Ever just get up and leave a job you hated?

Maphisto · 08-05-2014 10:32PM

Yep seven years ago.

Good job but it was making me very ill.

Sent an e-mail to my boss, let him know what I thought of him, let him know what I thought of his boss. Let him know where the company was completely misguided and cc'd it to about 70 staff.

They weren't too bothered about notice after that.

Happy days

livemusic4life · 09-05-2014 02:17AM

I got a years contract doing customs and excise paperwork - ridiculously well paid job from what i was used to. 3 months in, i was crying every day on the bus too and from work. Went to my gp hysterical one day. He asked for the number of the job. He rang, bollocked them for bullying me. Gave them my notice on the phone and gave me a sick cert for the months notice.

had another job within a month and never looked back. Every other job i've had, i've loved and done well at.

jobs aren't easy to come by but its better to be skint than have a nervous breakdown.

Chattastrophe! · 09-05-2014 02:55AM

Roquentin wrote: »

Out of curiosity is accountancy as bad as they say? My mate said it was fierce stressful because of the pressure and competition between employees.

I was working in audit (financial services sector.) It wasn't so much competition between employees - we were all in the same boat - it was the crazy (completely unpaid and unrecognised) overtime, lots of travel, and ridiculously unrealistic deadlines and expectations that made me leave.

Chattastrophe! · 09-05-2014 02:58AM

Holsten wrote: »

What are you doing now out of interest!

I know two people who done similar, both work manual labor jobs now and love it!

Oh I'm still working in accountancy, but I moved from practice to industry. It's a finance role in a great company, better money, far better experience, no overtime. I love it!

tiegan · 09-05-2014 03:27AM

Yes, three times!! No regrets now, but at the time it was like what the **** have I done?? Now self employed, financially challenged, but happy as a pig in ****.
Very liberating, and would do it all again in a heartbeat!!

Push Pop · 09-05-2014 05:41AM

livemusic4life wrote: »

I got a years contract doing customs and excise paperwork - ridiculously well paid job from what i was used to. 3 months in, i was crying every day on the bus too and from work. Went to my gp hysterical one day. He asked for the number of the job. He rang, bollocked them for bullying me. Gave them my notice on the phone and gave me a sick cert for the months notice.

had another job within a month and never looked back. Every other job i've had, i've loved and done well at.

jobs aren't easy to come by but its better to be skint than have a nervous breakdown.

I hope you sued the bacstards

Adamantium · 09-05-2014 05:51AM

I worked for Corlas Corlas & Sweeney, but quickly left because I was tired of people saying they were ok for coal.

_Brian · 09-05-2014 06:00AM

Elessar wrote: »

It's grand when you're young but what about in your late, 20s, 30s and later? And if you've been in the job years?

Looking for success stories I guess

I'd been 13 years working in a place. Worked up to a reasonable position in €70k+ a year.
Just got to hate it and hate my boss and hate working nights.
So I left. Now working a job on half the money and loving it. Job is flexible and my boss is sound out.
I do miss the money sometimes but my family life is soo much better and ya can't value that.

Overheal · 09-05-2014 06:03AM

Banjo String wrote: »

the boss was one of the greatest tossers God ever hung balls on.

Statutory access to Ranting and Raving: Granted

livemusic4life · 09-05-2014 06:22AM

Push Pop wrote: »

I hope you sued the bacstards

it took me long enough to get paid from them, my month in hand. I had to contact the dept of trade and enterprise. I left in November and got paid for that work in April. I never wanted to see any of them again so no, i didn't sue. I do wish now i had though....

NSAman · 09-05-2014 06:38AM

walked out in 1994 late twenties. Was head of operations for a company with offices in 5 countries. The boss was an idiot, hired a chancer "consutant" paid him a fortune to come in and annoy the hell out of me with things he did not understand. Was working 6 days a week had no life and the pay was terrible.

Anyhow, I was "banned" from having a day off for my best mates wedding. Two days before the wedding, I was paid for the month. The following morning, I stayed in bed for the first time in about 2 years. Phone rang and rang, eventually I answered and the Boss started berating me.... Told him to shove his job up his **** and that he could swing for any information he required.

I got a job by chance 2 weeks later, in a warm climate, which turned into something that loved and was a real eye opener and has lead to a fantastic career.

I did go back (with a fantastic tan) 6 months later, to find 6 people doing what I had been doing myself...

BTW 1 year later the business went belly up, the consultant was found out to be a fraud (smiling still) and everything I had said was proved true... HAPPY DAYS.

Intensive Care Bear · 09-05-2014 06:59AM

Yeah i done it years ago, i had been under serious pressure for months (work and personal life) and one evening i went home, smoked a joint and turned on the TV and a film called Office Space was on, half way through it i had a moment of clarity and though f*ck this, work is not worth getting depressed over so i got a taxi, collected my stuff and never looked back. I didn't even quit i just never went in again. Looking back on it maybe i had some sort of breakdown but man it felt good.

Arthur Beesley · 09-05-2014 07:13AM

No.

Sponge25 · 09-05-2014 07:16AM

Yeah once. I'd been awake all night anyway after driving down to Cork from Bray with my mate to his sisters house. The idea was i'd go home and get some sleep before my nights shift that night.

Went to work as normal with absolutely no sleep the night before and none till I finish my **** at 7am unrill I can go home. So I was going about my job and my boss kept bouncing footballs off my head and the last time he done it I picked it up and kicked it as hard at him as I possibly could. It smashed the glasses off his face unto the ground. lol

I'm a very good worker and all the managers loved me, except him cause we a looked Coolock muppet. So when he went to HR, they called me up and I told them about him always harrassing me and make a fool of me and they took his side. So I stood up and left. lol. No notice, no nothing. I got tired of it. This wasn't just messing like. This was giving me all the hardest jobs "just for the buzz" and all.

Elessar · 09-05-2014 07:48AM

Great stories, have people had difficulty explaining to new employers why they left their last job though?!

cletus van damme · 09-05-2014 08:05AM

started a new job in bank in IFSC and during 6 month trial period we had a discussion that things weren't going as they'd expect.

No bother says me .
outlining problems - too many chiefs who knew less than they did.
also my bosses and her boss were accountants and this was an IT project. It was an arrogant place anyway full to the brim of blowhards.
anyway meeting went on every point I made was countered - in the end I said I better go.
"What..at the end of the day"
"nah probably best I left now"

went off and got about 6 interviews in 2 weeks and started a 1 year contract in a great place - which I've left but on very decent terms.
I was 31 and had 1 kid at the time., mortgage too.
sometimes it needs to be done.

I'm better for it and it taught me a great life lesson.

creolebelle · 09-05-2014 08:07AM

Yes. Several times actually but I don't have any bills to pay. If you have financial responsibilities it's best to quit once you have another position lined up

Penny Tration · 09-05-2014 08:20AM

Was in a job where I'd been treated terribly for the second year.

Bullying, harassment, that was par for the course from five or six staff towards about 10 others, myself included.

I had a nasty back injury, which they were liable for, and was on restricted duties, and could not lift anything (had notes from specialists to this effect). They rostered me on the early shifts, which meant carrying all of the stock boxes from the basement up a flight of stairs. Didn't do it, explained why, got a verbal.

Constantly told by male staff that the best place for me was on my knees. I used to answer the phone when staff called to enquire about their rosters. One would tell me each time that he was masturbating to the sound of my voice. This was all hilarious as far as the area manager was concerned.

Eventually, i was working on my own in one section, my allocated section. I was answering a call from a customer, and my boss wanted to tell me something. Instead of wait til I finished the call, he came up from behind and grabbed my shoulder. I jumped and yelped, so he gave me a hard whack to the back of the head. Later on that day, I was helping a customer with something. He wanted to jump in, so rather than ask me to stop talking, he grabbed my wrist, under the counter where nobody could see, and twisted it back so hard that I screamed in pain. Ended up in a sling over it.

That was at 6.30. My shift ended at 7, and other managers were taking over then (I was an aassistant manager, the boss was store manager). When another manager came in at 7, I made an official complaint about it.

Went to the doctor the next day over my wrist, and was told because I was so mentally messed up from it, i was being signed off on stress leave and referred for therapy.

Gave it a week, and HR never acknowledged my complaint.

So, after my week of stress leave was up, my doctor gave me a cert for another month. Walked into the job on the day I was rostered in. Walked up to the counter as a customer would, handed in my notice and said 'here's ny notice and here's a sick cert, so I will not be working my notice. Later'

They refused to give me all the holiday pay and wages they owed me, unless I met up with HR to discuss going back to work.

So, my sister dropped in a solicitor's letter and the money hit my account two days later. I also sued and won.

Didn't get another job for 4 months, but it was the best thing I've ever done. I've never been happier than the day I quit.

Elessar, re your query about what to say to potential bosses - I'm honest. That kip isn't going to give me a reference, so I have to be. I told my current employer in my interview that I left due to bullying and harassment that culminated in me being assaulted. He was shocked that I was treated like that, and gave me the job on the spot :pac:

bnt · 09-05-2014 09:01AM

Not exactly. but I did hand in my notice on one job because it was so stressful it was affecting my health. One night I was so worn out that I slept through three alarms, arrived several hours late, got moaned at, and decided "enough" on the spot.

Elessar wrote: »

Great stories, have people had difficulty explaining to new employers why they left their last job though?!

I used a slightly risky strategy: if asked about the gap in my CV, I told interviewers that I had been in a band, trying to make it in the music business. (The idea had been in the back of my mind anyway.) One employer (a small business) really hated the idea, and I wasn't offered the job, but I might have refused anyway: he was a horrible person and I think I would have hated it. Then I was up for a contract job, and I think they appreciated my "honesty", and I got the job.

bear1 · 09-05-2014 10:29AM

I dream about it every single day..
My boss is an arrogant prick (it's a woman btw) swears at me constantly and finds it funny.
I'm not allowed to take time off at the end of any month for some unknown reason. I'm not paid overtime and they are expecting I stay late if needed for FREE!!
Despite working the most this year so far than the other 2 on my team I'm getting a lower bonus than them.
I'd love to walk in and say bye bye mother****ers but I've applied for a mortgage and need to wait until it's approved at the very least.

Thargor · 09-05-2014 10:37AM

Extra hours added on at the end of the day unpaid is becoming an epidemic, every sector (except the public one), every job at every level, 7pm is turning into the new 5pm, its supposed to be going the other way in the 21st century!

Maphisto · 09-05-2014 10:40AM

green_screen wrote: »

Was in a job where I'd been treated terribly for the second year.

Bullying, harassment, that was par for the course from five or six staff towards about 10 others, myself included.

I had a nasty back injury, .....

They refused to give me all the holiday pay and wages they owed me, unless I met up with HR to discuss going back to work.

So, my sister dropped in a solicitor's letter and the money hit my account two days later. I also sued and won.

Didn't get another job for 4 months, but it was the best thing I've ever done. I've never been happier than the day I quit.

:pac:

Wow GS you really went through the mill. As tough as my own experience was (I'd been there over 25 years) it was as nothing, compared.

Sounds like you had a really good Doctor, one you could really talk to. I did too and I think that really helps. Some of these stories could have had really tragic consequences without some special intervention or advice.

I wish you well.

Penny Tration · 09-05-2014 10:41AM

Maphisto wrote: »

Wow GS you really went through the mill. As tough as my own experience was (I'd been there over 25 years) it was as nothing, compared.

Sounds like you had a really good Doctor, one you could really talk to. I did too and I think that really helps. Some of these stories could have had really tragic consequences without some special intervention or advice.

I wish you well.

Tbh, it wasn't as bad as it could have been. Just powered through really. Every other job I've had before and since has been fine, so it didn't do much damage!

Zubeneschamali · 09-05-2014 10:42AM

Was working in a place for years: I was very successful there for the first few years, settled into a groove, then it became a rut, until finally it was like rolling a huge rock up the same hill every day, soul-crushing.

Got depressed, went to the doctor, engaged with HR, battled to get back on track...

And then, one day, I said why? and quit, and never looked back. Best decision ever.

krudler · 09-05-2014 10:46AM

Quit recently as I'm leaving the country, I did work my notice but that actually made it worse, you'd think knowing the end is in sight would mellow you out but it actually made things even more unbearable.

This whole "you're lucky to have a job" thing is nonsense if that job is giving you anxiety problems, making you antisocial and you spend your working days so tightly wound up that you just want to tell some stupid customer whinging over some non existant issue that they most likely caused themselves to fcuk off.

The complainer culture in this country is sickening thanks to likes of Joe Duffy and those radio moan in shows. people think stamping their feet and acting like kids will get them their way (and it usually does just to get them to shut up and get off the phone). I'm not talking about people who have actual issues to sort out I'm talking about the people who'd ring in about a few cents or berate people personally over some minor thing that they caused.

snaphook · 09-05-2014 10:50AM

Worked for a consultancy for 7 years in Dublin.
Going nowhere.
Got posted to a role with a client in which I had absolutely no experience on during my 7 years.
Made little contribution because of this.

After 4 weeks requested a day off on a friday for a weekend away.
It was denied because my company said "they couldn't be seen to be granting holidays".

I kicked up a fuss.

All the while I was waiting to hear about another role close to home.
Was offered it, ready made, 30% increase in salary.

Didn't quite walk out, but I 'walked' out mentally by doing as little as humanly possible during my notice period. Bliss.

krudler · 09-05-2014 10:51AM

Thargor wrote: »

Extra hours added on at the end of the day unpaid is becoming an epidemic, every sector (except the public one), every job at every level, 7pm is turning into the new 5pm, its supposed to be going the other way in the 21st century!

I saw that a lot with supervisors in my old place, they'd be still sitting at their desk answering emails an hour after they were due to finish. And the more you do that kind of thing the more it's expected of you.

Kaycee2 · 09-05-2014 11:06AM

A good few years back I changed jobs, the money was much better and it seemed like a better position.
The first few days were painful, there was a 3 day 'retreat' to a pokey office where the new employees had to take part in team building exercises. First day we were paired off and we had only a few minutes to talk to who ever we were paired with and then we had to stand up and introduce our partners to the whole group, the next few days were full of other cringey group activities and high fives.
I got the impression that it would be a friendly work environment.
Started on the job after the induction and absolutely hated it, the staff were some of the rudest people ever, I gave it a few more days but I knew it wasn't for me so I went for lunch one day and didn't return.
That same day my previous boss rang to see how my new job was going and I told him it was going well and then he offered me a different position and a pay rise to go with it if I returned to work for him, I asked him for a day or two to think about it, so it worked out very well in the end.

razorblunt · 09-05-2014 11:29AM

krudler wrote: »

I saw that a lot with supervisors in my old place, they'd be still sitting at their desk answering emails an hour after they were due to finish. And the more you do that kind of thing the more it's expected of you.

I hate this, it's detrimental in the long run as these supervisors often develop "well I had to do those hours so you have to do them" approach. Eh no thanks, watch me leave timely and see if anyone comes chase me for any deliverables... no chasers?.

krudler · 09-05-2014 11:30AM

razorblunt wrote: »

I hate this, it's detrimental in the long run as these supervisors often develop "well I had to do those hours so you have to do them" approach. Eh no thanks, watch me leave timely and see if anyone comes chase me for any deliverables... no chasers?.

Work smarter not harder I say, anyone sitting there hours after they're supposed to finish is a mug.

Ever just get up and leave a job you hated?

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