30 Screenshots Of Text Exchanges Featuring Job Resignations, As Shared On This Page

We reached out to Nathan Dimoff, the person behind the 'I Quit My Job by Text' page, and asked him some questions related to employment, toxic work environments, and other factors leading to people resigning from their jobs. We were told the page was created by Dimoff, who’s currently moderating it together with another admin, Richard.

First, we were interested in how he came up with creating the Facebook page, and we learned that: “I have quit a few toxic jobs in the past by text, so when I saw the threads on Reddit about people texting their boss and quitting, I thought it was great. I wanted to move the discussions over to Facebook. I created the page so I could share my stories of quitting by text and back them up with others' stories."

Dimoff mentioned he never anticipated that the page would attract so many people sharing similar experiences in their professional lives: “When I started the page, I had no idea it would have turned into what it did. I just wanted to be able to have the same discussions that were on Reddit on here with my friends. Through me and my friends' interactions on the page, having much-needed discussions about toxic workplace environments, the page quickly reached 10k followers in the first year. After the first year, the page got picked up by other pages and it quickly grew to what it is today.”

We were curious if the messages shared by people on the Facebook page have any recurring themes. Nathan told us: “There were a few patterns I noticed with the messages and screenshots that people messaged us. The top two reasons people were quitting were people believing their pay was not meeting the amount of effort they were putting into their work and horrible management that either did not communicate with their employees, or, if they did communicate with their employees, it was with a nasty ongoing attitude.”

The 'I Quit My Job by Text' moderator also told us more about the posts that engage the page’s audience the most: “I would say that the most resonating stories would be screenshots that we share of people showing us that they quit their job by text and then after we shared it, they find a better-paying job or a job with a better management system in place. Our followers love to see those updates. They also love when our followers send us messages and ask us to post their questions anonymously, looking for feedback from other followers on how to handle situations at work.”

Lastly, Dimoff shared with us how the page has impacted conversations around workplace conditions and employee treatment: “We have received stories over the years that not only has this page encouraged people to find better jobs, but it has opened up conversations at work. There have been a few times where people have messaged us saying that they took our advice and asked for a meeting with their bosses asking for more pay and that it's worked out in their favor. We have received that type of message at least two dozen times. We have also received a few messages where we have encouraged people to talk to their coworkers about their pay. They have told us that this had helped them get an increase in their pay as well.”

Nathan continued and said that while the page originally focused on people quitting their jobs via text, it has evolved into a larger community discussing various work-related stress: “From back when we had a website where I created an AI to help people create text messages for the followers on how to quit their job via text both professionally and unprofessionally, to discussions about pay, discussions about work life balances, discussions about work drama, discussions on how to move up in their companies, discussions on strikes and so much more.”