Finnish worker finishes working and quits restaurant job after being overworked during university exam week, then shuts down the boss’s guilt-tripping attempts: ‘I told boss it's my right to resign effective immediately’

A part-time restaurant worker in Finland learns that quitting politely isn't an option when your boss tries to guilt you for exercising basic labor rights. The student has a firm grasp of local employment laws thanks to Finland's strong union culture, so when December hits and the restaurant schedules 40-plus hours during exam week, they do the sensible thing and resign. The contract allows immediate resignation during probation, end of story. Or so it should have been.  

Instead, the recruiting firm boss calls to deliver a moral lecture about work ethic and responsibility, lamenting how unfair it is to leave the restaurant short-staffed. The irony burns hotter than the fryers, the restaurant can't apparently keep hygienic. She insists the contract means something else entirely, until the student points out that maybe she should read it before calling. That conversation goes quiet fast.  

Companies that underpay and overwork employees still manage to sound wounded when someone leaves. The boss tries guilt instead of gratitude, confusion instead of compliance, and it lands flat on someone who actually understands their rights. For once, the script flips. The student doesn't grovel or apologize. They simply remind her it's not their job to fix broken scheduling or bad management. 

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