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by DreAnna on February 25th, 2008
A feeble attempt to hold on to some of my sanity.LOL
by ILuvAnimals on February 25th, 2008
It was a soul sucking place that employed the living dead. I had to get out before I became one of them.
by Fun on February 26th, 2008
Because my boss sucked the big one and he called me a fucking idiot... so I went to lunch and never came back.
by - M.C.S. - Dave on March 23rd, 2008
To become Self employed. One of the best moves I ever made.
by Doggie S on February 26th, 2008
Low salary, very few benefits, arrogant boss.
by Brian on February 26th, 2008
I retired from my last job because I no longer needed to work.
by sm00z on February 26th, 2008
Before becoming a teacher, I worked as a parts inspector in a clock factory. I quit this job because I started to substitute teach thereby getting my foot in the door for a full time teaching job.
by Andy Is Wicked Married to Penal Colony on February 26th, 2008
Many reasons. The three biggest being:
I was tired of never being home.
I needed to pick a career that was not so at odds with my personal beliefs. A bit difficult to separate in this particular line of work unfortunately.
My mom became ill and I just couldn't manage both. She is more important than a job as far as I am concerned.
by Babycakes Deux on February 25th, 2008
Because I moved to a different state with my husband for his job. +5
by Hmmm...... on February 25th, 2008
To go to school.
by royal77 says hello friend on February 26th, 2008
I was working at Sensor Engineering a receiver at $6 per hour 21 years ago. The Post Office started me at $10 per hour. I resigned Sensor and went to the better paying job.
by Sheriff Raff -Answerhag on December 7th, 2008
I deserved better.
by katydid15 on February 26th, 2008
I was being under utilized and underpaid and my boss was not the brightest bulb on the tree, but would never lose his job because his wife was a VP with the company.
by mistje on March 23rd, 2008
I moved from Virginia to Belgium, and I'm sorry but an everyday commute across the Atlantic didn't appeal to me LOL.
by scubaduba on February 26th, 2008
Because I was being asked to compromise my ethics. I had already decided I was going to quit and then I found out that my boss was going to ask me to leave by sending me an email. She wasn't able to send the email, because the DSL was down, but when I went back to work all of my personal belongings had been removed and my replacement was already there working. (This was over a weekend.)
So, then my former boss lied to me about why my things had been moved and I put in my resignation.
by Gone. on February 25th, 2008
I didn't quit I got the sack :((((((( LoL
by Ed the Jetpacking Headbanger on July 26th, 2008
I got a better offer. More money and newer technology.
by scubaduba on March 23rd, 2008
I was being asked to compromise my ethics.
by Stillme FBB on February 25th, 2008
To start this one. Left on great terms.:)
by DiSTurBiA on February 25th, 2008
end of season, and the kids were running me ragged
by loveschimps on November 4th, 2007
panic attacks. I would never admit to this in a job interview. I would make something up.
by Liz on July 22nd, 2011
I found something better.
by frequentuser on August 4th, 2008
severe emotional strife.
by jangobean on August 1st, 2008
I was sacked
by DR0879 on August 1st, 2008
You were expected to not have a life and be obedient and fearful of the owner. Even though you are salaried you are expected to work an extra 10 hours a week and skip lunch, not once in a while, but every day! Got an ulcer and an aneurysm in the process. It sounds far fetched, I know, but I assure you the place exists and they are in business...I never worked under these conditions before. Thank God I am doing better although still jobless. I know how stupid it may sound and I don't recommend it but that's how desperate, sick and depressed I was! And I am a professional woman with a degree and an excellent background, imagine what others less fortunate go through...
by Anonymous on March 23rd, 2008
my manager was bi polar
by buxtonite ..slowly losing my mind on March 23rd, 2008
having 2 strokes ... bummer!
by MelindaWarren on July 26th, 2008
I hated it and I knew it was time to go! So glad I did because I LOVED the job that I am at now!!
by floam84 on February 26th, 2008
I got pregnant.
by We miss our girl! on February 26th, 2008
Lets see, the last job because they didn't even want to pay me minimum wage and they were very nasty to the lady in the office (it was a small motel). The place before that because it seemed I was the only one who worked. Other people stood around and chatted all day long or watched movies while I stocked shelves and cleaned. The job I have now I'm going to quit when I find a new job because I applied for full time only and am only getting 5 hours per week (it's a half hour drive each way, too) and they didn't bother to mention that during the interview!
by Lonewolf_001 on February 25th, 2008
My boss wanted sex from me, I said no, he got me fired by telling me not to call in and then telling the higher up's.
by Rip Van Winkle on May 10th, 2011
Piss poor mantained trucks! I had to go around the scales, All the way from Gainsville, GA to Chicago, IL The law got wise and started watching the other road. I got cought twice. And when I went the way they told me, to another place, it was on a "NO TRUCK ALLOWED" road and got hung up and had to have a wrecker pull me back out, and then the company wanted ME TO PAY THE WRECKER BILL!!!
I told them: "NOT NO, BUT, HELL NO!!! I had enough SS bilt up that I could retire from work, altogether, so, I did.
I bought me a camper trailer, moved to this nice park, with a sweet landlady. I keep busy by doing things for the landlady. I have enough money coming in, so, my wife and I, and dogs live very well.
But, sometimes I miss the feel of driving a "big rig". ( I did it for 43 years, without a chargable accident.) I'm looking for a company that I can work for, part-time, under the table, just to drive a truck again.
by sm00z on October 30th, 2009
The degree of perfectionism demanded of me was starting to give me hives. I had to get out for my own sanity.
by Quesi1 on October 20th, 2009
I was tired of working in war zones
by Sid on March 7th, 2009
Working too long hours, which meant having no life outside of work, inadequate training, which as I was working with electrics was potentially dangerous for me and others, and having too big a workload, which was shared with a colleague who was a nice enough guy, but was slower than a week in jail.
by Brian I on December 12th, 2008
They kicked me out because they said I was medically unfit, but the pension's good.
by Brain Drain on December 6th, 2008
not quit but left on good terms but did leave due to boredom, needed a new challenge and direction.
by Brina on September 7th, 2008
Because my husband moved his company 500 miles away. :(
by meowry on July 26th, 2008
My SSI would pay me just as much to stay home, as if I were to be paid if I were still working that dead-end low-skill entry-level job. The only reasons why I'd stay at a job would be for financial security, chance for success, or emotional well-being. That job gave me none of those.
by BigDaddyBS on March 23rd, 2008
It was eliminated. Prior to that, it was better pay and more programming than administrative work.
by TX Rules is sad about new AB on March 23rd, 2008
Better pay.
by Talimze on February 26th, 2008
I was infatuated with someone and I decided to go find her, which involved me quitting my job (without notice, too). It probably wasn't the best idea.
by Jimmyp on February 26th, 2008
I've been laid-off twice in my life and quit once because I hated my boss. He didn't do anything and didn't know what was going on behind his back but took all the credit for what was done in his department.
by BigDaddyBS on February 25th, 2008
It quit me... (Job was eliminated) :-(
by I love my baby on February 25th, 2008
I moved.
by angelicjordonna78 on February 25th, 2008
I can't remember what my last job was LOL .... I believe it was a temp job at a factory and like two weeks after I got it they laid everyone off. And then I applied for the job i have now
by Zebulon on February 25th, 2008
I got fired!
by Talimze on November 4th, 2007
Because I'm an idiot.
by 60s Rock on November 4th, 2007
I decided I had had enough. I worked somewhere doing something for 37 years, so I quit, 3/15/2002. I am not going back.
by Doggie S on November 4th, 2007
Low pay.
I did love that job though.
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clearly you are insane. :)
by Batty on August 18th, 2010
i can see your point
by dazed on November 9th, 2011