I spent 15 years working for a terrible boss. He fucked me around one last time, I had words for him in front of everyone, and I left. Haven't talked to him since.
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Have you ever walked out on a really shitty job?
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I endured the best part of 4 years in a call centre selling health insurance. I saw a lot of people go through the month of training and practice calls then disappear after their first day of live calls.
It was a bad job but it wasn't even the worst contract in that particular call centre to be on in terms of customers.
In those four years I gained about 160lbs and developed a deep suicidal depression and sleep apnea which I'm still dealing with.
It was a bad job but it wasn't even the worst contract in that particular call centre to be on in terms of customers.
In those four years I gained about 160lbs and developed a deep suicidal depression and sleep apnea which I'm still dealing with.
I worked at the local town grocer for most of high school doing stock. When I moved to the city for post secondary, I got a job at one of the parent company grocers. Showed up to do my first day, started facing shelves and then just decided I didn't want to do it anymore and walked out.
Employers here aren't required to give notice in the probationary period (first 90 days) so I don't think employees should need to either. 2 weeks notice is just reciprocity for the employer giving 2 weeks (by law).
Employers here aren't required to give notice in the probationary period (first 90 days) so I don't think employees should need to either. 2 weeks notice is just reciprocity for the employer giving 2 weeks (by law).
I wish I could see what happened in the bar after you left.
I was arriving at the job and for two hours did nothing. Just walked out after the two hours.
The other time I got fired for burning some hot chillis with a coworker in the companies microwave.
The other time I got fired for burning some hot chillis with a coworker in the companies microwave.
Oh yeah I just remembered I have walked out on a job. It happened after I realized I accidentally joined a cult. Once I realized, I literally asked the driver to pull over and let me out immediately. I was abandoned in the middle of no where. Once I figured out where I was, I called a friend for a ride.
I work at a call center for a major automobile company and recently got promoted to a much more substantial role. Its honestly the best gig I've had.
This thread is making me question just how good I actually have it there
This thread is making me question just how good I actually have it there
Yup. Walked out a shitty cashier job at some supermarket. Wanted proof my uncle died and I had to go to the funeral...
When I was a teenager (2001) I was helping to setup some IT infrastructure for a company. I found out they were basically an outbound call center which was going to swindle old people for overpriced mobile phones and services. I walked out, never looked back, didn't go back for the day's pay, ignored all calls from the owners/managers.
I'm sorry, I don't do work for people like that.
I'm sorry, I don't do work for people like that.
Or you know... horrible employees, etc. There's two sides to this coin. I've worked enough retail jobs to see the ratio of shitty employees to shitty managers is heavily weighted to the employee side. And no, I've never been a boss on the retail side.
A lot of the gripes I've heard (not in this thread because I don't have nearly enough info about the people or situations) against bosses and jobs are simply about how shitty low end jobs are and how managers have to act to deal with the shitiness. It's shooting the messenger.
It doesn't matter if you're a good employee at retail. I was one of the best employees in a retail job I had. Good to customers, 100% reliable on hours, worked in excess of my availability when I could pitch in. My only condition, which I spoke to my manager before being hired, is once every two years I go back for Christmas. No worries. Get to that point, manager can't clear it with corporate. Manager tells me to quit and get rehired so I do. Get back, corporate has blackballed me.
Fuck retail. It's a shitty industry that grinds desperate people up and my only crime was that I wasn't that desperate.
I walked out of a boring call centre job once. About a week later I thought it was weird that no one had called to see where I was, so I just walked back in and started working again. No one notice I'd just went AWOL for a week and I continued working there for another 2 months.
Yeah I've found that being a good employee in retail tends to be detrimental. Once you've been established as a good worker and reliable (a seemingly rare combination in retail), you get stuck with all the extra work, for no extra pay.
I worked at a sporting goods store for years, was one of the senior sales guys - and all that meant was I got all the responsibility and hard work, while getting paid the same as someone who just started and is tasked with almost nothing.
Meanwhile the crappy employees get paid the same and don't get tasked with anything. You'd think in an industry with extreme rates of turnover that they'd want to keep their trusted employees happy, but nope. lol
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Can confirm this job is brutal. I worked 11pm to 4am for 8 months and I worked a day job as well. I barely slept and would just sleep through the entire weekend. At first I was ok napping here and there. Then it started to fuck with my mind.
Days started blurring together, it felt the whole week was one long day. I started feeling like I was a zombie just moving through the days. It started getting dangerous at the 9 month mark. Because I couldn't sleep. I would get to bed and just be wired. Go to my day job chug coffee to wake me up but it did nothing. I was driving and I blinked then woke up when I was driving off the road. I tried hard to change my shift so I could sleep but they refused.
So I gave my 2 weeks and left shortly after. A year later I went back and took the shift I wanted originally. Fucked up part is that my day job is in transportation and they gave zero fucks. I desperately needed the medical because I needed an eye surgery which was also causing problems with my driving.
Luckily I got the surgery so it wasn't all for nothing. It's not so bad anymore because I can sleep now, plus I get a nice workout every day and a nice 40% pay bump (I honestly don't know how they could legally pay 10.50 an hr for so much work). Lost 8lbs my first week back lol.
I can relate. I worked customer service, albeit at a company that was far less strict than that. Still, the atmosphere there, lack of upward mobility, customers yelling at me (in English and Japanese), and shitty managment... I definitely thought about dying a lot until I decided to quit.
Just stopped showing up to Wal-mart (technically i called in sick for 5 shifts in a row so the system auto-fired me, but it was on purpose).
Still suffering from working at a call center(s) over 10 years ago. I wish I didn't waste nearly two years of my life working in such toxic conditions.
Not quite a walk out, but directly told them over the phone. Dine in theater. Summer season so every weekend is packed and I got sick from the week prior for another 50-60 hour week. Called in for the first time and got told I need a doctors note for the day. It is Saturday. Straight up told them on the phone no I'm not. They can wait. They said then don't expect to come in tomorrow.
Tomorrow comes, I get a call saying they'll overlook this indiscretion if I come in. Already told em I burnt their uniform.
Tomorrow comes, I get a call saying they'll overlook this indiscretion if I come in. Already told em I burnt their uniform.
lol I had something similar when I worked at an ice cream place during college. I called in and told the owner that there is a class meeting that I had to attend and don't have a choice. They told me if I don't come in to not come in again. I said ok then I quit. The next day I get a call asking where I am - where I promptly explained what quitting means.
Worked at a mill for 4 hours.
I had to stand in one spot and stack wood. That was the whole job. But they were blaring country music. It was like literal torture.
At lunch I just walked up to the supervisor said I'm done and walked out.
I had to stand in one spot and stack wood. That was the whole job. But they were blaring country music. It was like literal torture.
At lunch I just walked up to the supervisor said I'm done and walked out.
No, you didn't, that's not how colds work. You were right to walk out of that job after that experience, though, that's fucking ridiculous.
Oh crap I can't believe I forgot. I worked as a car salesmen one summer. I was actually ok at it, lost sales because I wasn't able to straight up lie to customers. Strangely I found that being honest doesn't help much in that job. I sold something like 8 or 9 cars while training. Which beat out the other 5 trainees combined total. Got on the sales floor for real and got a few good sales. Like limited edition cars. They would send someone in to help (make sure I didn't fuck it up) and we did our thing. The problem was that the back room the management and the other sales guy took their cuts. They were greedy as hell and had almost no moral compass. So when I got my check for the week it was $8.35. I worked that job full time and they gave me a check for $8.35. When I brought it up they said they made nothing from my sales, but one of the cars I sold that week was a limited editio fully loaded suv for around 80k. It was a fucking Toyota so I knew it was bs. I Probably could have made a fuss and fixed it. But just the sheer audacity of it all drove me to just leave. I quit right there and never went back.
I didnt exactly walk out but my boss called me in the morning saying we were starting early and to be at the shop for 530am and I told him to go fuck himself and hung up.
He left me stranded at a job site the day before with no phone or wallet and it was like a 8 hour walk from civilization. Said "it wasnt his problem" that I didnt arrange for a drive home when he told me to leave my vehicle at the shop and drive out there in his truck with him.
He left me stranded at a job site the day before with no phone or wallet and it was like a 8 hour walk from civilization. Said "it wasnt his problem" that I didnt arrange for a drive home when he told me to leave my vehicle at the shop and drive out there in his truck with him.
I walked out on my first day at DHL when they tried to substract my way to and from the room where we had breaks, tried to sneak more heavy packages to my lane and generally tried to fuck me over with the hours I've worked.
1 hour before my shift ended I told the guy who screamed in my face I'll never get a job there again to go fuck himself and just walked out. Don't regret it for a single second. Fuck that place.
1 hour before my shift ended I told the guy who screamed in my face I'll never get a job there again to go fuck himself and just walked out. Don't regret it for a single second. Fuck that place.
telemarketing...owner decided to hire a high priced consultant for a company comprised of basically young adults. I was the manager and this consultant was the biggest douche bag I have ever met. I quit about a month or two after he came on board. The company went out of business a year or two later.
No offense but why do you think managers have to be the way they are. You took a dish washing job, what'd you expect? Now they have to scramble to fill the void you left because you walked out on the second day. There's no "guess dishes won't be done today" in a job like that.
There's a fine line between work ethic and bad bosses. I'm glad I do the hiring at my job. I weed that shit out real quick and I have an amazing staff and almost no turnover l, almost to a fault. Granted I'm also very honest during the interviews so people know exactly what they're getting into
Working retail in my youth I can't even count the number of shitty employees with no work ethic. Glad I'm not in that space anymore.
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Worked as a KFC cook. After a week I knew it wasnt for me, especially after some behind the scene bullshit regarding the cook that was training me. The new cook tasked to train me was irritating as hell and I knew I had to get out. Told em I wasnt coming back.
Yup, twice. Grinding machine operator at junkyard when I was like 20, and a software tester a couple of years later. A solid decision both times.
Years ago early 20's. Got job in mall for Dell computer kiosk. Everything was fine until manager left. Younger guy was assistant manager.
He asked me in front of the other two people working,what I did before. Told him I was also manager but moved across country starting new.
He then told me don't cross him. He is the boss here and keep head down. He can always sway the hours people get. He talked on cellphone rest of shift to friends and checked in here and there.
When I got off called main manager who hired me. She didn't believe me, he was so unprofessional. Told me that guy would never say that.
Never showed up again left after first day.
He asked me in front of the other two people working,what I did before. Told him I was also manager but moved across country starting new.
He then told me don't cross him. He is the boss here and keep head down. He can always sway the hours people get. He talked on cellphone rest of shift to friends and checked in here and there.
When I got off called main manager who hired me. She didn't believe me, he was so unprofessional. Told me that guy would never say that.
Never showed up again left after first day.
Quit EB Games after two 3 hour introductory shifts. Made excuses as to why I quit, but ultimately came down to being a coward.
Quit local scale company after 1st day. Same as above.
Quit mobile canning company after a month. I was about to transition into being a full time operator and got scared. Looking back, I'm glad I did because being up at 5AM and getting home by 7:30PM was ruining my relationship and quality of life.
There's a trend here...
Quit local scale company after 1st day. Same as above.
Quit mobile canning company after a month. I was about to transition into being a full time operator and got scared. Looking back, I'm glad I did because being up at 5AM and getting home by 7:30PM was ruining my relationship and quality of life.
There's a trend here...
I'm a loser
Yes. I mean, I didn't technically "walk off." I just vowed to never come back after my shift ended.
I was one of those door-to-door salesman jobs that I got suckered into. I was pretty much lied to, but after a while when I started realizing that this was not what I was expecting, I just decided to roll with it. "It's a job" I thought, so....whatever.
The hours were AWFUL. 9am to 9pm. Like, WTF. The ONLY plus side to this was that I was actually making sales, so it wasn't a complete waste of time.
Fast forward to day 3. Long story short: I found myself trying to "hide" from policemen (this may or may not have been the case, but this guy in my group told us to run, so I did). That was the straw that broke the camel's back. I had a fucking college degree and no way would I spend another day doing this shit.
Next day, I called the manager and told him that I was done. He asked why. I didn't mention the ducking the police part; I just told him that the job was nothing like I expected and that I'm not coming back.
I made around $300, so....whatever.
I was one of those door-to-door salesman jobs that I got suckered into. I was pretty much lied to, but after a while when I started realizing that this was not what I was expecting, I just decided to roll with it. "It's a job" I thought, so....whatever.
The hours were AWFUL. 9am to 9pm. Like, WTF. The ONLY plus side to this was that I was actually making sales, so it wasn't a complete waste of time.
Fast forward to day 3. Long story short: I found myself trying to "hide" from policemen (this may or may not have been the case, but this guy in my group told us to run, so I did). That was the straw that broke the camel's back. I had a fucking college degree and no way would I spend another day doing this shit.
Next day, I called the manager and told him that I was done. He asked why. I didn't mention the ducking the police part; I just told him that the job was nothing like I expected and that I'm not coming back.
I made around $300, so....whatever.
In college I worked at an on campus fast food place. I would take up as many shifts as I could. One of the managers told me near the end of a semester I was looking at a promotion, that they were looking for another manager and I was really pulling my weight. He asked if I could cover a shift for a buddy of his. I said sure, and would have likely done it anyway without the promise of a promotion. The beginning of the next week I hear they actually promoted his buddy, who he had gone out partying with the night I covered the shift. The promotion meant next to nothing to me but it was such a weaselly move. He asked that I do the opening shift at 6am the next day, and I said sure. They were expecting it to be busy and many people had called off because it was the last day of finals. But I never showed up. Put my phone on silent and slept in. Walked past the kitchen deliberately later in the day so I could see him haggard trying to keep up by himself. Waved at him and smiled and never talked to him again.
Haha — same here. I left when I called and woke up an elderly man in his sleep. I was so dismayed by that I just quit the next day.
In high school, I worked one afternoon at an Abercrombie and Fitch. Then I never went back. The job was literally to stand there. We're talking close to 20 years ago at this point.
