I just quit my job for various reasons, just wondering if reasons will be sufficient? See details for reasons?

Question

Initially not paid for hours I worked, when reported to the owner, the owner at first said that it was a miscommunication and that I would not be paid this lead to me leaving. After I left owner came to my house and offered to pay missing hours. I then resumed work, after about 3 days owner began to correct everything that I did, and began cursing into the air about my performance, before this time I was as close to a perfect employee as you could find. Also they had fired another employee and did not replace him doubling the work that I had to do in an 8 hour period. It quickly became a very hostile work environment. I believe they were unhappy with getting caught trying to shave hours and they began taking out on me. If anyone has every gone through this and could be any help it would be appreciatted, thanks

Answer 1

Jack London (the author of "Call of the Wild") was interviewed once by a reporter. That reporter once asked how Mr. London had done SO MANY things is such a short time (his life up to that point). His reply was something that I have lived by ever since I wrote a paper on him in the 6th grade:

"I've never done anything a day longer than I enjoyed it."

I'm now 37 and have done more things, been more places, met more people, learned more, seen more and enjoyed life far more than anyone else that I know.

I have owned businesses, driven nice cars, and paid for a beautiful house with land in full with a single check. (That didn't bounce. :D) I have loved and been loved on 3 continents. I have taught people to see things that were right in front of them all along and been reminded to see things thru the eyes of a child. I can build or level a great building with my own hands. I have saved lives and taken lives (in war). I have sailed the world and swam with sharks. I have been the only person for a thousand miles who could see the sun rise at that moment in time.

I have also been penniless, homeless, alone, wet, cold, and not sure where I was going to get my next meal. I have been unsure whether I would live thru the night to see the sun rise again. I have been at peace with that fact. I know first-hand that there is no greater thrill in a man's life than when he is shot at, and missed. I have held men's hands as they died because they were shot at and hit.

But one thing I always held as my own personal gold standard was that:

I never did anything a day longer than I enjoyed it.

Don't EVER let ANYONE take a day away from you. It's the one thing that you can never get back.

Answer 2

I went through the same exact thing as you did (but with a few minor changes). I had to go out for surgery, and everyone knew long before I left. It was just a couple of days before, did the G.M. tell a few people to stop by my desk, and I would show them what they had to do. Well, it took me a few months to learn everything associated with my job, and I had to learn it all on my own. When I came back...there were people who had left the company, and that gave me the task of back up customer service, as well as my other duties. My job, as a whole, was in shambles. It took me well over a month to straighten things out. Ever since I came back, it was hell....chaios....and overtime was NOT permitted. I could not cram all of my work into an 8 hour day, and one day....I just had enough. I had another job that I had interviewed for, but did not know if I got the position yet. I took a gamble, and told him I was done. He was nice about it, suprised the heck out of me! Gave me my vacation pay, and I did not have to give a 2 week notice. Also, he told me to use him for referance. (go figure!) I was sweating it out, being two weeks since the other job's interview. I finally got the phone call and was offered the job...and best part is, it's only a mile from my house! My advise is.... if you are not happy where you are, try and line something else up, and get the hell outta there! You will be miserable, and it will show in your work. When you are stressed, that makes you miserable as well. I feel like the world was lifted right off my shoulders! Good luck, you know your fine points, use them and go find the job that's right for you!

Answer 3

Are you asking if you can draw unemployment for this, or just if your reasons were enough? I'd say the reasons were enough, but you'll have a tough time getting unemployment, unless you reported them to the labor board the first time they messed with you and kept reporting. You'll also need documentation. It won't help to tell you this now, but in future, anytime any kind of harassment is given you, document it. Write it down. Record it if you can. I was driven to quit because my boss wanted to hire a friend of hers for my position; her husband screamed at me for something someone else did, and about six times that day. When I reported it, they lied, and their help lied, and I did not get unemployment, since it was my word against theirs, and, the state told me, I should have left the first time it happened, not the 600th or so. Apparently, they feel that you should be willing to starve for a while, which I wasn't. I'm happy to say, they got pretty much what they deserved: the woman took them for a small fortune in salary, working about 2 hours a week and getting paid for 40+; and stole from them, and then left with no notice. Oh, and it took me about 15 minutes to find another job. ;-D

Good luck, I hope you find something else...and they treat you as they should. Everyone deserves respect.

Answer 4

It sounds like you were justified in quitting. Many companies are doing the same thing: cutting back on employees and expecting others to pick up the slack. It is unfair. I hope you find something better.

Answer 5

Your reason should always be" To pursue other opportunities." It's simple and it's true, and avoids the ugly mess you discuss above.

Answer 6

good things always happen,, just keep doing what you do and that's being good at what you do,, right now it's looking for your next job,, you'll be fine,,