54 Wild Times Employees Said 'I Need To Quit This Job Immediately' And Left Work For Good

I’m a welder by trade, and years ago I took a position through a temporary staffing agency at a factory. After working there for a couple of months and doing great my supervisor introduced me to a new hire who had been brought on directly by the company as a welder. He asked me to train him.

I learned that this new guy was earning at least $6 per hour more than I was and also had full benefits. Despite that, I demonstrated the work by running a few parts while he watched, then had him try it himself. It quickly became self evident that he had no welding experience at all. He was holding the MIG gun more than a foot away from the workpiece and couldn’t even maintain an arc let alone lay a bead.

I went back to the supervisor and asked whether the new hire had been weld-tested before being brought on and I explained that he appeared to have no welding experience whatsoever. The supervisor simply told me to show him how to weld.

I told him that the company had hired this guy as a welder, yet he lacked any of the skills. I also pointed out that I had completed two years of formal training to learn my trade, and if I was now expected to train others, I needed a raise or to be hired on directly.

The supervisor said he couldn't do that so I told him that I was not going to train someone earning more than me for a job they were hired to already know how to do. I walked off the job and never looked back.

Arab boss walks by the Jewish dude and gives the racist salute and says heil... I wish I was kidding. Walking out of that job with no notice was one of my proudest moments.

Toy designer: I found my forged signature on tests for toxic dyed. I confronted management. I matched the handwriting to one of them. I packed my stuff and left that morning.

Fast forward 4 years later. I got to testify to that story complete with copies of the forgery.

Oh I got a good one. You ever have a job that’s so bad that you wish someone had told you on day one to cut your losses and get the hell out of there?

I walk in on the first day to absolute chaos. Every single employee was either in full panic mode or staring into space in a daze. This guy walks up and tells us the manager of that location walked off the job the night before and they had no idea when they’d have someone to train us, then walked away to get a paper and pen to write down our info.

Another employee pops into the room I’m waiting in and says “get out of here while you can. Do you see this place? It’s a mess. There’s a reason the boss walked off the job. This is not worth the $15/hour. I promise you. RUN.”

Don’t gotta tell me twice, I walked right out before the other guy got back. Thanks, random warehouse dude.

I was talking a friend through a break up with her toxic ex. Realized everything I said to her could be applied to me with my boss. Didn't realize it was bad because it wasn't "romantic". Put my notice in the following Monday.

A few years ago I worked for a hospice program. While I was the lone social worker on the team all my fellow coworkers were nurses with advanced degrees. All of them were lovely except my boss.

She had a strict policy about showing up to work even if you were sick. No excuses. Because being around dying people while you’re sick is a good idea right (sarcasm).

I got Covid for a fourth time and for the weeks afterward I had multiple hypertensive crises, a constant high grade fever, vomiting, and fainting spells related to sudden increases or decreases of my heart rate. Among other miseries.

My coworkers were gravely concerned for me and even insisted on taking my blood pressure several times throughout the day, but my boss would literally watch me faint, vomit, or see my high blood pressure results and tell me to go to the ER on my own time.

One workday I ended up in the ER, had to stay in the hospital overnight and had to get a spinal tap while there. It is highly recommended after a spinal tap you lay flat on your back for one to two days following the procedure, and her being a nurse would have know this, but of course she insisted I come to work or else.

HR was aware of some of this and overruled her that I could take the recommended days off. My boss proceeded to send me nasty text messages the entire time.

So on day three I came to work, showed up at our morning meeting, blew my lid and quit on the spot in front of my entire team. I heard she was fired shortly after this, partly due to the lengthy exit interview, written statement and text message proof I provided HR upon leaving.

Wildlife rehabber in Iceland...

There are these birds called Fulmars that are the bane of my existence. I haven't quit **yet**, but everytime I have to deal with them I reconsider my life choices.

When they get upset, they puke all over you.

They can rapid-fire it multiple times. They eat only fish, and it's a defensive mechanism so it's also mixed with this oil that makes it cling. If a drop gets on you you stink for 3 days.

There's a video of them doing it, it's absolutely brutal.

When I was called into the supervisors office a few days before the end of my probationary period and got a lecture about him being "concerned " that I "didn't get along with the guys" and that it's "it's not too late to resign ". I stupidly didn't take the hint and was terminated the last day of my probation period for "not being a good fit". 


With regards of "not getting along with the guys" I didn't bother anyone and kept to myself after giving up trying to talk to them and just being insulted and excluded. This wasn't blue collar busting balls, this was like some high school bullying. Like "don't talk to us loser" type stuff. Basically adult high school jocks with that "cool" kid group think.

First day working with after fire clean up crew. Working with the boss, and while moving a mattress, he starts to fall backward out of the third story window. I step on mattress and grab him at the last second. He spends the rest of the day screaming at me about putting a footprint on the mattress. I never returned.

I worked for a mental health agency that primarily saw court mandated clients for substance use. I was doing assessments and my supervisor came to me and said you recommended outpatient (6 hours a week) when the client needs intensive outpatient (9 hours). I argued with her at length about how that higher level isn’t appropriate, given their patterns of use, supports, etc. Finally, she said “if you’re doing assessments your job is to fill seats in the program so either you move them to the higher level or I will.” I realized that not only is that blatant insurance fraud I could lose my license for, but we had completely lost the plot at helping folks recover. I quit right then and there.

I was in high school and got hired at Burger King. I had a brief training that was only watching videos. I was then thrown into making burgers ALONE. Day one.

Needless to say I was very slow and couldn’t keep up with orders. The manager was a lazy jerk that only watched and ordered everyone around and never jumped in to help.

After about an hour the manager yelled at me that I was too slow so I told her “do it your self” and left.

Applied at Chuck E Cheese while I was in high school. Interview seemed to go well and the manager said he would give me a call to let me know after he did a few more interviews. Never hear from him, oh well life goes on. Next week at school one of my classmates that also interviewed told me that the manager was asking where the hell I was as the previous night was my first shift. He called me a couple days later to fire me and I informed him he never called me, nor left a message to offer me the job and I never accepted, so he could kiss my bum.

Got hired at a 24 hr day care. I was hired for 2nd shift. My SECOND DAY they left me alone to do a shift....babies that I had no clue their names. Boxes with kid names that had epi pens in them but no idea what they were allergic too or who they even were! To pickup the kids....ppl just knock on the door and get the kids. No clearance on who they are. No idea if kids are going to the right place.....after day 3 I quit. Left my key and just didnt show up.

I showed up, and the owner didn't. Waited about a half hour, called, went to another office in the building, and borrowed a paper and pen to write an I quit note to slide under the door.

The job sucked and it was sketchy, cold calling people to see if they would let our sales people come to their house and sell them fancy vacuums. I was glad to be gone.

A month goes by and still no final paycheck. He tells me to stop by and I can grab it. No big deal. My dad gives me a ride and waits outside, I go upstairs and hes holding a mass interview event. Theres about 15-20 people there. Now, when it comes to my dad you don't mess around with his (or my) money or his time.

This jerk makes me sit there for a while and sure enough, my dad comes up and asks what the problem is. He won't see me yet, he knows I'm here and why but he just keeps doing the interviews (he told me to come for this day, why I don't know). My dad, who gives no darn, storms into the interview rooms and loses on it the guy. He wasted my time by not showing up, he hasn't paid me and now he's pulling this? A few moments later, my dad comes out with my money and warns everyone there that this guy is a scam and will mess you over. We leave, a few people follow.

A month later, I needed a reference for a job. I figured why not just ask? Sure enough, he said "Sure! You are great, it's not your fault your dad is a psycho."

He gave me a glowing reference and I got the job lol.

I worked at an OBGYN office and they wanted me to wash speculums with dish soap… No disinfectant was in that office at all. Then I’d be with a different patient getting them ready for the doctor and the doctor would then be in the hall screaming “NURSE, Nurse, nurse.” Like we weren’t a large office (3 of us total) you couldn’t remember my name? And also why are we screaming nurse like that when I’m with a patient? It’s so rude. Needless to say I walked out 3 days after and never went back.

I reported the office to the state too.


Edit: the office did have an autoclave, and it did work. But the other offices I worked at, used a disinfectant cleaner and an autoclave.

Workplace found my reddit account (I'd posted a cosplay selfie), printed out my comments, and circled all the potty words they wanted me to delete from past comments. Cuz if they could find it, someone else could find it and recognize me as an employee, and cursing would reflect poorly on them. Yeah, byyyye! Quit the next day.

I was working at a Long John Silvers that was knowingly serving expired coleslaw and people were literally like "hey this coleslaw tastes funny".

I work at an outdoor beer garden in a tropical climate. It's not air conditioned and with the heat of the fryer regularly gets up to 100 degrees. My boss has a rule that you can't have any drinks in the kitchen because one time she saw someone pour the last of a bottle into their personal drink. So now you have to go next door to drink water.

I confronted her multiple times about it citing it as being a safety hazard, and told her I was getting leg cramps, migraines, and even a UTI. She said it's standard practice for bars to disallow any kind of drinks behind the bar. So I went to r/bartenders and asked their opinion. In doing so, I learned that not only is it not standard practice, it's illegal (via labor board and OSHA). I ALSO learned that she's illegally classifying me as a 1099 independent contractor so that she doesn't have to pay as many taxes or provide me with the legally-required benefits of an employee.

I found this out a week and a half ago. Started looking for jobs, had a series of 3 interviews at a GREAT place yesterday, and I have a practical interview behind a bar in a few hours. I'm really freaking nervous and trying to get my mind off of it via Reddit rn 😅

As soon as I get a new job I'm reporting her to the IRS and the local labor board.

When I was 18, I got a job selling vacuums. Pay was amazing. The ad made it sound like we were going to be selling them in a store. Went in for orientation and there were 20 other people there, all guys (I was the only girl), and the leader spent most of the time talking about his fancy car and how he made sooo much money and got all the girls. Then we were told we would be selling door-to-door, by ourselves, using our own vehicles and our own gas, and it was pure commission. I said no thanks. They called me back three times trying to convince me to sell their vacuums.

Nothing nefarious, but I quit a Zookeeping internship on day 3 because I just **couldn't** make myself clean up tiger/lion dung without puking everywhere.

First time they made me go into their nighthouse to clean in the morning I felt sicker than I ever had in my life. Lion spray everywhere, enormous piles of poo scattering the floor...I tried to hold my breath, shovel a bit, and run out before I had to inhale, but it was not sustainable and I had to go sit down with a garbage can for a bit.

They got frustrated and kept assigning me to do it each day and said "stop running out, just stay in till you get used to it," but I just couldn't.