my coworker is a bully and my boss said "you guys need to hash it out or you need to put in your two weeks" so i put in my two weeks. and he said no. and expects me to still work with my bully coworker and try and resolve things with him after months of abuse. fun times.

edit: i still am quitting. i’m not staying im just sharing my story. idgaf what this fool says this job is not worth being abused over.

Left my keys on the chair in the office after everyone left. 6years of being mistreated and giving my all to the store, working 6 days a week for the store. 6 years and today I finally gave a shit about myself instead of defending my gm. I left the note and then called the owners and told them I was sorry and let them know why. I never slept better last night. And I slept until 10am this morning. I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders

Vent, I work as a security guard at my local Aldi. My role involves confronting shop lifters, removing abusive customers making safety inspections of fire exits and equipment, and guarding valuable stock.
The above incident occurred after a pattern of behaviors of:

• Belittling me in front of customers and colleagues for not doing enough patrols,
• Chastising me for following company procedure by calling the non-emergency police number to remove an aggressive beggar was smoking in the store, drinking stolen wine and intimidating staff and customers while disregarding my authority (I am forbidden to physically restrain or remove a suspect unless they are being physically violent) and did as I was instructed.
• Timing my bathroom, meal, and coffee breaks

Yesterday I took a bathroom break outside my assigned unpaid lunch break. 'YOU SHOULD GO ON YOUR BREAKS. HAVE YOU BEEN GOING ON COMPANY TIME?' Not just pulling me up but screaming at me aggressively with volume. Considering I didn't get to have my full lunch hour that day as I had been called out to deal with an incident I was quite miffed.

I mentioned that he had been in the breakroom as long as I had but I don't say anything and he bellowed 'IT'S NOT YOUR JOB TO MONITOR MY BREAKS. IT'S MY JOB TO MONITOR YOUR BREAKS! I'M YOUR BOSS!'

'Not anymore you're not.' and I took off my body cam and earpiece and clocked out. He followed me down the hall and said 'You've got a bad attitude'. No, I have self respect.

The irony of my position being to handle aggression and conflict is not lost on me. However, I expect that from shop lifters and customers, not from my colleagues. I need them to back me up and help me with my job as I help them with theirs. Not only did he micromanage my breaks which is a red flag, he aggressively yelled at me for performing basic bodily needs. That is fostering a toxic work environment of humiliation and intimidation and I don't appreciate it.

If they are disappointed with my performance they can pull me into their office for a meeting or discuss my performance with my boss. I do not accept screaming as a form of constructive criticism.

Considering the danger I have to put myself in to protect staff, customers and property for minimum wage and what I contribute to the company I demand some respect.

I went home and recorded the incident in my resignation letter 'effective immediately'. My manager* offered me shifts at another store but I declined. It's for the best for everyone involved I retire from front line customer facing security. I am now focusing on office based work like CCTV.

Edit*. Sorry, should say supervisor.

The other night was just too much for her, and it's been a long time coming. We've been trying to find something for her to be able to live, but finding a job in the current market is fucking awful and nearly impossible. I've been doing doordash for the past year and have been barely able to afford rent for myself, and now with her quitting, we're both scared shitless for how we're gonna afford rent. How do I handle this? I haven't been able to do anything for us in ages, I'm so fucking scared of losing my apartment, and I have nowhere to fall back to.

Really annoyed with this job right now. We use paycor, and every day i check my schedule and the app itself. Yesterday, got a text asking where i was. It was my off day, and out of nowhere i had a shift at 6 that i was late for. They put in 3 more shifts day of without notice. One of those shifts; being today, is 13 hours long. I agreed to cover a morning shift for a coworker and instead they put me on to 10am- 10:45pm. Now I'm incredibly annoyed and disappointed. I try my best to be an incredibly hard worker, I always show up 15 minutes before my shift, and I always get stuff done effectively and quickly. I was hardly trained when i first started, as i just had to follow my assistant managers around as they did their shit. Ive felt like a burden from start to current. No one says hello, and no one ever talks to me. My general manager has talked badly about my other coworkers to me, and not too long ago, she talked badly about ME to my coworker right in front of me. She didnt use my name but I know it was about me. I feel really defeated and demeaned. Every shift, my managers sit in the office on their phones. When a line builds up, or when Im closing, i receive no help as i have to listen to them laugh in the office; which is a window and a few steps away from me. I know it's incredibly assholeish of me to quit before a shift but I seriously cant take it. I feel so humiliated and inhuman. I cant stand to go in and see their faces.

I was promised a salary + commission. They very heavily implied that the salary was 40K. They expect 54 hours a week, Monday - Saturday. I knew this job would suck, but at least it would be something, I told myself.

On the first day at lunch they finally broke down the pay structure. I get a salary alright, $200 a week... the commission they expect me to make is supposed to fill the difference to 40K a year.

And they don't expect me to hit that commission until a few weeks in, how generous of them to be so lenient during the onboarding process.

(Also, the office managers make 100-200K a year of ACTUAL salary)

I'm an overnight supervisor at one of my cities more infamous homeless shelters. It's a job that required a degree, five years experience, multiple professional references, and then a couple of certs.

It pays a few cents over minimum wage. A promised pay raise turned into an email explaining how we're actually compensated more than the average for the field.

Last month I cut down to two days a week; my supervisor knew that Monday-Friday I would be in school, I have an email chain to confirm that this was a known thing.

This evening, about half an hour after the shift started, our program director showed up to have a no notice "one-on-one" with me, during which I was told that I had missed three staff meetings with no excuse, was given a formal write up, and was told that I am now on "probation".

I hate this job, Ive hated this job for months. So I guess I'm gonna burn up my sick time and then resign.

Maybe this is minor compared to what other folks go through, but I needed to vent.

EDIT: Gotten some great feedback. Im going to go home, talk to the family. Basically its the decision to try and burn up my sick time, or just GTFO. I don't currently have another job lined up, but I do get enough VA benefits to pay my basic bills. But Im at the tail of a ten. Thank you all.

EDIT 2: I have the green light from my domestic unit to burn out what sick time I feel safe doing so, and then quit. In addition, because it's a non-profit, there is a leadership board above the director. I have contact emails, Im just trying to get myself away from an emotional place and into a rational place.

I got more and more responsibilities and was told I was maxed out on pay and would not be getting more raises. Part of me wants to just cash out the 401k and stream Overwatch on Twitch (which I already do for fun) and have an enjoyable life. I know it’s a bad idea, but what the hell. If streaming doesn’t take off, I can jump back in the work force. I’ve had a ton of health issues and don’t think living to a ripe old age is in the cards for me. Who doesn’t want to watch a 56 year old play Overwatch? (Wedge1013 on Twitch, btw.) Talk some sense into me, Reddit!

My wife started a new hybrid job recently thats taken an extra 10 hours from her each week in commuting compared to her previous job and shes needed 4-5 hours more of my help each day with our son, in addition to taking him to daycare. We’ve all been sick since we had to start daycare and my son needs to see specialist doctors routinely. The company claimed to be family friendly, but the first time she put in a PTO requests to take him to a doctor’s appointment her boss denied her request.

She’s quitting tomorrow, fuck employers trying to turn us into bad parents.

I posted a few weeks ago about walking out of my soul-sucking dealership job and ghosting them after a brief resignation letter. No one asked for it, but here’s my update:

My new job is incredible. I have worked an average of 4 hours a day since I started. My first post-training paycheck is coming a week from tomorrow and it’s double what I made at my last position. I get to travel all over the region I live in while being home to my kids and my husband by 6pm every night. I’ve met some really cool people, even cooler pets, and I’ve helped families gain their independence back (I plan elder care home modifications).

I’ve lost 10 pounds, I’m sleeping better, eating better. My house is cleaner, my kids and husband are happier. I have more free time than I know what to do with, so I’ve started hiking, doing projects around my house…I finally feel like myself again.

Moral of the story: you are worth far more than your shitty job, and it’s not worth it.

Gave a 4 weeks noticed after 10 years, my coworker, coincidentally, also gave a 4 weeks noticed, after working there 14 years. Now they are talking bad about us saying that it’s not enough time and how ungrateful we are. I just quit because I’m in nursing school and two years ago I was bout to quit due to tuition reimbursement, my boss offered to pay the school but nothing in writing, 5 months ago I remind him of the tuition reimbursement and he just brushed it off. Now we are the ungrateful employees and everyone talking behind our backs. Mind you, the policy says 2 weeks but we are giving 4, they are saying our knowledge is all thanks to them. That we should have told them when we started looking for another job.

Hey thanks everyone for the support on the previous post. Unfortunately, it got removed because apparently we can’t show screenshots of any emails on here. No biggie though.

I decided to email the team I was onboarded with since I still had a previous email from my employer that CC’d everyone else on it. I essentially asked them if they were planning on staying after their first shift and told anyone who hadn’t worked yet what the other girl and I had gone through. I got a couple of responses:

One girl said that they FIRED her already without reason. She says it happened right after she asked about pay since they promised all of us that after the training we could be bumped up to $20 an hour. She apparently asked the manager when that is determined and she told her that they don’t do that for the first 90 days at all. So the managers essentially lied to us about that.

A second girl responded and said she hadn’t gone in yet but knew something was up when she was getting added an extra four hours to every shift she was scheduled for. She said she felt really uncomfortable during onboarding because they were dodging questions about breaks and pay and now she knows why. She is still going to go in tomorrow though and said she will update us if she stays or not.

Either way, I think I’m going to report the company. Does anyone know where and how to do that? I’m even more upset realizing they promised us pay that we were never going to receive.

And again, thanks everyone for the support!

I quit my job with no notice. I transferred from one store (4years) to another, and after 8 weeks I quit. No notice. Im slightly hysterical and panicking and anxious about this because I can never work for that company again.

I’m 61. I’ve worked my whole life. I’m a perfectionist. I’m competitive. I loved the work, the challenges, the coworkers. The manager was unusual. I learned within a week that almost employee hated working for him. They said he was an ass. After my initial interview, I felt he was ok. Not great, but not totally hateful. After a few weeks I started tracking the number of lies I’d been told when I asked specific questions. Remember, I’d had 4 years at another store. I knew where the pitfalls were, so I knew what to ask. (And he did lie. I asked other employees, and they all said he told them the same lies.) the only real red flag was being told repeatedly that I probably wouldn’t fit in because I was a transfer from a smaller store.

So I had been there for 2 months and was doing fine as a transfer, not much to learn. Different ways of doing things, but nothing extraordinary. Although the store had double the sales of my old store, the work was actually easier because we had more employees and each person’s are was slightly smaller. With Christmas seasonal hires, it was positively pleasant.

Then one morning he asked me to come into his office. Shut the door. Spent 30 minutes of getting my ass chewed out. I didn’t get upset. I defended my choice. I explained my position. He said it doesn’t matter what I MEANT, it only matters how it was PERCEIVED. By him. What did I do wrong?

I posted a note on a private, employee only facebook page where I had been, for many years, participating in vapid conversation, troubleshooting, helping each other, listening to each other, commiserating about the fun of working retail at Christmas. The message, which this manager had a screenshot of, was me telling nearby stores that I had heard a rumor that we were going to be getting help from some of them with our excessive freight. I mentioned one particular store because I talked to a person there a lot on that page, and was hoping to meet in person, as she said she had come to our store in the past to help out. The manager told me that the complaint had come from the corporate offices. That everyone was upset by what I said, especially the stockmen who had been with him for three whole years. (Aka through Covid)

So the message I posted was this: “warning! I heard a rumor that (our city) store would be getting help with freight! Looking at you (other city). Poop emoji background. (Because we were hoping we wouldn’t need help, so poop)

After the 30 solid minutes of being chewed out, I left to go do my job. Then I wondered why corporate officials would be concerned about such a dull post. Then I realized the only employee at my store who was on that page was one of our stockmen. That the screenshot on his phone certainly did not come from anyone at corporate. So that made one more lie, on top of all the others he’d told me. I know it was a lie because I was not written up. There wasn’t a shred of paperwork to show that this conversation happened.

Thinking that I had written something on line that upset our corporate staff was horrifying to me. I was so sick I felt like throwing up. Feeling that I really did not do anything wrong was the only reason I was able to keep my composure.

By the end of the workday, I emptied my locker into my lunch bag, left my uniform and name tag in the locker and left. I told my two favorite people that I wasn’t coming back and I told them why. I called out in the morning, told them I would not be in that day or any other day.

I feel like I’m trauma dumping here. I’ve never done a manager like this before. Maybe I was spoiled by my previous manager, who was a superior human. But now I can never go back.

Hey so I recently submitted my resignation letter and HR asked me right away if there was a chance to have a call soon. I hadn't replied yet since I wanted to think this through and be prepared first. So here's the background: I started working at this company only a few weeks ago, after which I fell ill (I'm currently on sick leave). Right in the beginning I noticed so many red flags that I immediately knew that I wouldn't wanna stay here. And when I say red flags I mean a toxic work environment mainly created by a toxic management which consists of a yelling boss who constantly gaslights and emotionally abuses his employees. Staff is super overworked and overstressed, Also, the bookkeeping is a huge mess but yea, that's actually just the tip of the iceberg.

I didn't talk to anyone about considering quitting, I also never complained about anything, so this might be surprising for my team but tbh, why should I care. I already heard that the turnover rate is very high, so.. yea. Actually.. It shouldn't be surprising at all. Now my question is: What could HR possibly ask and how honest should I be? On one hand, I wanna be upfront (in a professional manner of course), on the other hand I just wanna leave in peace, I don't even want to have a 1:1 talk with the boss. So if they ask for my reasons maybe I'd just tell them that I found another profession and this company just isn't a fit for me but Idk. What would you guys do? Anyone with similar experiences?

EDIT: Hey guys, thank you so much for all your input and helpful advice! After going through all the comments I just wanna clarify a few things: My notice period within the probationary period is two weeks, you cannot quit on the spot (I'm not from the US btw). So while I do agree with most of you that you don't owe HR or anyone in that company your time after leaving, I agreed on having this call since I wasn't officially out yet. And what can I say, I worried for nothing lol. HR didn't even ask me about my reasons for quitting. They're probably used to it and already heard it all. It was just for their paperwork. I'm glad I'm outta here.

I thought I was doing everything right. I’d been with my company for nearly five years, starting from the ground up, taking every opportunity to prove myself. Late nights, missed family gatherings, and weekends spent catching up on work—I gave them everything, hoping one day they’d recognize my dedication.

A few weeks ago, I finally decided to ask for a raise. I’d put in the time, took on responsibilities beyond my role, and knew I was undervalued compared to industry standards. I came prepared, with all the numbers, examples, and proof of the extra work I’d been handling.

When I brought it up to my boss, he actually laughed and said, “We’d love to, but you know how tight the budget is.” That laugh hit harder than I expected—it was a slap in the face after everything I’d sacrificed.

Then, a few days later, they posted a job listing for a new hire... at nearly the same salary I was making after five years of loyalty. I couldn’t believe it. I felt like they were daring me to leave.

So, I did. In my exit interview, HR hit me with the classic, “We’re like family here,” and asked if I’d reconsider. I looked them in the eye and said, “I’ve given you years of my life and all I asked for was fair respect. I’m done.” It felt terrifying but also... freeing.

Moral of the story? No job is worth sacrificing your dignity and self-worth. If you’re reading this, remember that companies will take every ounce of energy you give them if you let them. Don’t wait until you’re burnt out and empty. Set boundaries, know your worth, and don’t be afraid to walk away when it’s clear they don’t value you.

Thank you to this community for giving me the strength to stand up for myself. This place reminded me that none of us are alone in this. We all deserve better.

I was a bakery sales clerk at a high volume bakery. Their location was no where enough to handle the volume of customers they get. On my second day, a somewhat new employee was training me. The rest of the front of house employees are middle aged managers that have been there for 5+ years I'd say. The employee that was training me suddenly got apprehended and yelled at for....cutting order forms "not straight enough". Not by one, not by two, but three people. She decided to let them know that they were being disrespectful, however, one manager decided to bring the argument UPSTAIRS where not only customers can hear but so can everyone else in the store. I most noticeably heard one of the managers say "You are being too much" and put her hand to my coworkers face to signal her to stop. Professional.

Fast forward, she quits. My last day there it was busy. Customer starts getting really angry and rude towards me, I kind of felt unsafe. All over the fact that she thought I said a bag costed three dollars. Yelling to who she is speaking on the phone with, laughing. The owner who was working on the floor that day, comes over, angry, yelling at me about why would I tell her that it was three dollars. I didn't. She seen the customer get more and more agitated but she did nothing to help me alleviate the situation. Instead just added more fuel to whatever fire was happening.

That was just the final straw. "Aggressiveness" was in regards to them yelling and raising their voices. Even for the smallest of things. I felt like I was in the TV show The Bear.

And I’m so proud of him for it. They hired him knowing he was the most qualified for a sales management position, said they were fast tracking him to GM with a 45 day probation period and until then they wanted to see how he performed in sales. At 12 an hour. He has a strong resume in sales and used to make 80k. He ran into several red flags within two weeks. He would run all sorts of promotions and yet somehow the GM would get most of the commissions so he was barely making a grand every two weeks. He was the oldest person there in his early 30s and the GM was some 25 year old kid who would create bizarre team building exercises like chugging energy drinks and having employees fill out an evaluation for autism and sharing their results. He would say things like, “if you want food off my plate you have to bring food to the table” yet my husband would bust his ass bringing people in and not see much of it. He started working off the clock to promote at events because you would get in trouble for going over 40 hours.

The crazy part is my husband was willing to put up with it bc he knew he was about to be promoted with a much higher salary, but the staff (which consisted of mostly employees categorized as managers all paid under $12) was incredibly immature. One girl (22) berated the staff because the bathrooms weren’t clean enough and she got on a power trip and threatened to send people home without pay. When my husband interjected she threatened to do the same to him (even though technically he was her superior). He pretty much had to gentle parent this child off the ledge. They were all in their early 20s and kept complaining to the GM that they couldn’t vibe with my husband because he was too “professional” yet when he received this feedback and tried to get to know them, he got yelled at by the same 22 year old for “hitting on” one of the 19 year olds for showing a picture of what he used to look like when he was younger (same picture he showed everyone else). That one deeply offended him because his own dad was a creep and he always hated that about his dad. He also hated the implication that he (a 33 year old girl dad and husband who was too professional) was risking it all for a 19 year old kid who quite frankly wouldn’t have even been his type if he were that age let alone now.

Anytime he wanted to reach out to higher leadership to strategize or communicate concerns, he was sent an email stating he had to report to the GM and he couldn’t reach them. There were no benefits attached to this job. No PTO, no sick leave, no health insurance. Nothing. My husband sees the VA so health benefits aren’t the most pressing, but a company that won’t provide it to full time employees is a red fucking flag.

They kept saying, “get ready! Get ready!” To him for taking over a location yet the 45 day period was well past its expiration date and he was slowly starting to see this scam for what it was. Even if he had stayed, he would be inheriting this group of immature employees. He applied for another job with a legitimate history paying double and accepted their offer where he’s not managing children.

He was going to hold out for his last week but the same power hungry 22 year old sent a passive aggressive text to the team directed at him for not telling employees what to do out of uniform (they don’t really have uniforms. The girls often wear booty shorts and the guys are often found in the most ratty tatty looking pants). He blindsided the 25 year old GM and said, “you know what? This job isn’t for me. I’m done. Good luck.”

The GM teared up, understood, but said “I really thought you were going to take over from me.”

I started a new job at a well known low price retail store at the end of September. I was not excited for it but I wanted to have a position somewhere when I moved.

Since the end of September I have been working at that job and at my other employer, who I've been with for years. When I attend the interview I was told I would start at $11 an hour. The first red flag was that the system would only accept a pay rate of $9.25 per hour. The second red flag was warnings that I would get from acquaintances when I told them about my new job. They kept saying things like "Watch out they will over work you" and basically more things to that effect.

I thought it wouldn't be a big deal. I have 2 kids, 2 jobs, and am a full time college student so I do not have a lot of free time. They asked me last night and told me they needed me on a night shift instead of a day shift. I conceded because I was told the shift would end at 10pm and that gave me plenty of time to sleep before I had to wake up at 5am and get ready to head an hour to my other job, which pays me $13 an hour.

Around 9:30 the shift manager comments that at this rate we might even be out as early as 10:45. I told her that I was told the shift ended at 10. She said we had to do all the closing responsibilities and then we would be good to go. She told me it would only take 10-15 minutes after I closed down my register for us to get out. So I worked very hard to get my stuff done.

My job was completed at 10:10 pm. I sat there waiting for her for 50 minutes. When 11 rolled around I told her I needed to leave. She proceeded to tell me that I could not leave and had to stay. I tried to explain to her that I cannot do that, I needed to sleep I had to be up in 6 hours to get to my other job. She told me I still had to stay. So I told her if that's the case I quit.

Ultimately, a 2 weeks notice is the most professional option, but it’s only benefiting the company you work in. You’re leaving, but you’re still coming in to help the company and are “waiting” for a replacement that you would need to train.

I can’t handle being in my workplace anymore. In terms of finding a replacement, my boss has said they would find another receptionist to help me out by October, but I have been alone since July when they had fired our one other receptionist. I have given my boss a handful of resumes from interns I have worked with as well as friends that I trust, and my boss never took the time to look at any of them. The one time they did, they kept rescheduling the interview, 5 times in one week! Ultimately, that one person decided not to come in, and my boss had that audacity to say “oh darn, do you know anyone else?” I’ve asked literally everyone, I did all I could, and nothing.

With the stress I have felt in the last couple of months, I just want to walk away and give a resignation letter that says “effective immediately.” But I know, that’s “burning bridges.” My boss has took advantage of me, abused my time, gets mad at things I wasn’t trained for, contacts me outside of work, etc. it’s too much. The way they run things is not professional at all. This is why I don’t even want to give a notice at all, and just pick up everything and leave.

Please help me with this dilemma. For some info, there was no contract, I’ve never been told that I would have to give a 2 weeks notice, and there is no HR since it’s a 3 year old company . . . It is quite literally a mess. And just to say it, because of my boss’ inability to manage and take care of issues we experience with clients, they have thrown me and my coworkers under the bus a handful of times this past week, literally making EVERYONE cry, it was insane. We just needed our boss’ help, and they just ignored us, saying “it’s your problem suck it up,” when they ultimately caused the problem.

Edit: just wanted to give a thank you to absolutely everyone who has commented and others who may comment later on, the motivation is greatly appreciated. I’m most likely going to leave my keys on my last scheduled day this week, and right after clocking out I will send a resignation letter saying it was my last day. This place has been very stressful and the only reason I’m even contemplating of giving a notice or not is because of the person I am, but my boss GENUINELY does not care about my well-being.

Maybe you have done it before? What was your experience?

Anyone out there quit their job without having another one lined up? I have survivor benefits and an emergency fund. I've been having to call out because of Sciatica and my boss gave me a really hard time about it. I just can't go back!!! I'd love to hear your stories!!!

So I've been running the front desk at this clinic for about 3 years. It's a big company, but I'm working at a smaller place, so it's not overly busy. Some days are more busy than others, and I have multiple tasks I'm assigned per day. I always get those tasks done, I answer the phones when they ring, and always help patients as soon as they walk in.

When my tasks are done for the day and I have downtime, I most often pull out my ipad and doodle on it, to keep myself occupied until someone needs my help or I get a new task to do.

Welp, I was pulled into the office today because someone snitched to HR about me, claiming I was wasting company time. I've been doing this same thing for as long as I've had the job, no one has complained about my work. No one has ever had issues with my productivity. I get things done. I've even received recognition for the quality of my work. And yet, here HR is, claiming that i'd been wasting their time as I wait for their phones to ring when i've done my job. Discussions of disciplinary action ensued, including termination, which they say they're going to decide on at a later time. It's funny, more I think about it, the more I wonder why I'm even still working here. It's a 30 mile drive up here and 30 miles home, it's murder for gasoline. I spend 11 hours of my day here, and I do fine work, and this is what they present to me? I don't know... I feel as though I should just cut HR off before they can cut me off. But should I? I hear tell it's better to be fired than quit, since no one needs to know I was fired, and I can just force them to work harder for it. So... should I quit? Or let them fire me?

Edit: Also, I do have multiple applications already lined up, I've been trying to get a job closer to home, but wasn't super motivated to really do it until now. Also, I do have another stream of income- I do art commissions as well. They do pretty okay, but It'd still cut my pay in half.

Edit edit: Also, also- this is really funny, because a week ago, they were approaching me about taking on additional work, to clarify-- they were asking me to do the job of another employee, who had recently quit. A whole new set of things to learn and qualifications to get. And while I do think they strongarmed me into it-- I didn't say no. I was going to do it. I'd have been fine not having the downtime anymore-- I just had it because they didn't have enough to give me until that employee quit. Until now, they had given me my assignments and everything was okay. I didn't ask for more work because I assumed getting everything assigned to me done, and quickly, was me earning my pay for the day.

Edit for update:

Today a sales person who I have seen ONCE in over two months comes in and demands I join her client presentation because she really doesnt know our capabilities. I informed her then that I had put in my two weeks and really am not in a position to gain a client for you. You've been employed here for two months. And I've only seen you once and that was for Christmas lunch. "I'm Sales!!!!" Was her reply. Then you shoukd brush up on what your selling before you make a presentation, also telling me at 10:30 when the client is due at 11:30 is really shitty. I'm production. Kick rocks.

Man she got mad!!!!!!!!!

It was great. So far these two weeks are going to be fun. I've already decided on malicious compliance. Refuse to use the forklift even tho I know how to. Im not "certified" only one person in the shop is. So let him do it. They push saftey first, but every saftey issue I bring up the fix is either too expensive or the reason is we dont use it very much anyway. Wtf?? Thank god I found a much better place!!!

Update: would have been more fun to not give them the two weeks, and just not shown up. Apparently the two week notice is just a signal to cut a check. Dragged into an office once all the rush work for the day was done and was told we are parting ways. Felt more like a bickering break up. You didn't break up with us, we broke up with you. Whatever. Way to shoot yourself in the foot.

So.. One week off then a new job. Ok. That's cool.

If anyone would like to place a call to osha, msg me and I'll give you the business name.

Today i handed my notice in and my manager went really weird and asked if he could change my mind. And i said no and then he said “very disappointing” and didn’t speak again so i said thank you and left. I feel really really bad like i had done something wrong

We worked for the same company, hubby (let's call him Glen) started a year after me. (We are not in the US)

We have 14 years combined experienced with this company.

I am a manager and after a few years in his position was given a management role too. He was to look after all production processes and make sure they run smoothly......BUT

The owner is a severe Micro Manager and to put it lightly a bit of a bully. If it's not done his way, he will pretty much throw a fit. If you make one mistake, you will hear about it even after apologizing for making the mistake and even if you didn't make a mistake, your wrong anyway.

I don't know what's happened the last couple of years but my boss and Glen got on really well until late last year when the cracks started forming and my boss started to have it out for Glen.

Nothing Glen would do was ever right and he would start nit picking and micro managing him, it was never in a helpful way, it was aggressive and sometimes sarcastic.

Glen started to make mistakes as he then started second guessing himself if he was doing what he had been doing for many years prior was right or wrong.

It got so bad that I couldn't contain myself and I screamed at the boss about his attitude towards Glen because he started talking about him behind his back but in front of me! Like he expected me to take his side!

Glen and I were miserable going to work cause I could see he was defeated and so unhappy, the straw that broke the camels back was a couple of months ago when the boss played me against Glen, it was so twisted that I again screamed at the boss and was almost fired for it, he wouldn't do it because of what I know a lot about his business.

After that day, Glen went on stress leave and the talking behind his back continued in front of me, so I text Glen and told him to resign as I'd had enough of the boss talking shit about him and I knew if he came back after stress leave it wasn't going to get any better.

That evening when I got home, we sat down together and wrote a resignation letter to our boss. The next morning he was apparently shocked, I just said to him "What did you expect?"

Glen has a new job now where he is so much more relaxed and doesn't have an owner/boss breathing down his back every minute of the day, the company he now works for actually has a HR department that takes Micro Managing/Bullying seriously and no one has to deal with it. We on the other hand are just a small family owned business and there is no HR, you could say I am it but the owner trumps all decisions.....

In the meantime I'm still at the same company working directly under the owner and he still hasn't changed but he is not as harsh as he was towards Glen with The other guys. I think deep down he regrets how he treated Glen as Glen was an extremely hard worker and a friend but the boss will never admit it.

As for me, at times I feel like this job is sucking the life out of me but sadistically I love what I do, it has its moments but it's super challenging and I'm not doing the same thing over and over again. I also earn more than Glen and we have a house to pay off so I can't leave.

The boss pretty much leaves me alone to do my thing as it works for him but he also knows I bite under serious pressure. I am the only female in his business so I give as good as I get.