'I quit without notice and boss Is telling me I have to come back.': Employee quits a bad boss, told they have to continue working

Brad Dickson • Managing Editor

Sep 30, 2022 1:30 PM EDT

What is it with bad business owners wanting their bad behavior repaid with goodwill? By the time employees reach the point where they're willing to walk out of a job without notice, the notion of "good faith" or goodwill between the two parties has long since gone out the window. Sure there's the odd time that an employee bears the onus for the falling out, but when this happens, an employer will use this one person as an excuse to mistreat the rest of their employees forevermore "To make sure it doesn't happen again."

When Reddit user u/cloudykiwistar gave up and walked out on a job that was "anguish to [their] mental health," they managed to find "better work [they're] happy with and pays more." Sounds like a win across the board, right?

Well, not for their former employer, who came screaming back into their life with a vengeance, demanding that they return. The employer reasoned that u/cloudykiwistar had originally verbally committed to working a full year. Do you think that argument would have held water in the other direction if the employer decided they didn't need them anymore?

Commenters were quick to reassure the poster that they owed the employer nothing, encouraging them to block their old boss.

Keep scrolling to see screenshots of this thread, which was posted to r/antiwork earlier this week. For more from the popular subreddit, check out this worker whose employer offered them double their current salary when they found a new job after denying them a raise for years.

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