Job Red Flags To Look Out For At A New Workplace

Getting a new job is a huge step. You're basically making a decision about the people you'll be beholden to for the next 8ish hours of every day for the foreseeable future. If your options aren't great, it can feel like that decision is being made for you. But it's important to remember that you still have some agency over choosing to not work for completely miserable group of jerkholes. For some of the sweetest jo quitting satisfaction, here's the employee who quit after work messed with their vacation and had their boss panicking while losing money hand over fist.

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