sonoftony
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only job I walked out of was a telemarketing job cold calling businesses trying to sell Aflac insurance. I told the manager I wasn't coming back when I left for lunch. 
Just quit my job vol. how did yall quit? UPDATE PAGE 5
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- Jan 30, 2010
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These type of jobs and alotta retail they expect ppl to just randomly quit cuz turnover is always high…I walked out of Macy’s in the middle of my shift and never came back but they would still call me after that to come back like it never happenedonly job I walked out of was a telemarketing job cold calling businesses trying to sell Aflac insurance. I told the manager I wasn't coming back when I left for lunch.
- Mar 9, 2010
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I had a part time at Lowe's some years back. I put in for one Saturday off cause I wanted to visit my niece for her birthday. Homie said nah. I definitely went to the break room and grabbed my keys and dipped without saying a word. Never came back.
- Mar 19, 2013
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Used to work in an asphalt lab back in the day. Still not sure how i even got that job. They had mans in the lab and sometimes id be out on road with the coring machine taking samples. Random af. Anyways that job was mad unsafe in the lab. We had 2 old heads that had been melting down the asphalt on a hot plate with no mask/ventilator. I swear their brains and lungs were fried. They used to have use put a big *** bucket of asphalt in a giant oven to melt down but didnt give us proper gloves to handle it. I remember one day me and this other guy refused the work so this 1 guy decides to be superman. The gloves did nothing, he dropped the bucket... liquid asphalt everywhere. I couldnt stop laughing. Place was ridiculous. I just decided to stop going 1 day. They kept calling me asking to come back.
- Feb 15, 2009
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all ill say is, no job is worth ya mental health. stress is no joke. don't get me wrong, go get that bread....but don't trade your wellbeing for it, that **** is never worth it on god
- Dec 23, 2009
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I've been thinking about this a lot lately. How long do you "suck it up" and go along with the stress? When is enough enough?
I joined a new company earlier this year and it started fine, but now working 55-60 hour weeks for the past couple months is taking its toll. It's supposed to be temporary, but that temp tag sure does feel like a long time. Contemplating hitting up my old manager since I left on good terms, but I also left that job for a reason (similar work/life balance issues and salary issues).
Hunnynutcheerios
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I've always been a decent person and give two weeks notice but one time in my younger years i left at lunch time took my **** and wrote an email to my boss like yea im never coming back LOL
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depends...how long do you want to spend being stressed during the best years of your life?
sounds like the only thing about the situation that's gonna change is after a while you'll be older.
- Feb 15, 2009
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enough is enough when the stress becomes something more than an annoyance. it becomes real.
very short story. my last job taught me this well, unfortunately. it was a revolving door. but i stayed for 3 yrs. yr 2 went well, but mgmt was incompetent (typically never good to work for a manager who has less experience than you, but i digress).
yr 3, there was restructuring, got a new supervisor who turned out to be a racist who slowly broke me down over the course of 10mos or so. it started as small microaggressions, then turned into severe gaslighting that had many in my dept appalled. by the end i was fired, but not before the damage was done. i had fear of emails from this person, i had trouble sleeping, and worst, i developed persistent reflux symptoms. the stress may have conditioned my body to be in a state of anxiety as a new baseline.
I'm in a great job now, and not really stressed about anything really in life. but I'm still working thru fixing the symptoms.
Bottomline, I learned the hard way. I made REALLY good covid $ on unemployment, but sometimes i wonder if i should've quit when it started getting bad.
This is why i say, no job is ever worth the stress. good friend always told me you work to live not the other way around.
$ can't buy happiness, but it sure as hell is the solution to most of problems i face in life. most. when u don't have to worry about it, you good, but sometimes stress don't come from that, it comes from **** like a toxic work environment...so u can make 200k a yr. but if u bring work home for all the wrong reasons, money will never fix that.
you the only person that can look out for yourself. so always do right by your mental health. period.
hope this was helpful...
cs02132
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first job at a bagel shop I called and quit. Manager was upset but meh
second job at a pizza place I no call no showed on the day before thanksgiving (one of the busiest days of the year for deliveries)
They were blowing my cell up, calling my house phone too (I was like 17) but I was already working at my new job
I planned that out specifically to screw them over
second job at a pizza place I no call no showed on the day before thanksgiving (one of the busiest days of the year for deliveries)
They were blowing my cell up, calling my house phone too (I was like 17) but I was already working at my new job
I planned that out specifically to screw them over
- May 25, 2001
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I quit a job that was at the time my highest paying job ever (gave us comp time instead of OT which would have made it even further higher paying probably into 6 figures with the time off value) and turned down a recent 6 figure offer from Boeing for the same reason. 40 is enough. I think I worked like an 81 hr week there or some ****, and I'm not bout that life. Doing it to hustle your own dreams or something is one thing, but for a miserable *** job that wasnt even paying OT (and when I quit didnt pay it probably $4,000 worth of comp time), nah breh. I need to sleep, gym, hang out, pick up my daughter. I took 5 days off then quit on the Monday I was supposed to come back. I texted the team lead like sorry, can't do it. She wasn't even mad, I'm sure I surpassed their initial bet on how long I'd last anyways. These ****** really kept just giving me work and work and assigning me workloads that meant I'd get literally no days off and in some cases over 12 hrs a day and thought I was just supposed to eat that ****.
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On the topic of work stress and effects like burnout, its important to recognize its cousin, boreout
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boreout
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boreout
- May 25, 2001
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Boreout is fine, especially in white collar jobs. You can be on the clock and online learning how to do network marketing, trade forex, do hair, taking online classes, tons of things really. Basically free time while on the clock, only stipulation is keep your work computer logged into the vpn. Hell sometimes I turn my phone's wifi router on on slow days and go run errands, go to the zoo, etc. while on the clock. and just sit my laptop in the backseat. It's way better than being overworked and cant see your family.
mplsdunk
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Depends on the job, last job I worked for a friends dad so I quit with a notice and all that. He welcomed me back any time. We still talk and are cool.
another job I got hurt at even though I told them what I was about to was dangerous and they insisted. So I walked in told them to cash me out all my vacation and I’m going to the hospital. Suck my d and if you don’t pay my medical bills I’ll sue you. Also left my semi truck running in the middle of the road and uber’ed back to the shop to get my car and quit and told them where their pos was left running.
it’s a two way street with me. You’re cool with me I’ll be respectful. You disrespect me I’ll give you that same energy back.
another job I got hurt at even though I told them what I was about to was dangerous and they insisted. So I walked in told them to cash me out all my vacation and I’m going to the hospital. Suck my d and if you don’t pay my medical bills I’ll sue you. Also left my semi truck running in the middle of the road and uber’ed back to the shop to get my car and quit and told them where their pos was left running.
it’s a two way street with me. You’re cool with me I’ll be respectful. You disrespect me I’ll give you that same energy back.
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KEEP DAT SAME ENERGY LOL
sneakaprince
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Strongly considering putting in my 2 weeks notice but I don't have another job on deck yet. First time in my life I've really considered taking this sort of leap of faith.
I have a decent amount of money saved up and some real estate to hold me over but I'm still not sure if now is the time to make such a move.
I get half my bonus next month. Once I know what that looks like it might be time to properly resign.
I have a decent amount of money saved up and some real estate to hold me over but I'm still not sure if now is the time to make such a move.
I get half my bonus next month. Once I know what that looks like it might be time to properly resign.
mplsdunk
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never let a job punk you. Even a job you like.I do a good job at work so when I say “no” i earned it.
Air Champa
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Hopefully most of you aren't in a position where you can't miss a paycheck or you're screwed. That most always leads to putting up with BS whether you like it or not. It's a miserable way to live.
Damn that.
Don't live in a scarcity mind state. Fear based decision making is for losers.
Can you talk it out with management?
- Feb 12, 2007
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2 weeks notice and resignation letter , especially if staying in the same industry.
If you are staying in the same industry, mention it ... they will offer you more to stay (up to you to accept) and if you refuse - most likely ask you to leave immediately whilst still paying you for the 2 weeks.
If you are staying in the same industry, mention it ... they will offer you more to stay (up to you to accept) and if you refuse - most likely ask you to leave immediately whilst still paying you for the 2 weeks.
sneakaprince
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Fam the crazy thing about my job is they really like me. I just don't love what I'm doing and I say it all the time covid "broke" me.
I'm not remotely interested in spending an unnecessary amount of time doing something I'm not passionate about.
I'm extremely fortunate in many ways. If I were to quit, I'd be giving up a 6 figure bag at a company that almost never hires people that look like me or have a background similar to mine.
However, despite my organizations best efforts the job just isn't for me. I have way too much of a entrepreneurial mindset and unfortunately covid really exposed that. I've been kinda bsing for the last couple weeks (mostly because I'm working on another housing project for a multifam I bought last month). I've noticed that I'm much more passionate about that than I am my job which is problematic.
I truly don't know if that can be resolved. However making what I make has made it much easier to get grow my real estate/ investment portfolio.
Let this crypto come back and y'all gonna see me make a thread very similar to this.
- Apr 5, 2012
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If you can learn stoicism as an approach to work it really helps with the stress. Breaking activities down into small bite get it done pieces and not letting the results or stuff out of your control get you too high or too low. Its a battle of attrition.
That stoic approach + similar lack of impulsiveness in spending + internalizing that life isn’t fair + 12-15 years of sticking with it = most people will be in a position to semi retire by 35. Again, not everyone and get that everyone has a different starting line. This is what I wish I was taught in college and not the useless nonsense that we have to take classes on.
That stoic approach + similar lack of impulsiveness in spending + internalizing that life isn’t fair + 12-15 years of sticking with it = most people will be in a position to semi retire by 35. Again, not everyone and get that everyone has a different starting line. This is what I wish I was taught in college and not the useless nonsense that we have to take classes on.
MakeNTGreatAgain
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Last job I quit, I was intending on giving 2 weeks but my start date + vacation got messed up so it ended up being 1.5. My weird, loser *** micromanager boss who worked remotely from North Dakota proceeded to have a mini-fit about how “You can’t do that!! You have to give a full two weeks!!” I politely told him “still gonna leave”. Did next to nothing in my remaining time except online shop and plan to go to Cancun
Also that don’t burn bridges stuff is BIGGGG cap, IMO. If I hate the job I’m leaving, the company, my boss, why the **** would I ever cross that bridge again anyways?
Ive seen ppl who been at the company over a decade get laid off and escorted from the building the same day. These places don’t care about you
i gave my job originally 1 week but the VP was freaking and my manager had good intentions so i told them I'll give yall another half a week if you want to help transition since i didn't plan a vacation yet.
Idk if it was the cause but i had been dealing with alot of dread at that company it was affecting my mental so i finally found another gig that will be paying more and i am hoping to enjoy the new environment.
MakeNTGreatAgain
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only job I walked out of was a telemarketing job cold calling businesses trying to sell Aflac insurance. I told the manager I wasn't coming back when I left for lunch.
love a good story like thisdawg those chemicals in asphalt sound mad carcinogenic
bruh this is what i was going thru. idk if my job was the direct factor but i feel like it played a role in my depresssion, had me down af
love this!LMAAOOOfirst job at a bagel shop I called and quit. Manager was upset but meh
second job at a pizza place I no call no showed on the day before thanksgiving (one of the busiest days of the year for deliveries)
They were blowing my cell up, calling my house phone too (I was like 17) but I was already working at my new job
I planned that out specifically to screw them over
at the last partbruh this was definitely afffecting me too. it definitely is a real thing
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Once I had kids I saw the full benefits of work/life balance. I used to stay extra/stress out all the time/check emails non stop on vacation and days off...not anymore. It's not worth it
