Comments on: When is it okay to quit your job?

By: Jdillowa

Jdillowa — Tue, 08 May 2012 04:23:00 +0000

I deal with this condescending douche.(my supervisor) day to day I still give the company I work for 100 percent I’ve always been like that no matter what
I didn’t think much of it until I asked others if they’ve noticed his attitude and everyone told me they’ve noticed it to and talked to him about it
Now just the other day he said something real. Cute to me b 4 I left “if we find someone better than you won’t be good news for bobby” I wasn’t too upset because I know I’m a hard work but the fact that he is taunting and threatening my job security is the last straw besides he’s difficult to work with
So I will be quiting my job in a month or so and b moving onto another job prospect
In a way I have. To thank him for being such a zero because he gave me the motivation to move onto something bigger and better

By: lazy

lazy — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 02:03:00 +0000

i worked at mcdonalds for 2 months…and i have been at tim hortons for about 2 months now. guess wat? i HATE it. but yes, i did learn something. i cant STAND working in fast food restaurants. also anything over 6-hour shifts is FML-worthy.

By: marcus darwin

marcus darwin — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 06:20:07 +0000

Have you noticed that if a woman says, “I quit my job because I hated it,” everyone says “Good for you, go-getter etc.” If a man says the same thing, it’s “Loser!” Why?

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By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:40:36 +0000

I am now working at a smallish shop as a shelf filler and working on the tills. ( 21 years old )

My job is sucking away my life and motivation. It makes me miserable every single day I walk back through those doors.

It makes me feel like crap all the time, it gives me an incredible amount of stress and am now at the point where I come home and burst into tears. I also have a very short fuse when it comes to being angry now.

I have been there now for over 9 months. I am talked to like i’m dirt by customers almost everyday let alone by my supervisors.

More often than not I don’t get my breaks. Sometimes on tills for over 5 hours without a break ( 15 mins for a break). I get told I am slow at filling the shelfs and scanning items on the tills. It doesn’t help at all when you hate the job so much and on top of that you’re being told you are useless. I get put on the main till almost every single day now and it not only is very stressful it is also giving me aches and pains in my shoulders and back.

The system that organizes peoples working hours is a mess. I seem to work more hours than any other person and the time tables shedule most of the staff to come in when the shop isn’t busy. I often get sheduled for an 8:00pm finish which finishs at about 8:20 because the supervisors don’t lock up in time and then the very next day i have a 6:00am start. Sometimes shifts can be upto 9 hours long.

I see my supervisors breaking the very same rules they warn me about yet i can’t say anything back in fear of being sacked. I feel the rules are completely different for each individual person.

It seems I can’t do anything right. I am warned about one thing so I try my best to correct it and then I am told I am doing something else.

I have tried to get my hours changed and have explained that i don’t get breaks etc.. I have spoken to my manager at least 3 times about everything that goes on. It changes for maybe one or two days and then everything just goes back to the way it was and makes me even more miserable.

I don’t have that much confidence or self esteem and this job just lowers it more and more every day.

I am scared that if i leave this job without another lined up that i may be out of work for a long time and would not like to return to the dreaded jobcentre. Not to mention not knowing what my next employer would think about me quitting.

What makes it worse is before this job I was working as an IT Support Technician before being made redundant after the company was bought by a larger organisation.

I loved that job so much the time just flew by. Great staff, way better money, lots of fun challenges every day and small projects. I was so lucky.

Nobody else in the house works and my mum worrys enough as it is without having to worry about money. I am being relied on as the breadwinner so it is alot of pressure.

I just don’t know what to do.

By: ProQuitter

ProQuitter — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:18:32 +0000

I say your friend did the right thing. She assessed the job, she realized early it wasn’t for her, and then she acted on her first instinct.

Why stay in a job that isn’t working for you? I think the the timeframe depends on one’s goals and what the purpose of working at that particular job. Obvious that job wasn’t meeting those things for her. My Advice

1) Assess what that job means to you?
2) Decided if it’s worth staying after that assessment. Is learning more important than happiness, or whatever your reason is for being there.
3) ACT- once you make a decision then act on it. Either you stay or execute your exit plan.

By: Michelle, Moving Mountains Design

Michelle, Moving Mountains Design — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:54:14 +0000

As an employer, I don’t want anyone working for me that is unhappy. It brings everyone down. However, I would like an unhappy employee to let me know that they are unhappy, and why. I may not be able to accomodate their needs, but I would appreciate the opportunity to assess the situation and at least attempt to work things out.

I’d rather have someone quit after 2 or 3 weeks then after 2 or 3 months after I have made an investment in training them.

Is it right to quit after 2 or 3 weeks? Depends upon the person, the work environment and the employer. I don’t think there is a one size fits all answer to this one.

By: Matt Cheuvront

Matt Cheuvront — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:37:17 +0000

Good thoughts here. As Grace said, you will most likely never be happy at a job that clashes with your core philosophy (personal or professional).

That being said – every job is a learning experience. I have grown from every experience I’ve been in, dating all the way back to my days as a bagger at the grocery store.

Ultimately, in order to be the most successful, you have to be passionate and committed to what you are doing. A person can sit and work at a 9-5 and be successful, but they will never be totally fulfilled.

By: Grace Kutney

Grace Kutney — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:30:50 +0000

I think quitting a job is necessary if you find yourself philosophically at odds with the organization or their practices. Even after doing researching into an organization, some of their practices don’t become evident until after you’ve started working for them. I left a position after only working for 4 hours – the employer expected me to lie to their customers and I discovered that they were lying to prospective employees. I respectfully resigned.

I believe all jobs have merit, so unless there’s a deep philosophical (or legal) issue in question, I would encourage a person to stay in the position until they find other employment. There’s still a lot that can be learned, and a lot that can be offered, even within the most undesirable positions.