What is your “OK, then I quit!” story?

1. I was one of two people in IT (I managed the other person) for a 300-person company, with a satellite office about 2 hours away. I was already working 60-65 hour weeks and had made formal requests for additional staff/budget/etc. that fell on deaf ears. One of my primary complaints was "not being involved in decision making"; the other managers would decide to implement software, initiate security rules, etc....without even coming to me for input. Just out of the blue, I'd get a "oh, we want this software...make it work with our systems". So we have a town-hall meeting, where they announce that they're closing the satellite office, and half the employees would be relocating to our office. Instantly, the IT work this would entail just started streaming through my head...and I promptly walked out of the meeting. Not my problem anymore.
   — dystopianview


2. I graduated from College with a Bachelor's of Fine Art and a lot of debt. I knew my first job after college wasn't going to be the best, but I wasn't prepared for how much it was actually going to suck. I got a job at a company that sold promotional products. Basically, they put a company's logo one anything you can think of (well, they didn't actually do it, they were middle men, they would set up the art files and send them off to companies that made the products). Anyway, my job there was to set up the art file and send it off to be printed. This was a mostly quantity over quality job, as most of the work just required me to make an existing logo a certain size. Some projects were more involved, such as having to recreate logos when the client didn't have a high resolution file, or even better, getting to draw custom t-shirts and get them printed. They had many salesmen that all brought in new orders daily, but only one designer on staff - me. I worked my ass off keeping up with their orders and making sure nothing fell too far behind. I was constantly told how I was the best designer they ever had on staff. However, I was making too little money to live. I could not afford to pay rent, pay my student loans, and eat. I deferred my student loans for a while. But you can only do that for a short time. I had been told that after 9 months there would be a review and they'd give me a raise. Well, that time finally came, and my boss told me that he couldn't give me a raise because I hadn't been staying late often enough. I was pissed. No one had ever complained that their work wasn't getting done fast enough. I was constantly being told I was the fastest designer they ever had. I quit on the spot. I later learned they replaced me with two people. I was only making 20k per year. Unless they were paying both of those people 10k year, they were clearly paying more than they could have by just giving me that damn raise.
   — silentknight111


3. I worked at a history museum. It was a part time job so they had hour limitations-not just weekly ones but also yearly ones. So most people would work their tails off during summer and fight tooth and nail for the winter months. The longer you were there, the better hours you got. I worked there three years and they were constantly complaining they didn’t have enough staff so I frequently worked six days a week until I started getting close to my yearly max and then they would severely cut my hours-to the point I needed to get a second job. But this history museum would frequently change my schedule last minute (within 48 hours) which would cause problem with my second job as well as cause child care issues with my infant. So I frequently “called off” and would get reprimanded for not fulfilling my shifts. So finally I’d had enough and sent an terse email to the scheduler telling them it was inappropriate to change the schedule with 48 hours notice when we had to provide our availability at least a month in advance. You would have thought I’d cuss her out and planted a bomb in the building. I got yelled at by my boss first, then dragged into HR, was put so far in my place I wasn’t even allowed to respond to their accusations and insults. Then I was placed back on the floor and told to do my job and not complain or else. That was the last time I worked for three weeks. They pulled me from the schedule to punish me I guess. For some reason I put up with this and waited patiently for the next month’s schedule, figuring they would get over it since they were “so desperate” for people to work more hours. So the next month comes out, it’s December. I got scheduled ONE day. The whole month. Christmas Eve. I was irate, but I knew complaining wouldn’t help. I waited until that morning, then called off. Permanently. My boss had to come in herself to cover the shift. Fuck her and that museum.
   — LivytheHistorian






4. Despite being the highest performer in my department, I wasn't getting any significant raises. The worst people in the department were getting the same as me--one even had a higher hourly rate. At my last review, the supervisor went "well, normally you're our best performer, but in September your productivity was down 25% so I'm not authorized to give you any more of a raise than the standard." Me: "I was on vacation for a week in September, did you account for that?" Supervisor: "Well...um..." He hadn't.
   — catlady93


5. Assistant manager at a chain pharmacy. Store manager on vacation for a week, keyholder cut back her hours to one day a week, I'm running the store with just part-time associates who can't leave the front end of the store. 10 new planograms drop on the same day, didn't get to face out the candy aisle that was being redesigned and missing a lot of product. District manager unexpectedly comes in. Sees candy aisle looking empty, asks me why I didn't face out the shelves so it doesn't look empty. Explain that corporate dropped 10 new planograms and I'm redoing the diaper aisle. Starts yelling at me on the sales floor. To deescalate I begin walking to stock room while he continues to yell at me. He then begins poking me in the chest with his finger and hitting me with the stack of planograms I was working on. I calmly removed my store keys from my keyring, told him not to disrespect me like that, gave him the keys, and left. He had to stay and work the store since there was no other management available. Cutting off your nose, etc...
   — SyxxFtH8


6. Worked at a red discount clothing store as the front end supervisor. We're not allowed to ring so that we can move from register to register making supervisorish decisions (such as returns and markdowns and stuff). I've got a long line, and it's been that way for long enough for customers to be visibly dissatisfied, but I've got all my cashiers ringing. I call overhead for the associates who are on the sales floor doing markdowns. Assistant manager immediately calls the front desk and starts tearing me a new one for trying to take away her markdowns team. She cancels them overhead. I'm a very animated kind of person, very friendly, and very communicative. The people in line *knew* I was trying. As soon as she cancelled them overhead I walked off the floor, out the front door, and never returned. I did not call anyone, nor do I know if the store manager was aware I had left. I'm sorry, but your completion statistics are not more important than the customers waiting to pay us.
   — devtimi






7. My boss told me I was unprofessional for taking some time off after a friend was murdered, and another friend died in a car accident the day after that.
   — DelightfulAF


8. Told them I was underpaid and overqualified. I said that they would not be able to find someone else to do my job at what they paid me. They disagreed. I quit. 2 years later they haven't been able to replace my position.
   — saran_man


9. I worked Wal-mart as a cashier. After 2 years of working there while attending community college I decided to move to a town an hour's drive away to attend an actual university. I transfer to the new location in the summer and all seems fine. I don't get along with the CSMs, but I was never really close to the ones at my old local. At both locations I was considered the fastest, most efficient cashier and when the second location went to switch from the old keyboard registers to the touch-screens I was invaluable because I had already gone through the switch before and knew how to operate them. Now, throughout the year I had worked every holiday; Valentine's Day, Easter, Memorial Day, 4th of July, etc. I was never really given the chance to see my family much, so when Thanksgiving rolls around I ask to have part of the afternoon off to drive home and be with family. I said that I was perfectly fine with working late into the night as Black Friday deals didn't start until 6 or so and I'd be happy to be there when all that happened. My manager says that's okay and I figure I'm good. Schedule comes out and I'm not only working afternoon, but doing Black Friday. I complain and my manager essentially says "You should have gotten it in writing." Fair enough, my parents taught me to just deal with shit like this. I figure I can still see my whole family on Christmas. Now Christmas Eve is a big thing in my family and both xmas with my mom's side and with my immediate family are both that night. I know from previous years that if I work till close those nights I may not get off till 9:30pm or so. I tell my manager that I'm willing to work that morning but that I can't work too late because I have two xmases to attend. I try to get him to write something so I have proof this time but he absolutely refuses, saying it's not necessary. I figure I'm being paranoid but sure enough, two weeks before xmas the schedule comes out and I'm working till close. I stormed into my managers office on my break and demand to know why he lied again. All he says is "You should have gotten it in writing." I said OK, calmly walked out, clocked myself out and walked out of the building and never looked back. I've never been the type to do shit like that but if you're willing to do shit like that you have to be willing to lose your best cashier during the busiest season.
   — Sango12592






10. Me and others are almost at the point now where I work. Normally we get a bonus and raise every year. One year they can't afford it. No problem it's a down time. We understand. Then they push it out few months next year. But we still get it. But the smallest bonus and raise. Ever. This year rumor is it'll be smaller than last year, with no raise. Now why is this a big deal? Massive wage theft. We have one guy working 12 hours a day. But getting paid for 8 plus hour a day overtime. 1 hour a day overtime instead of 4. Everyone else is almost there. Working 9 to 10 hours a day and getting paid for 8. No overtime. We get told if we put it down they'll fire us and hire someone else. Our foreman tells everyone tough shit, he doesn't get any overtime (he's salary exempt, we are salary non exempt). Normally we put up with it for the bonus and raise and health insurance (it's really good health insurance). But with them (possibly) taking away our raise and (possibly) reducing the bonus to record lows. Lots of people are getting close to walking out. I'm considering filing a wage theft complaint with the state. I'll get fired, but I'll get a nice payday (I estimate $5k to $10k per person per year wage theft).
    — FuckingIdiotHere


11. Worked reception for a Hilton. Was 11.45pm, my shift finished at 11pm. They had overbooked during mon-thurs when there was ZERO chance of getting another room in the city at all. Eventually found the guests somewhere 20 miles away, they had booked an $80 corporate rate room and the replacement room elsewhere cost us about $500 + taxis and meals. Was fed up of reservations team not listening to logic and having to deal with tired customers that just wanted to go to bed now and here, not an hour later and miles away. When the next 'no show' guest arrived I just said fuck it to the night team I'm off, for minimum wage it just wasn't worth the hassle.
    — Haydenhumper


12. I took a second job and was very upfront that my main job was my priority. I told the manager that I get my schedule at the end of the month and sometimes I'm on call. She said she was fine with that. I got my schedule, copied it, and brought it in for her well before the end of the month. We had two or three techs at that time and we had a rotating schedule. I came in later that week, she has me scheduled for a weekend where I'm on-call. She gets all pissed about it and tells me that I need to find a replacement. I come in after work and call around. No one will take my weekend shifts. I talk to the assistant manager about what's going on. He tells me not worry about it and he'll find someone. Saturday rolls around and of course I'm not there. The manager is pissed that I'm not there and I remind her that she agreed that she would work around my schedule. She claims she never said that. She demands that I come in for my shift and I better be there in twenty minutes. I told her to not bother to expect me to be there.
    — Blood_Warrior






13. Worked at a GNC store for a month ten years ago. The lady who owned/ran the franchise was a mega bitch and would always find ways to casually insult her employees. Anyway, one day I was opening the store with her, when she turned to me and asked “Did you eat breakfast today?” “Uh... yes, I did” “Oh. Well then do you have a mental disability of some sort...? You don’t seem to understand what I tell you, dear.” But she said it in a sweet, fake way, as though she was legitimately concerned that I was possibly mentally handicapped (I’m not). This was one of many, many fun insults and I was done. I said excuse me, walked to the back room, grabbed my stuff, and started walking out. She asked where I was going, and I just said see ya, bitch. She yelled after me but I don’t recall what she said. All in all, pretty satisfying.
    — Sharkattackr


14. When my raise was $75. Not $75 more per check, $75 more per *year*. You know how it's more insulting to leave a shitty tip than to leave no tip at all? That's how getting a raise of about .002% felt, especially since I'd just put in 3 straight months of ~60 hour weeks. The boss is lucky I didn't burn the place to the ground.
    — SevenSixOne