What has caused you to quit a job in the past ?

by 2789847 Posted 2012/06/06 02:44:24

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malikasecrets 2012/07/23 05:52:35

A co-worker

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I was told to I refused. Co-workers wouldn't care for welfare patients and treated those patients poorly I did nursing care for any one. Co-workers did not complete paperwork required. I stayed after on my own time to finish up properly so we would pass audits Co-workers mean to people with menatl illness or religious. WRONG! I quit.
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T. James H 2013/01/17 03:01:45
jimmie 2012/12/06 01:00:49

The salary

Money is always a good reason,,,,,

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urmyman 2012/11/28 05:12:04

The salary

The salary wasn't good for me so I resigned and looked for another job.

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MARIDOTS 2012/11/27 22:11:35

A co-worker

I have never in my life experienced reverse discrimination before.. but... I was working at a major county hospital in the Dallas area and a couple of the black nurse aids were constantly calling me 'whitey'... I didnt' call them blacky, had no idea why they kept being so disrespectful to me. They were horrible nurse aids, didn't give a rats ass about the patients and since the floor manager lacked back bone to stand behind me I finally gave up and quit after 6 months. I could deal with the nasty remarks about me, but I couldn't deal with patient lives being placed in jeopardy because these lazy ass women wanted to give the least amount of care possible and still collect a paycheck.

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Steelshrt 2012/11/27 09:55:56

Rude boss

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If I am not comfortable around my manager I usually end up telling him to go fly a kite and quit. Not necessarily that polite either. Depends on how pissed I am.

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mama sew,gung ho 2012/11/27 05:02:15

Rude boss

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Oh,they thought I was going to play their game,right!But I didn't,"I quit!" LOL

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Maddo 2012/11/27 04:35:20

A co-worker

+1
i couldnt stand that person

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Charlie 2012/11/27 02:41:53

The salary

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I got a new job.

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Leona Hill 2012/11/27 01:25:34

The salary

I picked the salary, but that isn't true. Where was the "Other?" After seven years of working midnight shift in the computer room for the Colorado Dept. of Revenue, I quit because I got burned out.

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Joel 2012/11/27 00:19:01

Rude boss

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Rude boss combined with low pay equals What The Hell Am I Doing Here?

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Joker2874 2012/11/27 00:11:49

Rude boss

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2 things..1. Good thing I dont have a hair trigger temper & have a temperment that a bit more laid back & am more patient with people than most..2. Good thing I quit when I did.. bcaus my 'sunny disposition' & patience was at its final thread...Otherwise, I may have done a work place related murder & possibly gotten away with it...I workd at a plastic re-cycling plant..Worst job Ive ever had..Very hazardous..from machinary..to breathing in plastic dust dspite wearing masks...I had the prick of all foremans..Im sure there R a few people who've had them & maybe still do unfortunately..He was always riding me..Throw-ing every curse word imaginable at me..But one day he was doing again..I had had e-nough..(It takes a ton of crap to get me goin..Ive never been so mad..I finaly found out how a volcano feels like..My rage & blood perssure just sky rocketed..Felt hot & flushed.. Just so on the verge of goin postal/balistic on him)..& he was changing the blades on the plastic grinder machine I was working on..All I had to do was 'accidentally' hit the 'on' but-ton of that machine..& he wouldve been shredded meat..or roadkill on 'The Walking Dead'..I definitely couldve passed it off as an accident..But I stopped myself..He did have a little girl..But I didnt want to have his death on my conscien...
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2 things..1. Good thing I dont have a hair trigger temper & have a temperment that a bit more laid back & am more patient with people than most..2. Good thing I quit when I did.. bcaus my 'sunny disposition' & patience was at its final thread...Otherwise, I may have done a work place related murder & possibly gotten away with it...I workd at a plastic re-cycling plant..Worst job Ive ever had..Very hazardous..from machinary..to breathing in plastic dust dspite wearing masks...I had the prick of all foremans..Im sure there R a few people who've had them & maybe still do unfortunately..He was always riding me..Throw-ing every curse word imaginable at me..But one day he was doing again..I had had e-nough..(It takes a ton of crap to get me goin..Ive never been so mad..I finaly found out how a volcano feels like..My rage & blood perssure just sky rocketed..Felt hot & flushed.. Just so on the verge of goin postal/balistic on him)..& he was changing the blades on the plastic grinder machine I was working on..All I had to do was 'accidentally' hit the 'on' but-ton of that machine..& he wouldve been shredded meat..or roadkill on 'The Walking Dead'..I definitely couldve passed it off as an accident..But I stopped myself..He did have a little girl..But I didnt want to have his death on my conscience..Or end up in Attica Pris-on bcaus of his sorry a#%...So instead, I just left him the nastiest resignation letter ever
..telling him how close he was to his own demise..How he needs to interact with people alot better..(bcaus he never wouldve done that with another co-worker of mine..who was a psycho & probably wouldve killd my x foreman..probably saved my x foreman's life in that rgard too)..That he can shove this job up his wazoo & go do a few choices things with one of his cows that he owned (of course I made sure not to make any threats, like beatng the crap out of him..that also wouldve gottn me arrested)..A friend of mine who workd there with me,read the letter..He loved what I wrote & said that foreman was scared s#@%-less..He thought I might sue him 4 harassment..
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Hippygirl 2012/11/27 00:06:48

Rude boss

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Nothing pisses me off more then working for someone that is disrespectful to someone who bust there ass to make them money.

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gmiing 2012/11/26 21:37:44

A co-worker

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It was a case of my mouth overloaded my a...; I knew it was a matter of days - and they let me quit.

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Hamilton 2012/11/26 20:23:44

Rude boss

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Not so much a RUDE boss, but a dishonest, unfair and slanderous one -- and that is just for starters.

He was an ethical nightmare.

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TheBadOne 2012/11/26 20:23:17

Rude boss

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Coulda picked any of the above:
- I've worked contract jobs before, so those would be instances where I was a temp.
- I left a few jobs to take a pay increase elsewhere.
- I worked for a telecommunications company where the coworkers told us "We aren't paid to think", so I left.
- I had a call center job where the customers felt entitled to yell at us for their problems, so I left.
- And my last job was one where I reported to an alcoholic who never wanted to lead but always blamed the experienced techs for not doing his job (he felt that all he had to do was go onto Yahoo all day long.)

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happyman 2012/11/26 20:19:37

A co-worker

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I lost 3 fingers due to an accident on the job.

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B Lawrence 2012/11/26 20:13:39

A co-worker

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An obnoxious coworker or a boss that's an idiot, but thinks he's smarter than you.

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Huki68 2012/11/26 20:12:51 (edited)

A co-worker

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People doesn't quit companies people quit people and one thing I will never let anyone to stick a finger on my face, special sex abuse or like verbally abuse... Nowadays many people think because they own their own business they believe that they can do whatever they want with an employee, not with me, that is why I told my boss years ago, I will never do illegal stuff and I rather clean toilets than work for him, I quit and I got better off. I was a manager them and he was another animal, but never was I afraid of him or his superiors. Bring it on... I have nothing to lose; they will be the ones... because if I clean toilets at least is peaceful... I know what I mean. I quit 1 and the best decision I ever made, even if I didn’t have a job line up, God provided me to find a job less than a week and it was not cleaning toilets

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Mya Faire 2012/11/26 19:56:31 (edited)

Rude boss

And after I gave my two weeks' notice, I turned him in to management for his online pornographic activites. He was out of his job before my two weeks were even up. I got 6 months' severence and insurance benefits as a reward for bringing his activities to light, and as hush money.

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timothy.hill.14 2012/11/26 19:56:17

Rude boss

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I was working alone one Sunday as a dishwasher (there was supposed to be 2 on Sundays) in a busy restaurant. In addition to dishes, pots and pans, I was also required to pan bacon, make salad and assist the baker. I'd been on shift a couple hours when I paused to take a short break and the chef yelled at me. I threw my apron in the dish pit and walked out. I hated that job.

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Xerxes 2012/11/26 19:49:54

Rude boss

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Actually it wasn't a rude boss but the option I wanted to post wasn't available so I had to pick one. The reason I quit was because I was forced to lie, and I didn't want to do that. It was a telemarketer job, I was required to call up people just as they were sitting down to dinner and get them to answer a survey. The survey took about 40 minutes to answer, but if I told people that they would hang up - 99% of the people would hang up immediately anyway, but every now and then I would come across a nice little old lady who was too polite to hang up right away. But after about 10 minutes they would ask "how much longer will this take?" And I was told by my bosses to lie and tell them "just five more minutes" even though we knew it would take another half hour to complete. I felt so bad lying and taking advantage of the politeness of these little old ladies that I walked out halfway through my second shift - its the ONLY job I have ever quit in the middle of a shift, but I just couldn't stand it any longer, I felt dirty lying like that, and I despised my bosses for making me lie.

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Savannah Lawson 2012/11/26 19:47:39

A co-worker

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More like Bitches lol

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LWS 2012/11/26 19:47:07

The salary

The other company offered me a salary that only a fool would refuse.

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kraftymomma1979 2012/11/26 19:45:31

Rude boss

Actually, the job I left was pretty much for all of the above. The whole experience was very negative, and I didn't make squat. It was worth more for me to stay at home and be a homemaker for awhile. Life is too short!

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Debra Smith 2012/11/26 19:44:11
sjalan 2012/11/26 19:40:25
Dana 2012/11/26 19:39:12

Rude boss

I have only resigned from a job one time... the boss was as corrupt as a Mob boss and with everything he did, this was actually a possibility. Anyone who crossed him in a financial way, would "disappear", literally. I gracefully got out of there as quietly and peacefully as I could.

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byz 2012/11/26 19:38:13

Rude boss

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I once worked for a dangerous maniac. Lucky to get out in one piece.

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Drew 2012/10/27 22:56:53

The salary

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also my boss wasn't *and still* isn't giving a damn about the restaurant...

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SlaveWaterNymph 2012/10/25 18:29:02

Rude boss

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with him not wanting to work with me and transfer me back to what i know i was doing and not hurt my body. So yup i quit the job,.

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king 2012/10/25 04:26:10

A co-worker

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Co worker dropped a pipe on my toes an crushed them!

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2789847 to king 2012/10/25 07:29:30
**StarzAbove** 2012/10/24 22:29:40

A co-worker

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I just got tired of all the BS going on in the workplace.

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john 2012/10/24 22:28:44

I was a temp

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none of these...it was principals.....

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Mike 2012/10/24 16:29:25

The salary

+1
always find a better job before you quit one

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Jesterz 2012/10/24 14:28:23

Rude boss

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At one time I was supervising customer service for an online business, my boss was playing millionaire and didn't pay the customers to which we owed money... At one time, when pressed hard about when we would pay them, he said to me : Give'em BS, lie to them, I don't have the money and won't pay...

Since it was MY name on the mails, and ME that had to put up with this on the phone, I said "Screw you" and left right then and there...

A few months later I was called in to testify against him in a trial for fraud... I happily did so!

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monte 2012/10/24 10:30:26

Rude boss

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i had a boss who would try to make me cook rotten food for the employees

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Mvr 2012/10/24 09:52:05

Rude boss

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Had several of them. Even one my mother ( I was 15 at the time) had to put him in his place, but I left one for a better job, and salary.

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♥▀Acid Doll▀♥ 2012/10/24 08:08:22

I was a temp

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You never leave much option for none of the above.. lol .. i never quit i was fired for going to work drunk , just lucky i got the job i got now

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jc 2012/10/24 08:08:21

Customers

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I am a flooring contractor.I've pulled of a few jobs in the past because the customer was an a-hole!

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