It’s a blessing when we work in a place we enjoy, doing what we love, with people who respect us, and an employer who values our efforts. Recognition in the workplace is extremely important, considering that our professional life consumes the majority of our time. Even if our work is not necessarily what we always dreamed about, it's still better to be in a company where our input is appreciated.
However, what if the workplace turns out to be our worst nightmare? Typically, this is a red flag indicating that we should consider leaving it as soon as possible. Unfortunately, for various reasons, some people postpone the decision to quit until they reach a breaking point and can no longer tolerate their jobs. The Facebook page 'I Quit My Job by Text' is dedicated to sharing authentic examples of message exchanges between members of its community and their employers. Scroll down to explore some of the best posts featured on this page.
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We reached out to Nathan Dimoff, the person behind the 'I Quit My Job by Text' page, and asked him some questions related to employment, toxic work environments, and other factors leading to people resigning from their jobs. We were told the page was created by Dimoff, who’s currently moderating it together with another admin, Richard.
First, we were interested in how he came up with creating the Facebook page, and we learned that: “I have quit a few toxic jobs in the past by text, so when I saw the threads on Reddit about people texting their boss and quitting, I thought it was great. I wanted to move the discussions over to Facebook. I created the page so I could share my stories of quitting by text and back them up with others' stories."
Dimoff mentioned he never anticipated that the page would attract so many people sharing similar experiences in their professional lives: “When I started the page, I had no idea it would have turned into what it did. I just wanted to be able to have the same discussions that were on Reddit on here with my friends. Through me and my friends' interactions on the page, having much-needed discussions about toxic workplace environments, the page quickly reached 10k followers in the first year. After the first year, the page got picked up by other pages and it quickly grew to what it is today.”
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We were curious if the messages shared by people on the Facebook page have any recurring themes. Nathan told us: “There were a few patterns I noticed with the messages and screenshots that people messaged us. The top two reasons people were quitting were people believing their pay was not meeting the amount of effort they were putting into their work and horrible management that either did not communicate with their employees, or, if they did communicate with their employees, it was with a nasty ongoing attitude.”
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The 'I Quit My Job by Text' moderator also told us more about the posts that engage the page’s audience the most: “I would say that the most resonating stories would be screenshots that we share of people showing us that they quit their job by text and then after we shared it, they find a better-paying job or a job with a better management system in place. Our followers love to see those updates. They also love when our followers send us messages and ask us to post their questions anonymously, looking for feedback from other followers on how to handle situations at work.”
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Sun 10:15 PM after a seasonal layoff I got a sudden callback, despite my telling them I needed notice to firm up childcare. the decided to demote me after I requested the time off. 10 years of my life with this company.
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I quit my job this week. I had to have a required surgery and biopsy following some health problems i’ve had. I had medical leave covered, I always provided notes and documentation that HR accepted no problem. My (male) boss CONSTANTLY had issues with it the second he found out it had to do with a uterine problem. Telling me that if “I wasn’t dying” I needed to come in. Well I started having complications from surgery and my doctor wanted me in and he argued with me up and down, saying I just wanted time off. After being in pain and exhausted that he was the only one who argued it, I quit.
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"So I'm 5 days into my covid positive reading and my boss sends me this because she's short staffed and I'm still feeling absolutely ill. I'm in Florida for winter break and she's back in NC meaning I would have to fly while covid positive." Context: 2 years ago
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Lastly, Dimoff shared with us how the page has impacted conversations around workplace conditions and employee treatment: “We have received stories over the years that not only has this page encouraged people to find better jobs, but it has opened up conversations at work. There have been a few times where people have messaged us saying that they took our advice and asked for a meeting with their bosses asking for more pay and that it's worked out in their favor. We have received that type of message at least two dozen times. We have also received a few messages where we have encouraged people to talk to their coworkers about their pay. They have told us that this had helped them get an increase in their pay as well.”
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Kitchen Manager finally quit this awful job. This is how our GM responded.
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Nathan continued and said that while the page originally focused on people quitting their jobs via text, it has evolved into a larger community discussing various work-related stress: “From back when we had a website where I created an AI to help people create text messages for the followers on how to quit their job via text both professionally and unprofessionally, to discussions about pay, discussions about work life balances, discussions about work drama, discussions on how to move up in their companies, discussions on strikes and so much more.”
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My job has been a shit show for the past several months but I didn't want to quit because my store manager and I were friends and I wanted to stay and make sure she didn't get screwed over by my quitting. And today one of the district managers was there and before our shift started they fired her after she submitted a complaint to the labor board so I handed my dm my store keys grabbed my stuff and left and sent this message to the gm after
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"Quit my shitty Job of Ten Years. I finally quit my shitty job at a non for profit where I and just one other case manager were responsible for 400 clients and the only other employees were outsourced workers from the Philippines. 52k a year and no benefits. The only benefit I had was Fridays off. And they tried to take that away too (unpaid bc they claim that we are salaried exempt tho legally we don’t make enough to be considered exempt in NYC) I’m sad to have to end my ten year career there in this way and they have def been trying to provoke me to quit so they wouldn’t have to pay unemployment and I let them win. But oh well. In a few months, I’ll be in a better spot. "
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"Walked out mid shift in August because my coworker was being a dick, texted my boss to let him know. It was a decent place to work and bossman was chill. Hadn't had any issues with my coworker until that night. I asked him to apologize and he refused, so I left. Coworker popped off and said that "I can't be the only one doing anything here, fucking do something." When I was literally working side by side with him for the passed 5 hours, sweating my ass off. We were like 15 tickets deep. I was like "What?", he responded "I'm doing this all by myself." I asked him for an apology, he said "Fuck no." We got like 10 tickets out of the way and the rush died down, so he went to smoke without saying anything and left me with the 5 tickets. I finished those 5 tickets, packed up my shit, walked out the back door and he was lighting a 2nd cigarette and talking on the phone. I interrupted him and said "Now your doing everything by yourself." Got a new job now, part time, a $6/hour pay increase and cut my commute down from a 13 mile bike ride to 2 miles, the boss pays everyone a damn decent wage and everyone is appreciated"
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"I quit a job in May because they were severely underpaying me and missed two years worth of scheduled raises with an excuse popping up every time. Left for a job that paid me double but unfortunately just went out of business Thurs. Got this response to my Instagram story from old job manager today. "
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"there's more to the story than just her refusing to use the scheduling app. on the Tuesday mentioned, she called a meeting where she told me to stop pulling expired food off our shelves "because it counts as shrink" and I decided that was disgusting enough I wasn't going back. took me until last night to be absolutely sure I wasn't going back."
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"She feels badly for the younger workers there, they are just starting out and don't realize that it doesn't have to be this traumatic going to work every day...Thankfully she can go back to her old job, she just hoped this was a chance to make more $"
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So, I've been deeling with my grandma being in and out of the hospetal and rehab facilities for the past 2 months. I am her caretaker and have had to call into work to take care of her. I am a shift leader at Taco Bell. Well, was. I was demoted yesterday due to having to deal with family medical emergencies. I have screenshots of text messages with the other managers and how they have acted towards me over the situation. I live in Texas, unfortunately. So I doubt there's much I can do. But I feel me being demoted is retaliation and unjust punishment.
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