In our lives, there are times when we tend to have a strong grip on the things we need to survive. A job is one of those. Finding a source of income is never easy. However, there are still things you should consider before landing a job.
Have you ever experienced keeping up with your company’s crap as much as you can because you need the job? Well, you are not alone.
1. No Right
Not me, but my dad. He was a partner in a software company, and they were undergoing a merger. There was a ton of confusion in the move.
One guy was trying to take advantage of the situation. Well, he was from the other company. He fired my dad for no real reason.
However, my dad was so well-liked that many of the employees from his company walked out of the building when he left with his stuff.
One guy apparently came running down to the parking lot because he realized that the guy did not have the authority to fire my dad. My dad puts his things in his car, goes back upstairs, fires the guy who tried to fire him and quits.
AsuranB
2. I See You
I don't know if this is a blaze of glory, but it made me feel good. I got a job in the big city, and my new manager said she wanted to give me a two-week trial period because she wasn't sure about me.
This manager was a biotch. Constantly yelling, expecting us to work through lunch and work late and come in early, sessions in her office about how awful we were. I was miserable. The job was hell.
On the Friday of the end of my trial period, my manager called me into her office. She said she was pleasantly surprised at how good I was and wanted to keep me on.
I told her that she had not passed her trial period and I would not be staying. Then I walked out. The best elevator rides down to the lobby ever.
tjunot
3. Worst Introduction
Walked out on a job interview, smoldering glory, not really ablaze:
I drove about four hours for a job interview right out of grad school. Nice place. The working environment seemed a little tense, but that's alright. This was an animal hospital in the Midwest.
The owner asked me to clean a cage for him. I said sure, doctors have to clean cages every once in a while. It takes maybe ten seconds.
Then, he asked me to hang out for a second while he talked to a client. I said sure. He told me to just keep cleaning cages. I thought he was kidding.
A technician walked into the room and asked me why the cages weren't done. I shrugged. From her attitude, I gathered he wasn't kidding about the cages. After a wait of over twenty minutes, I left. I just left. I got a phone call about five minutes later but didn't answer.
TankVet
4. Worst Working Hours
One of my first jobs was part-time at a small-budget supermarket. The boss was a wanker with severely limited intelligence.
He was assigning me far more shifts than I agreed to and spending the entire day shouting at everybody (rather than doing actual work).
Turns out I was also getting a euro less per hour than agreed on - I noticed that after a month when I finally got my first pay. Not cool. Grounds enough for me to terminate my work contract with immediate effect.
So, I got myself a new job, typed out my notice, put it in my coat pocket, and waited for the worst possible moment to quit. That moment came 2 weeks later.
My boss and I were opening on a Saturday, and it just so happened that the cashier who was meant to come in an hour later called in sick.
He tells me and goes off on a tirade about how the shift is going to be hell with just the 2 of us. I smile, hand him my notice, and stroll out of the store without saying a word.
derdono
5. Decision Maker
I was working as a busser at Outback in college (animation major). I was there for roughly six months. Never called out and always came in when asked to.
Finals were coming up, and I was slightly behind on my final project. I called the manager three days in advance, saying I needed a day off I was scheduled for.
Told me I had to get it covered. No problem. Called all the other bidders and even two hostesses. No one could/would do it. Called the boss back.
His response and I quote, "You need to decide right now what's more important: school or your career." I exploded on the guy with the easiest decision I ever made in my life.
Ashenspire
6. Enough Is Enough
I worked at a technical support call center for almost a decade. The average burnout time/turnover is six months. I was sitting in a meeting, and they were ragging on us for sending too many boxes.
The previous week, we were sitting in the same room, being ragged on for not sending enough boxes. I had a rough year, and I was just sitting there dying inside.
I had this sudden epiphany. Every day since I had walked in, the door of that place was worse than the last. There was literally no reason for me to be there.
That thought just popped into my head like a light bulb had gone off. I got up in the middle of the meeting and walked out without a word.
The SDM that was giving the meeting's mouth hung open. He wasn't used to the drones doing things like this. He started after me, and I ignored him.
I went back to my desk, gathered up some things, gave a few other things to some people, and got out a goodbye email. The whole time, the SDM was getting more and more agitated, trying to talk to me and eventually yelling.
I just ignored him like a bad smell at a dinner party. So I just went home. They called and called for days. Eventually, a supervisor I had on Facebook messaged me. He was an ok dude, and I told him flatly that I wasn't returning. He said they had all this paperwork to do, an exit interview, and so on.
I said no. I wasn't going back on that floor. I wasn't going to sit in an office like a bad teenager in the principal's office. It was over. It was done. We finally agreed to meet downstairs in an empty cubicle.
I flatly didn't agree to anything, didn't sign anything, just gathered whatever crap they had for me, and left. For nearly a decade, they dictated everything in my life.
My sleep schedule, family life, and holidays went so far as to time to the second how long I was in the bathroom during the day. That was all over. They had no more control over me, and I enjoyed making that clear.
jax9999
7. Got Hammed
Not me, but one of my best friends. We were working at a well-known fast food chain when we were 15 - 16. It was actually the day after he already quit, but it was super busy, and some people called off.
So they called to see if he could come in (I think they offered him time and a half to make up for it), so he agreed. He's the only one in the kitchen on a busy Sunday after church rush.
The managers were just messing around, standing outside smoking, and doing anything they could to not help him. He got frustrated, threw a package of ham through the ceiling, and walked out.
kadno
8. I am Your Karma
After working there for over two years, starting at the bottom when there were only three employees (including me) and becoming Supervisor/Manager, I was overdue for a raise.
The boss kept putting off our meeting to discuss, and I had prepped a small presentation to show what I had accomplished in my position over the past year.
The meeting day finally came, and I spoke for 15 minutes to justify the raise that I had asked for. Still, instead of a negotiation, I was told that my work had been unsatisfactory. They no longer wanted me to act as supervisor.
This had come as a shock because they had never given negative feedback about how I was running things. They let me plead my case for a raise seconds before "terminating" my responsibilities.
Of course, they would love me to stay at the company and train the new hires at my current (sad) salary and work at entry-level tasks when there was no active training.
They also expected me to stay in the role I was "not excelling" in for another 2-4 months to allow them time to recruit my replacement and allow me time to get that person up to speed and adequately trained.
The best part of all of this is that they had never hinted at or officially advised of any issues with the quality of my work. I walked out as soon as they were done speaking without saying anything.
A few hours later, he called to ask if I would come back... The next morning, I met with HR, who expressed their apologies and shock and suggested I go and speak with the boss to see if things could be sorted (hoping to find a happy medium).
So I went to his office, shut the door, and told him about how much of a jerkward he is and how he lost all respect I ever had for him but that I would finish the week.
And close my open cases without hinting to clients about how crappy everything was behind the scenes in exchange for a larger severance package and being "laid off." Turned out for the best because I'm pretty happy where I am now :)
tashtash
9. Unreasonable Wage
Back when I worked at a car dealership as a mechanic, the service manager was screwing mechanics out of paychecks. Cutting appointments and only paying us for 30 hrs of work at minimum wage instead of paying our normal hourly rate.
On the next payday Friday, the service manager came out and announced that he would extend hours and weekends with no pay difference.
So at 7:20 am, before the day even started, I walked right out to my truck, backed it into my bay, loaded my tools up, and left.
He asked me to reconsider and reminded me, "You're guaranteed minimum wage!" Yeah, screw you. I heard after that stunt, 3 other people quit without notice, and he was asked to leave the dealership.
Sarcastic_Redneck
10. Belittling Wrong Person
My small-time office was bought out and taken over by a large company. Suddenly, I was told I was "just a secretary," my salary was cut, benefits non-existent, and there was nothing legally I could do...because I checked.
They did it in such a way that it was as if I had started a new job. The new office manager told someone that his high school son could do my job for less pay, so my hours were cut in the summer.
I finally said screw this and didn't show up after bullying and tearful trips home. Then I began to get frantic emails about how to deposit and split certain payments, how to use accounting programs, how to enter time-sensitive forms....so much whining.
I guess nobody trained the boy and just sat him at the front desk. At first, it was professional, then it turned to hostility, then begging.
This was for 2 days, in which I didn't check my email because I was busy at another job. I finally broke down and wrote an email stating I had all the information they needed on a website. At the bottom of the page was a link to Google. I signed it "just a secretary."
PowerWordCoffee
11. Free Sandwich
A couple of my best friends decided to get married in Scotland (they were American). It was quite an expensive trip, so I picked up a part-time job at a crappy sandwich chain for about a year to save so my wife and I could attend.
About 2 weeks before the trip, I was offered emergency overtime at my full-time job. I was unsure if I was scheduled to work at the sandwich joint, so I called the owner.
He told me I was, which was a bummer because I could've stayed at my real job for about $30/hr more for the evening. So I went in to make sandwiches.
Another employee told me that I wasn't scheduled to work; someone called in earlier, and the owner took advantage of my not knowing my schedule for the week.
So I took the spot at the end of the assembly line, bagged up 8 orders, and walked out the door with them, along with the little rack of about 20 bottles of hot sauce.
I hopped in my car and took off back to my real job to work that overtime shift with a bunch of sandwiches for the other employees.
MimonFishbaum
12. Power Tripping
20 years old. Working in a car dealership as a lot attendant. Basically, parking cars and cleaning up garbage. I am in charge of 5 other lot guys.
It wasn't bad, but a new manager was hired, 27 years old, and on a total freaking power trip. (I think that is too young to be in charge of guys who have been working on cars for 25-30 years.)
Unknown to me, one day, he throws a fit all red-faced and fires 4 of my 5 guys. We were a good team, and things got done. So I get called in on my day off to work, and being the nice guy, I go in.
This is when I found out my guys were fired. I get called into his office, and he tells me it's my fault they got fired, and I need to adjust my attitude.
I freak out internally. I managed to keep my head. I calmly tell him that he go screw himself and I won't be abused like that. After faithfully doing my job, I'm done, and he can park cars while it is a whole 5 degrees(F) outside.
Before I could leave his office, the owner walked in. Tells me to sit and take a deep breath, and he sends the manager upstairs.
The owner begs me to stay because he needs me to run the customer check-in and the lot. Gives me a small bonus and a 3 dollar/hour raise. The manager gets fired at the end of the pay week. The only job I ever tried to walk out of.
VerticallyImpaired
13. Leaving Hell
I worked at a well-known toy store for about 6 mos as a part-time manager when I was 23. It was a nightmare - totally disorganized, full-time managers hated each other/sabotaged each other's performance.
Well, that included mine, I found out later, when my sales were consistently "too" good. The store manager was an alcoholic who would spend the first 3 hours of her shifts with me in the back room, nursing a hangover.
Another store offered me a similar position, paying slightly more, and I got to give the news in the middle of an informal review (i.e., scapegoating) from the alcoholic manager.
I gave them 2 weeks because I'm nice like that, but knowing they were basically screwed because I was leaving just before the holidays.
My last week on the job, I did whatever I wanted. Can't afford the light-up fairy wings for your granddaughter? Kid buying Mom a present? Just a nice person treating me like a human being? Magic discount for you. I've never felt so good leaving a job.
sunnysidemegg
14. It’s Go Time
Not me, but a friend of mine. He was a cook at a busy restaurant. The general manager was a real jerkward and treated employees terribly.
My friend and another cook got fed up and decided to quit with a bang. They were working on a busy Sunday brunch and started slowing down the orders.
The uncooked orders kept stacking up and up. Then they told the manager off and quit. The whole restaurant was mayhem. The restaurant had to comp like 100 meals. I don't think the manager learned his lesson.
planned_serendipity1
15. Not Today, Bosszilla
I worked at a travel agency as an in-house web designer. I also did general office tasks. One day, my boss (who boasts about traveling 120 days a year) decided to go on vacation in Europe with most of the office, leaving me to hold down the fort.
I was fine with it since there was likely very little work to be done, and I was going to make a lot of extra money. When he got back, a customer complained that the cruise they had booked online was canceled.
I was blamed for it because I was supposed to process their payment in our system. Bear in mind this was not my client. I had no knowledge of any responsibilities toward this client, and it was not part of my normal duties to process any payments.
So, at the end of the day, my boss took me to the back room (a cramped, uncomfortable space) to talk to me about how I had messed up. I denied everything because this was my boss' way of blaming someone else for his mistakes.
He told me to take two days off to "think about how I can grow with the company" and finished by tapping my shoulder and saying, "Grow up /u/Mirgo," and giving me a douchey-looking smile.
To top it off, he had also reduced my hourly rate by $1.00 per hour after I had worked there with distinction for almost a year. I was absolutely livid. As soon as I left for the day, I went home, chilled out, and started planning my next move.
The next day, I applied for a couple of jobs and got an interview at another company on the second day. I was offered the position and started a couple of weeks later.
When I went back to the travel agency, I sat down and waited for my boss, who always had a habit of coming in late. Once he did, I said, quite loudly, "<boss' name>, I came here to let you know that I quit. I don't want to continue to work for you for less money. I also expect to find my final check in my mailbox by next Monday at my regular pay rate."
He only replied with, "Do you have a timesheet?" to which I said, "It's your responsibility to keep track of my hours, so you'd better have them." He said, "Okay, have a nice day." That was the end of it.
[deleted]
16. Couple Takes Leap
My husband and I were working at a crappy call center while in university. We had gotten the notice that the company didn't get their contract renewed and would be shutting down.
Things got intense because people kept quitting, and they had just launched the iPhone 5, so the calls were insane, with people asking about where their phones were. There were so many angry people, call after call.
One day during lunch, I talked to my husband about how I couldn't stand it and that we should just not say anything and walk out the door.
I have suggested this before on a stressful day, and my husband would calm me down and make me laugh, and I would get through it. Today, though, he just said, "Okay."
So we got our stuff together, walked out of the building, and didn't return. We walked the 1-hour walk home that night. The day was beautiful, and our lunch period usually fell around sunset.
I remember the sky was so red and glowing that night. The lake we walked past looked like it was on fire. And I felt peace and freedom for the first time in a long time. I felt like I could breathe. We walked in mostly silence all the way home. It was perfect.
tankgirl85
17. Orchestrated Departure
I was planning on retiring this year at 50. Still, because I was under the official company minimum early retirement age (55), I would have left with little after 18 years.
Our department manager was pretty clueless and regularly a jerkward to his staff. Over the last year, I did what I could to piss him off any chance I got while still doing my job exceptionally well.
In September, I called him out under our HR policy for violation of the berating of senior management and demanded that actions be taken.
Because I was a grunt worker and he was a senior manager, they sided with him and released me 'without cause.' I received 18 months of severance pay (1 month per year of service) plus my annual bonus (prorated).
EarlyRetirementWorld
18. Piece of String
Worked in a pub. Had my hours cut from 40 p/w to 6 p/w. Then, on my latest paycheck, I saw that they'd been paying me BELOW the legal minimum wage (there'd been an increase that they'd ignored.)
I went to the pub manager and asked him about the difference. His response was, "How long is a piece of string." I got out my calculator and worked out the exact length of said piece of string.
He got pissy, marched to the bar, grabbed a handful of cash (far more than he actually owed me), and sent me on my way. It was terrifying to stand up for what I believed in, but hey, it worked out for the best.
GymPowers
19. Rage Quit
I'll tell you a good one from when I was working in a call center some years back. We had a Pakistani guy working there, and one evening, he just rage-quit.
Had one difficult call, too many, and freaking snapped, you know? Screams crap down the phone to the caller, hangs up, throws his headset away, and marched towards the door.
As he passes the desks where the higher-ups sit, he rips off his ID badge and flings it towards them - he'd switched to his native language at this point, but it was rather clear he was saying, "I FREAKING QUIT!!".
Out the door, he goes. Down the stairs to the main building doors. The main building doors require swiping your ID badge to open. Because it's the evening shift, there's nobody at the reception desk to open it for him.
So he has to come back up the stairs, rather sheepishly knock on the door to our department, and ask somebody to come down and swipe him out.
Flagyl400
20. Vanished Into Thin Air
At a college I worked at, the Director of Student Services had been messed about a lot in the latter part of the academic year. Budgets get cut, his team is being changed, he is moving offices, etc.
Things he said were designed to get him to leave as he had been there for a while and accumulated large bonus payments. Anyway, just before September, which is the busiest time of the year, obviously, he upped and left.
This left the college in a bit of a mess, but they found someone who was willing to do the extra work, and we muddled through until the first day of term.
We welcomed 700 new students on that first day and directed each of them to the school blog page with everything you needed to know.
It turned out nobody had paid attention to who owned it, and at 9 am on the first day, it went offline. No information for the students, no timetables, no notices, or any other documents could be accessed.
Absolute chaos. Saw the chap who left in the pub on the Friday after work with the biggest crap-eating grin on. Couldn't help but admire it.
jussi_wallander
21. One Step Ahead
It wasn't really a blaze, but I worked in a big oil company and was about to switch jobs due to a better offer. Somehow, through connections, I learned that my current employer was about to let a lot of people go.
So I signed up for my new job with a start date 6 months from then, waited for severance packages, and cashed in 12 months' payment.
This became an effective way to earn a dual salary for one year and take a 3-month vacation. I left that job with a huge smile on my face.
souIIess
22. Don’t Ever Play Me
I worked at Boston Market in high school, and I had been getting screwed on hours for a month or so. So the new schedule came out, and I have seen I had 6hrs for the whole week, and I was pissed.
In the last order, I had a guy come in and just wanted some kid's meals for his two kids. I asked him if he wanted anything for himself, but I could tell he was in a bind with money.
The dude paid in all change and barely had enough. Anyway, I went to the back and got him a party platter we use for catering, and I gave him at least 15 people's worth of food and almost a whole rack of fresh cornbread.
I mean, I absolutely hooked this guy the fudge up. He had more food than he could carry. I put my apron on the counter and helped him carry it to his car.
The dude started crying, and after he had it all packed up, I just walked home. I think it was a good way to go out. Turns out my shift manager at the time had been stealing money each week, and they didn't catch on until another manager had to pull my shift, and he caught him doing it.
ThatGuyQuinn
23. It’s Snap Time
I was working for a boss who was a total bully, and I was her victim. I was new to the line of work and very inexperienced. She capitalized on this and treated me like absolute crap.
She’s always putting me down and not actually doing anything to help train me or show me better ways of doing things. So, one day, I just snapped.
I said, "screw you" under my breath. She heard me and said, "I beg your pardon?" I thought for a fraction of a second about apologizing but decided not just to repeat it but to shout it.
Then I told her what a bullying witch she was before telling her where she could stick her job. Getting out of that cesspit ended up actually being the best career move I could have made.
I_HATE_MUSHROOMS
24. Not Your Tea Time
I was fed up with all the crap. I worked in a nursery setting with 1-5-year-olds. I was basically left on my own with 15+ kids on many occasions.
This one morning, people were taking the piss; I had handled handover (when parents dropped their kids off), breakfast, setting up the room, running an activity, getting the kids in their coats/shoes for the garden, etc.
Before lunch, I get the children to sit down for circle time (time for stories/songs / generally calming down.). I said to my colleagues, "Ok, someone needs to take circle time or come and sit with me while I do it and help keep the children calm."
Their response? "Why can't you do it? We're busy. Aren’t you capable of doing it on your own?" - They were standing at the edge of the freaking room drinking tea/coffee and chatting.
So, I looked at them, finally boiled over the top, and went (out of earshot of the kids) "Screw this crap. I’m done." Got my coat, walked out the back to the garden, saw my wife/friend who worked with me, said, "I’m out, cya later," out the front gate, and rolled on home.
Sent my boss a monster of an email calling her on all the crap that had gone down at the place and never heard from them again. Even got my last month's pay after specifically saying, "Don't freaking bother."
[deleted]
25. Legendary Teacher
This wasn't me. It was my teacher at my high school. I went to a small private school, I'm talking 500 kids kindergarten-12th grade.
The teachers were really cool and cared for the students' success. Because of the small classes, it was easier for them to connect and ensure everyone did well.
Well, there were two teachers that the whole school knew to be everyone's favorite, even though they only taught 11th/12th grade. One of these teachers, we will call him Mr. F, was slightly known to be better than the other.
On the last day of school, we always had an assembly with the whole school and parents to give out awards for teachers to be announced for the next year and for those leaving to say goodbye.
Now, the headmaster is known to be a giant jerkward. Everyone just dislikes him, and nobody knows how the board works or who they are, so the headmaster represents all their decisions.
This past year, they decided not to renew the contract for this favorite teacher for whatever reason. So when the headmaster announced he would not be coming back, there were loud "awwwws" from the audience. He asked if Mr. F wanted to come up to give a last word, and he said yes.
He says, "I have not been notified until this morning that my contract has not been renewed. This decision will negatively impact both my family and me, thanks to headmaster M. So to all of you students, work hard. And to you, M.”
He drops the mic, flips him off with both hands and walks off the stage. The cheers from the students and the parents were deafening.
[deleted]
26. Lone Witch
I worked for a big LASIK practice with a very difficult-to-work-for ophthalmologist. The doctor was having a fit and just tearing into all the staff.
We were in the middle of doing about 120 surgeries that day when the surgeon started calling me a coon (I'm Asian, by the way).
I had enough and walked out along with another person (another Asian doctor), leaving him with no one to run his lasers. Screw him.
Heard every expletive known to man at that point. Surgery patients were delayed the rest of the day until someone was found to run his lasers. Being the coon asses we were, we went and had a celebratory sushi lunch.
2K11SS
27. Give My Vacation
I was in a team of 3 IT guys. Our boss was an idiot, so when 2 of them finally quit, I was also on the brink of quitting. I asked him if my vacation was still valid.
Well, he said he was canceling it since the company was moving to a new place, so we had to move all of the computers. I quit the next day.
The thing is, we have a 2-month period for leaving my country, so my vacation was still ruined. I decided to just not give a crap since they can't fire somebody for poor performance if he quits first.
I also said I wouldn't be leaving any documentation and that some of my notes may be missing in the next few days. They blocked my computer account.
I spent a month at home for 100% of my salary cause the boss was worried about the damage I could cause. I also had my vacation and didn't move a single computer.
Veenacz
28. Lost A Great One
In high school, I worked at a well-known fast-food chain. This store was terrible with scheduling, and I was probably the best cashier in the restaurant. That meant I had to work dinner and close on the busy nights, which meant I was working every Friday and Saturday.
This one particular week, I booked off a Friday so I could go to a party. The schedule came out, and I was scheduled to work, so I went to the manager and told her I booked it off, and she basically said, "Too bad."
So, I went to an employee who wasn't scheduled to work and convinced them to take my shift. I went to inform the manager, and she wouldn't let me because "You are the only employee with enough experience to work a Friday shift."
I also worked on Thursday that week. During that shift, a customer called my store to tell them what a great job I did. This meant that I was to get a free meal on my next shift.
At this point, I was sick of working every weekend while all my friends were going out and having fun without me. I went in for my shift at 4 pm, went on my break at 7 pm, took my free meal, walked out of the restaurant, and never walked in for another shift again.
snipeftw
29. Best Buddies
My buddy and I worked in a warehouse one summer during college. We loaded the trucks with merchandise to be shipped to various stores.
On our last day (this was through a temp agency), the belts broke down, so the products couldn't come down to the loading area.
We were told that our shift, which was supposed to be 6 hours, would be extended to about 12- 14. We noped the fudge right out of there and clocked out.
This is the sweet part. We got in the car and turned on our favorite rock station, which happened to be having a contest for a couple of NFL tickets.
We were the first ones there and told the DJ our story. He said we got the tickets if one of us could eat a large pizza right there.
My buddy happens to be a big eater, and the way he ripped through that pizza was awe-inspiring. And that's how I attended my first ever pro football game.
milehigh5
30. Free Item
Not me, but a guy I knew. We worked in a crappy electronics shop. He decided he had had enough, picked up a 50-inch TV (this was back in 2003; it was worth a bundle), and walked out.
No one stopped him since maybe he was putting it in a customer's car or some crap. I never heard from him again. I don't think they caught on to the fact that something happened.
Another person (not a blaze-of-fire story) at the same shop was selling copies of her staff discount card. The head office came in to investigate. She wrote her resignation letter on the crap, handed it in, and got the fudge out.
commanderlestat
31. Pay For It
When I was 19, I worked as a delivery driver for a local pizza place. I dealt with a lot of crap there; The owner was nasty to everyone.
He would purposely pay me less than I was supposed to get several times and act like it was accidental. So, one day, I was scheduled for 11 am.
I came in right at 11 am on the dot. The owner wanted to deduct a half hour from my pay. I said, "You know what, if you don't want to pay me, you can not pay me at all," and I began to walk out.
As I was walking out, the owner begged me to stay. I said, "No, you don't want to pay me to be here when I am, so I won't be here anymore."
I continued out the glass doors to my car, parked right in the owner's view. I took the light-up sign off the roof of my car, placed it on the ground, and left.
tickdickler
32. Worst Prank
Interning at a tech start-up. This was years ago when I was still eager and young and was gagging to prove myself. The culture was so surfer-douche-bag-bro it was unbearable (please note this was in Manchester, England).
How can you develop this wanna-be San Fran attitude in a place that gets so much rain that, at times, you feel like collecting two of each animal just in case...
They needed me to model some financial metrics/ funding assumptions and promised me a bonus payment. Find out the bonus payment was "just a prank, bro" through one of the few good dudes there.
I had an offer from a Bulge Bracket bank to start in 2 months. So I made the model (no reason to screw over the few good dudes there).
But I password-protected the whole sheet in Excel so you could only gain outputs, not change anything in the model. This means they would have to redo the whole thing when I left.
gubbear
33. Monetizing Hobby
Working as a material handler (forklift operator) in warehousing, I was also relatively handy with computers and data entry compared to others around this region. I would lend a hand with that sometimes.
The data entry person left the company, and I was asked to help out with that for a few days while also doing my regular work.
A few days turned into weeks, and I was struggling to catch up from leftover work each successive day. I could see they were not in a hurry to replace the person I was covering when I was "able" to do both jobs.
No pay increase either. I told management I was unhappy with the situation a few times, but nothing was happening. I decided it was time to move forward with attempting to monetize my photography hobby.
I had been doing that for free for a couple of years to build a following. I walked out on a Friday with no discussion or notice and just left my badge on the desk.
They called the next week asking where I was, wanting to know what they could do to get me to come back. Too late, my mind was made up. I've been running this photography business for 14 years now.
We've grown to a team of 7 and have been featured on Discovery Channel, History Channel, Travel Channel, PBS, and dozens of magazines.
killboydotcom
34. No More Hardworking Guy
Not me, but my husband. He worked at the busiest, well-known food chain in the state. He was their hardest worker by far. He would clock out but stay and work to help catch up on work, take over shifts, and run the place.
He made BARELY over minimum wage. He worked so hard and cared so much for his coworkers that he talked constantly about it when he was away from work. He even said in his sleep, "Thank you for the order."
He was such a great worker that they shipped him around the state. If another store ever had a test to pass, they'd send him out to ensure they passed. They always did when he was there.
They never gave him time off. When he had a day "off," it was a sure thing that he'd be called in. He was constantly stressed. Then it happened. I made a mistake that led to our dogs getting in a fight.
One of the dogs was very, very old. Even though I rushed her to the vet, she was too old to pull out of the shock and died. I was beside myself with grief.
It just so happened that that day was the biggest inspection my husband's store had ever had. The owner of the state franchise and the top-level managers would be there.
They were counting on my husband to make the best impression possible. He was going to work a 16-hour shift that day. When my dog died, he had about half an hour before his shift.
He called his boss to let him know he might be 15 minutes late or so because he didn't want me to bury the dog alone. His boss FLIPPED. I could hear him shouting over the phone about how a family was always second, and he'd better be there on time.
After that call, my husband's phone rang every 5 minutes. He was furious. So he grabbed all his uniforms, stuffed them in a bag, and went to the store. The owner and managers were there behind the counter already.
They knew something was wrong right away. My husband set the uniforms on the counter and said, "I quit." in front of every big wig in the state. His boss was so shocked he couldn't say anything. And he left.
BlueEyedNerdGirl
35. Loudest Revenge
Not me, but a friend. He worked for a pretty popular water park in Florida that was owned by a famous company. After constantly complaining about the job, he decided that he would end it.
His shift was to send people down the massive family tube ride that holds 6 people. Instead of letting go, he held on to the tube and screamed the whole way down the slide as if it were a freak accident.
The family in the tube was mortified, and he was met at the bottom of the slide by the manager and was escorted out. Waterparks suck
Biscuits_For_Brunch
36. Clearly Not A Liability
I worked at a car dealership, and the mid-level manager started laying into me because I let some guy walk out of our lot after a short conversation.
The thing is, I asked the guy what he was looking for, and he said, " I want a new Camry." We were a Dodge dealership. He was just walking over to Toyota.
We went back and forth for a while, and he finally said, " You know what? You're just becoming a liability." So I walked over to our PA system and said, "Chris says I'm a liability, so I quit."
The GM walked out of his office with a wtf look on his face because I was a top salesman. I looked over at Chris and said over the PA, "Isn't that what you said, Chris?" and he nodded sheepishly. I got in my car, did a donut, and drove off.
Uses_Comma_Wrong
37. Burnt Out
I was working at a restaurant and hadn't been there for very long at all. For a week, I was the opening server that day and started making coffee and getting everything prepped for the day.
An old guy comes in, sits down, and orders a cup of coffee. I literally tell him, "I just started a fresh brew right now, so I will be back in one moment."
I go back to the back and bring said coffee to the guy, and he takes one sip and spits it out, tells me that I'm lying to him because the coffee is ice cold, and proceeds to throw a cup of steaming hot coffee on me.
I freak out naturally since my skin is burning, and I run to get it off of me. Come back to find my manager talking to him, telling HIM he's sorry and will get him another cup.
We walk back to the back together, and I demand that the guy be asked to leave. My manager tells me that he's an old regular and he is "just like that." I needed this job badly, so I swallowed my pride and went out to check on the tables.
Get stopped by the old jerkward, and he asks me if I've learned how to make a decent cup of coffee yet. I lost it at a power level of over 9000.
I had tried my best to just roll with the punches, but I was officially at "Screw This! I don't deserve to be treated like this, and my manager is a freaking jerkward for doing nothing."
I take my apron off and throw it in the guy's face. I lean over the table and look into his eyes while he pulls the apron off, and I tell him, "My numbers to clock in are (a random string of numbers I can't remember).”
If you think you can do my job so much better than me, go get your own freaking coffee, you old sack of crap. I should sue the fudge out of you for throwing that coffee at me.”
“Better yet, I should beat the crap out of you. But instead, I will walk out that door with the sweet satisfaction of knowing you are going to die soon alone and angry at the world. I pity you." I then promptly told my manager to go screw himself and walked out.
Speak_These_Words
38. Majestic Way
My brother worked as a grocery store clerk for a very crappy manager. Like this manager never even bothered to learn his name and had him closing almost every night even though he was a minor.
One day, he had enough of the BS and quit at the end of closing. He did so by tearing his uniform shirt in half in front of the boss.
And then riding his bike through the store and out the automatic doors, his newly opened shirt billowing in the wind. Nailed it!
terusama
39. Thanks For The Tip
I was working at a local store. I was scheduled to close on a Friday night. There should have been 3 of us. The manager, me and a waiter.
The manager was a freaking witch. The manager and the waiter were dating. They asked me to close alone so they could go out.
They also asked me to clock them out at 1 instead of 11:30 when they wanted to leave. I asked for $100 cash. They gave it to me from their tips.
They left at 11:30. I clocked them and myself out at 11:45 and walked out the front door. The lights on the door unlocked. Dirty dishes still sitting on some tables.
Saturday morning, I called the Board of Health and told them how filthy the place was. They were shut down by noon. They opened the next day. The manager, the waiter & the regional manager were all fired.
My0theraccount999
40. One Call Away
This story isn't about me, but my good buddy. He was working at a Thai food restaurant at the time. I was on my way to pick him up when I got a text from him saying to wait a few more minutes.
I was already there, so I just parked in the front lot right in front of the store. I see my buddy through the window talking to someone, and he storms out the door.
Being a 6'3" giant of sorts, he slammed the door, causing the glass on the door to fall out onto the sidewalk. He then sprints to my car as the petite old Thai lady comes out the front door, shaking her fists and yelling gibberish.
Apparently, she wouldn't give her employees their checks until they did her personal favors like cleaning her house or office. I'd say she deserves it!
yaboicolin
41. Worth The Wait
I was working at a restaurant as a dishwasher. I showed up to work, and the boss did not want me to start because it was not busy.
So I sat down in front of her and decided to see how long she was going to keep me off the clock before putting me to work. Two hours later, the place was slammed.
I mean, real busy, and she said I think we need you now. So I got up, put my apron on, and went in back. I clocked in and out, then walked out the back door, not even informing her that I had quit.
The place had to stop serving because they did not have anything that was clean...... The moral of the story is don't mess with a guy who does not value his job or the reference from the job.
The restaurant had a tendency to ignore the dishwashing part, and I am sure that it was only when one of the waitresses did not have clean cutlery or plates that they realized I was not there.
pcpoet
42. Too Much Useless Threats
I'm not sure if this qualifies, but here we go. In high school, I worked at a local tutoring place. I hated it there. The pay was awful, and after joining, they started giving us weekly homework packets (10-12 pages).
They said it was to make sure "our skills were honed" for when we had to tutor that subject matter. On a whim one day, while talking to a friend about how much I hated it there, I decided to quit.
I drove to the place and told them I'd finish out the month (2-3 weeks from then), but then I'm done. My boss started berating me about how I was abandoning them.
He also said that they would never recommend me to any future employers if I decided to go through with this. Thus, I will literally never get another job, and I will never amount to anything because of it.
She also said I wouldn't get into a good college because of my "awful work ethic." I looked her in the eyes, apologized a single time, and walked out of the building.
Later that year, I got into my dream school, and I've had several very successful jobs since then. It turns out that quitting my high school job did not ruin my entire life.
Nifty_Toast
43. Not Deserving
I worked for a company for 3 years and worked my way up to Assistant Manager. It was a fairly male-dominated company, and I was one of only a few female employees.
There was another Assistant - let's call him "Bob" - and he was definitely "one of the boys." Bob threw big parties and was always up for hanging out after work.
Bob also did not like to work a whole lot, as in never. He called out sick, had a "bad back," a broken pipe in his apartment, etc.
I was always covering for him and usually worked 15 to 20 more hours per week. This went on for a year, and we discovered that one of us would be promoted to Manager. I assume they will promote me because of how hard I have worked...
I was really, really wrong. I get called into the General Manager's office, and he tells me they have decided to promote Bob. Nothing personal, but they felt Bob was more suited to the management role....
So I stood up, shook the GM's hand, and told him I was giving 2 weeks' notice, taking 2 weeks of vacation (to run concurrently with my notice). I would be out of my office in 5 minutes. Seven minutes later, I am driving away.
Four days later, the GM and the owner of the company are at my front door, begging me to come back. Bob was already not working out, and the staff was refusing to help pick up the slack.
I calmly told them, no, closed my door, and found a better workplace. Three years later, I was out with friends and heard that Bob was fired right after they came to talk to me and that he could not keep a job for more than a few months. He was last seen pushing a Hot Dog cart on a Friday night in the club district.
emmasmom
44. Poor Resources
My job involved working a computer most of the day. My cheap boss had given me the oldest and slowest computer he could find.
After months of screwing about the slow computer and practically begging to give me a new one so I could properly do my job, I was sick of it.
With several co-workers and customers around, I plainly said to him: "You will now give me money to walk out and buy a proper computer, or I walk out and never come back." He told me not to make a scene.
So I walked out and never came back. You could hear a pin fall. It triggered several other colleagues to also quit their jobs. I think about half the staff left the company the next year.
Icanus
45. The Plan
Working at CVS when I was 16, they fired the manager who had been there for 20 years and hired a woman who had zero experience. Everyone hated her, so we planned a big walkout.
We planned every aspect of the walkout. We waited until the day we were all working. She was sitting in the office with the one-way mirrors above the soda coolers.
We started ringing up everyone slowly so the line would grow bigger and bigger. Then, all seven of us working took off our CVS shirts at the same time.
We looked up at the mirror, waved, and walked out. She was then stuck there by herself, ringing up everyone for hours. She got fired a few months later.
Ecto-1A