 4 years there, I made $7.35 and minumum wage was raised to $7.25).They also took away my full time status after a year to save money. I lost vacay I had accrued and had the same responsibilities with less hours. Within a year of my leaving, 90% of my co-workers also left. Invluding ladies who had been there 10 plus years! The company is now gone.
Ben Stubbs 1 year ago
I lasted 5hrs in McDonalds as a 15yr old - a lad who was a few years older than me, known around town as a bit of a tw*t (that's A, not I) decided he could bully me, because he had two stars on his badge. I asked him where about his person, he'd like me to insert the broom I was carrying
Belladonna.dreams 1 year ago
Tried to do a new waitress job. Watched the girl training me wipe down tables then formed the dome of rice with bare hands and not washing them before hand. Couldn't go back
Powerful Katrinka 1 year ago
I was working as psych support in an addiction treatment center when I caught the flu. My immediate boss made me come back after three days because I couldn’t find anyone to cover my shifts. Not surprisingly, I got much, much worse, until I finally had full scale pneumonia. I was coughing and gasping for breath in a hallway, when the CEO came shooting out of his office and ordered me to go home until I was completely recovered. Months later, I was denied a raise and promotion by my immediate boss. When I asked why, I was told I had 2 strikes against me: missing too many days being sick and (after reminding him that the CEO ordered me to go home) “going over my bosses head” before trying to resolve the issue with him. I took the keys off of my keychain, and walked out without another word.
Susan Schlee 1 year ago
This is exactly how the idiots with a tiny bit of power lose good workers... then gripe about how "no one wants to work" or their current workers are "lazy".
Load More Replies... Seedy Vine 1 year ago
I had a job where I and my coworkers were all getting hollered at on a daily basis. They refused to train us. They lowballed us on pay. They demanded we give them our home addresses. They held impromptu half-hour meetings at 4:55 p.m. When one of us asked a question, rather than answer it, management implied that we were stupid. One day I got up and walked out to prevent myself from slapping the entire sh!t out of one of my bosses. They're closed now.
Jenn Smith 1 year ago (edited)
I was working a job for a BFE FL county. This one lazy woman never did anything but sit on the phone doing personal stuff. She was so far behind on billing we were all told we would have to work Saturdays to get her work caught up. At the time my husband and I were dating long distance and I would come see him on the weekends he was on call. After I told him that I have to work every weekend because this twit never did her job and somehow we are now responsible he said quit and move in with me. I didn't show up that Saturday, my husband was at my house helping me pack. I went in that Monday morning and handed over my key and badge and said sayonara bitches. Got an entry level job at a fortune 500 company the next week making double what I was there and only about a quarter of the responsibilities. The best thing I ever did
BookFanatic 1 year ago
My friend's teen got their first job at a Taco Bell. Teen has some mental challenges, and is a good worker once they understand their duties. Teen's boss was apprised of this before hiring them. Boss told Teen to do X, Y, Z without showing them how. Teen, confused, asks Boss for more information. Boss throws a loaded tray of food at teen's head and cusses them out. My friend made sure everyone in that location knew what had happened. Called the police. Called corporate. Last I heard, boss was fired, teen got a nice check. Teen now works at Wendy's.
Sonja 1 year ago
I did excellent work and was told so repeatedly. Still no raise. Not in the budget. Then I learned that the new hires got a much higher salary than the people who actually did the work and had to train the new employees. We also had 6-8 projects each and the new ones only got 2-3 tops, because it was too much for one to do a good job. Told them either I'd get equal pay at least or I'd start job searching. They told me to search. They were convinced, despite my high output and constantly best evaluations and the fact that they knew it was just too much for one person, that the fact I couldn't do more was somehow a sign of slacking. So I started searching, but I still had hope they'd come to their senses. Then Christmas came. None of the new hires was ready. Three of the old staff had already quit. They couldn't outright ask me to not take my vacation days, since they were already approved and in Germany it's illegal, but they offered the team lead bonus if someone volunteered.
Sonja 1 year ago (edited)
The only person who could volunteer was me. I wanted the tax free bonus so I agreed. I did excellent work. The clients told me do, my boss told me so, my numbers told me so. Then I got my 'bonus'. They'd unilaterally decided that because I wasn't a team lead I only deserved 10% of the bonus and not for all three days, only for one. So they gave me 15€. The worst is, they didn't give me a tax free gift card. Oh no. They put it on my pay stub, were it was taxed double as an one time extra wage pay. There was so little left it wouldn't even buy a Starbucks coffee. I have a vide variety of skills and no shame. So I started intensely job searching first, as soon as I had something, I put in my 4 weeks notice and then I went and got a 4 weeks doctor's note. I saw that sick pay they'd to give me as my deserved bonus. They had to pay out my vacation days too.
Load More Replies... Jesse 1 year ago
I worked at that blasted company for six days and got injured on the job, then got fired immediately after that accident. I'm gonna drop my key off today.
Roberta Surprenant 1 year ago
If in the US, contact OSHA, they are breaking all kinds of labor laws.
Load More Replies... CG 1 year ago
I managed to convince my old boss to not slash my hours beneath a certain threshold. One of the other stores closed down, leading to their inventory being transferred to ours. My hours were being slashed down from 24 hours a week (though I started at 42.5 hours for a week), down to 12 hours. I told him to his face, "If I work less than 18 hours a week, I am walking out the front door, and you will never see me again." I stayed for another month and a half before my new job hired me for full time hours... and my old boss's shop closed down.
Katie Christensen 1 year ago
Retail Sales Lead- I got H1N1 in 2010 and I was written up in my review that I didn’t “prepare my area for an absence”. Like I planned to go home and pass out for 12 hours! Corporate had already frozen our wages for 2 years (after 4 years there, I made $7.35 and minumum wage was raised to $7.25).They also took away my full time status after a year to save money. I lost vacay I had accrued and had the same responsibilities with less hours. Within a year of my leaving, 90% of my co-workers also left. Invluding ladies who had been there 10 plus years! The company is now gone.
Ben Stubbs 1 year ago
I lasted 5hrs in McDonalds as a 15yr old - a lad who was a few years older than me, known around town as a bit of a tw*t (that's A, not I) decided he could bully me, because he had two stars on his badge. I asked him where about his person, he'd like me to insert the broom I was carrying
Belladonna.dreams 1 year ago
Tried to do a new waitress job. Watched the girl training me wipe down tables then formed the dome of rice with bare hands and not washing them before hand. Couldn't go back
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