‘A mass email went out canceling all our annual sales bonuses. 40 salespeople walked that day’: 19 Workplace taboos that inspired half the workforce to immediately quit – FAIL Blog

When your workplace shows you exactly who they are, you’d better listen to them, because workplace ethics are shown through actions, not words. 

Every burnt-out employee knows that when your boss says, “We are a family,” that’s a red flag, but they might not quit on the spot about it. If a CEO zeroes out everyone’s PTO balance so they can fudge the numbers on a short sale of the company, that’s a red flag that’s not so easily ignored. In fact, that’s the kind of workplace taboo that might just trigger a mass exodus, a mass quit moment if you will, and for some employees, that rage-quitting opportunity might be the best career decision you’ve ever made.