Comments on: Top 10 bad excuses for staying in a bad job

By: Ward

Ward — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 00:27:59 +0000

Here is the problem…If the country was in a great place and jobs were a dime a dozen employers would treat us better. This is the terrible part about a bad economy…they know they can treat us any way they want and most won’t leave. Yes we need pay checks and yes most of us want and need health insurance…this is the worst part about it…I just said this today…I make no money now and the stress of a bad work place is killing me…but if I leave then another terrible employer that won’t pay anything will hire me and I start at the very beginning and I am 44 years old then the cycle starts again…I need the pay check!! I want to quit!! I am so stressed out over money as it is I just think not having it will put me over the edge!!

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:49:46 +0000

TO Stressed out:

What are your prospects for a job after college?. Consider quitting and getting a student loan. Spend that time you were working on finishing school earlier. Maybe you can try and get a job in something related to what you want to do when you get out of college. Also, take time to meet and speak with managers and human resources people in the field you plan to be working in to find out about job prospects. I often found these people to be approachable. Good luck.

By: Tony

Tony — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 05:29:29 +0000

I’ve been at my retail job for a few years and its literally making me insane. I had put in my notice but than I took it back a few days later because I was so distraught and now I’m planning on quitting my job again soon. WTF did I just do? This job is making me violent against my family and making me cry myself to sleep almost every night. I’m going to quit again in about 3 months from my first notice; oh boy this is not going to be easy.

Just remember everyone if you hate your job THAN QUIT ASAP. If you have a bit of savings great. No job lined up? QUIT ANYWAYS!!! I’m in for some deep shit when I quit; oh well I still 27 so I’ve got some time.

By: The courage to quit

The courage to quit — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 08:21:10 +0000

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By: Stressed Out

Stressed Out — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:50:12 +0000

The reason I have trouble quitting is that my parents will be mad at me again. I’m currently attending college and I’m finding it very stressful and tiring to hold up a job at the same time, especially a job that I really don’t like. I find that the manager is not very approachable and she is not involved with her employees. It creates an isolated atmosphere and makes me feel like the work I do is not appreciated whatsoever. I do have a chance to get a job at the college over the summer, which I would love to do, as the boss there is very nice and considerate. However, until then, I am stuck with my current job. Once summer is over, I won’t have a job unless I can hopefully find something to do at lunchtime or after school. Please give me some advice. :( I’m starting to pull my hair out.

By: Cry like a baby when alarm goes off

Cry like a baby when alarm goes off — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:58:07 +0000

Help, I need to get the hell out of here before my boss and co-workers send me insane, I have never before met such vindictive and hateful people in my life I do not want to be around these people any longer. I am reading all these messages and trying to muster up the courage to get out, before this job ruins me and the shred of a life I have left, as after 10 years in this job it has taken my soul, my looks and my personality of which was happy in my previous life before working in ‘the prison’. My boss is so evil it is unbelievable. Why oh why isn’t something mentioned on the news about bosses such as these and how they can destroy a persons life? Everything else seems to be discussed and bought to the public’s attention and yet this seems to be one area that desperatley needs to be addressed, these bosses can destroy a persons life and drive them to suicide even, and yet no-one seems to be doing anything about it!

By: Pema Tshering

Pema Tshering — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:05:09 +0000

It is a nice inspiring post. I am really getting stressed with my work and I worry that if i start taking too much stress right at this age (I am 24) then i guess i will start having lots of diseases in future. Root cause of my stress is the poor management in my work place, staff shortage and poor system. Having to deal with so much of customers (I work in a bank by the way) sometimes I get really stressed out. So I have been planning to quit my job for a quite sometime now. I will quit my job after I get my annual bonus which we will get after a month or two………..Meanwhile I am in a process of looking for another job.

By: In Turmoil

In Turmoil — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:00:36 +0000

After two years with an employer who wasn’t intune with the employees and the importance of a healthy culture, I resigned. Not a bad place to work … just disheartening to work there. I took a job at a company for less money because I thought “the grass was greener on the other side” but unfortunately has the same unhealthy culture. Been with this company for two weeks and I am already regretting leaving my previous employer. My prior employer, however, is willing to take me back. Should I go back???

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:48:36 +0000

I work for a small business and at first I loved it. However, we jumped from a staff of 30 to 120 in less than three years. The owners just weren’t ready for that kind of growth. As a result our management here is nothing but a joke. I feel run-down and underappreciated. My “team lead” wants me to walk on water, but he expects half of the dedication and work that most of the others in my department give him. I know I’m not alone in feeling this either. I’ve actually put in my notice twice now. My boss told me that he would most likely have to lay-off my entire department if I left. He says he can’t replace me and that he won’t be able to keep up with the line of business my department handles if i leave. I work with ten other people. I want to quit, but if they really did the lay-offs? I’d feel awful.

I hate this position that I’ve been put in. No one should have a right to make me feel responsible for the others in my department. The worst part? No one else gets this response if they quit from my department. I am still friends with a few of the people who have left in the last year and they got a completely different speech.

By: Ms. Frustrated

Ms. Frustrated — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:47:52 +0000

I am gratified I was able to notice this link while I’m searching for samples of resignation letter. It has strengthen my driving force to leave and pursue my dream job. This is my first job after graduation (it left me with no choice because this was the first company to accept my application) and at the initial stage, I found it quite enjoyable because of my amiable peers and high salary (have to admit, though). It also came to a point when I was blinded and I missed all the opportunities which came upfront to me – all the chances in which I could have considered as my first stepping stone to land the job I love. Everyone was shocked and some bombarded me with negative feedback. I know I failed their expectations and I also hate myself for that. After staying for almost nine months now, here I am, still full of regrets and frustrations. I wonder why I didn’t have the courage to leave and bid goodbye to this materialistic ideal and go far beyond to pursue my passion. This new year, I stand firm to free myself from being stuck to which I’m not supposed to be. I know it may be hard after this decision but I’ll take all the risks so that, in the end, I could shout to the world that “I didn’t regret it because here I am and I’m lovin’ it.”