What bad thing would have to happen on your job for you to quit your job on the spot?

I’m a lifeguard and I think I’m quitting the next time a disgruntled parent comes over to yell at me for not doing my job the way they think it should be done. I’m a lifguard, I’m doing what I was trained to do and you’re complaints are distracting me.

I quite on the spot while working at work once, I couldn’t take their BS anymore. Not a big deal, I wouldn’t have used them for a reference anyway.

At my job now, if they don’t find someone to work for me on Easter..then I’m fucking quitting. I told them I couldn’t do holidays when I started.
If I got reprimanded in front of others, it wouldn’t bother me..unless it was for something completely ridiculous, or for something I didn’t do. Then I might quit. I have a horrible temper, and I’ve left jobs before for practically no reason.
When I worked at Ruby Tuesday’s, they were crazy about the uniform. I came in with an incorrect belt it had to be black, i wore a black one but the buckle was supposedly too big, and had to go to Old Navy and get a new one that day, if I wanted to keep working. Well, I came in the next day and they said they could see my pink bra through my shirt. They told me to go home and change, I left and never went back.

I quit on the spot from a summer camp job a few summers ago. It was 100+ degrees and humid and there are no air-conditioned buildings/cool places other than the lake at the camp. I made it clear that I believed that we should close for the day (it was a day camp), when the director refused I quit citing “not wanting to be a part of it if they accidentally killed a kid from heat exhaustion” as my reason. I still stand by that, I believe I was right.

My second job, when I was 21 was in an insurance company that was opening a branch in my town. They had advertised for mature women but since I had almost 3 years in a similar position, I applied. I was interviewed and I was offered a job in their large office in the City with a transfer to the satellite office when it opened in 3 months. I was trained for all positions in auto/truck/fleet/assigned risk and even got a little raise when we moved. I was asked to sit in on other interviews for the dept.

When we moved I was so happy to go from a 45 minute commute to 5 min. There were 4 depts and strangely there was 1 experienced 21–23 yo in each dept and 4 late 30/early 40 yos w/o experience. There also was a male branch manager. Well the younger women were basically trainers for the older ones as well as carrying our own workload. After about 3 mos things were settling down and everyone was pretty well trained.

On a Wednesday the branch manager called all the younger women into the hall and informed us that now that everyone was able to do their work, they were going to cut staff and we were laid off eff Monday. I couldn’t believe how they used us. The others went back to their desks but I picked up my purse and walked out the door without a word. I filed for UI within the hour, discovering another bit of corp nastiness. In California at that time they closed out weekly claims on Thurs. If you filed for UI on Friday there was a delay of an extra week to collect the benefit.

Travelers Insurance should sit on their big red umbrella then open it up.

I saw several abuses when I worked as a Nurses Aide at a nursing home while going to college. When it became clear it was a pattern, I quit and reported them to the authorities.

Was anything done?

Hmm, tough question. I love my current job and can think of no good reason to quit. Even working back to back shifts wouldn’t do it, I suppose if I found something better for more money would be the only reason.

Sorry for the non answer.

Either the work is unreasonable, or I can’t hack it. I’ve been in some strange situations in my life. I’ve managed to capture a rogue dragon without losing a limb. I’ve been in more than my share of firefights. I’ve never quit a one of those jobs.

The one I quit, before I entered the service, was the dishwashing job. It was Saturday night, and dishes were piled up higher than my head on three sides (really, I couldn’t see over them). It was impossible. I walked out of my station, demanded a raise from the chef and when he refused, I walked out into the night.

@Mr_M Yes, but I don’t know how effective it was. Nursing home standards were in their infancy then.

If the llama gives me that look again…I just may quit.

I’ve quit on the spot once. I was a part time nanny for a 3 year old boy when I was in college. This kid used to scream at me, hit me, kick me, blah blah blah. I had a sit down with his parents explaining the situation and I wanted to talk about things we could all do as a team to change things. Their response? “Boys will be boys…” Buh-bye.

Being disrespected like that and completely disagreeing on fundamental ways of doing things, especially in childcare, is cause for walking straight out the door.

rejection form coworkers
pushing stupid people to the top when i work my butt off

In this economic environment, it’d have to be something pretty damn big. If I had a job in the first place. :(
In the past, I have refused to commit unethical acts and never been fired for it. If they had insisted that I do it or hit the road, I would have walked in a heartbeat.

Public reprimand will do it for me. We’ll talk about it once. Maybe twice. And if it’s in front of subordinates too, then, “take your job and shove it”.

I had a boss who refused to process the paperwork for the health insurance that was suppsed to be a benefit after three months of employment. When I requested she follow through so that I could have the insurance, which was promised to me and which everyone else received after the three months, she yelled at me that I would just have to quit if I didn’t like it. Since I would not be eligible for unemployment if I quit, I told her she would have to fire me if she wanted me gone. She then threatened to fire me and I told her I was going to the labor board. Her supervisor then got involved. He gave me my nsurance, I took care of my medical needs (which is why I took the job with insurance n the first place) and then I walked out the next time she gave me a hard time.

Wow! That all must have made for one HELL of a relationship between the two of you.

@cprevite Watch out. They spit too.

@Marina: I’ll keep an eye out for that.

I took a vacation job at a full-service gas station and convenience store as a pump jockey with the agreement that I would not be scheduled for New Year’s Eve. They then scheduled me for New Year’s Eve, only telling me on December 30th what they had done, so I quit.

On New Year’s Eve the station was held up as it always was on New Year’s Eve and the attendant was shot. They called to rehire me on January 1st but I said no even though they offered me an inside manager job.

I may be stupid but I am not willing to work for people who don’t keep their word.

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