'They lied about which shifts I'd have': 30+ People share why they quit a job on the first day

Brad Dickson • Managing Editor

Nov 27, 2023 7:00 AM EST

First impressions are important when establishing a working relationship, so important that people tend to read way too far into things during the first interview. It's not unheard of for interviewers to take one single harmless thing you said and extrapolate it into some wildly imaginative reason why you're a risk to hire. Tell the wrong interviewer you like baseball, and maybe they'll decide you're not fit for their team since baseball reminds them of their resentful father who tried to force them to take up the sport as a child. Similarly, the first impression that you get from an employer as soon as the interview process is over says a lot; an opportunity that might have seemed like the dream role during the interview process may soon unveil itself to be a nightmare.

That's what happened in a lot of these stories, which were shared by the workers who lived them to Reddit's r/askreddit community. Enjoy this collection of stories where people decided to cut their losses and walk. Next, see these 20+ candidates who walked out of job interviews.