“Customer Threw Their Hot Coffee At Me”: 30 People Share What Made Them Quit A Job The Fastest

When you start a new job, it’s important to know when it’s worth toughing it out and when best to jump ship and look for employment elsewhere. There might not be such a thing as a ‘perfect’ job, but that’s no excuse for bad management practices and a toxic workplace environment.

You’d be surprised how quickly it can become apparent that there’s something deeply wrong with a business. Members of the r/AskReddit online community were very open and honest about which jobs they quit as soon as possible and why. Scroll down for some of their stories.

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There are lots of different factors that can make an employee want to stay at their job for a long time. Forbes states that caring management, an empathetic boss, and honest communication are some of the most important things that any company can do.

On top of that, management needs to provide new workers with good financial benefits, job security, and room for career growth. This leads to happier employees. Which, in turn, has positive effects on the entire company in terms of productivity, proactivity, and profits.

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One survey by Flexjobs showed that most employees want to quit their jobs due to toxic company culture, low salary, poor management, a lack of a healthy work-life balance, and company policy not allowing for remote work.

Meanwhile, another study, this one conducted by ConsumerAffairs, showed that the main reasons why employees quit are mainly related to finances. Namely, that their workplace isn’t meeting their financial needs. That means that if there’s pay inequality and insufficient raises, workers aren’t shy about looking for higher pay and better benefits elsewhere.

Clearly, good management practices are very important, however, the financial foundation has to be solid as well.

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Money.com, reporting on a more recent Flexjobs poll, pointed out that poor work-life balance and unfair pay were among the top reasons for employees to quit. Other reasons for making people update their CVs and send out job applications include having to deal with toxic workplace culture, feeling undervalued, and facing limited advancement opportunities.

On top of that, many employees felt pushed to quit due to the amount of stress they faced, a lack of remote work options, inflexibility on the company’s part, as well as having a bad boss. Another point of friction is if the employees’ and management’s values are misaligned.