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Rustifer
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Re: At what point did you just say "Fuck it" and quit your job? [Re: Mr.Mouse]
#23405334 - 07/02/16 09:19 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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I dunno it might be coming. When I got hired there I was very, very clear on a few points.
I don't work before 10am, I require two days off in a row, I come in and leave at the same time every day. and my schedule must be set in stone. I try to make plans months in advance around my days off, I get my buddies to sync their schedules to mine so we can go do stuff together every weekend.
I told HR this, I told my manager this. I got 4 weeks on my schedule before it changed. I setup a shift swap with someone, and after he left my manager comes back to me and tells me I'm not working the same 11-8pm shift I always have. I told him "hey dude, I told HR that I don't do that before you guys hired me, I told you when I first got assigned to your team that I don't do that. You changed my schedule without asking or notifying me last week, and I kept my mouth shut about it, even though it's effecting my plans. I kept my mouth shut but now I just find out you changed my hours without notification either, and I'm sorry to be blunt and kind of an asshole about this, but I was told that accommodation of my few reasonable requests wouldn't be an issue what-so-ever and I've been very, very clear on this. I've also agreed to come in EVERY time you've asked me to. It's unacceptable."
fucking :rageface:
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Re: At what point did you just say "Fuck it" and quit your job? [Re: Rustifer]
#23405340 - 07/02/16 09:21 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Been there man, exact same shit.
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Re: At what point did you just say "Fuck it" and quit your job? [Re: Repertoire89]
#23405422 - 07/02/16 09:49 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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I resigned a well-paying computer programming job because the technology was dying, the project was a flop, and everyone else had moved on.
I didn't want this failure on my name, and it was dead-end, so I jumped ship.
Before I quit, I made a list of 33 reasons why I should leave. I was under so much stress that I broke out in hives. When it started affecting my health, I knew that it was time.
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Re: At what point did you just say "Fuck it" and quit your job? [Re: Bigfeely123]
#23405434 - 07/02/16 09:54 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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I've quit my job four times now, but my boss keeps asking me to come back, so I'm still working for him again. I think he finally gets that I'm not gonna put up with his bullshit anymore. Not only that, but I don't think he can find someone to replace me.
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Re: At what point did you just say "Fuck it" and quit your job? [Re: Repertoire89] 1
#23405442 - 07/02/16 09:56 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Shit man, I have a few.
=Got hired at 15 at shop rite and I had a labret piercing. No issues, job was cake, got paid crap but it's a kids job... New manager shows up, doesn't like piercings, straight up tells me "If you don't take that out, you will be let go." I said "I was hired with it in though, why is it an issue now?"
She goes and gets some manager who approaches me and I just told him "You guys hired me with it in, I dunno what happened to the guy that hired me but I don't wanna work under this nut."
He laughed and I said peace
=I briefly worked as a personal trainer at a club that didn't get enough business. I was blamed for the low training numbers and just told them it's not me. I got tired of being told it's me so I just stopped showing up and kept getting paid. 3 weeks went by and I was finally contacted by my manager and he said "Where are you?" I was like "Dude I am sitting in my basement at home, I quit 3 weeks ago what's up?" He sent me an onslaught of texts about how I never quit and how they kept paying me LOL.
=Worked at some warehouse and was warned by every employee that the manager was a shit head. Everything was great then 3 months in I am called into HR, shown an email written by my manager that I am constantly walking away from my station. This one is a long story but I was able to crank out this products we were manufacturing and then go and I'd help other workers down the assembly line. Anyways, the warehouse supervisor was at this meeting and I asked them to pull up the units per shift I was doing. I was assembling 20+ units more per shift than the second and 3rd shift guy. So I asked the warehouse supervisor "If I was walking off like the guy claims, why am I completing over 20+ more than other members per shift?" Supervisor told me "PH we're not agreeing or disagreeing with what you're saying we just want you to acknowledge this email by signing your name on this line that we spoke to you about it." I said OK, so I am being brought into an office about an email that I am slacking when in reality I am cranking out 20+ more than your other workers per shift?"
And again he said "We just need you to acknowledge that we had this meeting, this means nothing for your career with us."
I just toldem "Listen man, I was warned about that guy, he's the problem, you see the numbers yourself, I'm done here." He turned bright red and the HR woman fuckin knew I was right it was glorious.
Had another job in a week
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Re: At what point did you just say "Fuck it" and quit your job? [Re: PreparationH]
#23405498 - 07/02/16 10:23 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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When I was working construction, putting in 13-15 hour days consistently for a good 2 years. I busted my ass everyday and had pretty good knowledge of my trade, even the old timers working there said I was gonna be the next big name for this particular shop. I got paid $12 an hour and asked for a reasonable 50 cent to a dollar raise and got denied. I was pissed but continued to bust my ass to show I was worth it. The same week a new guy shows up on my crew with no experience what so ever and says I'm supposed to train him. A couple days go by and somehow it slipped that he got paid $16 an hour to start. A whole $4 more than me and remember he had no experience and I was to train him. I asked my boss why he got started out that much higher than me when they had such a problem raising my wages by 50 cents, and he looked at me and said "obviously because he's Mexican, those guys are worth every penny." I didn't even look back as I walked away to my car, drove off and am happy to say it was a pretty good decision.
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Re: At what point did you just say "Fuck it" and quit your job? [Re: StoneyBalony95] 2
#23405717 - 07/02/16 11:47 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Working at wendys when I was 18. Fucking dickwrench called me his little monkey as he asked me to hand him a screwdriver. I threw my apron on the floor and walked out in the middle of a rush. As I was leaving his snotty little daughter wished me luck on finding another job. I yelled out a fuck you and wheeled a job that paid 8 bucks more per hour the following day. Good times.
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Re: At what point did you just say "Fuck it" and quit your job? [Re: Bodhi of Ankou] 1
#23405926 - 07/03/16 01:33 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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One time, I worked at a place called "His Royal Beefiness". We had to wear these stupid burger king like crowns while we worked, and at one point I just got so fed up with all the bullshit I was dealing with at the time, grabbed the announcer microphone, and said "Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you" pointing at a several of my coworkers, "You're cool" to this old lady eating her meal at one of the tables, and then said a final "fuck you" to one of my coworkers before saying "I'm out" and I just left.
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Re: At what point did you just say "Fuck it" and quit your job? [Re: 404]
#23405969 - 07/03/16 02:13 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Real story though now. I worked at third party disney doing valet and bags and stuff. i had an injury on my knees while running for cars one night when it was busy, and got moved to a place that only did bags to the rooms. I ended up being verbally harassed by a female that hated my guts, while the manager was standing right there, i took it as he didn't like me either. I went and talked to the higher ups about it I think, I can't remember it was a long time ago. I got moved again finally back to valet at a really bad spot for tips. I got written up a third time for something stupid (first time was for missing a spot shaving, second time was for leaving with a room key by accident which is BS because they make you sign a document saying that you understand that you can be nixed for that, which i never got notified of beforehand or had to signed.. signed it after though) the regional manager turned out to be a huge cunt. she got in my face and started pushing my buttons and saying really degrading things to me, so I quit there on the spot and never looked back. Great pay and people when i was at my original spot though.
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Re: At what point did you just say "Fuck it" and quit your job? [Re: 404]
#23405976 - 07/03/16 02:17 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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disney is fucked.. they will drop anybody at a drop of a dime.
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Re: At what point did you just say "Fuck it" and quit your job? [Re: Bigfeely123]
#23405979 - 07/03/16 02:18 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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I'm actually getting to that point with my current job. I'm targeting making it til late September/early October. I got a vacation planned then so instead of asking for vacation for it I'll just inform them that I'm quitting.
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Re: At what point did you just say "Fuck it" and quit your job? [Re: Repertoire89]
#23406190 - 07/03/16 07:01 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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I've had more jobs than birthdays, but once I found what I love to do, as an arborist, work took on a different role in my life
Instead of it getting in the way of my life it has positively enhanced my life
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Re: At what point did you just say "Fuck it" and quit your job? [Re: stzacrack]
#23406198 - 07/03/16 07:13 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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It was a factory job building trailers where a lot of the leadership did not make sense, it was a fast paced job, and a klinefelter would continuously harass me. I took my last check and went on a roadtrip with my friend.
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Re: At what point did you just say "Fuck it" and quit your job? [Re: 404] 1
#23406235 - 07/03/16 07:38 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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404 said: One time, I worked at a place called "His Royal Beefiness". We had to wear these stupid burger king like crowns while we worked, and at one point I just got so fed up with all the bullshit I was dealing with at the time, grabbed the announcer microphone, and said "Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you" pointing at a several of my coworkers, "You're cool" to this old lady eating her meal at one of the tables, and then said a final "fuck you" to one of my coworkers before saying "I'm out" and I just left.
Did no one get this reference?
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Re: At what point did you just say [Re: Bigfeely123] 1
#23406248 - 07/03/16 07:45 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Bigfeely123 said: This questions pertains to shitty jobs you've had in the past. One day you get so fed up with the bullshit and just say "I'm out!" Tell me your story.
I quit my old barista job when I went back to being a full-time student. I love serving as a barista, but that place fucking sucked. Their espresso machine was this hulking dinosaur that works just fine if you're prone to accidentally ordering espressos instead of drip coffe. Speaking as a professional, the thing was long past ready for the dump. The boss would keep hiring people to come and poke at it, but its manufacturer stopped making the parts that actually needed to be replaced at least two decades ago. She knew this but she kept on hiring the same repairman to keep coming in, looking at it, and leaving it broken. It's shitty enough if you don't want to bother with a functioning espresso machine, but if you are going to hire me based on my professional qualifications as a barista only to then tell me that the machine is working when it's obviously fucking not, it just feels like an insult. Even worse when she wastes money on repair people just to shut me up.
I love working as a barista when I get the chance to delight people with my work. Did not get the chance at that job, even though they were hurting for business and probably would have paid off the machine with the business that real espresso would pull. I might as well have been serving fucking drip coffee with milk heated on a stovetop, it had literally none of the rich creamy layer that makes an espresso an espresso, and she was just trying to get away with that shit, at a coffee shop in Berkeley! People around here know what a good espresso is like and their judgment is pitiless. You can't just handwave that shit here, it's a fucking craft, not something you just haphazardly pump out in a hotel kitchen for whoever wants it in the lobby.
And the boss was such a fucking asshole too. She would never talk to me at all unless she wanted to yell at me to get on top of some duty I'd never been asked to fill there, ever. She wanted me to just read her mind or something. Ugh. I was at the bottom of the totem pole there and she treated me like her monkey. If she had just worked with me instead of being so assured of her superiority as the owner of the place, she could have gotten so much more business. The damage to her business over it was plainly visible but I'm sure she does know best how to waste her shrinking profits and drive her business into the ground. I was fresh the fuck out of chill for her when I was done there, I never even picked up my last paycheck. It wasn't a lot of money anyway, somehow it felt better to just leave her with it and never see her again than to go and get it.
If I work as a barista again, it's gonna be for somebody who respects and challenges my talents. There is so much more to my craft than refilling drip coffee every hour.
EDIT: I'm legit surprised at how quickly that escalated into an angry rant
Edited by Sophistic Radiance (07/03/16 08:20 AM)
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Re: At what point did you just say "Fuck it" and quit your job? [Re: 404] 1
#23406249 - 07/03/16 07:45 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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404 said: One time, I worked at a place called "His Royal Beefiness". We had to wear these stupid burger king like crowns while we worked, and at one point I just got so fed up with all the bullshit I was dealing with at the time, grabbed the announcer microphone, and said "Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you" pointing at a several of my coworkers, "You're cool" to this old lady eating her meal at one of the tables, and then said a final "fuck you" to one of my coworkers before saying "I'm out" and I just left.
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Re: At what point did you just say "Fuck it" and quit your job? [Re: 404]
#23406257 - 07/03/16 07:49 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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1. When I took an early smoke break once and my boss caught me and shoved me by the shoulders so I knocked him on his ass.
2. When the boss of another team shouted at me super aggressively for having my feet on my desk while I was on break chatting to someone so I stood up and knocked him on his ass.
3. When a kitchen boss tried to force to to wear an apron to wash dishes. I threw it on the floor and walked out.
Suffice to say, I was a fool in my youth. I lost the best job I ever had the same reason as the first two above, only the incident was at a Christmas do. I promised myself from that day onwards I could never hit someone at work again, and as much as I've badly wanted to, I've always managed to hold it in... man it's hard sometimes though.
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Re: At what point did you just say "Fuck it" and quit your job? [Re: Bigfeely123]
#23406287 - 07/03/16 08:05 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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I found a dream job in my field that paid amazing - on paper.
I soon realized my supervisor / boss was the most horrendously, horrifically unpleasant person I had ever met in my life.
Every second of interaction with her was hellish torture .
I was making more than I ever have before or since, but my quality of life was evaporating like a drop of water on hot asphalt.
I was constantly anxious and depressed about my interactions with her. Every minute of time with my wife was consumed with rehashing her latest Abuses or worry I about the next day.
Finally I realized I couldn't handle the misery for any amount of money. I almost said fuck you and quit. But instead I filed a formal complaint against her with HR detailing how malicious, hostile and abusive she had been including actually mocking my clothing and appearance.
I knew that by doing so I would not be able to continue my employment , which was the point.
But I am so glad that I did it that way. If I had quit or been fired I would have been ineligible for employment insurance. But because HR deemed my termination of unemployment to have been through no fault of my own, I was eligible for a long period of regular pay checks at a surprisingly good wage (because it was based on what I was making at my latest job) and that held me over until I found a new job and eventually my current job, which is a literal dream job.
It pays far less but I have never been happier in a career.
Even with the biweekly paycheck though, being unemployed was horrible and the most depressed I have ever been. It taught me that I need employment to be happy.
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Re: At what point did you just say "Fuck it" and quit your job? [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
#23406291 - 07/03/16 08:07 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Yeah, but fuck letting people push you around.
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Re: At what point did you just say "Fuck it" and quit your job? [Re: stzacrack]
#23407473 - 07/03/16 03:03 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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stzacrack said: I've had more jobs than birthdays, but once I found what I love to do, as an arborist, work took on a different role in my life
Instead of it getting in the way of my life it has positively enhanced my life
Yeah, I feel the same about performing and sometimes teaching (Classical music).
However, I'm a composer and I wasn't raised into it, started as a teenager and have taken on a very large project which has taken the better part of a decade to complete. While I have performed and made money doing so, I won't commit to performing full-time until my work is ready.
Which is very soon, but in the meanwhile: more day-jobs.
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