I quit right there."
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He told me, ‘Dont you dare touch my customers like that.’
I quit on the spot.
I should have sued him, but I was 21 and had no clue what to do."
u/Fivedayshangovers
2.
“Old sales job I had.
Landed/closed a big deal and had a nice commission check heading my way.
u/h1r0ll3r
3.
“They told me to clock out and work all night because regional was coming to inspect the store.
They wanted me to work for eight hours moving around heavy stuff for free.
I quit on the spot.
They told me I wasn’t a ‘team player.’
I asked the manager if he would pay me for not working.
I asked him, ‘So, why would I work without getting paid?’
u/lizerpetty
4.
“My dad had stage-four lymphoma.
We couldn’t have our phones on the floor unless we filled out some paperwork with HR for emergencies.
I asked my supervisor for the paperwork and he said, ‘Don’t worry about it!’
My supervisor was MAD.
A couple of weeks later, I was called into the HR office.
My sister called to tell me my dad died.
My supervisor wasn’t there, but I left early.
I took my bereavement and came back to work.
I hugged her and just left.”
u/Corndread85
5.
“It was what she said about my mom during that same call that was the last straw.
u/OvernightSiren
6.
I quit right there.”
u/Yousoggyyojimbo
7. u/heytherefriendman
8. u/PM_ME_THIGHS_N_BUTTS
9.
“I put in that I needed off a particular weekend five months in advance.
That week came and I was on the schedule.
I called and said, ‘Yeah, I cant work this.
I have someone in town from across the country staying with me.
I put in to have off five months ago.’
My manager replied, ‘You put in a request off, and its just that: a request.’
So, even though I was seething angry, I said okay and then hung up.
I still joke to this day with my friend that I quit my job for her.”
u/tintedrosie
10.
“I was a sous-chef at the country club where I live.
At first, I believed it, foolishly.
Even the dishwasher just sat around and didnt touch a single dish.”
“After the shift, I thought about how I would talk to the head chef about everything.
The next day, I started getting calls about where I was because no one was in the kitchen.
I told the GM that I quit because I was tired of the lack of accountability and respect.”
u/ForeverIdiosyncratic
11.
“The supervisor said my weight made me look unprofessional.”
u/CorneliousTinkleton
12.
“My first job as a dishwasher, and the owners were cheap pricks.
So, I quit on the spot.”
u/AkuraPiety
13.
“My dad died right before Christmas.
I came back and received a call from HR.
The woman apologized and said she needed to chat, but would make it brief.
She asked if my dad actually died.
I told her yes, and she apologized again and said she didnt need anything else.
She was hoping Id be called back early from my trip.
I had been interviewing for a job at another company and got an offer the day I got back.
I called from my desk and accepted the offer, then packed my things and left.”
u/sloughlikecow
14.
“I worked at a coffee shop/cafe.
I lived 30 minutes away.
Im not playing these games.”
u/heelheavy
15.
“My brother had just died and it would have been the first Christmas without him.
I was expected to work because ‘its not like you have kids.'”
u/Flamingo83
16.
“I worked at a small-town sporting goods store.
Overall, I enjoyed it, but of course, one thing broke me.
I had a massive sale weekend and worked OT.
He decided the appropriate action was to throw it on the floor and tell me to clean it up.
Yeah, I said pretty much everything I ever thought about the guy and walked out.”
u/EagleWithGuns
17.
“I was working at Sears part-time for Christmas.
They never trained me.
I got tired of the BS because I was just working there for Christmas money.
u/LoverOfGayContent
18.
I quit after I somehow was the only person scheduled to work on a Saturday night.
Like, literally the only person.
I was 16 or 17.
Never went back.”
u/jekelish3
19.
“My new boss completely changed hours/expectations without any notice or checking in with any employees.
After three months of being miserable, I walked after one final scathing insult.
I regret the lack of professionalism on my end, but I dont regret leaving the job.”
u/slverfire
20.
“Got lit up publicly by the a-hole store manager for clocking in two minutes late.
He threatened to kill me.”
u/thisisnotreallifetho
21.
This was extra hard considering we were in a recession and barely scraping by.
u/Tobacco-and-Honey
22.
“I was told I could no longer sigh while at work.”
u/Shellybean42
23.
“My coworker took a lateral transfer, leaving me to do the work of two people.
I quit/retired two weeks later.
Two months later, they hired three people to do my job.
u/Age-Zealousideal
24.
“I was working at a hotel.
It was Sunday after checkout and the hotel was a ghost town.
All guests had checked out and only a couple were booked to arrive later that day.
Phones were not allowed to be out.
A coworker called the hotel and asked if I could text them their schedule.
My phone was in my purse in the back office.
The owners lived in the hotel and were always around.
The GM called me and started reaming me out about having my phone out.
I told him he had 10 minutes to get there because I quit.”
At exactly 10 minutes, I was walking out the door just as he was walking in.
By the following weekend, I was working at another hotel.”
u/jeswesky
25.
I didnt even finish my shift.
u/Honeycomb0000
26.
It was gonna cost me thousands of dollars to sign that form.
After 10 years, I left it and them sitting right there.”
u/whatrobbysaid
27.
“I requested and was approved for PTO so that I could get dental surgery.
I came in after surgery.
I couldn’t speak and was in a world of pain.
The reason I was called in?
His boss was present and she asked if I was around.
When she saw me and my condition, she apologized and had a very loud conversation with him.
She had been one of my regulars in my previous company (yay, food service).
I ended the call, put my keys in the safe, emailed his boss, and left.
He was fired about a week later, but it wasn’t enough to get me to return.”
u/warfteiner
28.
I’m honestly still amazed that they got away with that.
I got an offer from my dream job and bailed immediately.”
u/lasarus29
29.
“I was the only employee who could work all departments and was constantly going from one to another.
That part I didn’t mind.
I started crying and walked out.
I was at that job eight years and was making wonderful money.
My peace was worth more than their money.”
u/silverwarbler
30.
“My manager was always kind of mean.
He threw pots and pans and would throw finished orders that he didnt deem worthy of the customer.
I worked there for two years.
She had no prior experience.
It was a Saturday night.
She had tears in her eyes before he shoved her to the side and took over himself.”
“The kitchen went silent.
It felt like time stopped.
We all walked out together.
Nobody really said anything.
She left first, then the dishwasher, then me and two other guys.
The manager was cursing and customers were watching us all leave.
The servers were stressed, but understood.
It felt like sweet relief.”
u/InsideOutDeadRat
31.
I quit on the spot and told any customers around that the business owners were thieves.
Then, next year, they tried charging me for my W2.
It’s illegal to withhold government documents.
I never said a word.
I just grabbed my W2 and left."
u/SlyFoxInACave
32.
“I worked as a cashier for a big electronics store (that closed a few years back).
I broke my foot and was in a cast.
That job was just for ‘walking around town’ money anyway, so screw them.”
u/thingamajiggly
33.
“I was working at a Sears.
I was hired as a part-time employee.
When I asked my manager about it, they said, ‘Youre 18.
Just skip school.’
I ended up quitting on the spot instead.”
u/crackerfactorywheel
34.
“My boss asked me to go to the companys Facebook page because he ‘wanted to check something.’
When I did, he leaned over my shoulder and hit ‘share to all’ on my phone.
Tell her she has to stay.’
It was the greatest feeling ever to tell him I quit.”
u/Virtual_Bug5486
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