Mechanic quits after 14 years of burnout and broken promises, rejects guilt trips from old boss, lands a new job with better perks and actual respect: ‘Burnout hit me good. I’m glad I left’

• Stress got to me. Quit my job after 14 years. Their attempts to keep me were pathetic

  
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• Burnout comes knocking, furious and obvious. The manager sits on a pile of applications, HR’s only exit perk is blocked vacation time, and everyone but the customers gets a nap. The big retention effort? Full panic mode and emotional blackmail. Suddenly district managers call at odd hours, dangling extra money, fewer shifts, and guilt about how the shop might burn down without its sole non-liability. Every desperate offer is paired with a bewildered “why are you leaving” as if nobody has heard words like exhaustion or respect before.

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• HR chimes in with textbook apathy and a reminder not to expect any payout for three months of earned time off because paperwork wins every argument. By the time the last trailer leaves the parking lot, all that’s left is a wake of unread applications and management still wondering why good people walk.

  But the new gig lands with actual gratitude, slow days, and coworkers whose morale enhancement doesn’t involve emotional hostage-taking. It is wild how being appreciated once or twice can feel like a foreign language when burnout was HR’s first dialect.

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