How uncool would it be if ...........

[SerendipityCrafts]

So how uncool would it be if I just typed up a quick letter something like this-

Dear Boss,

I don't need this crud any longer. I quit.

best regards,

About to have a major mental melt down!

Has anyone here ever just walked off a job, never to look back? If so, did you regret it afterwards?

[jeni740]

I have walked off one or two in my life. I worked for a dentist for 2 weeks, who was nuts I mean absolutely crazy. I wrote him a 2 page letter to tell him he needs serious counseling and manager skills and put it with my 500page Office Manual on how to answer the phone and speak correctly and move like a robot on his chair while he was working on his last patient and high tailed out of there LOL. The other one was a waitress job too, I went to lunch and did not come back, it was my first day.

[ladymelissa]

I wouldn't do that if you ever plan to put that job on a resume or would need the contacts for any reason.

But, I have walked off a job before, never to return but it was a low/dead end waitress job. I told them I felt ill and went home and never came back, nor did I return their messages. What can I say, I was young and fed up. I don't think I could do that now though.

[BriansBride07]

I did once. I was a teenager working at the mall at a baby store. I hate retail btw. They gave me great hours during the holiday season. Then the holidays were over and I went down to 20 hrs. a week. I just got my first car and bank loan and there was no way I could afford to keep working there. I spoke to my manager and she told me oh yes your hours will increase. Well they never did I left one day from work when my shift was over and just never went back for my next day of work. They called and I told my parents not to ans. the phone. The only good thing is they didn't last much longer than 8 mo. after I left. But the good news is I landed another full time job within a week even though they gave me a bad report.

[SerendipityCrafts]

I wouldn't do that if you ever plan to put that job on a resume or would need the contacts for any reason.

Oh I know I am all bark and no bite ...... but I really really really want to walk. Lack of sleep, stress and not eating properly isn't helping.

[brewsells]

Yes, I have walked out on a job before. Two, actually. Both waitressing, one at a bar, and the other at a restaurant. I really dont' have the best tolenance for ****.

Why do you ask?

[SerendipityCrafts]

Yes, I have walked out on a job before. Two, actually. Both waitressing, one at a bar, and the other at a restaurant. I really dont' have the best tolenance for ****.

Why do you ask?

Just having a bad day (which are more often than not here) and daydreaming about ... these boots were made for walking ....

[kevinsbride2B]

I walked off a job and never ever returned! It was my first job in a cafe. They put me behind the counter with no training and told me to make these fansy coffees. I tried so hard, but the boss kept yelling and every time I would mess it up he would call me some BAD names... such as i rhymes with bunt, and the other is a female dog if you catch my drift. I walked out after my shift and never came back again. No wonder they were ALWAYS hiring, and they went out of business a few months later.

[Goin2thechapel]

I've never walked off of a job only because it can come back and bite you in the (insert body part here).
I know it's tough but it's something employees just have to deal with. I'm only thinking about your resume...let me know what you decide!!

Good luck hun!

[SerendipityCrafts]

let me know what you decide!!Good luck hun!

As I said, my bark is worse than my bite and I won't be doing anything rash but that doesn't mean I don't want to .... oh how I really want to.

DH & I talked about it and we figure that we have paid off enough bills & our little business is doing well enough. The extra money would always be good but not when it means you have no life - know what I mean?

I am going to have a talk with the boss after the holidays because I just can't keep up this pace. It's too much. We can afford it if I went to part time work ie to job share with someone else. If that's not possible where I am, then I will start looking elsewhere.

[kevinsbride2B]

Well then my dear good luck! Nothing is worse then feeling stuck and getting zero credit or anything when you work hard.
I'm trying to find something new too. My boss is taking advantage of me and I don't get any sick time, he lowered my wages, and thinks that i'm here to jump when he says he needs me. Just not going too well at all!
Maybe 2007 is going to be a better year!:)

[SerendipityCrafts]

Well then my dear good luck! Nothing is worse then feeling stuck and getting zero credit or anything when you work hard.
I'm trying to find something new too. My boss is taking advantage of me and I don't get any sick time, he lowered my wages, and thinks that i'm here to jump when he says he needs me. Just not going too well at all!
Maybe 2007 is going to be a better year!:)

I hear ya ..... positive attitude is 99% right? :) 2007 is going to be great!

[nic1124]

I am tempted to do that everyday. I really dislike my job.

[JennF]

I've never walked out on a job...but I did make a manager cry when I quit. I'm convinced that the woman was mentally unstable. I was working at a photo place while I was in college. I was a full time student working on a biology degree, but she was convinced that I wanted her job!?

When I left, I outlined for her all the reasons that I felt that I couldn't work there anymore (unsafe working conditions, wouldn't work around my class schedule...I don't even remember all of my reasons.) and she cried. I don't remember being particularly mean, but I guess I was. Strangely, I don't feel any guilt, even all these years later.

[Kacie_bride]

I walked out on a job before. It was at a retail store. It was my second week and I wouldn't have put them on a resume after only working there 2 weeks anyway. The first week we spent in training and then when I was put on the sales floor and introduced to my manager she was very rude. I got yelled at the 2nd day. The other employees were rude too. One lady gave me a 5 minute spill about stealing and how I would get caught if I stole from them. I went to lunch one day and never came back. They called a few times, but I didn't answer.

[Trin]

Twice actually.

Once at Wendy's when I was 16.. I just called in and said that I wasn't coming into work that day and never again.. It didn't come back to bite me in the *** but I wouldn't do it again.

Then the second time was at my first hairdressing job, When I had first started working there my boss was awesome then her cancer came back, Everything fell apart, After she passed away one of the ladies who had worked there for years bought the shop and took over.
Well she turned into a mean horrible boss, because everyone else had left I stuck around with her and felt that I couldn't just leave her.. Things got worse and worse, She had hired 2 other hairdressers by that time they were all talking bad behind my back.. They were angry and so was she that I made more money, That I was just started and I had a large clientelle.

Things got worse and worse.. I stopped coming into work 1/2 hour early like normal and would show up when needed as to avoid the meaness of her and her followers. One day my sister called asking for me and she said something mean about me to my sister.. At this time I had already given my two weeks but was only a week in.. I walked into work told her exactly what I had though of her in the meanest words I could think of, Called my sister, Took my stuff, Called my clients for that day letting them know where I would be and left. Best day ever.

As I was taking my stuff she was still acting that way.. accusing me of stealing things that I had rightfully bought myself, accusing me of not paying her back the float for the till.. She is still the same way and tries to make my life miserable.