worst reason you've ever seen someone quit a job for?

[Mike Gayner]

Originally posted by: TehMac

Originally posted by: shortylickens
Have seen plenty of folks not even survive one whole day. They didnt like it. And by "it" I mean work. Seen many people who were just not into regular work. Rather than tough it out and learn how to deal with it, they quit.
In fact I'd say in modern America theres a little too much of that going on these days. Its not a huge wonder the Mexicans are snatching up our domestic jobs and the Indians are getting our outsourced jobs. They complain less, work for a lower salary and fewer benefits, and generally show better results on the job.

And yet somehow, quite magically, America is still the number 1 manufacturer in the world. 😕

According to who, exactly? What are you so good at manufacturing that someone else doesnt do a lot better? Cars? /laugh

 

[Glitchny]

Originally posted by: Mike Gayner

Originally posted by: TehMac

Originally posted by: shortylickens
Have seen plenty of folks not even survive one whole day. They didnt like it. And by "it" I mean work. Seen many people who were just not into regular work. Rather than tough it out and learn how to deal with it, they quit.
In fact I'd say in modern America theres a little too much of that going on these days. Its not a huge wonder the Mexicans are snatching up our domestic jobs and the Indians are getting our outsourced jobs. They complain less, work for a lower salary and fewer benefits, and generally show better results on the job.

And yet somehow, quite magically, America is still the number 1 manufacturer in the world. 😕

According to who, exactly? What are you so good at manufacturing that someone else doesnt do a lot better? Cars? /laugh

acording to this

and this

and this

I'm sure I could find more if I look harder. Note those are the most recent ones I found without spending more than 5min using google.

/laugh

 

[shortylickens]

Originally posted by: Glitchny

Originally posted by: Mike Gayner

Originally posted by: TehMac

Originally posted by: shortylickens
Have seen plenty of folks not even survive one whole day. They didnt like it. And by "it" I mean work. Seen many people who were just not into regular work. Rather than tough it out and learn how to deal with it, they quit.
In fact I'd say in modern America theres a little too much of that going on these days. Its not a huge wonder the Mexicans are snatching up our domestic jobs and the Indians are getting our outsourced jobs. They complain less, work for a lower salary and fewer benefits, and generally show better results on the job.

And yet somehow, quite magically, America is still the number 1 manufacturer in the world. 😕

According to who, exactly? What are you so good at manufacturing that someone else doesnt do a lot better? Cars? /laugh

acording to this

and this

and this

I'm sure I could find more if I look harder. Note those are the most recent ones I found without spending more than 5min using google.

/laugh

The world's top manufacturing country is the United States, as has been the case since before WWII. In 2007, the United States' manufacturing output was $1.831 trillion US Dollars (USD). This is about 12% of the USA's entire GDP (Gross Domestic Product), or $12,206 USD for every person in the 150 million-strong labor force. Still, the USA's output per capita is not the world's greatest among manufacturing countries -- that honor goes to Japan. Important goods manufactured in the United States include, in order of percentage of exports in 2007: production machinery and equipment, 31.4%; industrial supplies, 27.5%; non-auto consumer goods, 12.7%; motor vehicles and parts, 10.5%; aircraft and parts, 7.6%; food, feed and beverages, and 7.3%; and other, 3.0%.

In 2007.
Am so glad you ended your laugh, because the American economy tanked in 2008, sir.
Instead of looking hard you should have looked smart.

 

[Glitchny]

Originally posted by: shortylickens

Originally posted by: Glitchny

Originally posted by: Mike Gayner

Originally posted by: TehMac

Originally posted by: shortylickens
Have seen plenty of folks not even survive one whole day. They didnt like it. And by "it" I mean work. Seen many people who were just not into regular work. Rather than tough it out and learn how to deal with it, they quit.
In fact I'd say in modern America theres a little too much of that going on these days. Its not a huge wonder the Mexicans are snatching up our domestic jobs and the Indians are getting our outsourced jobs. They complain less, work for a lower salary and fewer benefits, and generally show better results on the job.

And yet somehow, quite magically, America is still the number 1 manufacturer in the world. 😕

According to who, exactly? What are you so good at manufacturing that someone else doesnt do a lot better? Cars? /laugh

acording to this

and this

and this

I'm sure I could find more if I look harder. Note those are the most recent ones I found without spending more than 5min using google.

/laugh

The world's top manufacturing country is the United States, as has been the case since before WWII. In 2007, the United States' manufacturing output was $1.831 trillion US Dollars (USD). This is about 12% of the USA's entire GDP (Gross Domestic Product), or $12,206 USD for every person in the 150 million-strong labor force. Still, the USA's output per capita is not the world's greatest among manufacturing countries -- that honor goes to Japan. Important goods manufactured in the United States include, in order of percentage of exports in 2007: production machinery and equipment, 31.4%; industrial supplies, 27.5%; non-auto consumer goods, 12.7%; motor vehicles and parts, 10.5%; aircraft and parts, 7.6%; food, feed and beverages, and 7.3%; and other, 3.0%.

In 2007.
Am so glad you ended your laugh, because the American economy tanked in 2008, sir.
Instead of looking hard you should have looked smart.

umm I didn't look hard. I googled, and looked at the first 3 links, most of which stated the most recent data collected was 2007, and I don't feel the need to look more than that.

2008 was the most recent data I could find with my limited searching

 

[aceO07]

USA exports about $1.3 trillion.. and imports $2.1 trillion.. 🙁 https://www.cia.gov/library/pu...-factbook/geos/us.html

Just a fact I just dug up. Anyways back to topic.

 

[SmoochyTX]

I've only quit one job and I never regretted it. I was working as a temp and was assigned this filing/sorting job almost 20 years ago.

Dress was business professional yet they wanted me to sit on the floor in a non air-conditioned building during the summer (I'm in TX) and sort papers out. When I say sort papers I mean that there were no file cabinets in the room and the papers were thrown about the room as though somebody got mad and tossed everything (many many file cabinets worth) up in the air.

They didn't have a chair around to provide me to sit on. They didn't have a file cabinet in a room nearby for me to even put the papers in. The windows didn't open.

After a couple of hours I picked up my purse and walked out without saying a word to them. I went to the temp agency and they gave me a new assignment for the next day.

 

[TheStu]

The last time I quit a job was where I went from living in IN and working retail to having a job interview in PA. I drove to PA, did the interview, got a call 2 hours later telling me that I got the job and started 4 days later. So, no 2 weeks notice obviously, but whatever, it was retail.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

When I worked at the University, the food science/nutritionist students had to volunteer for a set number of hours in the kitchen. I was mixing a salad of some kind in a very large bowl with both arms up to my elbows and the student of the hour asked me, "You mean we actually have to touch food?" She never returned. 'Course, my pointing and laughing at her for a half hour straight while stopping random passer byes to tell them what she had said night have had something to do with it. 🙂

 

[sestrugen]

I have quit twice, first job it was in the mail room of a credit card company, I seriously hated everyone I worked with in there, specially the manager, quit after 1 day, went to HR and requested a raise and got rejected. Second job it was at a call center, this time I could stand being there in training for a full week, so glad I bailed out, it was hell.

Thankfully my work ethic has improved since and I am at 2+ years in my current job, hate it but I am sticking with it until better comes up.

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: BoomerD

Originally posted by: Wheezer
Worked for Pepsi in production, 2nd/3rd shift.

Job requirement: you wear a hat.

New guy starting at night, walks in the door tracks me down, no hat.

Me: did you bring a hat?

Him:no

Me: ok, this is a food production facility, part of the job requirement is you have to wear a hat.

Him: "Fuck that, I don't do hats."

turns around and walks out the door.

Me and the other supervisor: 😕


Edit: ok just saw BoomerDs post...so apparently there are other people in the world that do the same shit....and here I thought this guy was special....apparently not.

I wore a hardhat almost every day for more than 30 years...but NOT while in the seat of the crane. If something happens and I NEED a hardhat in the seat...I'm probably dead anyway. All a hardhat will do is MAYBE let my wife have an open casket.
Out of the seat, or when running other equipment, the hard hat is on with no argument.

This,
you won't have shit falling on you when you're inside of the cab...

 

[seemingly random]

Originally posted by: Wheezer
Worked for Pepsi in production, 2nd/3rd shift.

Job requirement: you wear a hat.

New guy starting at night, walks in the door tracks me down, no hat.

Me: did you bring a hat?

Him:no

Me: ok, this is a food production facility, part of the job requirement is you have to wear a hat.

Him: "Fuck that, I don't do hats."

turns around and walks out the door.

Me and the other supervisor: 😕


Edit: ok just saw BoomerDs post...so apparently there are other people in the world that do the same shit....and here I thought this guy was special....apparently not.

So, you're implying that boomer isn't special? That's kinda mean. What'd he ever do to you?

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: seemingly random

Originally posted by: Wheezer
Worked for Pepsi in production, 2nd/3rd shift.

Job requirement: you wear a hat.

New guy starting at night, walks in the door tracks me down, no hat.

Me: did you bring a hat?

Him:no

Me: ok, this is a food production facility, part of the job requirement is you have to wear a hat.

Him: "Fuck that, I don't do hats."

turns around and walks out the door.

Me and the other supervisor: 😕


Edit: ok just saw BoomerDs post...so apparently there are other people in the world that do the same shit....and here I thought this guy was special....apparently not.

So, you're implying that boomer isn't special? That's kinda mean. What'd he ever do to you?

Hey...fuck youse guys...I are speshul...I rode the short bus to the 8th grayed for 4 yeers!

 

[nageov3t]

/bump!

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: panipoori

Why wouldn't you just wear the hat? Its not any sweat off your back to wear a damn hardhat in there.

First, you've probably never done the work. Hardhats aren't the most comfortable anyway, and in a crane, where you probably spend 10 hours in a sitting position with your neck bent so that you're looking up, they become even more uncomfortable...

Next, as I used to tell everyone, "When the crane is in operation, I AM the overhead hazard!" 😛

 

[imported_Imp]

I almost quit my first week cause I didn't like the amount of driving I had to do. Before this job, I'd never driven alone and barely had my license for 4 months.

 

[pontifex]

I wish I could quit this job. I fucking hate it. It's better than it was, but I still hate the work. Call centers suck, but I can't find another fucking job.

 

[gorcorps]

I know somebody that quit because their office smelled 'odd'

 

[guyver01]

One company i worked for, we had an access request come thru from a supervisor in one of our warehouses. The request was for "open internet access" and the justification was "there's not alot of work for me to do, and without internet i get bored" .. well, obviously this isn't a good reason, so we denied the request.

Two days later i see another access request come thru for the same user... this time it's from his manager. To remove all access. The user quit.


I like to think he quit because we wouldn't let him goof off on company time 🙂

 

[daniel1113]

Originally posted by: BoomerD
Over the years, when work was plentiful, I'd quit a job at the drop of a hardhat.

Boss in a bad mood yelling at everyone? I'd grab my lunchbox and thermos and tell him to fuck off & call the hall.

Try to force me to wear that dammed hardhat in the cab of the crane? Fuck you...I'm gone.

Can't smoke on the project? I'm outta here. Get someone else.

I've quit at the end of the day, at lunch, at the start of the shift, on Friday, on Monday, over the weekend and never even called in...
Some people call in sick...I called in quit.

Damn you crane operators and your unions, making my life as a GC hard as hell. Just put your hard hat on, get in the cab, and go back to sleep 😀

 

[Aluvus]

Originally posted by: shortylickens

Originally posted by: Glitchny

Originally posted by: Mike Gayner

Originally posted by: TehMac

Originally posted by: shortylickens
Have seen plenty of folks not even survive one whole day. They didnt like it. And by "it" I mean work. Seen many people who were just not into regular work. Rather than tough it out and learn how to deal with it, they quit.
In fact I'd say in modern America theres a little too much of that going on these days. Its not a huge wonder the Mexicans are snatching up our domestic jobs and the Indians are getting our outsourced jobs. They complain less, work for a lower salary and fewer benefits, and generally show better results on the job.

And yet somehow, quite magically, America is still the number 1 manufacturer in the world. 😕

According to who, exactly? What are you so good at manufacturing that someone else doesnt do a lot better? Cars? /laugh

acording to this

and this

and this

I'm sure I could find more if I look harder. Note those are the most recent ones I found without spending more than 5min using google.

/laugh

The world's top manufacturing country is the United States, as has been the case since before WWII. In 2007, the United States' manufacturing output was $1.831 trillion US Dollars (USD). This is about 12% of the USA's entire GDP (Gross Domestic Product), or $12,206 USD for every person in the 150 million-strong labor force. Still, the USA's output per capita is not the world's greatest among manufacturing countries -- that honor goes to Japan. Important goods manufactured in the United States include, in order of percentage of exports in 2007: production machinery and equipment, 31.4%; industrial supplies, 27.5%; non-auto consumer goods, 12.7%; motor vehicles and parts, 10.5%; aircraft and parts, 7.6%; food, feed and beverages, and 7.3%; and other, 3.0%.

In 2007.
Am so glad you ended your laugh, because the American economy tanked in 2008, sir.
Instead of looking hard you should have looked smart.

This may come as a shock to you, but the world economy tanked in 2008. We were the wave in this one, not the ocean.

Even ignoring that, the United States held a substantial lead in the most recent data cited. And I doubt we were even the hardest-hit by the recent recession, even just among "developed" states; I suspect that, especially long-term, Ireland got it worse.

But believe me, I am as surprised as you are that your cliche comments about outsourcing and Mexican immigration, backed up by an apparent ignorance of the world economic climate, could possibly miss the mark.

 

[Born2bwire]

Originally posted by: Aluvus
This may come as a shock to you, but the world economy tanked in 2008. We were the wave in this one, not the ocean.

Even ignoring that, the United States held a substantial lead in the most recent data cited. And I doubt we were even the hardest-hit by the recent recession, even just among "developed" states; I suspect that, especially long-term, Ireland got it worse.

But believe me, I am as surprised as you are that your cliche comments about outsourcing and Mexican immigration, backed up by an apparent ignorance of the world economic climate, could possibly miss the mark.

Oh yeah, definitely. China was hit bad because of its manufacturing dependence on exports. With the large drop in consumer spending in the US, Canada and Europe, a lot of big factories over here closed down and manufacturing output suffered.

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: daniel1113

Damn you crane operators and your unions, making my life as a GC hard as hell. Just put your hard hat on, get in the cab, and go back to sleep 😀

Ah crap...I must have worked on one of your jobs...😱

But hey...wake me up and I'm ready to work...just let me take a piss and get another cup of coffee first...and even though I've napped all morning, don't expect me to work through break or lunch without overtime...😛

 

[HannibalX]

I've worked with some people who I wished would have quit.

 

[Nik]

Originally posted by: TheStu
I guy I know got a job working in a call center. He quit three days later because he had to make so many phone calls.

I've spent several years in call centers. When you hit a team that takes 80-100+ calls in an 8 hour shift and you're doing everything from account validation to bill review to registry edits, it quickly becomes too much for many people. There's nothing that can prepare you for tech support.

 

[shortylickens]

Originally posted by: Nik

Originally posted by: TheStu
I guy I know got a job working in a call center. He quit three days later because he had to make so many phone calls.

I've spent several years in call centers. When you hit a team that takes 80-100+ calls in an 8 hour shift and you're doing everything from account validation to bill review to registry edits, it quickly becomes too much for many people. There's nothing that can prepare you for tech support.

I saw that at Tektronix when I worked in the service depot.
Used to complain about fixing oscilloscopes all day until I saw the phone reps. Those poor bastards made about half of what I did and dealt with a great big pile of shit every single day.
No way you could pay me to do that job.