Have You Ever Quit A Job Without Notice?

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  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    This place I worked at scheduled me for only 4 hours one week - I figured they could find someone else to cover it and quit on the spot and never came back.
  • LivingstonIpresume
    LivingstonIpresume Posts: 83
    I did only once, I worked for a company that was sold out to another gentleman, who dropped our pay, increased our hours (I was working 14 hours a day, 6-7 days a week) put employees in positions they werent qualified for and treated us like crap. My coworker and I got blamed for a screw up on some houses we had never worked on, and after we proved that we had never even worked on those houses he didn't apologize just sent us back to work. We both packed our tools and walked. Company went under about 3 months later.

    If it happened again I'd pack my tools and walk again
  • sshook990
    sshook990 Posts: 284
    i quit a job with a post it.
  • 2bFitNTrim
    2bFitNTrim Posts: 1,209 Member
    Yep. The place I worked at was filing fraudulent insurance claims, so yes, I hightailed it along with 3 other gals all at the same time. We would've reported it or took action, unfortunately, the way they had it set up it would've been impossible for us to prove.

    I was real happy years later (3-4?) when I read that the owner was taken to court by an insurance company who somehow, someway caught on. Oh, what a happy day that was!
  • livinginwoods
    livinginwoods Posts: 562 Member
    Yes and it haunts me. It was Subway, as a second job, about 5 years ago. The manager kept changing the schedule on me at the last minute and it started to affect my primary job and one day I just did not show up. Not a proud moment in my life, and I have to see my old manager in town sometimes. It took me 3 years to finally get the nerve up to go back to subway. :smooched:
  • Papillon22
    Papillon22 Posts: 1,160 Member
    Yep, I did it once and don't regret it. In fact, I should have done it sooner.
    I was an au pair for a horrible family (with a wonderful little girl) and so many boundaries were crossed that one saturday I packed my crap (I was living in an apartment that belonged to them), moved in with my boyfriend, and on sunday I sent the mother an e-mail saying that she'd get the apartment keys in the mail the next day. I thought that a little taste of her own medicine would maybe help her realize the kind of person she was. It didn't, of course. Her loss!
    Then, I filed a complaint with the government agency in charge of au pair contracts and, since 2 previous au pairs had also complained, the family is not allowed to have them anymore. One of my proudest moments, even if I felt like complete crap for leaving the little girl just like that.
  • dvisser1
    dvisser1 Posts: 788 Member
    Nope, not even the worst of the jobs I have had. Working at a factory through a temp agency at 19 I did quit one on 3 days notice, but that was as close as I ever came to no notice. Finished my second 4x10 work week at the place and told the agency I was never going back.
  • summer827
    summer827 Posts: 516 Member
    Yes. It was a college job and I realized my employer was involved in some fraudulent activity. Eek.

    Would never leave without appropriate notice now that that I'm settled in career.
  • Nailrep
    Nailrep Posts: 966 Member
    Yes. But it was one of the best career moves I ever made. Not professional though.
  • InkedBeauty89
    InkedBeauty89 Posts: 114 Member
    yes walmart lol

    haha! Yes, me too.
  • HartJames
    HartJames Posts: 789 Member
    Yep- last year. I am a home health care coordinator/manager. I brought a team in with me and and the family bought in additional people I felt were unprofessional and putting my patient at risk. I brought issues to attention that were not resolved. I wrote a letter of resignation and left. I will not be help responsible morally or legally for another's lack of integrity, professionalism or incompetency.
  • HelloSweetie4
    HelloSweetie4 Posts: 1,214 Member
    Yup, twice.
    First time I was 15 and a busser at a resturant. The police found the owner getting it on with a waitress in a botth, when they busted them for serving alochol after hours. My dad had me quit and I certainly don't blame him!
    The second time I took a holiday job at Christmas Tree Shop. I was already working another job and in college, so I had a very specific availability, which they said wasn't a problem. However, they kept scheduling me during nights I had school and I kept telling them I couldn't work those night. It came around finals time and they were still sheduling me during class times so I called them up and told them I wasn't coming in anymore because my education was far more important than a seasonal job.
  • pundas
    pundas Posts: 165 Member
    Yes, about a month ago. I was hired at a Holiday Inn as a front desk agent. In my interview, the general manager told me they were looking for someone to start out as a front desk agent and move up to front desk manager because the current front desk manager was getting promoted to corporate. I was hired, and was then told I was hired because they were trying to fire another front desk worker and had no intention of moving anyone up to a manager position. Everyone was very rude to me, said I wasn't allowed to take a break, and my trainer yelled at me constantly and in front of guests at the hotel. It was a very unpleasant experience for me. I lasted 4 days, wrote corporate a 7 page letter explaining my experience and didn't show up for me 5th day. No regrets.

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