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30 Instances When Folks In This Online Group Were So Fed Up, They Quit Their Job On The Spot
For many people, having a good job and building a successful career is one of the most important things in life. And many of those people can agree that sometimes we have to go through difficult working conditions just to gain some of that necessary experience that will keep us going as well as earn money for our basic needs.
But sometimes there comes a point in life when a person thinks that enough is enough and they decide to quit their job as it turns out to be demeaning and not worth one’s effort and time. Having this in mind, Reddit user @ragingbull955 asked people online to share a moment when they were fed up with their workplace, so they decided to quit. The question made a lot of members open up and share their experience of working in places that would exploit, humiliate and even cause some permanent psychological damage to their employees.
Can you relate to any of these stories? Your thoughts are very much appreciated in the comments down below!
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#1
I was a supervisor at a Dollar General Market (little different from a traditional Dollar General in that it's more like a K-Mart, has departments, etc). I walked out this past May. I was making $9.75 an hour...worked there for two years, got promoted, came in on days off, worked all the holidays, moved around departments as needed. I worked there through the "toilet paper wars" and ensuing year of the coronavirus. EVERYONE began walking out...we lost 8 people in 2 weeks. I asked for a raise. I then begged for a raise. I just wanted $11/hr. They wouldn't give it to me. So I walked in one evening, asked who my cashiers and crew were for the shift and was told it was just me and a manager.
I didn't make a scene. I just quietly took off my name tag, set down my keys, and walked out of the store.
Jerry Mathers 4 years ago
Yeah, $11/hr isn't anything in today's world. And you shouldn't have to beg to get it. These types of businesses need to see that or go away. I hope that the Great Resignation keeps going. The one thing all these bloody politicians didn't count on was that although you make as many crappy laws protecting big business as you want, there has to be people that will be willing to work those jobs. We don't need them to raise minimum wage. We can just refuse to work/ shop at places that won't pay.
Grumble O'Pug 4 years ago
People want cheap merch. That won't change. BUT paying people and perhaps selling less of it will retrain people do do what they did in my grandmother's day: shop with locally owned stores.
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Marco Conti 4 years ago
I am sure they now have a sign on the door along the lines of "Nobody wants to work anymore"
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#2
I worked at this place called Burger Mill for exactly 1 day. Filthy, disgusting and doesn’t meet health code regulations. Anyway, I was working the register and this guy who was out with his son who had autism showed up, he ordered 2 shakes and told me they were having a “father-son day”. While making the drinks, I told him how sweet it was and how these are precious moments and memories they’ll both cherish forever; told him he had a very kind and compassionate soul, handed him his milkshakes and wished them both a lovely day. My boss came over before they could even leave and she SCREAMED at me for “being too nice” to the customers. The man handed me a $20 tip, told me to never change and left. I quit that day as I can’t work in an environment that doesn’t encourage some kind of professional relationship with customers, I’m a friendly person and I love people
King Joffrey 4 years ago
The boss is an absolute and utter idiot. The man would be back and would most likely tell his friends...
Joe Reaves 4 years ago
He'll still be telling his friends in this scenario. It's just he'll be saying very different things, lol
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deanna woods 4 years ago
I am like this with people. You have to be nice to people because you don't know what kind of day they are having. My bosses wouldn't do that with me. They like the fact that I am nice to all of our customers customers. Especially our elderly customers.
Frankenfrog 4 years ago
I would've screamed back at him. If I already knew I wasn't coming back to that shithole, I might as well enjoy my exit
April Stephens 4 years ago
Incidentally, this picture is making my mouth water. Crinkle fries are the best.
#3
My idiot boss yelled at my coworker for something he didn't do, made him cry on the sales floor. So I went up to my boss and yelled in his face, got sent home and never came back. Found out later that everyone in the department quit after they found out how we got treated.
I wish I could've been there when the moron had to explain to corporate how he lost the best sales team in the entire company in the span of a day.
Terilee Bruyere 4 years ago
Good on you. Even if a scolding IS legitimate, it should never happen in a public setting.
#4
I stayed home to take care of my wife cause she was sick and couldn't get out of bed. Msged my boss I'm going to take my wife to the Dr real quick and then work from home to look after her.
Boss texts me to call him and says "it's great you want to take care of your wife but you have to learn that she is an adult and can take care of herself."
Quit the next day.
Sky Render 4 years ago
Most bad jobs, the problem is not the job so much as it is the management...
deanna woods 4 years ago
Bosses like this are what make work environments toxic. People do have a job, but they also have family that need them.
April Stephens 4 years ago
"She's an adult and can take care of herself"--who thinks like this? What is the boss going to do when he needs a colonoscopy or wisdom teeth removed, or God forbid he gets appendicitis or covid? Everyone needs help getting to the doctor and recovering at some point or another!
#5
When I was made fun of for having a disability by the managers. F**k Walmart
Grumble O'Pug 4 years ago
A client at the bank told me how he told some employees to stop homophobic comments at work. HE got in trouble and fired. I hate Walmart.
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Manny_Flawz 4 years ago
But it will never change because Walmart donates a lot of money to politicians.
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Melody Haven 4 years ago
Yes! So glad you left when they did that. My husband was also discriminated against while applying for a job at our local Food Lion. We have not gone there since this incident. He mentioned having a disability to the managers, and in doing so they disrespected him. He and my father in law pursued it with the Americans with Disabilities Act and received an apology letter from Delhaize, (parent company) and we called them out on it seeing as they pride themselves on being an equal opportunity employer. I'm with you, f**k WalMart
DeadMenDontBite 4 years ago
Lol I used to work for Wall-f**k too. I quit about a month ago, actually, because they failed to pay me for the days I worked. 40 hours a week, for two weeks. I only got $100 on that paycheck, yet my pay was 17.50 an hour + night bonus. They didn't pay me anything near what they should have given me. Here's the thing- a month later and they still owe me a good $800+. I'm working on taking that specific store to court
#6
My prison guard job.
I was having nightmares and various mental health issues stemming from the things I witnessed that I wanted to get therapy for. I asked HR to help me find support and they decided instead to take an unannounced month-long vacation. I asked my security head for help and he essentially called me a p**sy. So, I went and found therapy on my own dime, then the prison found out (unclear how though I suspect my ex was involved) and put me on indefinite leave. I responded by resigning.
Also in the process of suing them.
Only real downside is having to build a new life and career for myself (it's been quite rough)
ThoughtsAreNotFacts 4 years ago
Shame on them and good for you!! Wouldn't have been worth it to stay. Good luck!
deanna woods 4 years ago
That's screwed up and there's nothing wrong with getting therapy. You needed help. Whoever informed your workplace about the therapy should be in trouble.
Frankenfrog 4 years ago
So your employer put you on leave because you went to therapy?? Man, the US is a fuuuuuuuucked up country. Third World won't even do it.
#7
I was in an interview and we got to talking about availability. I let them know I was in college so I would give them a copy of my class schedule so they knew my availability. They said I needed to be available 24/7 for this minimum wage call center, said i’m not dropping out of school for a minimum wage job and left.
Sky Render 4 years ago
Crazy idea: hire enough staff instead. Maybe then your turnover won't be absurd and you won't need to demand that everyone be on-call.
Bobby 4 years ago
In my experience most call center turnover is customer based, not (immediate) management
Load More Replies... BoredHuman 4 years ago
Why is this so common. I have seen so many part time jobs where you need to be available 24/7. It is unrealistic.
deanna woods 4 years ago
Expecting someone to be available 24/7 for a call center job is really stupid.
#8
When weekly meetings basically became "let's all bash people who like vaccines and wear masks". Especially since if I did that, I'd be bashing myself.
Martha Higgins 4 years ago
Let's hope that's the case with the irresponsible asshats. I just hope they won't sicken others who are being responsible. And why should they getting medical care and take up beds and resources of hospitals that others could be using who are in need of those things through no fault of their own.
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#9
I got an entry level system administrator job. I had to deal with an egotistical manager. I don't remember the details but my manager asked us a mental math question regarding one of the software settings. I said it was ".75".
My manager laughed at me and said "the education system is failing" implying that I was wrong. The answer he was looking for was "3/4". Me and my teammates tried to explain that it was the same thing. He kept insisting that it was wrong. He had a big problem of people telling him he was wrong.
It was the straw that broke the camel's back for me. I quit within the hour.
Sky Render 4 years ago
We really need to stop putting man-children in management. Don't kick them upstairs, kick them out!
cybermerlin2000 4 years ago
I would have made a big office presentation of the very basics of converting fractions into decimals with pretty pictures and diagrams explaining what .75 is and end it with "So simple that even an 8-year-old would understand. Isn't that right, EM?" Then I would quit saying I can't work for some idiot that I can't respect
Stannous Flouride 4 years ago
I'd have quit after 45 minutes just to tell him I worked .75, 3/4, and 45/60ths of an hour.
Bexxxxx 4 years ago (edited)
Some managers are the worst. Most (in my industry) are promoted due to good work ethic, not brains or expertise. Huge egos, (excuse me I’m MANAGEMENT) so annoying when they’re wrong and you have to try to make them understand, especially when your own job counts on them being right.
Celtic Pirate Queen 4 years ago
How many quarters are in a dollar? If you have 3 out of 4 quarters, have much $ do you have? My sister is a teacher and couldn't understand how 3 ÷ 1/3 could equal 9 (not 3 ÷3, 3 divided by 1/3) I finally had to explain it like this: If you have 3 pies and you cut each of them into 3 pieces, how many pieces of pie do you have total?
Mateo Buysse 4 years ago
That both are the same was teached to me when i was 10 or younger....
#10
when management puts politics/religion in their business/favoritism.
Blarrg 4 years ago
Lots of business owners enact policy based on their beliefs and politics. I think you can reasonably take the position that it's their business and they can run it how they want. Or you can argue that it's not okay. But it smacks of hypocrisy when people say it's bad only when it runs counter to their own beliefs and politics.
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Marco Conti 4 years ago
My wife worked for a financial company that did that. They hired her because among her "new leads" idea she had put "Church groups", but like me she is an atheist, albeit a naive one. When she told them, they pushed her out by reducing her hours and making the office toxic for her. Also, they were crooks, selling financial instruments inappropriate for their clients to make an extra buck. Unfortunately, they all do that. Also, this was in California. I hate to think how it works in places like Alabama.
Freya the Wanderer 4 years ago
So sad when people who claim to be Christians behave like utter @s$holes. It's hard to believe they have the same faith as Martin Luther King, Jr. (Yes, I am aware he wasn't Simon-pure.) Jerks like these are one reason so many people, especially youth, are abandoning religion in droves.
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SAF saf 4 years ago (edited)
So local caterer decided to open a BBQ joint here in town. UNBELIVABLE food, it was amazing. He insists that since he's a "Christian" he would prefer to have his entire staff to not only have the same faith but to be from the same Cavalry Chapel church. He hires all of his wait staff from there and wow what a mess. Saw his staff insist that couple in mid meal relocate so that their fellow church goers could have that table and well the convo. got heated. I finally told my buddy who went to this Church to talk to the owner and let him what was happening. He finally cleaned house a week later but the damage was done, business went under soon after.
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
Hobby Lobby: Steals antiquities they feel might not fit their (idiotic) interpretation of the Bible; has their policy all up in employees' health choices; won't sell items related to non-Christian holidays; and after they were forced by law to shut down in the pandemic, they reopened ----- paying their salaried workers 10% LESS than they'd had before.
SAF saf 4 years ago
Ha! yep, they just had to return some tablets looted from the Iraqi Museum. Shady stuff right there.
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ZAPanda 4 years ago
not in usa, surely? Isn't chick fil-a a christian house?
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Literally today.
Manage a Chipotle. Which has a great business model but relies on being staffed. Which pre pandemic it did well as it had competitive wages and offered benefits.
But staffing crisis happened. We have a skeleton crew.
You can't run the restaurant with a skeleton crew. There are not enough hours in the day to get everything done.
So tonight I'd have had to run my restaurant then close solo when the two other crew members left at 11.
I'd have been there till 5am. Wouldn't be the first time.
I'm just over it. I quit today. No notice. I'm not staying out till sunrise cleaning a restaurant and washing a mountain of dishes without an end in sight. Like if we knew the staffing crisis would end in 6 months, I'd tough it out. But there is no set date and no end in the foreseeable future.
ThoughtsAreNotFacts 4 years ago
Good for you. They would've just continued to exploit you. Don't look back!
All's Gravy 4 years ago
There's no staffing crisis. There's a wage war and refusal to respect workers with health care, sick pay, maternity pay, holiday pay.
aj B 4 years ago
That's because the staffing crisis technically could end tomorrow if everyone paid a Living wage. People have had enough with claiming 10/hr is a "decent wage", if I can't afford, a 1 bedroom apartment, food, and gas to get there at the absolute barest minimum, then I'm Paying someone to Work for Them.
Daniel (ShadowDrakken) 4 years ago
"it had competitive wages and offered benefits" <-- sounds pretty sus if you were affected by the corporate manufactured "staffing crisis"
Sharon Ingram 4 years ago
You’d think with such “short” staffing they’d go ahead and raise the wages and hire a few more people. 10 people at $10 an hour that don’t show up or do and barely work; or 5 people at $20 an hour that will take care of business.
Potato 4 years ago
"Competitive wages" doesn't mean much when the competition is paying jack s**t
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Worked at a furniture store after moving to a bigger city. They told me it was $10/hr which wasnt great but it was something. Worked about 47 hours my first week and 45 the next week and I was pretty excited to be getting some OT pay. But when I got my pay stub there was no overtime on there. I asked the manager and he said "it's a salary position, you dont get overtime pay". Told him this was never discussed in the hiring process and he said it should've been and if I dont like it I can leave. So I took off my work shirt and walked out of there shirtless. F**k that job.
F. H. 4 years ago
Salary positions in that wage level should be illegal. And are, in many countries.
Daniel (ShadowDrakken) 4 years ago (edited)
We have exempt and non-exempt in the US for salaried employees. This sounds like they were misclassified (which happens a LOT because people don't understand the rules or their rights). (slightly oversimplified) If you don't manage people, and your position isn't considered a highly skilled position, then you fall into the status that gets overtime pay. As an example, I work salaried in IT in what the industry considers to be a "highly skilled" position (I disagree, but yeah) but because I don't manage people, or meet enough of the other conditions (have to meet 2-3 out of a list of 4-5) I get OT pay.
Load More Replies... Marco Conti 4 years ago
If it is $X.XX an hour, by definition it's not "a salary position". They are crooks, unfortunately, they are the norm, not the exception.
Bexxxxx 4 years ago
I was an hourly worker and working tons of OT to make sure my department was on top. They gave me a raise, which bumped me up an extra tax bracket, which basically means I’m still earning the same. They also moved me to salary, so no OT. Still working the same hours. Starting to feel like I got scammed 😂
BoredHuman 4 years ago
I worked at a store where the new assistant manager worked 5 hours over time one week. She was super excited to be getting overtime. Got paid and no extra 5 hours. Noticed her next week schedule was minus 5 hours. Manager told her that he moved the extra 5 hours to next weeks pay cut her week by 5 hours. He explained they had a budget and overtime was not in it. She quit on the spot
#13
Last year when covid hit. Was working as a package handler at a fedex warehouse. Managers didnt care at all for hygiene and required no masks. People were getting covid and I was like hell no I'm out.
Marnie 4 years ago
Just use the USPS for packages. I never understood why people would use FedEx instead.
Load More Replies... Neal Evans 4 years ago
Sounds like another Awesome company in Amazon from the world's best country
#14
When my job was threatened because I was fighting to keep covid safety measures in place to keep my employees feeling safe.
F**k them man I was a groomsman at their sons wedding, and my job was threatened because I wanted to keep my employees happy and safe.
#15
I worked for a delivery group, basically. I had asked for time off to go to the hospital with my ex, who was pregnant, to attend a scan to see the gender of the baby.
The boss outright refused, and asked if the family was as important as providing for them. So I waited until the end of my lunch break, walked into the bosses office, and quit on the spot. Found a new job by the end of that day too.
Sky Render 4 years ago
So to answer that awful boss's question, "Yes, and I can do both without you, go fall in a well and die."
Stannous Flouride 4 years ago
That might foul the well. Better to tell him to "go and die in afire." ;-)
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juice 4 years ago
excuse me, "is family more important than providing for the company?" how is that even a question...
April Stephens 4 years ago
I took it as, "is (spending time with) family more important than providing for family?"
Load More Replies... April Stephens 4 years ago
In response to the gender scan not being dire, often the gender is told at the vital 20-week anatomy scan that examines the baby's heart, craniofacial measurements (which indicate genetic disorders like Downs syndrome--they're not just looking at the baby's profile because it makes for a cute pic), kidneys, spine, blood flow, etc, and mom's fluid level, placenta, cervical length, and everything. Sometimes they need to intervene with treatments right away.
#16
I was a middle school English teacher in a TERRIBLE school (bad administration, no discipline, etc) and my grade band was toxic. I mean, to the point where if I did something I was asked to do, it became the wrong thing to do suddenly. If a kid randomly cursed me out and I tried to send them out to an alternate location for the duration of the class they were returned to me. Effectively, they undermined any authority and attempts at consequences and just let disruptive students remain stay in class and continue making issues for the other 30 kids in the room. The head of the department hated me because I made the mistake of speaking to her husband, (about football while my husband was right there) and it became her mission to have my life be as miserable as possible. I loved teaching but after that level of abuse and being told I sucked constantly, I noped the f**k out and never looked back. Left my keys on the desk and felt freaking great about it. It took months to undo the amount of damage they incurred in a few months. It wasn’t my first school, but it was my last.
#17
I was training to be an assistant manager at a coffee place that badly wanted to be just like Starbucks. I was constantly being thrown under the bus by the staff who had worked there longer and didn’t like that I was taking the asst. manager role they wanted.
The managers training me had me on my feet with no break for almost 12 hours making drinks. I was literally shaking from hunger, but was told they had to train me that way because there would be days I couldn’t take breaks. I was miserable. It was obvious. I couldn’t keep up with memorizing the drink recipes, probably because I was hungry! The managers called me in one day to talk and said they wanted to keep me on, but not in the asst. manager role until I’ve spent more time working on perfecting the drinks. I told them thanks, but no thanks and left!
Douglas Mock 4 years ago
Headline: "When a coffee shop decides it's a hospital ER residency and breaks every fawking law on the books from day one."
Marco Conti 4 years ago
Sounds more like BUDS than a coffee shop. Were you going for "Frappuccino Team 6"?
#18
When my boss’ wife threw a fit over me doing my job and complained to him so abusively that when he came to talk to me, he was near tears and so pale, shaking so badly I thought he was going to drop dead right there. She told lies about me and even though I haven’t worked with them for 2 years, she still makes up lies about me to whoever will listen. All because I’m a woman. I’ve watched her throw a fit over him giving a baby girl — a literal baby, a hug. The woman was too psycho to make the job worth it.
NsG 4 years ago
While it's not OP's place to care and they did the right thing for them, I feel very sorry, and a bit worried about their former boss if he is constantly getting this kind of abuse from his wife.
Debbie 4 years ago
Whose place is it to care then? If his wife is abusing him he won't have many friends or family near. But what can you do about it? Just because he is your boss doesn't make you less of a person or him more. He can be in need of help as much as anyone. So sad for the boss. And good for OP to leave too, sticking around would not help anyone.
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#19
The shop manager at a bike shop I used to wrench at was a moody b***h. He was always very particular about which customers he was nice to. One day he was rather nasty to a nice black man who came in wanting to buy a bike. I ended up helping the guy because my manager wasn't having it. I couldn't get myself to go in the next day.
Mazer 4 years ago
Was his name Lance Armstrong?? I have met my share of bicycle riders who are absolute prima donas
DaVo 4 years ago
Bikeshopmanagers don't necessarily race in the Tour de France.
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#20
I'd been working a job I hated for 8 months at Kohl's. It was boring and soul crashing, it felt like I was slowing being eroded away inside. On my way to work I was listening to Radiohead's "No Suprises" for the first time ever and something inside me just broke. I realized that my job had invaded every part of my life, sapping the joy out of everything I cared about. I had given up on my aspirations, stopped practicing my hobbies. I spent every waking moment dreading the next time I had to drag myself through the door.
And so I walked in and quit on the spot. I hit a wall and couldn't take it anymore. It took me multiple years of therapy to get back into the workforce, every time I tried to go back to work I'd have a mental breakdown right away. I'm doing a lot better now, but I'm very careful not to push myself too hard and I'm very lucky that I'm in a position where I don't need to.
Marnie 4 years ago
Wow. Hard to imagine a job at Kohl's being so bad that it would require years of therapy to be able to begin to support yourself again.
Kaley Jacobs 4 years ago
Clearly you've never worked customer service before. Such a lack of empathy and rude comment.
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#21
I left a job working in Corrections after 8.5 years because of one s***ty Sergeant. He was promoted by the newly elected Sheriff but was horribly unqualified for the job .
In his infinite wisdom he decided to allow an inmate’s wife and co-defendant in to the jail to change bandages on the inmates body rather than make our medical staff do it (because she didn’t want to) or send him to wound clinic to have it done (because we’d lose an officer for an hour or so).
I was instructed to escort the wife to the inmate so she could change his bandages and I refused to do it. I was suspended for 3 days. The night before I was to return to work I turned in all of my gear and left.
Mazer 4 years ago
I had a similar situation only with a very corrupt Sergeant. He ruined an entire well functioning wonderful staff - a small department about 40 employees in a small town. I warned the Chief of the problem (of course he was the reason why problems became so bad). 6 people quit the week I left after hearing how I was treated, that part felt great, that my colleagues we on my side and saw how things would not get any better as long as that POS was still there. Eventually he pushed things too far and got fired but not before ruining many lives
#22
I work as a stocker for an appliance company and showed up to work 95% of the time unlike most of my coworkers. When I wanted to take a sick day, my manager threatened to take away my bonus if I didn't come in. I put in my 2 week notice the day after and got a new and better job lined up.
#23
My first job (web dev here). Expected of me to do fullstack work, learn a new technology, maintain two apps, all while being paid with peanuts. Told my boss the work is quite hard. Been given a 10% increase, which was like a slap on my face. Left the next day. No job on the line, but found one 3 months later where they paid me to learn. I'm being paid almost four times more here now.
Don't settle for less, know your worth.
Valisbourne Spiritforge 4 years ago
A % raise is usually not bad, even if it's just 10%. Most raises I've seen are 25 cents or some other garbage IF you are lucky.
lazy panda 4 years ago
One of the first full time jobs I had was as a receptionist. Annual reviews came around and I was told I was getting one of the largest raises in the company (a few hundred employees)....the raise was 2%...it came out to $0.25....
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Scott Moore 4 years ago
Hear that. Place I work now wanted to pay me $20/hr even though I'm a Senior IT Technician. When I didn't take the 20 they negotiated with me and I started at $38/hr. Definitely know your worth.
#24
My last job working customer service. I was working for a major rental car company. Guy calls in in full meltdown mode because the car that he picked up didn't have a push button start.
That's right. The car he was given was a key start. Apparently this was the end of the world for him.
Quit after that call and have never worked customer service since. Now in a quiet little data entry role for an insurance company and couldn't be happier.
ZAPanda 4 years ago
It's the "customer is always right" dictum. It needs to die. Generally the customer is an overentitled idiot.
Load More Replies... Stannous Flouride 4 years ago
Clearly knew how to push people's buttons but lacked the key information about how treating people you want something from with respect is much more conducive to making that happen.
#25
When I worked for 8 hours with one bathroom break and no lunch at a packaging company and they still expected me to stay put.
Bobby 4 years ago
Guessing this is USA, and it is 100% within the law to not provide breaks. Bathroom breaks are required but if they are "excessive" (like you have IBS, or Crohn's) you'll need to get an ADA accomodation through your doctor and HR
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#26
2 years ago. Had a job that was very high stress. Was working 14 hour days on average. After 4 months, I gave my notice and walked out. Didn't entertain counters, didn't have a job line up, don't regret it.
Solaris Ellipses 4 years ago
Yup. Three months in, absorbed two additional full time positions, and got a $2/hr temporary wage increase for performing “additional duties”. A heart attack before I’m 50 is not worth it.
#27
First day on job as valet at car dealership. First thing in morning parking cars in for service before doing paperwork. Find out could be liable for damages. Said bye. Shortest job ever 90 minutes
Mazer 4 years ago
All car dealerships carry bonds and insurance, No need to hold employees financially responsible, good on you for leaving
#28
I’ve been WAITING for someone to ask this. My first job was a McDonalds near my house and I used to work kitchen and cleaning hours.
A day before me quitting I had to clean after 25+ DRUNK AND HIGH dudes and gals who decided to order somewhere in the ball park of 150+ Meals for themselves, and decided to just not clean up anything at all, they even left their own beer bottles and joints everywhere at 10:30pm.
I was told the day after that they wanted to fire me, for no reason. I quit on the spot and packed my s**t.
F**k. That. Place. Worst Experience ever.
Bexxxxx 4 years ago
Once on a crazy busy day, my 3rd shift as a line cook, the head chef threw a piece of bread at me and told me to work faster. Wtf don’t throw things at me? I quit the next day and starting working for the restaurant next door, we shared trash bins, was very satisfying taking out the garbage and seeing him standing there having a smoke 😎
#29
90 minutes after starting a job a a cold caller.
KombatBunni 4 years ago
Tried that once, I lasted 10 minutes. It’s a horrible job and should not exist.
ZAPanda 4 years ago
unsolicited calls are privacy invasions. It's like having a human pop-up ad in a web browser that is actually hurt when you close it down. It's vile.
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David Struve 4 years ago
Worst job I ever had and the ONLY job I've ever actually quit was as a cold-caller for a double-glazing firm when I was 24 years old. Lasted exactly a single day. I'm not the kind of guy that can cope with having a sweet old lady literally crying down the phone because she'd actually paid to make sure companies exactly like mine would stop bothering her constantly (it was called ex-directory). Broke my heart and I apologised profusely, quietly typed her number into the blacklisted list of retail and commercial numbers (which made damned sure that company would never be phoning her again), walked out for a "smoke break" and took the bus home never to return. That new calling system they had introduced to get around the ex-directory system is morally bankrupt on every level - especially as to go ex-directory actually costed money.
Bexxxxx 4 years ago (edited)
Someone who calls random people and asks if they want to buy something. The person they’re calling has not expressed any interest in the product, the employee is just searching for leads to sell. That’s why it’s called “cold.” A “warm” lead is someone who seems interested and a “hot” lead is someone who has expressed that they are willing and ready to purchase the product from you. Huge simplification though :)
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Nazda Pokmov 4 years ago
I worked cold calling for 6 years at a local insurance agency and the new owner fired me as he didn't think a human could compete with online sales.....
Queen Amethyst 4 years ago
Like these people who want you to spare ten minutes to fill out a poll when you just got in the door, hungry & tired at 6 p.m.
#30
lmao a month ago the store I worked at was falling apart and I was planning on putting my two weeks in that afternoon but realized I wouldn't even make it two weeks and just didn't go in that day. It was liberating.
#31
When they kept scheduling me 12 hour shifts 4 days in a row and asking me to stay late
Olivier Caissy 4 years ago (edited)
Did that for a while at a place I actually liked to work at and even then We burned out, our good foreman included.
#32
I was told that my work hours would be 8:30-5:30. Instead, I learned that the expectation was for everyone (5 staff in a small company) to stay until at least 7pm every night, with 9pm finish times occuring on a regular basis. I was trying to convince myself to stick the job out until I found a new one, then I learned my boss had given my personal mobile number to clients so they could call me whenever they want. I called the recruiter who had placed me in the role and said "no f**king way." I left at the end of my 8th day.
JuniorCJ82 4 years ago
WTF does that company even do that is sooooo important that a staff member would need to be called (for anything)?
#33
Was working a local sports bar as a bouncer. Had to arrest some drunk guy since he refused to leave the bar and kept trying to sneak in. Had to wait 2 hours after closing for the police to arrive since I'm not legally allowed to release someone I've arrested except to police custody or with their permission. And it was midsummer so they where super busy that night.
Having to listen to the a*sholes drunken rambling for hours finally broke me. I called my boss the next day.
Was fired from my day job a few days later because of budget cuts. So I got to immediately regret my decision. Luckily the old boss took me back, but I'm suffering.
YoyoSthlm 4 years ago
Ok I'm sorry to say this but don't you think the police have more urgent business to take care of than some dude trying to sneak into a bar?? Isn't that what bouncers are for, to keep the idiots out of the bar, not arrest them??
ZAPanda 4 years ago
no these guys are a problem, they start fights and sexually harass women. My rule of thumb is if he has a golf shirt, avoid like the plague.
Load More Replies... Bexxxxx 4 years ago
You sound like you don’t understand what a bouncer’s job is at all lol.
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I was 18 years old and asked for a week off in 2 weeks. They said no. I said OK I quit and my last day will be in 2 weeks. Not a meltdown quit, but I really needed that time off.
Kristin Ingersoll 4 years ago
And a whole week!!? Good grief. In this case, I think the employer got lucky.
Load More Replies... Bexxxxx 4 years ago
Right? My company asks for 1 month notice if you’re going to be away longer than 3 days, obviously excusing emergencies and bereavement, etc. I think that’s actually reasonable as heck? It’s a professional place of business, we’re all trying to be professionals here.
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Julie Cohn 4 years ago
Anyone would be laughed at if they asked for a week off with only two weeks of notice. You do realize all of those shifts you're bailing on, have to be covered right..? Unless there's a death in the family or some other absolutely emergency then this is completely unacceptable.
Bexxxxx 4 years ago
100% agree. Don’t be a slave to the corporation, but also don’t be a d*ck to your coworkers like this. Someone probably had to work extra hours unexpectedly to cover them.
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Susan Egan 4 years ago
A lot of this would depend on how long you'd worked there and what the policy was for days off. Plus a week off is fairly long if it's a small company. Many places give days off based on seniority. If someone senior already had part of that week or the whole thing the answer would be no.
deanna woods 4 years ago
This is not on the company, this is on you. You were out of your mind to expect them to agree to this with such little notice.
#35
I didn't quit.
I reallocated myself. Transferred. Sought a new direction.
Actually, I really did just apply for a different position with my employer. One that is full time telework from home doing basically the same thing I'm doing now but for the same pay and benefits and no front facing customer service.
What do you think ?
Blarrg 4 years ago
When I read these I often wish I knew the other side of the story. I've known a lot of people who distort reality in a way that they are always the vicim, fighting for what's right, standing up for the down trodden, etc. I'm sure many of these are true, but I'm also sure many are not.
deanna woods 4 years ago
I didn't quit on my own, my family made me quit. I was hired as a delivery driver, but also had to be a waitress and fry cook because there wasn't enough staff. Manager wouldn't let me eat unless I paid for it, but didn't make enough to pay for it. Was being expected to work several hours with no break and ended losing thirty five pounds in two months from lack of food. Quit that job and got a better job and love this job.
Phil Vaive 4 years ago
I quit my job selling glasses a few months ago. Since the pandemic started, things have been getting steadily worse and worse. The company kept cutting staff hours despite the fact that we had twice as much work to do with all the additional cleaning and covid precautions and traffic management for capacity issues. The company also straight up told us that we were not to ask customers to wear masks in our store, even though masks were mandated in our region. At my store we ignored that rule. The nail in the coffin for me, though, was when a terrible co-worker came back from being laid off during the lockdowns, immediately tried to book off several weeks of vacation time while the rest of us had been working our asses off the whole time, then when her vacation time was denied (she was the last one brought back from being laid off - she didn't want to come back, and frankly nobody wanted her back) she got a doctor's note saying that she was too "ill" to work and needed to be off for...
Phil Vaive 4 years ago
...months longer. When she finally ran out of excuses, she came back and absolutely screwed everything up. Miscommunicated with customers, started multiple fights with people and then just told them that I could help them (I was not a manager, but she acted like I was). She argued with staff constantly, made other people do her job (she's a licensed optician, and I was not, yet I wound up doing most of the work she was supposed to do while she took all the commission sales)...it was miserable working with her. Finally, one day, after dealing with another angry customer of hers, I said to my boss "I'm done. I quit". Gave 1 week notice because I had booked the next week off, and left.
Load More Replies... Jill Bussey 4 years ago
I worked for an aluminium stockist and they told me to come in a Sunday to do the annual stock take. Asked what the overtime rate was. No overtime. OK - normal pay then? No - NO PAY. Told them I have better things to do on a Sunday, see you Monday. They fired me and I took them to unfair dismissal court and won.
Nazda Pokmov 4 years ago
I once worked as a typist in the mid 1960's on a manual typewriter for a very large very posh architectural firm. I had to type everything with 8 yes 8 copies with carbon paper between the copies. I quit after first day. Nothing like trying to erase 8 mistakes on one page for 20 minutes.
BannedFromABoatShow 4 years ago
I worked at Blockbuster in college. The turnover was insane. After 5 months there was the manager, assistant manager, me, and a rotating cast of others. Surprisingly though, I never had seniority. There were always people above me. I talked to the assistant manager about it, and how I wanted better shifts that the newbies were getting, and was basically told to suck it. Made it to 8 months before I finally walked out. Screw you Shannon.
ejfs 4 years ago
I had a horrible job once. I was paid less than minimum wage and contracted for just under the hours/week limit that would allow me to claim any job seeker allowance if I left after the contract ended. I was expected to collect two children from school, take them home on public transport which involved two changes, feed them and help with homework. Sounded nice enough at first, but when I got there I found out both children had learning disorders, and the younger was had a tendency to get violent when she didn't get her own way. Unfortunately I wasn't brave enough to stand up for myself and quit, even after a public tantrum that almost ended up with police involvement....
MyOpinionHasBeenServed 4 years ago
My first paying job I quit in a week and a day. It was door to door donation collecting for a cause I was in support of. It was only commission pay and for the first week I was partnered up with one of their more successful canvassers. We met some nice people but some scary people. I was terrified when a guy chased us off his property after acting seemingly friendly at first. The next Monday, it rained. I didn't own an umbrella, so I borrowed one that was pink with hearts. That was a not professional enough to them. I was told I needed to stay dry and keep the clip board dry while walking around outside. When I made the bus ride to my assigned area, alone this time, I got an overwhelming feeling of loneliness walking along streets, knocking on doors not knowing who I would come across. Within walking one block I turned around, rode back to the office and quit.
Blarrg 4 years ago
When I read these I often wish I knew the other side of the story. I've known a lot of people who distort reality in a way that they are always the vicim, fighting for what's right, standing up for the down trodden, etc. I'm sure many of these are true, but I'm also sure many are not.
deanna woods 4 years ago
I didn't quit on my own, my family made me quit. I was hired as a delivery driver, but also had to be a waitress and fry cook because there wasn't enough staff. Manager wouldn't let me eat unless I paid for it, but didn't make enough to pay for it. Was being expected to work several hours with no break and ended losing thirty five pounds in two months from lack of food. Quit that job and got a better job and love this job.
Phil Vaive 4 years ago
I quit my job selling glasses a few months ago. Since the pandemic started, things have been getting steadily worse and worse. The company kept cutting staff hours despite the fact that we had twice as much work to do with all the additional cleaning and covid precautions and traffic management for capacity issues. The company also straight up told us that we were not to ask customers to wear masks in our store, even though masks were mandated in our region. At my store we ignored that rule. The nail in the coffin for me, though, was when a terrible co-worker came back from being laid off during the lockdowns, immediately tried to book off several weeks of vacation time while the rest of us had been working our asses off the whole time, then when her vacation time was denied (she was the last one brought back from being laid off - she didn't want to come back, and frankly nobody wanted her back) she got a doctor's note saying that she was too "ill" to work and needed to be off for...
Phil Vaive 4 years ago
...months longer. When she finally ran out of excuses, she came back and absolutely screwed everything up. Miscommunicated with customers, started multiple fights with people and then just told them that I could help them (I was not a manager, but she acted like I was). She argued with staff constantly, made other people do her job (she's a licensed optician, and I was not, yet I wound up doing most of the work she was supposed to do while she took all the commission sales)...it was miserable working with her. Finally, one day, after dealing with another angry customer of hers, I said to my boss "I'm done. I quit". Gave 1 week notice because I had booked the next week off, and left.
Load More Replies... Jill Bussey 4 years ago
I worked for an aluminium stockist and they told me to come in a Sunday to do the annual stock take. Asked what the overtime rate was. No overtime. OK - normal pay then? No - NO PAY. Told them I have better things to do on a Sunday, see you Monday. They fired me and I took them to unfair dismissal court and won.
Nazda Pokmov 4 years ago
I once worked as a typist in the mid 1960's on a manual typewriter for a very large very posh architectural firm. I had to type everything with 8 yes 8 copies with carbon paper between the copies. I quit after first day. Nothing like trying to erase 8 mistakes on one page for 20 minutes.
BannedFromABoatShow 4 years ago
I worked at Blockbuster in college. The turnover was insane. After 5 months there was the manager, assistant manager, me, and a rotating cast of others. Surprisingly though, I never had seniority. There were always people above me. I talked to the assistant manager about it, and how I wanted better shifts that the newbies were getting, and was basically told to suck it. Made it to 8 months before I finally walked out. Screw you Shannon.
ejfs 4 years ago
I had a horrible job once. I was paid less than minimum wage and contracted for just under the hours/week limit that would allow me to claim any job seeker allowance if I left after the contract ended. I was expected to collect two children from school, take them home on public transport which involved two changes, feed them and help with homework. Sounded nice enough at first, but when I got there I found out both children had learning disorders, and the younger was had a tendency to get violent when she didn't get her own way. Unfortunately I wasn't brave enough to stand up for myself and quit, even after a public tantrum that almost ended up with police involvement....
MyOpinionHasBeenServed 4 years ago
My first paying job I quit in a week and a day. It was door to door donation collecting for a cause I was in support of. It was only commission pay and for the first week I was partnered up with one of their more successful canvassers. We met some nice people but some scary people. I was terrified when a guy chased us off his property after acting seemingly friendly at first. The next Monday, it rained. I didn't own an umbrella, so I borrowed one that was pink with hearts. That was a not professional enough to them. I was told I needed to stay dry and keep the clip board dry while walking around outside. When I made the bus ride to my assigned area, alone this time, I got an overwhelming feeling of loneliness walking along streets, knocking on doors not knowing who I would come across. Within walking one block I turned around, rode back to the office and quit.
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