Why I quit my job.
Hey there,
Before I start, I’m making the switch to Medium as it seems like a more professional place to go, and its pretty much entirely free (and ad free). Here’s hoping it works out.
Anyway, I quit my job today, and I wanted to explain exactly why, in public, so that it at least has some sort of meaning. I worked for an audio video company, which won’t be named here, that has a decent reputation with customers. A lot of employees leave shortly after they get hired, however I decided to stick around. My father works there and has worked there for quite some time, he seems to be ok with it.
The owner talks down to employees and customers, mostly treating them like garbage, though its not on purpose, and anything he does incorrectly, he tries to correct. My reason for quitting isn’t his fault, nor is it my fathers, its an employees.
This employee, let’s call him Joe, likes to try to make sure he appears better then everyone else, so that he can get the better pay, and the better reputation with the boss. He has no problem with telling a fib here and there to ensure he gets the better everything. Joe did this against me, causing my last check to go from 300 dollars, to 33 dollars. Eight hour time sheets, went from being worth 8 hours, to 1 hour, thanks to Joe. Besides this, my checks have been shorted multiple times, sometimes not showing up at all, which, if I wasn’t living with my dad, could have ended my very way of living.
I’m still new to work in general. I never had to have a job before, this being my first one. Its almost like I’m still learning how to work in general. I make 12 dollars an hour and work part time, how in the world am I supposed to survive when my check gets cut entirely or nearly entirely? This is what prompted me to quit.
Honestly, I hated my job, and most of my co workers, theres one who thinks he knows everything, and one that will do whatever it takes to get a raise, even throwing the people he needs to help him under the bus. With that in mind, I have given up entirely on the company. I don’t enjoy this line of work anyway. Audio & Video equipment is something I don’t like to work with, I’m a programmer, not a trench digger, not a sheet-rocker, and definitely not someone who enjoys working on other peoples houses for them.
So that’s why I quit. To those of you who know me as a friend or on a personal level, don’t worry about me. I have other work lined up with no problem. I am not concerned about earning money. I own a business myself, and its starting to take popularity. I am not concerned, and neither should you be.
Thanks for reading.
On a side note, Medium is something I’ve never used before, so I hope it works out well, it seems like a very nice platform.
-CSxKING
