Ever just get up and leave a job you hated?

ivytwine · 09-05-2014 11:55AM

This thread is inspiring

Fair play to people who walked and put themselves first!

Dave H · 09-05-2014 12:13PM

Not quite the same but I had to tell a boss that I quit just to hand in my notice.
I was offered a job with better pay and closer to home but when I handed in my notice I was told that due to my position (retail supervisor) I had to give 4 weeks notice, while my new job required me to start approximately one week later. He referred me to their company handbook which stated that my position required the 4 weeks notice, which completely contradicted the contract I had signed,which stated that for my length of service, one week was enough. I let him puff and rant for a minute, him telling me how he couldn't possibly let me leave until the 4 weeks were up, so I said how's about I quit and walk right now? After a couple of moments of awkward silence I told him that not only had the contract stated I could leave with that much notice, but so did Irish employment law. He kind of mumbled and then told me I could finish up that Sunday and wished me the best. It was unfortunate because himself and myself always had a great working relationship, only to be soured by that one instance.

hairycakes · 09-05-2014 12:20PM

I have been lucky in that I've never walked out of a job that I didn't have something else lined up after. But I would say I know several people who are dying to get out of their jobs and do something else but won't look for other jobs or will look and won't apply. I understand that a lot of people can't up and leave but if you hate your job, do yourself a favour and at least apply for other places. I've had to leave two places because I wasn't happy and would hate every morning to go into work between the work itself and the other employees. Sometimes it's just not worth it and you do need to put yourself first!

Dan_Solo · 09-05-2014 12:26PM

Thargor wrote: »

Extra hours added on at the end of the day unpaid is becoming an epidemic, every sector (except the public one)

No.

Stella Virgo · 09-05-2014 12:33PM

Elessar wrote: »

Has anyone ever just up and left a full time job that they hated without anything else lined up?

I hate my job so much that I am often dreaming of just getting up and walking out. Would never have the courage to do it though! Anyone actually do it?

if u have stuck it this long,give minimum notice and quit.....if u walk ,without notice,......... no references and he will blacklist you every chance he gets.(and so he should if you leave him in the ****e)
the first question in the next interview will be "why did you leave the last job".........

Roquentin · 09-05-2014 02:02PM

krudler wrote: »

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

I am getting that framed and giving it to my father. Hes retired and still gets up at 8 in the morning to do some trivial work

Roquentin · 09-05-2014 02:08PM

Chattastrophe! wrote: »

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.

Them two things drove me insane. They'd expect you to have todays work done last week and you had to deliver every single month, week, day.

The One Doctor · 09-05-2014 02:10PM

My workplace doesn't acknowledge hard work from contractors, but one colleague has worked up to 21 hour days (standard CS job in a very well known software company). Personally I arrive at 0855 and leave at 1700 regardless. If my money doesn't change for working harder then I don't work harder. Actually the job is ridiculously undemanding, but my colleague likes to put his soul into his work (or he's really incompetent).

Small wonder he's leaving next week.

On topic, yes, I have left many jobs because I hated them but 90% of the time it was a stupid decision as I was just being lazy. I really, really hate working.

That said, I won't leave this job unless I'm fired first, and then they'll discover that they accidentally gave me a permanent contract. Ooops.

Kimbot · 09-05-2014 02:12PM

Yup, my son was due on the 23rd of November and for the entire year i took 1 day off and was holding off until the birth to use more. On the night of the 23rd early hours of the 24th she went into labour so next morning (24th) I rang the bosses to tell them and I would be in the next day. Walked in and I was given a verbal warning for taking the day off. Left that evening, rang them the next morning and told them to stick their job. Horrible people in that place and I am gald I walked away from it, place went down the crapper a couple of months later.

corner of hells · 09-05-2014 02:14PM

I got an interview a few years , which was broken into a practical assessment and then a formal interview , about four hours in total .
At the end of the interview I was provisionly offered the position based on my references being checked out , after hearing the conditions and meeting the gob****e who was my supervisor , I turned the position down at the interview.

Ruu · 09-05-2014 02:16PM

Used to do telesales and had a long bus trip in the morning to the building. I often thought of getting off and going to the shopping centre nearby for the day. I was sick to my stomach going there most days so worked through it for a few months and then decided it wasn't worth it.

weisses · 09-05-2014 02:19PM

Maphisto wrote: »

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

Did you get a reference from them ?

tony1980 · 09-05-2014 02:27PM

I remember working in Dell in Limerick around 1997, you would see the new workers start in the morning after their manual handling course, they would be on the production line about an hour and at about 10:30, it was time for a tea break, so so many didn't come back after the tea break, they lasted an hour on the production line, I thought it was hilarious

Mint Sauce · 09-05-2014 02:31PM

I have left a job without having another lined up, but done it properly giving written notice. Left on best of terms as possible.

shampon · 09-05-2014 02:35PM

Kaycee2 wrote: »

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.

I can tell who this company is. Worked for them for three weeks. Shower of *****.

Maphisto · 09-05-2014 03:06PM

Kaycee2 wrote: »

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.

Cool Cookie :cool:

Maphisto · 09-05-2014 03:15PM

weisses wrote: »

Did you get a reference from them ?

Glowing

MrVestek · 09-05-2014 03:24PM

Yeah walked out on a crappy job in Dunnes Stores years ago.

Was working there part time during college for two years and it was the worst job I've ever had populated by the most moronic of managers that I've ever worked for.

Anyway I had gotten a new job for an electronics retailer and went in to hand in my notice on my day off.

I was due to start on the Monday and they said "well you're rostered in for the Monday... you HAVE to be here!"... hr person was being a real arse about the whole thing.

I told her that she could roster me for Monday all she liked but that I wouldn't be turning up at that time. Her face went red with angry rage, she wasn't used to people standing up to her like that.

Looking back on it now ten years later the managers I dealt with in that place were all bullies. No matter how hard up I am I don't think I could ever go back to working for a company like that.

Dave H · 09-05-2014 03:49PM

MrVestek wrote: »

Yeah walked out on a crappy job in Dunnes Stores years ago.

Was working there part time during college for two years and it was the worst job I've ever had populated by the most moronic of managers that I've ever worked for.

Anyway I had gotten a new job for an electronics retailer and went in to hand in my notice on my day off.

I was due to start on the Monday and they said "well you're rostered in for the Monday... you HAVE to be here!"... hr person was being a real arse about the whole thing.

I told her that she could roster me for Monday all she liked but that I wouldn't be turning up at that time. Her face went red with angry rage, she wasn't used to people standing up to her like that.

Looking back on it now ten years later the managers I dealt with in that place were all bullies. No matter how hard up I am I don't think I could ever go back to working for a company like that.

If you look back at my post on the previous page, that's kind of what they tried with me, and you're right, she wasn't used to people standing up to her like that.
I talked my ex boss down with legalities and it infuriated him because it took the control of the situation away from him.

Neyite · 09-05-2014 03:53PM

I've walked out of 5. I'm a bit shocked that I'm such a badass. :eek:

1. Summer job when I was 16 and the owner had his hand raised to hit me.
2. Min wage job where I worked my notice but found out on the second last day that the manager had screwed me over for commision for a year. Waited until he handed out the pay packets and cleared off to the pub.
3. Takeaway business: Had arranged a day off but boss changed his mind because it meant his wife had to cover and it was her birthday. I'd asked for the day off because my parents were both very sick and needed care. But it was the last straw in a long line of things that I was unhappy with there.
4. Telesales job that was just this side of legal, but essentially you were legally misleading people to part with their money, usually pensioners. Left after 2.5 days, didnt get paid.
5. A job that was supposed to be an office job but turned out to be handing out flyers. Never got paid for this one either.

09-05-2014 04:39PM

To paraphrase Springsteen; I had a weekend job in retail with Jack*, I went out for my lunch and I never went back.

*Groper, inappropriate joke-teller, sweaty ear-breather.

Davarus Walrus · 09-05-2014 04:45PM

I worked for a number of months as a consultant for an Oil and Gas company in Canada. I was making phenomenal money and managing to write the majority of it off tax free, but I really disliked the cold weather and the corporate culture. So I packed it in after 6 months with an excuse that there were 'personal issues' at home.

Still managed to make enough for the deposit on a house in Dublin, so not all bad.

Timistry · 09-05-2014 06:06PM

bear1 wrote: »

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.

all the rage here in Australia. We do 10 hours a week for free

krudler · 09-05-2014 06:20PM

MrVestek wrote: »

Yeah walked out on a crappy job in Dunnes Stores years ago.

Was working there part time during college for two years and it was the worst job I've ever had populated by the most moronic of managers that I've ever worked for.

Anyway I had gotten a new job for an electronics retailer and went in to hand in my notice on my day off.

I was due to start on the Monday and they said "well you're rostered in for the Monday... you HAVE to be here!"... hr person was being a real arse about the whole thing.

I told her that she could roster me for Monday all she liked but that I wouldn't be turning up at that time. Her face went red with angry rage, she wasn't used to people standing up to her like that.

Looking back on it now ten years later the managers I dealt with in that place were all bullies. No matter how hard up I am I don't think I could ever go back to working for a company like that.

Have heard some horror stories from people who worked under Dunnes managers, I think the main requirement to be one is being an insufferable arse who doesn't know anything about anything. Go into any Dunnes and see how many miserable looking employees are there.

I did work under a former Dunnes manager for a different company once, easily the worst supervisor I've ever had, I hope her fanny rot off.

cactuspaw · 09-05-2014 06:38PM

Worked in Spar for 2 weeks. I needed money, but I didn't need to be treated like I was worthless. Not one person that worked there was pleasant. The managers were bitchy and it reflected badly on the staff.

That and the money I was making, I would have made more on social welfare. So I just walked...

Wanderer2010 · 09-05-2014 07:06PM

I havent but I would love to in my current job at times. Its really true when they say that its other people who can make or break a job. Ive been in my job a while now and at first, the little annoying habits from other people like constantly whistling, rudeness, hogging the phones, gossiping etc is all par for the course when you are new and involved in your work so they take a back seat.But as the years go on, other people can seriously grate on your nerves to such an extent that it takes a massive effort not to unload on them every single day and tell them exactly what you think of them. This can cause your working life to be just a misery and it really can drag you down outside of work.

I have one particular workmate, say her name is Jane, and she spends every single day narrating what shes doing on her computer, as if she is thinking out loud to remind herself what shes doing and the steps involved..."Ok ctr alt and delete, now whats my password again...open up Word, its loading....." and this is a continuous background noise which, when shes sitting opposite me, burrows into my brain and its only when I leave that I realize how much anger i have been storing up and I could cheerfully punch her in the face. Even when I mention it to her, she just laughs as if its an endearing trait. People really are the weirdest thing on the planet.

So no, although I would love to walk out, I need the money to keep my house and my lifestyle, its the classic rock and hard place scenario..

ToddyDoody · 09-05-2014 07:10PM

I really didn't like my job as a cactus de-prickler in a botany lab, but I had no choice as it was part of my community service

Legs.Eleven · 09-05-2014 11:46PM

Although I've left jobs after only a few days, I've always given a bit of notice and left on good terms. I'd be a bit of a goody-goody two shoes like that when it comes to work.

retro:electro · 12-05-2014 07:16PM

I just did this last Friday. I work six days a week and asked my boss for Saturday mornings off so I could start taking more clients for make up as it has been going well for me lately but is clashing with work. He flat out refused to give me a few hours off every second Saturday, I even offered to come in on Sundays and do a few hours, meaning I would be working everyday, but he wouldn't hear it. This comes after a month of him bitching behind my back as I was out for a while with a slipped disc that was operated on, so I had enough of his smarmy face and told him I'm leaving and won't be back. Don't know whether I did the right thing or not but both mentally and physically I've never felt better and feel a massive sense of relief. Hopefully I won't regret it!

Maphisto · 12-05-2014 07:22PM

anna080 wrote: »

I just did this last Friday. I work six days a week and asked my boss for Saturday mornings off so I could start taking more clients for make up as it has been going well for me lately but is clashing with work. He flat out refused to give me a few hours off every second Saturday, I even offered to come in on Sundays and do a few hours, meaning I would be working everyday, but he wouldn't hear it. This comes after a month of him bitching behind my back as I was out for a while with a slipped dick that was operated on, so I had enough of his smarmy face and told him I'm leaving and won't be back. Don't know whether I did the right thing or not but both mentally and physically I've never felt better and feel a massive sense of relief. Hopefully I won't regret it!

Freudian slip?

Seriously though I wish you well.

Given all his bitching, do them for constructive dismissal

Sorry Anna crossed with your edit

Ever just get up and leave a job you hated?

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