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'I took a video of me dancing on his desk': 20+ Hilarious quitting stories

'I took a video of me dancing on his desk': 20+ Hilarious quitting stories

A good old-fashioned dramatic quitting can really boost morale. When times are already rough at the workplace, watching someone quit with flair can feel so righteous. Most people don't quit on the spot. Even if it seems like they're doing that, usually the resentment has been building for some time. There's that common saying that people don't quit bad jobs, they leave due to bad management. Over time, having a micromanaging boss or a supervisor who continually berates you really wears an emplo…
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'This is my supervillain origin story': Boss tries to tell worker that their demotion is a good thing, they leave and sabotage the company

Oftentimes in life, we will try and soften the effect that our words will have on the chosen recipient through careful wording and euphemisms, hoping that in beating around the bush enough we'll still manage to get our point across but in a way that doesn't upset the target party. Of course, usually, if the person you're speaking to is getting the point and the point is something that they should be upset about, they're just going to get upset anyway. This renders the entire thing to be a rathe…
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'He couldn't hire anyone willing to except such a [low] wage and boring work': Employee gets revenge after being demoted when entitled boss couldn't hire new staff

There's nothing more frustrating than working for a boss who fails to deliver on their promises. You end up putting in extra hours, only to find those promises empty and yourself shortchanged. Have you ever been in a situation where your company was short-staffed, and you were asked to take on additional responsibilities while they searched for new hires, only for those hires never to actually be hired? I have. At a previous job, the boss would frequently dismiss employees without warning, leav…
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'Ok, but it’ll cost you £1m': Engineer makes technical manual filled with memes and quits after being demoted for boss's arrogant mistake

There's nothing worse than working for someone who is as arrogant as they are irresponsible. You'll soon find yourself doing all of the work to keep the company above water while getting absolutely no recognition or thanks for it. That's the situation this worker found themselves in tasked with expanding production and business operations for the small business owner that they worked for. They crafted and executed their plan only to be stonewalled by their boss when it came to paying to hire th…
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'Today the company operates with 35% remaining employees': Employer tells worker to "act their wage," they quit and tank the company

Being told that you should “know your place” by the person who has been benefiting
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'She is narcissistic, lazy, and above all else, a bully': Worker quits their job on the spot, writes scathing resignation letter

When we usually think of “quitting the gym,” it's usually nothing like this waking nightmare…
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'I couldn't let her talk to me like that': Overworked employee calls their boss's bluff, quitting 10 seconds after being called 'replaceable'

After an 80-hour work week with nothing to show for it but bags under your eyes and a dusty, unchanged salary check, overworked employees can start to unravel, like the worker in our next story.
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'Keep your mouth shut to the people willing to even work there': Employee rage quits and reports his company to OSHA after getting written up for breaking arbitrary ‘rules'

When faced with the dilemma of health and safety concerns in the workplace, employees have to look out for each other– because their boss certainly isn't.
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'Time to jump ship': After his restaurant manager quits, business owner baffles his servers with an out-of-pocket request

Like the ecosystem of a live petri dish, there is a delicate balance of growth and decay in a restaurant. Servers, bartenders, line cookers, and managers all exist in equilibrium and when one player falls off the board, the whole system collapses. That much is clear in our next story– After a restaurant manager quit, the entire restaurant's social biome started to crumble.
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‘Everyone has a problem with you’: Hotel worker quits after manager calls her into meeting to discuss why ‘she needs to be nicer' to team of employees

‘Everyone has a problem with you’: Hotel worker quits after manager calls her into meeting to discuss why ‘she needs to be nicer' to team of employees

When everyone at your job has a problem with you, the problem is usually… well, you. But other times, your workplace is filled with a lot of bad apples. That is what happened in this case for a hotel worker whose job title was assistant general manager. Her GM was out of town, so she was left in charge of the hotel. Only a couple of problems arose, and OP made sure to text her manager about them. She thought it was all good, but apparently, it was not. Her manager came back from his trip and ca…
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'I quit well over 10 years ago': Worker gets called in to work a shift at the fast food place they left 10 years prior

It's a funny thing, really, leaving a job. One day, a huge part of your life is handling the trials and tribulations of your role, the emotional turmoil of navigating the uniquely terrible sociopolitical drama of your workplace, and the stress of your capricious boss's unpredictable reactions; the next, none of it matters anymore—you're never stepping foot back there again. Of course, the trauma and lasting burnout may take some time to rebound from, but ten years down the track, the very worst…
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'I've made the company $12,000,000': Star employee asks for a $20k raise after driving millions in sales, she quits after her boss spits in her face

Loyalty isn't a trait that's rewarded on your resume. That's because it's become a corporate science to congratulate the company's workers with hundreds of gold stars and pizza parties, only to scoff when a star employee asks for a bigger slice of the pie.
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Worker quits their job by walking out without saying anything: 'I had zero intention of doing a two-week notice'

People don't quit their jobs—they quit their bosses… And there's no better way to get back at a terrible manager than to be the one pulling the string that unravels their entire working world—just as this worker did to their terrible boss.
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'I’m returning the favor': Employer gaslights remote worker into working from the office, worker quits

It's not uncommon in the workplace to be told not to worry about something only to later be asked why you weren't worried about it—or to have that thing that you were told not to worry about coming back to haunt you or completely blow up in the company's face.
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Cellphone store manager uno-reverses a toxic boss, quitting immediately after receiving an empty threat: ‘Never turned back and never felt better’

It may seem trite to some, but there's a certain point in every employee's life when their fragile work/life balance begins to crumble around them and it starts becoming clear that happiness is more important than money. Whether you're a seasoned C-level at a company or a lowly intern, some jobs just simply aren't worth the emotional damage every day. Sure, we all want to put food on the table, but at what cost? Some of us just need a win… Like the guy in our next story…
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'I cannot work for people like this': Long-time employee gets fired after announcing he's terminally ill, then his loyal colleague rage quits

Colleagues witness us at our highest points in life and they see us through some of the lowest moments, but the same cannot be said of most employers. While your relationship with your work bestie is a lifeline that has kept many coworkers from quitting on the spot, your relationship with your employer is far more monetized. Unlike your loyal work bestie, your employer may say ‘we’re a family', but their claims are often as hollow as their hearts.
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