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50 People Who Quit Their Job On The Spot Share What Did It For Them
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Most of us spend a lot of time thinking and planning before quitting a job. It’s wise to start applying at other companies first, and ideally, you'll have a new position lined up before deciding to jump ship. Plus, we’re all expected to provide our employers with at least two weeks' notice to be courteous. But if you’ve never felt respected by your boss, there’s no need to worry about the bridges you'll burn on your way out.
Employees on Reddit have recently been sharing stories of experiences that caused them to quit on the spot, so we’ve gathered some of their wildest tales below. Enjoy hearing about the straws that finally broke these frustrated employees' backs, and keep reading to find a conversation with Pamela Skillings, President and Chief Coach at Big Interview!
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#1
Not me but a middle aged tradesman where I work.
I work underground and it isn't for everybody, terrible environment and what not. This particular individual starting working and after a few weeks decided that it wasn't for him. Bad conditions and hostile supervisor. He approached the boss at the morning meeting and told him that he wasn't going underground and that he was quitting. The boss told him that he had to give him 2 weeks notice and without missing a beat the guy replied: "for the next 2 weeks you're gonna notice that I'm not here", turned around, packed his s**t and left. Was never heard from again.
Passerby 1 year ago
There was this one guy who was highly qualified for the job. On the day he started, he came in, saw the s*it show that was my former workplace, and promptly left that same afternoon. He just packed his things into a box and drove off. I had a pleasure to work with him at another place later, that's why I know he was great at his job. I am still in awe of his IDGAF attitude to this day, almost a decade later.
Science Nerd 1 year ago
Two weeks notice is a common understanding in the U.S., but unless you have a signed contract stating that, then it is only a courtesy. Don’t count on getting a favorable review if your next employer checks but it doesn’t sound like you would get one or want one in any case.
AngelWingsYT 1 year ago
If a business doesnt trwatvyou right they have 0 right to 2 weeks notice
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LGBTQpanda 1 year ago
Good! Companies demand 2 weeks' notice when you quit, BUT they will fire you with no notice.
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#2
Once as a teenager at a new job I got my hand smacked by the owner the first day because I was writing with my left hand. Walked out.
Agfox 1 year ago (edited)
My Dad was born in 1917 & was left-handed. He told us that the teachers at his school used to smack him with a ruler whenever they caught him writing with his left hand. Eventually, he became ambidextrous but left school when he was 13
Rayne OfSalt 1 year ago
I went to catholic school in the 80s, and the nuns would smack our hands with metal rulers if we wrote with our left hands. Instead of becoming ambidextrous, I failed to develop legible handwriting.
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Hannah Taylor 1 year ago
Good for you. A former coworker had a teacher do that to her in grade school. Her mother went to the school and told the teacher that if it happens again, she would be out of a job. It never happened again.
Jerry Bee 1 year ago
I can relate. I was "cured" of being left-handed and now can only write with my right hand, but still do everything else left-handed. Mrs. Conard, I hope nobody went to your funeral.
day light 1 year ago
as a child I used to switch between hands to write and my otherwise sweet first grade teacher decided that was wrong and it would be easier if I exclusively used my right hand... to learn about that as an adult gives me such conflicting feelings about her
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ggus44 1 year ago
This shows how stupid humans beings are, creating rules like having just one f*****g correct hand to write. I'm surprised it isn't related to anything religious. Or is it? Anyways, I read that we left-handeds are like 10% of the world population, and animals too have a dominant arm or paw or leg, but unlike us, the number is close to 50-50%.
Tom Brincefield 1 year ago
Partially religious, partly cultural. To give you an idea of how deeply ingrained it is in society, the weird sinister originally meant "left side" in Latin.
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Guess Undheit 1 year ago
I live in Taiwan, and intellcetual deficients still do that to kids at home and school. There are a lot people in Asia (here and elsewhere) that refuse to take from or give to my left hand. They rudely drop it on the counter and expect me to pick it up.
michele mbennett101044@yahoo.c 1 year ago
WTF is wrong with people? What if I slapped this moron in the face because he had freckles 🤔? Damn idiots 🙄
Jas Warner 1 year ago
I'm left handed. They definitely wouldve been hit with a left jab. Or right hook. They're equally powerful.
#3
As a journalist I was once told to pretend to be a doctor to get access to people who had been hospitalised in a terrorist attack to get quotes from them.
Resigned on the spot and never worked as a journalist again from that day to this.
Frogity 1 year ago
Assuming that all journalists are like this is damaged. Journalists are under attack all over the world because of their integrity and willingness to put themselves in danger to tell important stories.
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Bobby Beans 1 year ago
Depending on the details, doing this could get you arrested for fraud, trespassing, etc.
To learn more about this topic, we reached out to Pamela Skillings, Co-Founder, President and Chief Coach at Big Interview, the #1 job interview training platform. Pamela was kind enough to have a chat with Bored Panda and detail some of the reasons why employees might spontaneously quit.
"In my experience with coaching clients, people only quit on the spot when they have been pushed to their limit," she shared. "This could be due to months or years of a toxic boss or work environment or even due to a single wildly inappropriate incident."
#4
Worked for a privately owned bakery for exactly 1 week. The owners son comes in, walks passed the counter and into the bathroom. He comes out a few minutes later without acknowledging me or my coworker, gets into his car and drives away. We both looked at each other then opened the door only to find this guy literally s**t all over the toilet seat and the toilet paper holder. I called the owner, told her what happened and she said to “Deal with it.” So I asked my coworker if she wanted to clean it up because I wasn’t going to. She declined and I told her I was walking out. She did as well. We locked up the store and told the owner we quit but would reconsider staying if her son came back to clean up his own mess. She yelled and berated us for 20 seconds before I said goodbye and hung up.
TruthoftheHeart 1 year ago
Imagine expecting other people to clean up after your inept grown up sons s***!! I don't care if he was even special needs, its not their job.
Black Cat 1 year ago
I've worked with special needs people for years, if they are so impaired they can't toilet themselves properly, they won't be driving. Best guess this is just an immature and arrogant d******d who thinks he's being funny with a codependent mother.
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ॐBoyGanesh 1 year ago
See, this is the type of complaint that Fair Employment & Housing and labor boards love. One files compliant simply stating employer told grown son to dedicate all over then demanded it be cleaned, berating the new hire. Even if it’s not accurate that employer told him to do so, the employer still has to answer for allowing it to happen then demanding it be cleaned without proper biological exposure training. I could get this new hire unemployment even tho they quit and I bet I could help them get either a severance or file a tort that would award them damages. In situations like this, if you’ve got the time and the bandwidth, put up the fight.
Tom Brincefield 1 year ago
Bet the health department would be been interested in hearing about it.
michele mbennett101044@yahoo.c 1 year ago
Deal with it yourself b***h, it's your f*****g son, Byeee!
Billie Maier 1 year ago
I wouldn't doubt it if the owner arranged the incident in the first place.
Danish Susanne 1 year ago (edited)
She said deal with it, and they did. Maybe not the way she wanted them to.
#5
I was already there 3 hours past the time my shift was supposed to end- along with everyone else who was on my shift. We were all very PO'ed. I get that you often have to stay after when you work in food service, but everyone from the next shift was already there and there was zero reason for us to be there for 3 extra hours.
Finally someone asked to go home and the manager started SCREAMING in the middle of the restaurant floor that, "JUST BECAUSE YOUR SHIFT IS SUPPOSED TO END AT 10 DOESNT MEAN YOU GET TO LEAVE THEN. I TELL YOU WHEN YOU GET TO LEAVE. YOU ARE ALL JUST NUMBERS ON A SPREADSHEET TO US, WE CAN REPLACE YOU IN A HEART BEAT IF YOU DONT WANT TO BE HERE."
So, I dropped all the money on the table in front of her and said "replace me then, f**k you."
Found out later that they lost damn near half their staff that night because most others followed my lead after.
There was a huge football game the next day right across the street from the place and they got to deal with that with no servers. I went to the game and had the time of my life lol.
It was a f****n IHOP.
CrunChewy McSandybutt 1 year ago
I've worked for managers like this. It's like they were born angry.
MotherRobinson 1 year ago
I have so many horror stories dining at IHOP with my family now if I wanted to eat there I choose one carefully. Most times it's the s****y management.
michele mbennett101044@yahoo.c 1 year ago
Uh boss, this is a restaurant b***h, not a prison, I'll leave when my shift is over! If you don't like it, tough s**t, you don't pay me enough to put up with your c**p.
Black Cat 1 year ago
Serious question, if you're in a low paid job and therefore can't save much, how can you afford to quit just like that? I've been in some terrible jobs but could not afford to risk unemployment for the sake of having some principles. Maybe it's different in NZ where there aren't so many job opportunities. Can't quit one job then walk into another the next day or even week.
Joshua Selbitschka 1 year ago
Because there's still places constantly hiring for that same wage. And some jobs are not worth it.
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Bluonthefront 1 year ago
Ah, IHOP. Kalispell, MT location. Only restaurant I've gotten my food and walked out w/o paying. What a s**t show.
John Smith (he/him/xy/️) 1 year ago
And this is when you collectively stomp a mangler till thei are hospitalized
#6
Walked in to the interview, everything went well, accepted the job offer. Went to the front desk to do the paperwork and noticed that the contract had a different pay amount, and that I would be "interning" for the first month for $100/week. I asked first about the amount difference, was told "oh, this the standard contract, it just hasn't been updated for your specific offer." I told them they'd need to edit and initial the changes before I would sign. "Oh...that's not how things work here." I thanked them for their time and left without signing anything. They called me back on the day I was supposed to have started asking where I was. I told them because didn't sign the contract, I was never an employee....hooo boy that was a fun call.
Funhog 1 year ago
It's possible that OP could modify the contract on the spot -- simply cross out the sections that aren't acceptable, add wording if necessary, then write initials & date next to those sections. Then, ask for a photocopy of the contract.
ॐBoyGanesh 1 year ago (edited)
You can’t ex post facto a contract. It’s no longer legally binding if done so. Assuming the contract had already been signed on the company side, the other side modifying it and then signing/initialing it makes said modifications and likely the entire document without standing, as the company side had signed a different agreement.
Load More Replies...Pamela noted that most people prefer to give two weeks' notice and leave on good terms, even if they hate their job. "But sometimes, patience and perspective run out," she says.
"I would always advise stepping away and taking at least a moment before giving in to the impulse to quit on the spot. In some cases, you may decide it's still the right move, but usually some space will allow for a calmer, more reasoned decision that benefits you more in the long term," the expert added.
And although Pamela has never quit on the spot herself, she admits that she's been tempted to! "Sometimes it helped to just take a walk around the block and imagine quitting with a dramatic exit line."
#7
Going to the toilet pre-meeting to negotiate a raise I heard both directors of the company (small firm, everything ran through them) talking outside the window that they were going to flat out refuse any offers and "make the a*****e work overtime to prove his loyalty" and "he has no prospects anyway, where will he go?". Entered the meeting with my signed and printed resignation in hand, slapped it on the table after sitting down and stood straight back up saying " meeting over". I now work for a successful company, part of a brilliant team of 10 people, amazing pension, terrific bonuses and obtainable progression with a great work-life balance. Half day every single Friday til I die also. If you're being mistreated at a job, overworked, underpaid, whatever it may be - Get your affairs in order and walk.
Blue Bunny of Happiness 1 year ago (edited)
It’s quite common (in the UK at least) to have a small high up window in the toilets with frosted glass for privacy.
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#8
I got mugged on a delivery for dominos, and came back to the shop crying and panicked, had my phone, wallet, and pizza taken, told my manager what happened.
“Anon, are you hurt?”
“No, but I lost my phone and wallet, I need to call the police”
“No time for that, here’s your next delivery.”
(It was like 2 blocks from where I was just mugged)
I just went home, the police never really did much to get my phone and wallet back, not like they could.
Michael Largey 1 year ago (edited)
"Domino Pizza delivers!" - but not for their workers. I would have said "Next delivery? Sure!" and gone home with the pizza and eaten it there. What are they going to do? Fire me?
Matt Smith 1 year ago
So, screw whoever actually ordered the pizza, so long as you get revenge? >_>
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Ralph Watkins 1 year ago
I worked in the medical field. Someone I worked got assigned a recent admission. She walked int the room & froze. It was the man who molested her for years when she was younger. She tried to get assigned to different patient. She was told to suck it up & do her job. Why she did not quit at that moment, I don't know why. She was able to switch patients with a male co-worker & they did not inform management. Women having other women's backs in the medical field is one big lie. Women managers can be much crueler than men.
Charles McChristy 1 year ago
I call bs on this one. I worked for several Dominoes and none of them would have said this.
Tom Brincefield 1 year ago
I'm really happy you never had a boss that was a s**t head who only cared about numbers, not people. But there are plenty of them out there, at Domino's and other businesses.
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My grand-father, who I considered like a father, passed away after a long stay in hospital. We were closer than he was with his own kids, and our bond was quite special.
I spoke to my manager about getting the day of his funeral off, since I was organizing part of the arrangements, and having a day or two of bereavement leave, and he agreed.
The day of the funeral finally comes and the staff start calling me, leaving me messages asking why I'm not at my shift, and telling me, while I'm in a suit hosting family members at the funeral home, that I have to find someone to replace me or face repercussions.
Needless to say, I told them to figure it out, and never looked back.
As painful as it may be to stick around for two more weeks, Pamela recommends giving your employer a heads up that you're leaving if it's possible without sacrificing your own best interests. "It's always better to leave on decent terms and maintain a professional reputation," the expert says. "A lot depends on your relationship with your manager and your experience at the company."
"If you've been treated well and know a sudden departure would put your team in a bad situation, give as much notice as possible," Pamela told Bored Panda. "If you haven't been treated with respect and need to leave sooner (perhaps a new job with an immediate start date), then I think you have to prioritize your future well-being over workplace etiquette."
#10
I had a very stressful job and was expected to answer Slack messages from my boss at any time, or I would be fired. He was in a different time zone so often I would be woken up at 3 am being yelled at to do something. One day in the office, he was talking s**t about me on Slack and accidentally posted it to a channel I was in. I was killing myself for this guy and he didn’t even appreciate it. I packed up and left, best thing I’ve ever done.
Luke Branwen 1 year ago
I'd also try and sue for $hitloads of money since you technically have to be compensated if you're on-call
ॐBoyGanesh 1 year ago (edited)
Typically only non-exempt employees need to be compensated for being on-call. There are vast categories of employment that doesn’t compensate hourly or for being on-call. I’m on-call 24/7 and have a “go bag” ready to head out typically within 90 minutes to anywhere in the world, sometimes having to get expedited visas and even booking private transportation. Luckily, I can do a lot of my emergency work via phone/zoom, but it still can happen at any time of day. I get compensated by the job and it falls under an employment category adjacent to entertainment even tho it has nothing to do with that.
Load More Replies... John Smith (he/him/xy/️) 1 year ago
But imagine having labor laws like actual first world countries. OmG ThE COmmUnISm
#11
Selling vacuum cleaners . They expected me to hard sell to an old man with dementia who didnt have carpets . F**k that.
Nimitz 1 year ago
THIS!!! Kirby vacuum cleaner sales! I did this for 3 days fresh out of high school. My first "independent" sales call was to a pair of people in their mid-90s. They already had 3 Kirby vacuums in their closet from previous decades. The did NOT know what was going on. It was my first, so the assistant manager was auditing. I got in trouble for not closing a "guaranteed easiest sale I've ever seen". I knew after that I was not cut out for such a horrifying industry
Nimitz 1 year ago
P.S. don't ever buy from Kirby. $2000 for a vacuum that's not better than a $300 Kenmore from Sears. Their practice was incredibly predatory and all the training was in ways to push people to buy a vacuum. Also, the vacuum did not work as advertised. It was supposed to have a "dry shampoo" system, but it did not remove dirt
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Susan Teter 1 year ago
I worked for a call center that called people who had filled out applications for credit cards (29% interest) at a department store. You got $20 off your purchase at this department store if you did. The people they were targeting were elderly or did not speak English fluently. We were selling life insurance, and the call script read "and if your not satisfied you can cancel within 60 days. If you want to keep it we will bill your credit card for X amount of dollars per month." I quit when I realized most of the people I was calling didn't understand English and wouldn't cancel the plan, or were too old and would forget to cancel the plan. I couldn't, in good conscience, work for a company that would KNOWINGLY do that. By the way, that company that had you fill out an application for their credit card? They have been bought and sold, went through bankruptcy God only knows how many times, and just raised their interest rate to 39%. You know who you are.
Steve Hall 1 year ago
Vacuums are an off the shelf item in every part of the US, they sell themselves. Also taking advantage of an elderly person will land you in jail in many states.
Sunny Day 1 year ago
Someone recently sold vinyl siding to the owner of a brick six-plex in my town. Either the best salesman ever, or the dumbest homeowner ever.
Sunny 1 year ago
When my mom lived alone in her house before her and my dad started dating, she had a place come in to do a demonstration. I think it might have actually been for vacuums too, the Guy sat down on her couch and refused to leave until she bought something, only left after she got on the phone to call the police finally. Now she refuses any company like that or any place that does demonstrations
dave sand 1 year ago
That happened to me once many years ago (except I didn't have dementia, I was just a college student with little money). They volunteered to clean my carpet to show off their product so I thought "Okay, clean carpet and I need a new vacuum," and let them do it. When they told me the price it cost more than the car I was driving! I said "no" and one of the demonstrators (who had been making disgusted noises at what their vacuum had picked up--which didn't look disgusting to me, actually) called his boss and voila! Suddenly I could get a special deal! STILL more than my car was worth! I told them to go and they refused to for at least half an hour! I finally threatened to call the cops on them for trespassing and they left. Their bosses--and business--must have been awful to them. I didn't get that then, but I do get it now.
#12
This is probably going to get lost beneath all of the other comments but I will share anyway.I started working at a lingerie / sex toy store when I was 17. After I made it through training, two weeks in, all of the other employees quit. For about 6 months I was the only employee. I ran that store by myself. I took care of everything. I was working split shifts every day and never once was my till short by even a penny. Meanwhile the owners kept interviewing new employees. They finally found a woman to come in and start training. I trained her and after her two-week training, they informed me that she would be my manager. Their only explanation was that she had previous management experience. I brought up the fact that I kept the store alive on my own for the last 6 months, working split shifts every day, no days off... I brought up the fact that I trained her. But they were adamant... They wanted her to be the manager. So I quit.
ManuelQue 1 year ago
Many years ago I was in broadcasting school and we had some interesting guest speakers. One of them was Sue Johansson who wound up having a reputation similar to that of Dr. Ruth in the U.S. (Fun Fact: Dr. Ruth's phD was in English). During Q&A I asked Sue if she was going to make any foray into the U.S. Her reply was a definite no as her work and views were too liberal for many in the U.S. This was at least 30 years ago; hopefully things have improved somewhat.
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 1 year ago
This is not necessarily the US, and not every country is as prudish as the US. If the OP was going to lie about it, why on earth would they choose to point out that they were 17? All that does is make people with limited intelligence and no imagination say "I call BS on this one".
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As far as how employers can try to prevent workers from quitting on the spot, Pamela says, "Companies should be sure to train all of their managers and model respect and fairness from the top down. They can't let bad managers get away with bad behavior. Even at good companies, people quit because they can't stand their horrible manager. Managing people well is a learned skill and a lot of managers don't get the guidance they need."
#13
I was asked to lie to parents and cover up a kid failing (in elementary school) by support staff. When I confronted the principal about it, he said that she was just doing her job and I was not a team player for not doing so. So I explained the situation... same response, I should have helped in covering it up. As soon as kids went home, I started emptying my desk...
Kel_how 1 year ago
I just left teaching because of b******t like this. Good riddance.
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Captain McSmoot 1 year ago
This happens all the time! Most the time the administrators or the guidance department go in themselves and change the grades in the system.
nancy 1 year ago
Very true! When this happens, I refuse to sign the report card. So parents, if you notice that your child's report is signed by a teacher that isn't your child's teacher, that could be the reason. The principal will find another teacher, tell them to sign it, then send it home.
Load More Replies... Susan Schlee 1 year ago
They intentionally pass kids on nowadays who are definitely NOT ready for the next grade, or are actually academically a grade or two under the grade they're currently in. You can't fail any kid anymore and make them repeat a grade, a test, or even a worksheet until they get a passing grade- that's one reason why the younger generation is so dumb.
Sue User 1 year ago
The US education system is faking data to get more funding. Why ? Because the better you do the more money you get. So if your kids are failing and you need more resources ( like books that are new) forget it. Instead of helping the needy ones, they incentivise improvement and people cheat.
Pandroid Rebellion 1 year ago
My friend is on a local school board. He is now a blackout drunk from the stress of knowing what we allow to be done to our community's children.
Brandon Parisien 1 year ago
Florida I'd bet...so long as no one says Gay, they don't care about kids, lol.
#14
Asked for a raise and was told okay. Next morning (Friday) I was told by the same person who agreed with the raise that I should put a few more years in and then we’ll talk again. Locked my tool box at the end of the day and called a tow truck to pick it up. Shop manager was shocked that next Monday to find a empty spot where my tools were and couldn’t understand why I left.
Freya the Wanderer 1 year ago
Seems that a lot of places will promise you a raise - after X number of years. Or after the Cleveland Browns win the Super Bowl.
Load More Replies... Calyx Teren 1 year ago (edited)
What sort of toolbox requires a tow truck to pick up? Genuinely curious.
#15
Began working at a persian restaurant in the kitchen. I overcooked a steak slightly, the owner came back threw a plate at us then a hot meat skewer before storming off to his office. I dropped my apron grabbed my bag and told him I was leaving. His response was "okay at the end of the night you can go"
My response was "clearly you don't understand. I'm leaving right now, here's my parking pass, I'll expect my cheque in the mail".
Nimitz 1 year ago
I worked at a computer shop with a Iranian owner. The guy wouldn't hire women, looked for temporary foreign workers over qualified locals (TFWs don't get taxed the same so they pay them less and save money), literally took his d**k out and told us to suck it one time when we complained about safety (we were expected to use methanol to clean things instead of isopropyl and weren't provided gloves), and eventually brought in his brother (an unemployed car mechanic) to be our boss in a computer shop. The brother didn't know how computers worked. Eventually me (tower shop manager), the general manager, and our QA manager all quit. They kept the business afloat for a year by laying off their other workers, having them collect EI, and paying them cash under the table. Once we reported that, the business finally collapsed.
"If you find yourself regularly tempted to quit your job on the spot, you need to get serious about planning your next move before the stress burns you out completely," Pamela added. "Take a mental health day if you feel you're at your limit. Use some of the time to update your resume."
And if you need to brush up your interview skills before applying to new jobs, be sure to check out Big Interview!
#16
Being hired to sell cars, then in the middle of training I get pulled aside and told I’m being moved to lot attendant. That position paid minimum wage and I didn’t even get a chance to be on the sales floor. Left and never went back. I was in my mid twenties at the time and was trying to find a possible career. Didn’t have time for that b******t bait and switch.
CrunChewy McSandybutt 1 year ago
Wow, it's usually the other way around. I've gone on plenty of job interviews that were for one position, but were really for door-to-door sales.
Freya the Wanderer 1 year ago
Tell me about it! I have gone to more than one interview that turned out to be just that kind of bait-and-switch. As soon as the interviewers revealed their true intentions, I noped out of there. Once a man chased me halfway to my car, demanding that I return. I caught his eye and told him to f--- off. Another time the group interview started with a half-hour video of people talking about how they were at the ends of their ropes, living on beans and rice, when this Glorious Opportunity came along - and now they were eating high off the hog. They never discussed exactly what the company did, or what we were going to do. On the pretense of going to the restroom, I snuck out of there. A third place did a group interview, and they described three positions - two sounded great, while the third was fairly mundane. I like the second position most even if it wasn't quite as prestigious as the first. I sent them feedback expressing interest in job #2. I got an e-mail a few days later offering
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Essentially, OP got fired from the sales position. And when a business fires you, you don't show up there any more.
#17
"When my job kept wanting to treat me like a full-time employee, having me order supplies, staying late on truck days until it was done. Yet, when I asked about moving to full-time ($5 extra an hour and I’d get 15 more hours a week), they told me they couldn’t. So, I quit."
ZuriLovesYou 1 year ago
If I'm gonna be a full-time employee, then you best better pay me like one!
#18
I’m gay but at the time wasn’t very open about it. Was placed with a crew of guys that made homophobic comments all day long. It wasn’t anything personal towards me, but it would not have been healthy to stay in that situation long term.
Nimitz 1 year ago
Yup. Been there. I stayed in the closet at every job I had till recently. And as soon as I was openly gay, people immediately started treating me different. The first person I came out to rounded up all the overt homophobes and told them to be careful what they say about me. The support was entirely towards the bigots. This was 2022. In 2022 the homophobes got the protection...
ॐBoyGanesh 1 year ago
To kinda jump of your and OPs statements: as queer people, we continually have to “come out.” It’s never a one and done. Nor is it a dozen & done. It’s a continual process with a lot of analysis and mental labor, that’s at times absolutely exhausting. I try to make it clear from the get-go, but in my 50+ years, I’ve had to come out thousands of times. Jobs are always a tough one. Have to weigh out safety & job security and whether or not there will be consequences. It’s never-fücking-ending
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Ralph Watkins 1 year ago
One of the most disgusting things I ever saw happened at the VA where I worked. We had a very beloved nurse who was fantastic at her job. She was gay. One day the director who was unstable calls her up to his office. He locked the door & was going to convert her. Sexually. She screamed & kicked & the secretary rescued her. She came back downstairs & told us what happened. Then upper management showed up. All women & a few of them gay themselves. They told her to shut up or they would ruin her. Not only get her fired by have her lose her license. Why she continued to work there, I don't know why. 2 years later karma kicked in. He attacked his secretary to where she was unconscious. The facility police did not make a report but he was forced to retire. A year after that, he did the old hose to the exhaust pipe. The nurse he attacked was a devout Catholic & she felt sorry for him. The rest of us were happy that he was gone.
John Smith (he/him/xy/️) 1 year ago
Why is it necessary to come out in the first place? Why should anyone have to care about what you do between the sheets?
Lee Banks 1 year ago
It's not about telling people what you do between the sheets. Plenty of people do very interesting things. It's that some folk get reeeeeally offended if you show up with a partner of the same gender. Sex swing and the occasional tryst? Cool. A man kissing a man, or a woman kissing a woman? God is looking down on you. You're mostly preparing your family for being accepting, or not. It was terrifying introducing my first girlfriend, but my mom never has to know what my male fiance and I do.
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A few years back my wife’s health started to deteriorate. She was in constant pain and really struggling. It was a big change for both of us and I had to leave work often to take her to the doctor. One day my boss says she needs to give me less hours as I’m missing shifts. I accepted that and was willing to work with her on it. Then she said “I mean, you don’t have to leave every time your wife hurts her little finger.” I quit on the spot.
"Disembodied voice" 1 year ago
That's just inappropriate. Boss has no clue what's going on and has no place to judge
Some guy 1 year ago (edited)
That boss would be seeing one of MY fingers on my way out.
Load More Replies... Scott Rackley 1 year ago
Some managers need to learn that comments like these are sometimes replied to with a punch in the mouth.
Mike F 1 year ago
That's all well and good if the wife's symptoms have the common decency to appear with enough notice for the guy to schedule around them. How dare her illness not manifest symptoms in a timely fashion!
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I was 16 working part time in an island in Greece and a guy walked in with a knife and demanded to give him the money from the register. I obviously did it and immediately called my boss. He told me that I was a pu**y and should have stood up for myself so I just left without even replying.
Michael Largey 1 year ago (edited)
OP did stand up for themselves. Their life was more important to them than the boss's money.
AngelWingsYT 1 year ago
Wtaf. My job tells us to do as the robber says cause our lives are worth more than the cash drawer
quentariel 1 year ago
This is horrible. I've worked for customer service for years, and have always been taught clearly how to deal with possible robbery or other threatening situation. We are told to stay calm and non-argumentative and give the robber what they want while pushing the discreet panic button under the register to alert a guard. We are also told that the clear priority is the safety of us and the other customers, not the money. Luckily I've never had to push the panic button, but I'm glad it exists.
Candace Taylor 1 year ago
What kind of a****** expects a teenager to put his life on the line for a few dollars
Sunny 1 year ago
That's crazy. Every job I've worked has been very clear that you cooperate because money and items can be replaced and it's not worth risking your safety or anybody around yous, Even if I see people shoplifting I can't say anything because they might get aggressive and it's not worth the risk
Matt Smith 1 year ago
And yet in many places, you can get fired if you do stand up for yourself in situations like that
#21
I got blamed for something that wasn't my fault, was in an argument with our VP or marketing because I had the audacity to suggest a solution that would have avoided our problem instead of accepting fault for something I didn't do. He told me he doesn't pay me to think, so that was my last day.
Ralph Watkins 1 year ago
I had a terrible incident. I got called up to my boss's office & she started screaming at me for not doing someone else's work. I just took it & told her she was right. But she kept getting louder & more hysterical. Her secretary was in the corner crying & scared. I then remembered my boss was a breast cancer survivor. I hollered back & told her to shut up. Something is terribly wrong. Now I started giving her orders. Grab her things & have her secretary take her immediately to the ER for a change of mental status. She never did come back to work. She was terminal. That was years ago. We still had more decorum. Today too many bosses don't have cancer in their brain affecting their behavior. They are just mean.
#22
Worked in a call centre in the UK and was phoning people about buying porcelain cats on the day of the London bombings (07/07/05). A man that I rang told me he was waiting for his daughter to call to tell him she was OK and that it was immoral that I was ringing when so many people were waiting to hear from family. I couldn’t argue with that and walked out after that call.
#23
I was getting married. I had a temp job, and told them on my first day that I needed a weekend off in a couple of months for my wedding. I reminded them every couple of weeks, had it on the calendar, and even reminded them that Monday. That weekend came, and I was on the schedule. I told my boss that I needed it off for my wedding, and she said, "You're just a kid, can't you move it? We really need the parts." Admittedly, I was 21 marrying my 19 year old girlfriend, but yeah. I laughed at her and left. We were scheduled Saturday and Sunday, two "attendance points" and you're fired, so I assumed that I'd be job hunting on Monday after my wedding. I went to another temp agency on Monday and had a job lined up for Monday evening. On Tuesday, the temp job called and asked if I was coming back. I told that person (the temp agency lady) what they'd done to me, she was upset that they'd done that, tried to get me to go back, but I liked the new job and stayed there.
Steve Hall 1 year ago
You never owe a temp agency anything, they get part of your paycheck, they owe you!
ॐBoyGanesh 1 year ago
Also, they need your heathy positive feedback. Unless you’re in a very limited market, temp agencies are highly competitive with slim profit margins. Having a negative reputation for not getting their employees backs or for sending them to shite job sites can break them.
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Getting repremandid for not pushing a patient into getting a dental procedure he didn't need or want.
Hannah Taylor 1 year ago
Why does that sound like Bright!Now Dental or Western Dental Orthodontics?
titansterritory 1 year ago
Dental Cares is a joke also. Had a 95 year old woman come in. I'm a dental assistant for 30 years. This called and asked for me personally. Told her that she didn't need 6 crowns, 4 implants and a host of other major work. Left soon after.
B 1 year ago
Had a dental office do this to my husband, he has a neurological issue & gets confused sometimes, they tried to get him to sign papers to finance dental work he did not need. He said I have to speak to my wife she drove me here. We left I gave them a terrible review on Yelp & got a letter from them saying they would sue if I did not take it down. It was all facts with no emotion added. Yelp took it down The lesson here... never trust yelp reviews
MaryHadaLittleLamb 1 year ago
All my life, dentists told me I had perfect teeth. My family dentist I grew up going to loved when I came in, because he would show everyone my "textbook perfect" teeth. Went to a new dentist 3 years ago and they tried to sell me Invisalign braces. I called them out on it and they pointed to an imaginary unevenness of my front teeth. I never went back.
JammaCoast2Coast 1 year ago
I had a dentist that did this. I "needed" 4 deep cleans through out the year, was told I needed 2 crowns and essentially $3000-4000 worth of dental work. Every time I went in, new dental assistant, the previous one was no where to be found. Went in for a crown, guy I've never seen before walks in and tells me I don't need crowns, nor do I need the amount of dental work I was previously quoted - and oh, he's the new dentist because the old one decided she wanted to spend more time with her kids. I have some incredible trust issues with dentists because of this.
Steve Hall 1 year ago
Tell the local news, post on facebook and twitter, mention it at every party and social function and put those a$$holes out of business.
Ralph Watkins 1 year ago
When I was forced out on retirement, all employees must fill out an exit interview on the computer. Supposed those in DC are supposed to read them. They don't. They ask questions about human & civil rights, waste, fraud, & abuse, patient abuse, criminal activity, & so on. Everybody I talked to all reported they had seen it all where we worked. Nothing ever changed.
#25
Started working for a drive-thru pizza place famous for $5 single topping larges. When I started, they said shorts can be worn. Five months go by, and I walk into work that day to find the manager changed overnight. New manager, whom I only just met, said I had to find khaki pants ASAP. I told her I could do that after payday next week because my last $8 was going toward diapers for my 5-month-old. She said that wasn't acceptable and that I had to obtain khaki pants immediately. I reiterated that I was unable to until payday next week. She said the same garbage again, so I quit on the spot.
Sky Render 1 year ago
Logistics control. They own most of their suppliers.
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#26
I worked for an attorney. I was 7 months pregnant. I was supposed to be a secretary but instead I was constantly being sent out as a process server. In July. At the end of my 3 months (August) I was supposed to get a raise and she said that she couldn't give me a raise. The day she said that, I left at lunch and never went back. She was an awful person and the guy I replaced told me that he felt sorry for me on my first day as he was leaving. I should have left that day.
Dream 1 year ago
Ditto. The law firm was one of the worst places I've ever worked. More liars and d***s than you can imagine. Also, a******s. MANY a******s. Anywho, f*ck lawyers.
#27
Worked as a cashier in a local shop, one night 2 guys came at me with knives trying to get in the till. I just walked away and said have at it as it wasn't worth the minimum wage to get into it with a couple of guys waving knives at me. After they ran out the store I picked up my mobile and called the police then called the store manager. The next day, the district manager meets me as I turn up for my shift the very next day, her first words were it was very unprofessional of me to be on my phone while in work. I laughed at her and told her she could take this as my notice and walked out. I never had a problem with being held up but the sheer gall of that got me.
CrunChewy McSandybutt 1 year ago
I don't know about companies in the UK, but here in the US, convenience store clerks are told not to resist a robbery. Just let them have what they want and call the police after. Insurance covers the loss.
María Hermida 1 year ago (edited)
Even if the insurance didn't cover a penny!!! I wouldn't risk my life or ending up in hospital to save somebody else's property.
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OmMi 1 year ago
I just clicked the link and realized that this was posted 3y ago on reddit. With bp giving us this old stuff and keep repeating same posts, I thi k I am just going to move to reddit
ॐBoyGanesh 1 year ago (edited)
What are your expectations of BP? Legitimate & curious question. I’m not calling you out in any way. - As it is an a avenue for Lithuanian writers/journalists to build their portfolio and acquire an IFJ or other international press credentials and because it’s simply commentary on content originally from Reddit and now propagated from popular posts across social media, I have no qualms about content. As an early adopter of Reddit, I’ve always seen BP as a simple & streamlined listicle of the most popular Reddit posts that I can read easily whilst in transit. I don’t considerate content topical or new, because it’s solely based on popular posts. It’s time killing readers digest versions of what people are clicking on. It’s a substitute for Reddit at times & since I don’t use X/Fb, it’s simply popular content from them, too. BP has often been voted in the top five useless “time killer” websites. However, I think the discourse in the comments is the healthiest of any website.
Load More Replies... Fat Harry (Oi / You) 1 year ago
That's because you lack imagination and fail to realise that truth is often stranger than fiction. Besides, why come to a thread like this if it's only to say that every single story is b******t? F**k off with that attitude.
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I get a job at a restaurant, first day I show up and the heat is broken in the dead of winter. It was like 35 degrees. I ask the cooks if it’s always like this, and they say yes. I walked immediately.
Sunny Day 1 year ago
If you're working in a busy kitchen, they 35 degrees (F) is going to seem like heaven.
Cassandra Reardon 1 year ago
Nah it can get very cold, in certain areas from the intake air over the grill/fry stations. Our heat has never broken, but in Iowa winter, I often need a hoodie at my prep station. At least my restaurant closes when it's way to hot for the employees during the summer.
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Chewie Baron 1 year ago
I used to be a chef and summer in a kitchen is just not worth the hassle. It would be cooler to go on holiday in hell.
Restless panda 🇫🇮 1 year ago
I thought this sounded familiar. In the summertime it was about 35°C (95 F) in the restaurant I worked at, no a/c. Working alone as well so no way to have breaks.
clairebear 1 year ago
American, they mean Fahrenheit, 34 degrees is 2 degrees above freezing.
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#29
I used to work at a chicken joint and one day I accidentally threw away some tongs. By the time I realized it I had already bagged and threw away the trash.
My supervisor had a meltdown and said that those tongs cost like $80 to the restaurant and demanded I go into the dumpster, open up every bag, and find it or otherwise he’d write me up.
It was midsummer and a day before trash pick up so I was up to my knees in trash bags. I lost my balance and accidentally punctured a bag catching my footing and had gravy and sauce explode on the side of my pants.
I climbed out, handed him the tongs, and my hat, and walked off and never went there again.
Colleen Glim 1 year ago
The only way a pair of kitchen tongs is going to be $80 is if somebody is cooking the books instead of the food
P Peitsch 1 year ago (edited)
80 dollar for a kitchen tong? WTF??? But really. They are about 10-20 euros depending on brand. And in a restaurant/kitchen/hotel those things are looked like oh-s**t-it-was-fckd-up-nevermind. Just a few weeks ago I threw out some iron cast pans, what were no way to be saved. Like 17 of them. No one bat an eye... those things are not meant to last till the final BOOM, when our universe will be history.
Maartje 1 year ago
That was BS. Tongs are between 5 and 10 dollars. https://www.smartandfinal.com/sm/delivery/rsid/522/results?q=tongs
Load More Replies... kelsischloe1986 1 year ago
All companies are supposed to have insurance to cover losses and situations like this. If they don't, it's not a good place to work.
SleepSycho 1 year ago
Great job quitting! But would have been done before getting knee deep in nastiness.
#30
It was Thanksgiving day at Kmart (I was a teenager) and I had been working non stop for 5 hours because of all the "good deals". I had a drink under my register and I took one drink of it. The assistant manager looked at me but didn't say anything. Ten minutes later it was time for my much needed 30 minute lunch. I proceeded to ask for coverage for my break and the assistant manager told me I didn't get a lunch since I took a drink of my sprite. I then proceeded to tell her too bad and walked away and got all of my stuff out of my locker and started walking out to the parking lot. Then the store managers all rushed out begging me to come back and work and apologized. They said I could take my lunch. They even had the assistant manager (pathetically) apologize to me. I think she got in big trouble because she never treated me like a b***h anymore.
Some guy 1 year ago
Hold on -- how COULD she have treated you like a b***h after you quit on the spot?
Svenne O'Lotta 1 year ago
He obviously retracted his quitting when they started groveling.
Load More Replies... ॐBoyGanesh 1 year ago (edited)
Cue the isolated & ignorant children with the “that never happened” c**p that’s so telling of their limited worldview.
Luke Branwen 1 year ago
The most unbelievable about this story is the corporate apologizing instead of doubling down on their BS.
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#31
Worked as a waiter at a place that promised me full time hours but only gave me part time hours. They expected me to be top of my game despite not paying me enough and barely giving me enough hours to survive. They scheduled me to work on the day I was taking my girlfriend, who was visiting from out of town, to the station. And when I asked for 1hr off so I could take her to the station they said no and lectured me on how I was no more special than anyone else who worked there. It was raining all week and there was a food festival on in town so the restuarant was dead all week. I left that day and never went back.
Papa 1 year ago
That reminds me of when my daughter was younger, and she took a job as a server at a winery that had a restaurant on-site (she had been a server for several years already). First, she had to buy some of the equipment needed to do her job, and then they'd schedule her for plenty of shifts, but often call her shortly before her shift was about to start saying they didn't have enough reservations and wouldn't need her that day. She didn't put up with that very long. If a job requires you to buy something FROM THAT COMPANY to do your job, run, don't walk, away.
#32
My first job was Pizza Hut. There was a ghetto area we kept black listing for robbing drivers and the management kept unblacklisting it. I got the flu and called out. Guy who filled in for me was robbed at gunpoint. Took his phone, car, wallet, etc and left him stranded on foot in the ghetto. I found out when I walked into work a few days later. Walked right back out. They didn’t care about our safety.
#33
Walk into first shift at Applebees wearing a full black uniform. The button down shirt has a thin strip of gray on the inside of the cuff. Boss notices the gray. Says I am not in uniform and I need to leave. Once I got home I called in and told them I quit. Saved myself inhuman amounts of pedantry.
Steve Hall 1 year ago
I only had to eat there once to find out it was not a great place to go to.
Dead Man Talking 1 year ago
Applebee's sucks. I can't believe that they are still in business.
ॐBoyGanesh 1 year ago
Reheat restaurants a plagued with management that often rely on their position as their only form of validation.
#34
"Me: 'I need to take a week off next month.' Manager: 'We really need you tho. :/' Me: 'Yeah, but I already told you two months ago.' Manager: 'Can't this wait?' Me: 'I quit.'"
JP Doyle 1 year ago
I hate these workplaces which say "Time of requests are just that, requests. We have no obligation to approve your time off and you must fulfill your scheduled workdays." I'm sorry, but I never frivolously ask for time off. If I request time off in advance it is because I'm not going to be there and my potential shift needs to be covered by someone else. If that means I'm docked wages or potentially fired then accept that my refused time off request is a resignation notice.
John Smith (he/him/xy/️) 1 year ago
I have PTO. I use PTO. How you do without me is your job, not mine.
#35
I worked at Walmart for a short time. I worked as hard as I possibly could to unload their pallets of merchandise. I always thought I was so damn fast, I studied the process and I believed I perfected it. EVERY SINGLE DAY my manager came up to me and told me I needed to be faster. So I did, and the fast pace made me lose a little focus, causing me to break a finger. I let management know that I might be a little slower due to my injury and they straight up told me “we won’t tolerate any laziness” and wrote me up when I didn’t meet their ridiculous standards. So I went home after my shift, and never returned. Never called, never formally quit. I just never came back. F**k Walmart.
Ace 1 year ago
'murica, where you can't even get paid sick leave after suffering an on-the-job injury...
Manny 1 year ago
Not all of "'murica" is like that. Depends on the company and Walmart is c**p though.
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ॐBoyGanesh 1 year ago
Didn’t file a workers comp claim for on the job injury? That’s not very self-serving in a way one should be.
Historyharlot93 1 year ago
It’s against the law in ‘murica to deny Workmen’s Compensations for on the job injuries. I was even injured while I was volunteering at a place and Workmen’s Comp paid for everything. If OP broke his finger at work, then Walmart Workmen’s Comp pays for it and lost wages. They just assumed OP was too naive to even know this. He could have even filed after he left. There’s a lot of paperwork for the company to do, and you have to do a d**g test to prove you weren’t high when injured, but they’re obligated to pay for everything. It’s mandatory for companies to carry workman’s comp in every state but Texas, but most businesses carry it anyway because it’s cheaper than getting sued. So ‘murica isn’t the dystopian hell-hole people on BP love to think it is.
shankShaw deReemer 1 year ago
The kid may not have even known it was a WC claim. And if he didn't know, I can't see WM going out of its way to tell him.
Load More Replies... Steve Hall 1 year ago
Strange, I've been shopping at walmart for over 35 years and I've never seen anyone working there in a hurry except at quitting time.
Derek Reinhold 1 year ago
Lol. OP obviously couldn't pass the d**g test to get compensation... But then again you gotta have some sort of vice for retail work
catastrophegirl 1 year ago
a friend's elderly mom worked at walmart and broke her hip on the clock. walmart falsified records to make sure she couldn't get worker's comp. said she had medicare anyway and didn't need it. for some unholy reason she went back. they eventually fired her while she was out sick, by falsifying the fitting room logs to make it look like she made a mistake. while she was out of work and hadn't even clocked in that day. everyone wants her to lawyer up but she decided not to because she just doesn't want the hassle. they will do everything they can to crush her if she fights it and she's not up for that. i don't like that for her, but i admit she's right.
Sunny Day 1 year ago
You believed you were fast. Were you actually fast - faster than coworkers, for example - or did you just think you were?
Petra 1 year ago
What does this have to do with the point of the story? The managers refused to accept that a person with a broken finger would unload pallets a bit slower. That's the part that matters.
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#36
"I was renting an apartment with my wife, and our toilet backed up and started overflowing. Couldn't get ahold of the landlord or the on-call plumber. Called into work before my shift that morning and told them what was happening and that I wouldn't be in that morning but would call to see how the afternoon went. Finally got a plumber in and got everything cleaned up and made it in for the afternoon. Got sat down for a fifteen-minute talking to about how work should be my biggest priority and everything else should come second."
Truice Zer0 1 year ago
Same law firm as I was taking about before. Dad had surgery to relieve a subdermal hematoma on both sides of his brain after a car accident I had initially asked to leave, they said no, I received a call that he wasn't exactly stable. I told them I was leaving to which they told me I needed to get my priorities straight. I replied they are straight, I can get another job I can't get another family member.
#37
When I was 16, I was a bus boy off the books. Made $250 a week working 35 hours a week because they paid per day as opposed to per hour. Manager comes to me and says they’re restructuring how the pay scale is and said he wanted me to work less days, same amount of hours but for half the pay. I made him repeat to me his plan and once he confirmed it I said give me money for the week because I’m leaving.
Nimitz 1 year ago
I had this. 13 years old washing dishes at the local Chinese food place. Paid cash under the table, less than minimum wage ($4.50/hr minimum wage was $7). After working there for 6 months I was replaced by a 16 year old who would work for $0.25/hr less than me. No negotiation, no severance, obviously. Just one of the many ways businesses exploit child labour
ॐBoyGanesh 1 year ago
You’ve never worked in fine dining. Bussers and dishwashers can make bank. And if they’re not able to provide pooper docs, they will easily find jobs under the table in all categories of restaurants.
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Pumping gas in the late 70's when the customer could just reset the pump to zero with a flick of a switch, my boss docked me $16 for being short for the week (was paid $3.75/hr), I handed her the keys and wished her a nice shift pumping gas on a Friday night on her own. Joined the military after that, learned electronics and now have a career in networking making the big bucks!
Mike F 1 year ago
I want to know what planet paid $3.75 an hour in the 70's! I worked in a union plant and made $2.99.
Lisa Barbeau 1 year ago
I was working as just a typist in the late 70’s making $3.50 an hour based on 40 hours. We had a paid lunch hour so my actual hours worked were 35.
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Steve 1 year ago
All you had to do was turn a k**b on the side of the pump. How do you think the attendant reset the pump for a new customer? So, what planet are you from?
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Had a job about 10 years ago doing tech support for an ISP for a week. The pay was minimum wage + bonuses you earned for selling people stuff. And by stuff I mean terrible, overpriced services that you can get online for free. I was still in the phase of training where I had a supervisor listening in on my calls and after a call, he told me I should have paused to try and sell him some shitty antivirus service before I fixed his problem. Handed in my headset right there. Felt so skeevy when people call you for help and you have to turn into a telemarketer
#40
Worked at a restaurant as a server. We'd just catered a large wedding reception. The owner's wife was chatting with the wedding party all night and occasionally getting the drinks. At the end of the night she said she's taking "her share" of the tips since she helped so much. I say fine even though that's illegal in our state. An hour and a half after the party ends the restaurant is still a mess and the owners wife is just standing around talking while I was supposed to clean up. It was almost midnight and I'd worked my other job earlier that day. I walked out without saying a word. They ended up giving me all of my tips on my last check.
ॐBoyGanesh 1 year ago (edited)
I imagine that owner has to do a lot of reeling in of his/her/their wife. Also, great she was helping out her family business & income stream, but the greed of taking employees tips isn’t only illegal and immoral, it’s hella f*****g trashy.
#41
I was at a company for about a year and a half as an assistant project manager. In that year and a half, i had 3 different bosses, the newest one being a heavy micromanager, i was getting paid about 20% below the standard salary for the position, overworked without any additional compensation, and the overall culture of the company was just flawed. My boss started nitpicking my work at the end of the day, i told her i had plenty of time to get it done before the end of the day, but she kept pushing and escalating. She was borderline screaming and I just cut her off and said "I'm not doing this s**t anymore, i quit." she yelled back "WELL I NEED IT IN WRITING" and i said back with the straightest face "i don't have to do s**t in writing." I quietly packed all my stuff up, said good luck to my coworkers, and left. A year later (after working a couple of other jobs), i accepted a Project Manager position with a competing company and make almost twice as much as i was making at the previous. And i get to post on reddit while at work without getting yelled at.
Carrie B 1 year ago
Why would you want to use your work computer for reddit? No way I'd let my company have access to my reddit, or any other accounts.
ElfVibratorGlitter 1 year ago
Doesn't say he's using a work computer. Could be personal phone.
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I took a temp. job in a call center. It was outbound sales, calling people and offering them Time magazine's newest book: Portrait of the Presidents. We had a rule of having to hear NO three times on a call before we could end the call. First five minutes on the floor I placed 6 (yes, six) calls and was hung up on, sworn at, and yelled at for interrupting dinner. After the sixth call I took a deep breath, hung up my headset, and walked the f**k outta there.
CrunChewy McSandybutt 1 year ago
I hate sales jobs of any kind, but cold call sales is the absolute worst.
Insono 1 year ago
I work for a big telecom company and only do sales that benefit the customer. Luckily my company is chill about that and more focussed on retention than aquisition.
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Montanavanna 1 year ago
I worked at one that sold magazine subscriptions. I had the flu but just started, so I didn't want to call in. They had this practice of taking your chairs as a way to be more energetic on the phone. I told them how sick I was, and I would need my chair that day but was not allowed to have one. After lunch, I never went back.
Annlyn Ouzts 1 year ago
I was selling gift check books and making minimum wage. I had a good day about 2 weeks in.They then pressured me to work on commission, citing what I could have earned on my good day, if I were on commission. A week and then another pass with me not selling any coupon books. They would not consider changing back to hourly. I tried to soldier on after they persuaded me to stay again. My last day I had a call that agreed that they had a moment to listen.I am in the middle of my speech when the person burps into the phone. That was the last straw. It was a cruel lesson in being gaslighted and taken advantage of and audibly abused by call after call. I left in tears 😢
catpanda 1 year ago
I did this in college, telling people they ‘d won something. But the couldn’t get the “prize” without buying a magazine subscription. I quit not because of the hang-ups but because the worst thing was senior citizens who sounded confused, but readily gave their credit card numbers. I felt like c**p.
Kalikima 1 year ago
When I was 17 I got a job right after graduation doing cold calls for pest control.. they had me calling people at 8am trying to get them to sign up for service.. I was constantly yelled at for waking people up, hung up on, and propositioned by creepy men.. (apparently I have a sexy phone voice..) I think I booked 2 appts in the 2 weeks I worked there, before I finally quit by just not showing up again..
LooseSeal's $10 Banana 1 year ago
Do people really stay on the line after their first no? If I get one of these calls it's a quick, "no thanks, I'm not interested. Have a nice day." *Click* No chance for them to say anything else.
#43
Resigned from a job because my old boss promised me salary after two years and then reneged. On top of my office job he made me work with another department that was shortstaffed and we always had to work 12+ hours, from either 2:30 am or 4:00 am and often have our lunch break 8 or 9 hours after start time. Unprofessional and lying boss made me leave. Eventually found a much better job. EDIT: first time receiving 1k likes thank you for upvoting! Definitely makes me feel like I made the right move.
#44
"I showed up for my first day of work at a large retail store. I like having a 5 o'clock shadow (use an electric razor). I'm told to go grab a razor and be clean-shaven. Sayonara!"
Caramello 1 year ago
I once worked for a warehouse that wouldn't let you have facial hair if you were going to be a supervisor. Companies can be obsessed over the most ridiculous things.
Annika Kremer 1 year ago
Completely ridiculous in warehousing since you're not meeting any customers (and you're getting sweaty and dusty anyway). I work in a warehouse and the dress code is very casual, basically, as long as it's clean, not revealing and not violating any safety rules, it's fine. Hair and beards are equally subject to safety rules, but otherwise do whatever you like with them (as long as you're clean). We have leads and managers with tattoos, including full sleeves and similar. It's not a bank, after all.
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Con O Cuinn 1 year ago (edited)
My cousin is a very hairy man. He told me about a job interview he had at around 11am. Interview went well, basically got offered the job. At the end, the hiring manager told him that while it wasn't a big deal, they would prefer him to be clean shaven or have a groomed beard and not the "5 o'clock" shadow he had. My cousin told him he had shaved 3 hours before. Dude said, Oh forget about it then. Cousin still got the job, but twas funny.
Imadoggo 1 year ago
This can be reasonable if you are working with machinery that it could get caught in but not for retail
Annika Kremer 1 year ago
That depends on the length of the beard. A bit of stubble or a short beard doesn't get caught in anything. If it's longer, you're perfectly right, it might be a safety concern, in which case you'd either have to tie it up for work or shave it off.
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 1 year ago
Something that should have been covered in the job interview, since the OP probably had a 5 o'clock shadow there too.
Petra 1 year ago
Idk why you were downvoted. It doesn't make sense for the company to go through the entire job offer and onboarding process without first verifying that he'd be okay with shaving.
Load More Replies... Michael Hauck 1 year ago
You shave at 7 AM in the morning and at 5 o’clock, your beard has grown out a little ,hence 5 o’clock shadow
Load More Replies... #45
I had a boss scream this is a dictatorship and I'm the dictator in a meeting while slamming his fist on the desk
Sinna Stevenson 1 year ago
My boss always said, "This is a dictatorship. I'm the d**k, and you're the taters."
Load More Replies... Cadence Thorne 1 year ago
Bet the boss also thinks women are "too emotional" to be in leadership positions 🙄
Nikki138 11 months ago
Posted that only to realize you did it first! 🍊 💩 🚫
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Oskar vanZandt 1 year ago
Did you all salute and then leave en masse, marching in step on the way out?
#46
I was 18. On my lunch, a (drunk) manager came in the break room, asked me a bunch on invasive personal questions, and when I was curt and evasive, she exited the room, closed the door, and announced to the office, "WHAT A BITCH." Gathered my stuff and walked out. An assistant manager followed me out and tried to block my car from pulling out of the parking lot. I pulled around him and left. Heard later that the story going around the office was that I "almost ran him down" in the parking lot. Not even close.
Candace Taylor 1 year ago
Why would your assistant manager follow you out and try to block you from leaving??
#47
My company laid of 20,000 people over a year in a very unhumane and disgusting way. These people were treated like trash even though they made the company what it is. After seeing how people were laid off, I decided to quit.
#48
Total opposite but it’s still a good story imo. I worked at a very dysfunctional family owned company. They put me on probation because the family member(my boss) in charge of IT convinced everyone else he was a genius and could do no wrong, so whenever something happened bad related to IT he’d just blame his underlings and everyone in power agreed with him. A few weeks later when I got the dream job I have now, I said in the exit interview one of the main reasons I was leaving was because I was tired of being on probation for 3+ months. They’d actually taken me off probation but never told me. I still would’ve left regardless, but the fact that they never got around to saying “hey were not about to fire you” blows my mind.
Mike F 1 year ago
Right. Off probation = permanent employee = raise and benes.
Load More Replies... #49
My first job was working as a dish washer at a seafood place. I wasn't *hired* as a dishwasher, I was supposed to be a busser, they just shoved me on the washer and left me there. One of the other employees there was an elderly man who worked alongside his wife and grandson. Every day he would find an excuse to walk up close to me and put his hand on my a*s. He was a 70 year old man, and I was a 16 year old boy. I should have reported him, but i doubted anyone would have believed me since he'd been there for years and I had only been working for a month. I just called the manager, told her I had to quit for "school reasons" and never looked back.
Sven Horlemann 1 year ago
I would have broken him a finger. Just one will do. He'll understand.
#50
This was back in the day, shortly after college I was still working as a delivery driver at a local pizza place. It was expensive pizza and the tips were good, plus it was during the height of the Great Recession so I was just glad to have a job. Because I had just graduated, it freed up my schedule. I started regularly getting put on the lunch shift, which blew absolute donkey d**k. All your work is from 11 AM - 1 PM and it's super stressful, then it's completely dead (aka no tips) from 2 PM - 5 PM, so you're just doing dishes for minimum wage. Then the manager started to try and send me home any time there wasn't actively a delivery, so I'd get halfway there and then a delivery would call in and I'd get called back. End result, he saves $0.35 in wages, I spend money on gas + wear and tear on the car. Then one day I come in and look at the schedule. It's the clopen from hell. I'm on from 5 PM - 3 AM Thursday, 11 AM - 5 PM Friday, and 5 PM - 3 AM Saturday. The only shift where you would make real money is the Saturday shift. I said f**k that and left a note on his desk resigning.
Tom Faehnle 1 year ago
We used "clopen" all the time in retail! Tried to not schedule anyone for those.
Load More Replies... #51
Being talked down to by a “chef” I could cook circles around. Username is specifically because I’ll never work under any of these bloated fuckwads again. I cook for people I love, and for enjoyment only. Never ever again for ungrateful customers or unqualified chefs.
ILoveMySon 1 year ago
A chef threw a pan barely missing my son! The jerk was later a contestant on "Hells Kitchen". I was delighted to see Gordon Ramsey degrade him and call out his lack of skill. He lost of course.
SleepSycho 1 year ago
That must have been very satisfying! Chefs can be ruthless
Load More Replies... #52
I worked at a distribution company where we collected products on a pallet and they were shipped out to department and grocery stores. It was a soul killing job for me. I drove over there on my day off on my birthday to quit. It was glorious for me. Not as exciting as some of these other stories though haha.
#53
Walked in to the interview, everything went well, accepted the job offer. Went to the front desk to do the paperwork and noticed that the contract had a different pay amount, and that I would be "interning" for the first month for $100/week. I asked first about the amount difference, was told "oh, this the standard contract, it just hasn't been updated for your specific offer." I told them they'd need to edit and initial the changes before I would sign. "Oh...that's not how things work here." I thanked them for their time and left without signing anything. They called me back on the day I was supposed to have started asking where I was. I told them because didn't sign the contract, I was never an employee....hooo boy that was a fun call.
Buggy Dragon she/her 1 year ago
Sometimes that happens to me as well if the uploads and comments are the same then it's a Bored Panda glitch
Load More Replies... #54
I was 18. On my lunch, a (drunk) manager came in the break room, asked me a bunch on invasive personal questions, and when I was curt and evasive, she exited the room, closed the door, and announced to the office, "WHAT A B***H." Gathered my stuff and walked out. An assistant manager followed me out and tried to block my car from pulling out of the parking lot. I pulled around him and left. Heard later that the story going around the office was that I "almost ran him down" in the parking lot. Not even close.
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R.C. 1 year ago
I worked in a pet store when I was in high school. They sold puppies (among other things) and part of the training was to ensure customers were told that all the puppies came from reputable breeders. Only the manager and assistant manager were ever scheduled for delivery days and I never thought much of it. Then one day when we were short staffed, I was scheduled to help the manager with the delivery. What I saw has forever been burned into my brain and I'm in my early 40's now. The truck pulled up and the driver opened the trailer door. It was nothing but floor to ceiling crates of puppies. The manager and I then had to "screen" them. Two were rejected because they were infested with fleas (how they all weren't is beyond me) and one was rejected because it still had stitches from a surgery it had recently had. I have no idea what happened to the puppies the manager refused delivery of. Reputable breeders, my a$$!! Walked out and didn't look back.
Oskar vanZandt 1 year ago
Sickening... And it still happens today. I encourage anyone who wants to adopt a pet, to go to a charity/shelter to adopt rather than buy a dog/cat/rabbit etc from unlicensed breeders or pet shops...
Load More Replies... Montanavanna 1 year ago
I worked at a hallmark store in our mall that had a post office in the back. It was me and my manager on shift. She was working the post office. I had to stay out front to run the til and help customers. She was mean mugging me all day but I thought hey, she is weird, whatever. When the next shift comes on she takes me out into the mall to yell at me for being so rude and not visiting with her in the back all day. Uh, what? This 35 year old woman was yelling at a teenager for doing her job instead of slacking off with her in the back, is that what I am to understand? I put in my two weeks, she changed the schedule to just 2 days as far apart as they could be in those two weeks.
Darth Kittius 1 year ago
I worked at a local restaurant recently for about 3 months. I have severe IBS and one day I had a horrible flare-up and so I tried to call in an emergency sick day. I was told that if I didn't come in I'd be fired. So i went in and quit
Some guy 1 year ago (edited)
Well, who wouldn't want someone with a severe IBS flare-up handling their food? /s
Load More Replies... Guess Undheit 1 year ago
All I will say is, if you come to Taiwan to teach ESL, NEVER apply for a job at "American Eagle". The FIRST DAY I was supposed to start, I cancelled my contract and work visa because they tried to dump a load of work on me that was NEVER mentioned in the six previous weeks (while I was preparing to leave my last job). The idiot owner sent me an email at TWO AM, expecting me to be up and reading it when I had to be up at 8AM for that first day. AYFKM?
Trisec Tebeakesse 1 year ago
Pretty easy - worked in a high stress, low reward job for quite a few years. (Tourism, specifically a hop-on, hop-off tour in a major city. ) Was lead dispatcher, but was so good at it that management expected me to bail them out every day something had gone wrong. One too many days - on my last day, I arrived on time to utter chaos, no vehicles assigned, cruise ship in town, and pickups in a half hour. I just lost it, threw my water bottle across the room, slammed down the board, and screamed "I quit" and stormed out. I don't know what happened the rest of that day.
Lee Banks 1 year ago
Work Christmas party was amazing. Catered, open bar, private. Woke up in the arms of a coworker (non sexual) in the basement of another coworker. We decided to check on the place to clean up as a thank you. I only asked to swing by my Apt to change clothes. My dude had destroyed Everything. I was broken, but I still showed up to clean, and cover for everyone that was too hungover. They told me I'd be working foh, and I begged to be boh. No dice. Walked out
R.C. 1 year ago
I worked in a pet store when I was in high school. They sold puppies (among other things) and part of the training was to ensure customers were told that all the puppies came from reputable breeders. Only the manager and assistant manager were ever scheduled for delivery days and I never thought much of it. Then one day when we were short staffed, I was scheduled to help the manager with the delivery. What I saw has forever been burned into my brain and I'm in my early 40's now. The truck pulled up and the driver opened the trailer door. It was nothing but floor to ceiling crates of puppies. The manager and I then had to "screen" them. Two were rejected because they were infested with fleas (how they all weren't is beyond me) and one was rejected because it still had stitches from a surgery it had recently had. I have no idea what happened to the puppies the manager refused delivery of. Reputable breeders, my a$$!! Walked out and didn't look back.
Oskar vanZandt 1 year ago
Sickening... And it still happens today. I encourage anyone who wants to adopt a pet, to go to a charity/shelter to adopt rather than buy a dog/cat/rabbit etc from unlicensed breeders or pet shops...
Load More Replies... Montanavanna 1 year ago
I worked at a hallmark store in our mall that had a post office in the back. It was me and my manager on shift. She was working the post office. I had to stay out front to run the til and help customers. She was mean mugging me all day but I thought hey, she is weird, whatever. When the next shift comes on she takes me out into the mall to yell at me for being so rude and not visiting with her in the back all day. Uh, what? This 35 year old woman was yelling at a teenager for doing her job instead of slacking off with her in the back, is that what I am to understand? I put in my two weeks, she changed the schedule to just 2 days as far apart as they could be in those two weeks.
Darth Kittius 1 year ago
I worked at a local restaurant recently for about 3 months. I have severe IBS and one day I had a horrible flare-up and so I tried to call in an emergency sick day. I was told that if I didn't come in I'd be fired. So i went in and quit
Some guy 1 year ago (edited)
Well, who wouldn't want someone with a severe IBS flare-up handling their food? /s
Load More Replies... Guess Undheit 1 year ago
All I will say is, if you come to Taiwan to teach ESL, NEVER apply for a job at "American Eagle". The FIRST DAY I was supposed to start, I cancelled my contract and work visa because they tried to dump a load of work on me that was NEVER mentioned in the six previous weeks (while I was preparing to leave my last job). The idiot owner sent me an email at TWO AM, expecting me to be up and reading it when I had to be up at 8AM for that first day. AYFKM?
Trisec Tebeakesse 1 year ago
Pretty easy - worked in a high stress, low reward job for quite a few years. (Tourism, specifically a hop-on, hop-off tour in a major city. ) Was lead dispatcher, but was so good at it that management expected me to bail them out every day something had gone wrong. One too many days - on my last day, I arrived on time to utter chaos, no vehicles assigned, cruise ship in town, and pickups in a half hour. I just lost it, threw my water bottle across the room, slammed down the board, and screamed "I quit" and stormed out. I don't know what happened the rest of that day.
Lee Banks 1 year ago
Work Christmas party was amazing. Catered, open bar, private. Woke up in the arms of a coworker (non sexual) in the basement of another coworker. We decided to check on the place to clean up as a thank you. I only asked to swing by my Apt to change clothes. My dude had destroyed Everything. I was broken, but I still showed up to clean, and cover for everyone that was too hungover. They told me I'd be working foh, and I begged to be boh. No dice. Walked out
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