Quitting a Job Options

[Kailin]

Have you done it?

What job did you quit and how long did you work before you quit?

How did you do it?

Just curious.

This post has been edited by Kailin: Feb 3 2009, 04:05 AM

[sks88]

I use to be a dishwasher for a restaurant called
"garfields". I remember it because the 2nd day of
Work I came in 5:00 pm and didn't leave till almost 2:00 am.
I tried to work the next day and just walked the hell out: it was one of my 1st
Jobs when in highschool days. Slavework is all I can say...never doing that again.

[Dim_Sum_4_U]

My first job was at Marshalls department store. It sucked and I was getting paid $6.25 an hour working in the shoe department....My friend told me he got a job at a dealership driving cars around, making $10 an hour. Long story short, I told my manager I wanted to quit and gave her my 2 week notice.

[felltohell]

i stayed at a company for a month,..
the kind of work they talked to me about to lure me into their company was entirely different from what i actually did..
i submitted a letter and i had to be in an exit interview..

[Kailin]

^Had that happen to me before. Job description made it seem like I would be getting a lot of responsibilities. Ended up sitting around most of the time.

5 weeks and I wanna QUIT !

This post has been edited by Kailin: Feb 9 2009, 10:00 PM

[Federico]

If you're American you might have some trouble finding another job.

[Kailin]

If you're American you might have some trouble finding another job.

I feel lucky.

[2nd2none]

i stayed at a company for a month,..
the kind of work they talked to me about to lure me into their company was entirely different from what i actually did..
i submitted a letter and i had to be in an exit interview..

Exit interview???

I used to be a dishwasher for some crappy chinese restaurant called Lloyds Lloyds. fu-kin slave work for 6.25. I worked at 6PM til 1AM the first day and quit. They made me do all the plumbing $hit too, I said I was a dishwasher, adios muthafu-ka.

2nd Job was in the Navy haha. No real chance to quit anytime, but I did quit after 4 years lol. My last days on the ship were spent saying fu-k you's to everyone who screwed me ( a majority of my chain of command). It was fun slapping my TIS into everyones face, man did it feel fu-kin good. After that, I left the ship and spent 3 days in Hong Kong then caught my flight flew back to japan to say some more fu-k you's, then flew to washington where I learned to hate and say more fu-k you's to people I knew for a week, then I came home .

3rd job was at a peach plant. Pay was $hit, I ended up doing electrical, mechanical, plumbing, definitely wasn't in the job description. They said electrical and that was all I was willing to do, but after 3 months I found a more decent job so I went and sabotaged an electrical panel (yes it was on fiya lol). The supervisor called me over the radio screaming for some help, but I said I quit. That was fun, sadly I learned from an ex co worker there that that fire only burned up 3 motors 5 relay contactors, 8 PLC's, and 300 lbs of peach .

4th job I was doing solar panel installtion for a company called SPG Solar based out of San Jose, CA. The job was alright, a lot of dirty work because it was out in the field, pay was pretty good though, but it was a contractor job, so I knew I would be out of a job in 3 months. The main supervisor was cool as fu-k, but the leadman was an idiot. Didn't know what the fu-k he was doing, so I said fu-k him, and left. After I left, a guy who I worked with told me the next day that they had ran 800 feet of cable that had been spliced because the leadman told them to run the cable a different way haha. Good $hit!

5th job, currently working at a VA Hospital in Central California, pay is great, I have an office, not too much work, work is easy. The only way I'm leaving this job is if I get fired lol, or if I find a better paying job that's federal. I'm the supervisor which makes it that much better, nobody keeps track of where I'm at, so most days I show up to work, check to see what I have to do, and if there's nothing to do, I just tell the guys below me that I'm running around inspecting $hit, and go home for the rest of the day .

[sks88]

^great stories..some of those jobs u had I woulda kept LOL..except dishwasher.

[Kailin]

i hated all my jobs. i hate this one too.... hate hate hat eha tehathatheahethatehathate

[theng]

^^^ Just quit it unless u desperately need the money

I never quit any job before no matter how mundane or emotionally exhausted I was mainly coz I needed the cash lol

[Kailin]

i need the money
ahscrewi t. i still have alot of savings.

This post has been edited by Kailin: Feb 12 2009, 02:33 AM

[gumdrop]

Have you done it?

What job did you quit and how long did you work before you quit?

How did you do it?

Just curious.

I quit my very first job at a travel agency because I got bored of just standing around & issuing plane tickets for people. It was for the summer, and I didn't take it seriously. I quit my other job at an investment bank because I found a better job that would help me advance in my career. All I had to do was tell them that I was no longer interested in working there. Pretty simple.

I will quit a job if I feel that I am no longer being challenged and do not see a bright future at the company. There's no point in spending most of my day not learning anything, not being challenged. Everyday should be a learning experience, and if, at the end of the day, I feel that I've accomplished nothing, then it's a sign for me to look elsewhere that'll offer me such a feeling.

I'm contemplating on quitting the job I currently have because I am very annoyed by my coworkers/manager.

This post has been edited by gumdrop: Feb 16 2009, 08:30 PM

[SkylineC83]

what'd you do at the investment bank if you don't mind me asking? and what do you do now?

i used to think that was the best job in the world...but then i later learned otherwise

[gumdrop]

what'd you do at the investment bank if you don't mind me asking? and what do you do now?

i used to think that was the best job in the world...but then i later learned otherwise

I worked at an investment house on one of the fixed income trading desks. It's good money, but I discovered that it's extremely cutthroat. Long hours and high stress. I was only an intern, but I witnessed coworkers who worked in equity research and were forced to stay @ work for a whole week straight.

As of right now, I'm looking into actuary.

[Federico]

i need the money
ahscrewi t. i still have alot of savings.

You done screwed up. Money>Happiness. Your job comes before everything and everyone.

[SkylineC83]

I worked at an investment house on one of the fixed income trading desks. It's good money, but I discovered that it's extremely cutthroat. Long hours and high stress. I was only an intern, but I witnessed coworkers who worked in equity research and were forced to stay @ work for a whole week straight.

As of right now, I'm looking into actuary.

that was exactly why i-banking was a turn off. yeah making a couple hundred k a year would be awesome but you basically give up having a life... too much of an extreme. and with the demise of nearly all investment banks...the outlook for that industry is more bleak than before.

i do know a couple of actuaries. they're kinda ehh... i'm just stereotyping based on the people i know and the other people in the insurance industry giving their opinions too. don't get me wrong, it's a great job and good $$. and after you get through the each level of certification, your salary automatically increases so there's a lot less office politics that you need to go through for raises.

[Kailin]

You done screwed up. Money>Happiness. Your job comes before everything and everyone.

Thank you for the encouraging words.

[2nd2none]

^great stories..some of those jobs u had I woulda kept LOL..except dishwasher.

No you wouldn't lol.. The only one I would've kept was the Solar Energy one, because after that project, I was supposed to go supervise a new one across town as lead electrician. I could've got 180 dollars a day for per diem, and 42/hr, but there were not benefits, that's what kinda drew me back. Now I work at the hospital making a little over half of that for 25/hr, but the working conditions are great lol, and plus I get a crap load of benefits, and my military time transferred over to the FERS retirement system. Life is good, now if only I can get a better job lol.

[sks88]

^nice man. Most people that get to work in hospitals do say they like it. I tried to do a pharmacy tech thing...but couldnt pass the PTC test to become certified. with your military experience..that helps alot. Im trying to get my CDL license..so i can get a better paying job for now to help with bills etc lol..i wouldnt mind working a factory job though...even w/out benefits..as long as the moneys good.