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More than 65% of employees who quit during what's become known as the "Great Resignation" blamed their toxic work environment. That's according to a survey conducted by FlexJobs.
In case you're unfamiliar, the Great Resignation happened in 2021, as the world was emerging from the trauma that was the Covid lockdown. Also known as the Big Quit or Great Reshuffle, it saw hordes of Americans voluntarily resigning from their jobs. CBS News reported in January 2022 that around 20 million employees in the US labor force had called it quits during the final six months of 2021.
#2
7-on, 7-off Midnights. Worked it for 2.5 years, but body never got used to it. It was literally Thanksgiving and I told my wife that I didn’t think I could step foot in that door again. She said “well, don’t”. So I didn’t.
I called them and quit. They first tried telling I was obliged to finish out the week. I laughed and said they wouldn’t let ME do that if they fired me. Then they politely threatened me with blacklisting and “you’ll never work here again” and I simply replied with “don’t threaten me with a good time”. Then that was it.
Best Thanksgiving ever. Happiest i’d ever been.
#3
One day he came in and was on a particularly bad rampage. He kept yelling and swearing I decided I was going to quit, but was going to do it properly AND THEN he proceeded to call me names and tell me my husband was a loser. For no reason, that was just him.
I told him my husband would kick his butt if he heard the thing's he was saying and that he wasn't an 1/8th of the man my husband was. He said " Name one thing your husband can do that i cant" and I looked him right in the face and said I don't know maybe try clapping" and then walked out and quit on the spot.
The following year, between February 23 and March 7, 2022, FlexJobs polled 2,202 people to find out the reasons why people wanted to quit their jobs, how they had done so, or how they planned to do it.
"Overall, 30% of respondents said they are currently considering quitting, while 25% quit their job in the last six months," revealed the FlexJobs survey. "Of those who had recently quit, 68% did so without having another job lined up. Many of these people are using side jobs and dipping into emergency savings to make ends meet until they find another job."
#4
When I quit after finding something else 2 months later, she panicked and lamented about having to hire someone now.
I asked, "well, what happened to your file folder full of people?"
Probably the smoothest thing Ive ever said in my life and I will hold on to that tiny victory forever.
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I had a meeting with him the next morning which he cancelled as it was about to start so I literally just grabbed my stuff and walked out and never came back lol.
Unsurprisingly, the number one reason people quit their job was a toxic company culture, with 62% of quitters citing this motive. A close second was money, or lack thereof. 59% said they were unhappy with their salary, while 56% blamed poor management, and 49% said they were fed up with not having a healthy work-life balance.
“Toxic company culture drives people to leave their jobs more than any other single factor,” said Sara Sutton, Founder and CEO of FlexJobs. “Especially with many companies now transitioning to permanent hybrid workplaces, it’s critical that leaders emphasize building healthy cultures that are inclusive of all their workers’ needs and locations, whether they’re on-site or remote.”
#7
Third job I've basically taken over as they do not, in fact, look for a replacement.
"I'm sorry to say that you're going to have to find someone to take care of all three positions now. Goodbye.".
#8
I think we all know how replaceable we are at work, HOWEVER it’s just not something you say to your staff is it, it definitely doesn’t boost morale. So I left.
#9
A couple weeks go by and I got a couple of the managers together and told them the same thing pulling what I was covering. "We will see if we can fit it into the budget".
They hired a prep at $14. I told them I wanted the $14 as well. "We can't do that".
Ordering day came, I didn't come in.... Or back ever. The chef, sous chef, kitchen manager all blowing up my phone. Regional director called, I answered because I didn't recognize the number. He offered me the kitchen manager's job. I told him it wasn't worth it in a company that didn't reward people's abilities. I didn't want to stay in a place that I wouldn't get a raise at unless I tried to quit.
They lost the contract. Frick you Aramark.
Some of the other reasons people walked away from their job included no remote work options, burnout, not being allowed flexible schedules, limited advancement opportunities or career progression, lack of or poor benefits (i.e., not offering health insurance or 401(k) benefits) and limited PTO or sick time.
Poor mental health support was also cited by some quitters, as was a concern about long-term job stability, the amount of travel required and not enough diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in place.
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#11
So the crew and I came down. The superintendent walked up to me, yelled at me, said he’d go do it himself and we could all watch from the ground (real wannabe tough guy type superintendent). He got up about 180 feet in the air, realized I wasn’t full of it, came down, told the cranes to shut down for the day, yelled at me again for some reason, then sent us all home for the day.
I came back the next morning to get my tools. Walked in his office and he said, “What have you done-done now?” I replied, “I haven’t done-done anything, but I’m done-done here.” Drove away feeling great and found a much better company to work for that paid me more money.
#12
Wrote a letter explaining my frustrations and politely (but firmly) demanded I either get paid the amount she is, or adjust the responsibilities I had to reflect my pay level. District manager and general manager told me no can do, and that I should be thankful because they've treated me so good in the past.
Walked out right then. Left them with an untrained department manager (with no one else that knew how to do the job) and heard things went real bad after lol.
The FlexJobs survey also revealed that while 15% of respondents have felt very tempted to rage-quit, only 4% actually did. 14% said they know someone else who has rage-quit a job, and a 10% admitted to rage-quitting a job in the past (in 2020 or earlier).
Many who resigned, or were planning to, seemed to have had enough of their chosen career. "Of those hoping to find a new job in the next three to six months, more than half (57%) are looking for work in a different career field," notes the FlexJobs site. "Interestingly, over three-quarters of respondents (79%) said they are currently trying to change careers or already successfully changed careers."
#13
When I came back they called me into the directors office. I was scolded like a child for missing even a single day. They then slid me a peice of paper they wanted me to sign saying I would never miss a day again.
I already was beaten down in that job. They were HORRIBLE to us. So I very loudly told them to go frick themselves, threw the paper away and left.
#14
Suddenly my manager started complaining that I had mistakes on my pages that QA was catching. I was like, huh? That's what QA is for. They find your mistakes and you fix them--I was in web QA prior to this,, this is normal. I used to write exhaustive lists of mistakes for page builders and they would fix them.
I have ADHD btw and me and the QA guy got along really well because he understood I have ADHD, so I appreciate him. My mistakes were usually pretty minor like forgetting a URL on a button.
He told me that a page sent to QA shouldn't have any mistakes at all; having mistakes caught by QA was unacceptable. He also told me to watch myself and that I was easily replaceable.
Sooo... I was like, oh really? Okay. So replace me. Lol.
BTW I found out **immediately** that I was being severely underpaid. They took advantage of me being fresh out of college when I first joined the company and I was making about $16,000 a year after taxes with no insurance. My current job is also building web pages but the work is easier because they have a better page creator that's less manual and requires less custom coding, they treat me better, I have full benefits, unlimited PTO and I make $80,000 a year.
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A separate survey found that many quitters aren't without regrets. More than 50% of participants who took part in the Lever survey said they'd consider going back to a job they'd left in the past year.
"Employees are willing to rejoin or return to previous employers based on shifting priorities around compensation and benefits," notes the Lever site. "For instance, as our report shows, more than half (52%) of employees would consider returning to a former employer, with most returning for better benefits (29%), more room for growth opportunities (22%), and more opportunities for upskilling/reskilling (16%)."
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Then they started purposefully overselling us every night to ensure we were at capacity daily, which really sucked for me because I did check ins. So every night I worked I was getting screamed at by angry guests who were driving from all over to stay at our gorgeous a*s resort specifically. They didn’t wanna be told at 8 PM after driving for 7 hours that their room was given away BUT we could move them 10 blocks away to our 20 year old, half as nice sister property. After a few weeks of that bull, I demanded a short break after dealing with a particularly disgruntled guest (who was rightfully angry but super nasty) because I said I was about to lose it, got in my car, drove home and never went back. I blocked the hotels number after their 2nd call and just focused on school. Even picked up an internship.
I even went back and stayed there years later because I had moved out of town but came back to visit. Nobody I worked with was still there and it was nowhere near as nice which was such a shame because it really was so beautiful once upon a time.
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Had a scheduled day off, and he asked if I could make arrangements to still come in. I said sure, only if you can explain my bonus, he said, I thought it was generous. Ok, bye.
Mind you this was the straw that broke the camels back.
#20
I got my year. They gave the spot to the department head's son in law who walked in off the street. He had told several of us that he had just been fired from his last job for stealing. I immediately typed up a resignation, walked it and my ID badge to her desk and walked out.
On the drive home I called a former job that I had left to work this one. Boss was so happy to have me back he matched what I was making.