'The colleague I disliked made management': 20 reasons people quit their last job

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
May 21, 2023 4:00 PM EDT

We all have our own individual 'last straws.' Once you come across yours, it's only a matter of time before you quit. Keep scrolling below to see how these folks, who shared their stories on r/AskReddit, quit their most recent jobs. When you're finished, check out these memes for anxious millennials.

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    Output device - r/AskReddit. Posted by u/Lishasquarepant 5 hours ago What made you quit your last job?
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  • 02

    This is goals.

    Human body - Southern_Snowshoe 5 hr. ago I finally tied the knot and my old lady's loaded.
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  • 03

    Sounds like un problema!

    Gesture - ThrowThisInTheGarbo 5 hr. ago I was the only one that spoke English and I only speak English
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  • 04

    Been there, u/Punconscious. Thinking of you!

    Human body - Punconscious - 5 hr. ago Micromanaging boss.
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  • 05

    What if that's every job you've ever had though?

    Gesture - willducci 5 hr. ago poor management run by an absolute company
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  • 06

    What kind of backwards dynamic is this?

    Font - -Pristine Emergency- 4 hr. ago I was told by my boss to stop ringing up customers and go get his lunch for him. There was no one at the customer service desk and I was busy helping other customers. He made go outside and hand-deliver his personal lunch from his wife's hands to his. The absolute disrespect of that moment has not left me. I immediately went over his head and put my two weeks notice in.
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  • 07

    Not worth it!

    Font - Clcooper423 5 hr. ago Gas prices and a bunch of policy changes that had me working twice as much for half the pay.
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  • 08

    I'm sorry... come again?!

    Font - CigaretteBarbie. 5 hr. ago I kept getting threatened, including a threat to set me on fire. I was/am a librarian.
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  • 09

    Ugh it's never what's advertised. Rule number one of any and all jobs!

    Font - GreatTragedy 5 hr. ago The job I was sold was pretty different from the reality. I enjoy doing technical work, not talking to clients. I spent about 80% of my day in client meetings.
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  • 10

    The fact that you're expecting personal growth from your job in this day and age?!

    Font - Ok-Goal-1089.5 hr. ago Lack of personal growth and learning opportunities. Also manager blocking my promotion for 3 years. I got an offer for the senior role with 120% pay increased.
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  • 11

    I imagine soon everyone will be quitting...

    Rectangle - Ok_Advance6558 - 4 hr. ago They switched to salary then suddenly needed 20hrs overtime each week.
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  • 12

    And they WANT you to stay?!

    Font - just_awesome16.5 hr. ago No possibilities for promotion or even a pay raise
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  • 13

    We envy you, u/RascalRibs

    Font - RascalRibs 5 hr. ago I realized I didn't have to work anymore. 3 Reply Share mih108 1 hr. ago Lottery? 2 Reply Share RascalRibs 1 hr. ago Nope, large enough investment portfolio.
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  • 14

    Oh, just wait until you're back in the workforce

    Font - x_2point71828_x. 5 hr. ago Got accepted to a college and put in my two weeks. Last "real" job; since then I've done odd things like tutoring, etc.
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  • 15

    That is simply not within your job description

    Font - Zesty Peace 3 hr. ago They told me I had to do a project "off the clock" in order to be promoted. Avoid it like the plague.
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  • 16

    Talk about poor management!

    Font - RyoLobo 2 hr. ago Skimming off the top of our paychecks and playing shadey games with all of their employees. Final straw was when I worked a management-approved 17-hour shift, and I saw no double-time on my check. When I brought it up to the owner, he said double-time was against company policy. Things got ugly. He eventually paid in full. I quit.
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  • 17

    This is the workforce equivalent of winning the lottery!

    Font - pinkthrift 2 hr. ago Got the opportunity to work a minute from home, 15% bigger salary.
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  • 18

    Time to fix that!

    Smile - simplydoing 4 hr. ago . I realized that as a professional, I was only making 16% of what I charged.
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  • 19

    Under no circumstances can you work from your enemy

    Font - sultry_cinnamon - 4 hr. ago The colleague I disliked made management. I was not going to live my life under their thumb.
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  • 20

    Dodged a bullet!

    Font - AlwaysNipping. 4 hr. ago Second round of layoffs was coming, so I went and found a new job. Turns out I wasn't going to get laid off in that second round, but the company was clearly not financially stable.
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  • 21

    I suppose you don't know what you got until it's gone!

    Font - OptimusSublime . 4 hr. ago My old job wanted me back.
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