How to quit a toxic workplace

“My boss was being very hopeful, saying that if they got funding back, they’d rehire me. It bothered me a lot and I needed to cut this clean, so I told them honestly that I would be looking for other opportunities.”source ↗

“I’ve been a part of a toxic nonprofit work environment for about a year now. Bullying, gossiping, name calling, and exclusionary behavior are just a few of the things I faced over the past year and have documented everything with HR.”source ↗

“Due to my mental health and feeling of discomfort and in the office, I’m considering not giving an official two weeks notice but instead giving my notice effective immediately.”source ↗

“The way she treated me was just manipulation and exploitation of my passions and loyalty.”source ↗

“I’ve been doing the jobs of 3 people for the last year and a half”source ↗

“I advocated for a raise (after finding out I was the lowest paid on my team) and it was understood I would move into her position. Literally no one else in the agency has the institutional knowledge needed. They straight up told me that kind of jump doesn’t happen”source ↗

“Probably the last time I’ll work nonprofit, it was just so dysfunctional”source ↗

“I’ve been in my current role for under 5 months and it has been a mess. There are operational problems up one side and down the other, staff culture is bad, and I’ve been sick with stress for months.”source ↗

“I got an official job offer from the corporation so I put in my notice. I immediately panicked. I’m so disappointed that my current job will end this way. I’m scared to go to the corporation because I don’t know what to expect. I’m a MESS. I’m bruised and sad and tired.”source ↗

“I've been applying elsewhere and keep losing out to internal candidates, and I'm terrified I'm going to snap, but I need the paycheck.”source ↗

“Is anyone else surviving a nightmare ED like this? How do you keep from losing your mind while looking for an exit?”source ↗

“When I told the ED, she was passive aggressive and extremely backhanded.”source ↗

“In between these quick quips, I wasn’t able to get a word in and she went on saying different variations of implying how I’ll fail in this new role”source ↗

“Now I don’t feel very uncomfortable and anxious with meeting with her 1:1 once a week. I also don’t want to ruin my relationship with the board (who seems to be on her side) but her conduct with me was really unacceptable.”source ↗

“I truly fear retaliation from her.”source ↗

“That was me trying to hold back a smile when boss told me I’d be laid off 🙂‍↕️”source ↗

“I felt duped into taking my current Director of Development role and honestly just been crawling out of my skin since day one. I am trying my hardest to commit for a year but at 5 months - about same timeline as you, realize it is unsustainable to stay put.”source ↗

“I come home every night at 8pm, I’ve lost passion and respect for the work due to immature messy politics, terrible lack of communication and a weird structure, I’m always putting out fires, I manage a large team and miss being an individual contributor, the work environment has killed my spark and I’m definitely depressed”source ↗

“I worked for one and the first two years were really good, but the last year was intolerable.”source ↗

“I recently left my dream job as I needed to relocate for family reasons.”source ↗

“Since being in the role (been here 8.5 months now), I’ve been having a really hard time and am leaning towards quitting, but I feel so bad since my boss stuck his neck out to create this opportunity for me.”source ↗

“Do I suck it up and stay or do I burn these bridges and risk my reputation to go back to my old job that I loved?”source ↗

“Congrats!! I think this same situation is coming up for me this Monday. Truly can't wait to be done either.”source ↗

“Toxic environment, unrealistic expectations, no growth potential beyond my current role.”source ↗

“I was given until the end of the week to sign the PIP. I had delivered my resignation and cleaned out my office by the end of that day.”source ↗

“Been through 3 toxic jobs in 6 years.”source ↗

“I regret my time in audit there so much.”source ↗

“However, a major reason I’m jumping is my Senior Manager. He has a pattern of being openly toxic:”source ↗

“Socially (like at firm lunches), he acts completely normal, but on engagements, the yelling and disrespect have completely burned me out.”source ↗

“Idk how to approach him. Any advise?”source ↗

“Ever since that I don’t want to talk bto him,”source ↗

“I really just want varied advice as I feel so stuck at the moment.”source ↗

“I got fired, I was struggling with my mental health for a year prior.”source ↗

“I am torn between trying to go back into what I studied for (...) or just focusing on stewarding for a bit... but I don't want to fall into the trap of sticking with that forever out of fear.”source ↗

“I am so lost and don't know what to do at the moment”source ↗

“I found this entry level accounting job and it turns out to be a nightmare.”source ↗

“There’s no accounting dept and they‘re training me to be the staff accountant for the company while underpaying me.”source ↗

“There’s so many things that haven’t been done now I’m piled project after project. I feel like I’m just absorbing their problems and running the whole show.”source ↗

“I started 3-4 months ago. I’m only planning to stay 1 year even tho people recommend 2 years. Is this bad on resume?”source ↗

“I've had enough with the toxicity of my RN profession. I completed an accounting degree last year, but went back to nursing this year because I wanted to give it another try. Of course, still toxic.”source ↗

“I'm seriously contemplating taking six months off to tackle the CPA. Zero accounting work experience. Will this jumpstart me?”source ↗

“I knew it was a shit firm when i applied to a job and as part of the interview process they made me give them my medical history including medications.”source ↗

“I recently started a new full-time job, but after only a few days, I’m realizing that the workload is much higher than I expected.”source ↗

“Can I ask my manager to terminate my employment instead of me resigning, so I can apply for EI while looking for another job?”source ↗

“It was great mistake and I should have waited. I am not sleeping well ,very anxious . Is there any way for to get out from this job ?”source ↗

“I actually did leave a job after just 2 days. It was due to horribly false advertising.”source ↗

“4 days ago, my face was feeling tingly and left fingers numbing from work stress I brushed off.”source ↗

“Everyone is burned out.”source ↗

“You could be super nice & professional to a homeowner and the next day they treat you like they own you & lash out on you for problems you didn’t cause.”source ↗

“I’m not jumping ship right now but I’ve put a few bugs in peoples ears I know to try and get offsite. Make good relationships with vendors, that’s the route I’m hoping to go.”source ↗

“I'm just scared of the backlash and they terrible things i know they are going to say and don't know how to do this and keep that at a minimum.”source ↗

“I was going to ask for a quick call, tell her, then send the official notice with HR copied. They didn't react well to my maternity leave earlier this year and I know they will react poorly.”source ↗

“My own company makes it very difficult to contact HR when a person is gone - because we use an online ticketing system and they don't have a general phone number anymore”source ↗

“I find myself crying after hostile meetings and dreading every day. I hate the person I am at work. So why haven’t I just quit?”source ↗

“If I take another job it will mean I have to work many more years because of the salary.”source ↗

“I genuinely go back and forth between a ‘buck up and get through it’ to ‘why are you dying inside every day and not living just for a paycheck’.”source ↗

“I noticed anytime I speak with him, my job gets incredulously worse. Same with my manager.”source ↗

“I need advice, my manager is very retalitory in a surgical way. I do not want to leave my job until I secure something secure.”source ↗

“I can't quit every job. I want to win and move forward. Persevere. If I could i would stay. im nervous it may never get better. not ready to call it though.”source ↗

“Experienced HS teacher here, 25+ years and like so many others am burned out with current student behavior and admin responses/lack of support/disrespect and being vindictive/petty.”source ↗

“It's obvious I will never be respected or valued here; I need out asap but having difficulty transitioning to something else as am new in my current location and don't know anyone here.”source ↗

“Trying to survive this toxicity while making plans to leave and this year's freshmen are absolutely feral as so many have posted about here.”source ↗

“Admin clearly wants me gone but I'm trying to get ducks lined up to do so presently with finding another job and fmla/eap.”source ↗

“For the first time ever this school has made me begin hating teaching my content area and I'm exhausted/stressed and finally broke emotionally last weekend.”source ↗

“I’m in my fourth year of teaching and I’m considering leaving my current school already even though it’s only September.”source ↗

“Does quitting my current school this early in the year look bad for future employment, and should I even care?”source ↗

“i'm quitting my job and waiting a month or two before looking for a new one, trying to figure out what financial implications I'm not accounting for.”source ↗

“Are there any other consequences of quitting voluntarily that I might be missing ?”source ↗