The Moments People Knew They Had To Quit Their Jobs

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mattstaff
Jul 30, 2021 6:00 PM EDT

Unfortunately, far too many of us have found ourselves miserably entrenched in a gig that we absolutely can't stand. Maybe you missed the red flags that were so darn hidden when you went to interview for the job. And then suddenly, you've found yourself in the middle of a job with a waking nightmare of a manager. Hopefully these people's stories serve to make you feel a bit better about your own low points during your various jobs. 

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    Font - [deleted] · 2y After taking a few days off work while my father was having a brain tumour removed (and still checking emails and attending conference calls from the hospital) my boss gave me a new project. On a Thursday afternoon she gave me a Monday morning deadline for a project that would take 6-8 days to complete. I worked 16 hours a day to get it done. When we met on Monday she asked how my weekend was: "I worked all weekend." Then she asked if i got to visit my dad in the hospital "
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    Font - clownbird · 2y Working at a tech support call center. I put in for a day off for my birthday a month in advance. Boss forgot to process my request and said I couldn't get it off when I asked about it closer to the date, saying something about time off requests being locked due to "upcoming trainings" Those trainings were two weeks after my birthday. 2.8k ...
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    Font - austintx-16 · 2y I was in the same position for two years and was actively looking at other positions within the same company. Bosses knew about it, it was just time for a change and to advance my career. Great opportunity came up and I was offered the position. However my current leadership blocked me because I received a "promotion" six months prior. That promotion was literally an automatic email that said congrats you're now level 2 instead of level 1 because I had met my sales attain
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    Font - nukagirl · 2y Started dating a guy that one of my coworkers liked. He was a regular customer. She started doing things like spitting in his food, telling my boss I wasn't working, writing her name on the checklist of our side work and acting like she did every thing and I did nothing. Then she stole $100 from my drawer and the boss wanted me to pay for it, didn't believe me because she was friends with the girl. I walked out on the spot. Like a couple months later they caught her stealing
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    Font - CaffineFuledGamer · 2y I got a write up for cussing to the air when everyone else did it regularly (supervisor was just mad that the inventory part of my job get him caught doing bullshit) and when I called HR I was told the only reason I stil have a job is because my parents work there and anyone can do my job. So I told her I guess you guys don't need me then. Packed up my shit and left. A few months later I caught up with a few former co- workers and apparently the company lost two hug
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    Font - [deleted] · 2y Waitressing at a small cafe, owner was also the manager/cook. One day, we were in the weeds, getting thrown around left and right, and finally when it slows down, the other line cook messed up. So the owner, who already had had several screaming meltdowns, picks up a plate and throws it right at the server alley. It broke on the wall near my head. So I took off my apron and waddled my pregnant a on : that. It closed a few weeks ago, which home. F wasn't surprising. 1 1k ...
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    Font - JimSFV · 2y I proved to the CIO, using math, that the Help Desk could not lower its abandon rate to an acceptable point without hiring more people. She responded by telling me that my team just "didn't have enough discipline" and then I got written up. I quit the next day, and told my team "They will replace me with a manager whom the CIO will let hire more people." I was right. 7.9k ...
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    Font - Sqiget · 2y Many many years ago I worked at a place called Atomic Burrito. I only worked there for 4 days. I was washing dishes and the manager walked by and started yelling at me for using soap! He said soap cost money and we were just putting the same food back in the pans anyways.. I quit right there. Noped the frick right out the door. 1.4k ...
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    Font - GenerationSam · 2y I was at my dream job building high performance Corvettes. There were a lot of downsides; not W2, no benefits, long hours, you break it you buy it. Then they introduced a efficiency measurement, where if you were not fast enough you had to work Saturday to make for it. Measuring efficiency in custom work leads to corner cutting, and in general is impossible, as it's up custom. Then I had to push the shop owners car in to fit some things. It took me 2 hours to wrap up th
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