‘They expected me to… work for free’: 15+ Employees who quit their jobs for good reasons – FAIL Blog

These workers had some A+ reasons for quitting their jobs. For example, one person declined to work for free, which is probably the most important reason one should leave a job in the first place. If you’re not even getting paid to be there, you’re just letting someone boss you around for free! 

Of course, it’s not usually that cut-and-dried. Oftentimes, there’s a buildup to the act of quitting: the boss spends months belittling their employees, or a wave of layoffs lets them know that the end is near. Some people were given jobs that were totally overwhelming — just ask the IT worker who realized on day 1 that they were the only IT person for 300 people, a ratio that would guarantee that IT worker a job full of stress. Some employers are happy to burn through employees, though. They’d rather just have a constant cycle of hiring and firing rather than put effort into creating a pleasant place to work. 

And, as mentioned before, some employers literally want employees that are not even paid! Apparently, a common sneaky way to get free labor is to insist on a trial period for new workers. Yes, they have to do all the work, and no, they don’t get paid for it, meaning a lot of them will leave after that very first shift. Management gets free labor… but at what cost? Surely all the hours needed to find new workers aren’t worth the measly few dollars they save by not paying the new guy. Anyway, keep scrolling to read a bunch of stories about quitting that’ll give you a great feeling of schadenfreude toward all of the bad bosses of the world.