"You're offering me a raise to stay? If you think I'm worth that much, why weren't you paying me that already?" Seriously, two rules of leaving a job. 1) If they offer you more to stay it means only two possible things. First, they didn't realize how valuable you were, or second, they didn't think you realized how valuable you are. Never ever take an offer to stay because, 2) Once they know you're not happy, and looking to leave, they'll start looking to replace you. They may be offering you more now to stay, but that's only because they need the time to hire your replacement. I always give two weeks notice AFTER I've signed the contract with the new employer, and just tell the current job I'm sorry, but I'm already hired by them.

I'm so loving Steve right now! Some people in management seem to think you're not an adult because they're management. Talking down to you to boost their ego.

I was in a job where I quit . I was there 22 years . The negativity of the company got worse after several good ppl left , one of which was my immune boss . Her boss never did understand the negativity and the effect of poor communication on other staff . I left and found a small company in which I am now appreciated. I'm semi-retired and like my new position.

My favorite is being written up for something they personally mistrained you to do in the first place. You did it exactly as they trained you, but it was wrong. They know that, but you get written up anyways. It's a fun, added layer of stress to training and job performance for newcomers.

Merry Christmas Steve and congratulations!

I got written up at my sales job once because I only spent an average of 2 hours and 50 minutes on the phone per day instead of the minimum 3 hours, even though my sales were through the roof that month. I then spent the next year or so padding my stats by phoning companies and letting their menus run while I goofed off. At one point, I'd go entire weeks without making one actual phone call. But I always topped 3 hours and they never wrote me up again till I was part of a mass layoff 13 months later. They talk about "quiet quitting" these days? Yo, I INVENTED quiet quitting 20 years ago.

Was duffelbagpete never a new hire or something?? What a s****y thing to say. Every job I have had, with the exception of like two I caught on pretty fast, like within the first week or so. Duffelbagpete you are a real piece of work!!

I think my funniest story kinda like that came from my stepdad. He's a brown Mexican but was raised by a white cop stepdad in Iowa so always had a weird relationship with race and oppressive dynamics in general. Anyway he spent almost 15 years mostly overseeing hiring/firing/trying to get certain people to quit. For a very major phone company. I've always been more of a socialist and he's used so many anecdotes from work and how valuable he is to the company. How i really shouldn't wear my wrist brace or anything else that indicates disability in public cause then I'll never get a job. With tons of stories about all the legal ways he discriminates against trans people, disaled people, anyone who does or might use FMLA leave etc

I worked in the warehouse for a small Cabinet supplier whose sales manager decided to go into business for herself. She approached me (privately) and asked me to join her to handle the warehouse operations. She offered less than I was making at the time which was already garbage so I refused. After some back and forth, her offer was a "promise" that my salary would be doubled, and include percentage stake, and in charge if i can make the sacrifice. Fast forward a year and a half of steady growrh (60-70 hour work weeks ), a clean and smooth running warehouse and two additional warehouse employees (trained and laced up). Yada yada she lied. I believe the offer as I was walking out the door was to pay me a dollar more per hour. I was blind sided and I knew from day one this was always a possible outcome. Just another example considering she called me crying 3 months later. Question that lingers for me is was this her plan all along? OR did she succumb to greed?

Rite aid stores are not allowed n Florida, Now i know why, Fla does not put up w/ employees being treated like c**p! Well karma hit, They closed alk their stored n South, Taken over by CVS & etc! They deserved what they got!☹

Company I worked for went through a merger. About 6 months later I was notified that my position had been eliminated and my final day would be in 2 weeks. Not once during those 2 weeks did anyone ask about the handing off of my duties. I supported 3 offices in 2 different states (Paid rent, utilities, landscaping, ordered office supplies, etc.) I was also the admin for the 120 people in my office and admin for the nationwide collections department. I did daily reports for nationwide customer service, input bills into the AP system, ordered supplies, etc. Not once did anyone ask about what I did. My former boss called on the Monday after my last day and asked if he could call if he had questions. NO.

So what was the cause of the company (management) start going down hill ? Was there new management in play ?

So he had his two weeks notice in an envelope when he went int work that day ??

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The usual garbage article that seems bogus and why I stopped reading Bored Panda. He's hourly so coming in on his day off isn't charity he's getting paid. Maybe he came in but half arsed it while there. It says His wife has a high paying job so he can quit his job but also says they're having a baby so she won't be paid during maternity leave plus there's another mouth to feed so quitting was a dumb move. These articles are constructed so that the hourly worker is always the hero and the manager a jerk. I guess it keeps the masses happy

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Calling BS on this one, never happened.