Up until 9am, PST, I was an employee of Chase, one of the largest banking institutions in America. I hated every minute I was employed there.
Chase has so far been a bane to me. I worked, while attending school, to help cover the cost of living, and ease the burden of things like rent off of student loans. School has its down times, but for the most part, is quite rewarding. I would go from school to work (or vice versa), and if I was in a good mood, it'd take the span of 10 minutes to have my mood trounced on, and turned into a shapeless puddy. The part that kills me the most is how they manipulate my schedule; I worked 19-20 hours a week, and somehow they'd stretch that into 6 days; Monday through Saturday.
As a bank teller, I was on the "front lines" of banking. I ran the checks, dished out the cash, and more often not, was yelled at by some angry customer for some fee the company charged them. There wasn't very much I could do (except for customers that were ALWAYS cruel to the teller line; management gave us the green light to deny them service). Imagine working customer service were over half the people you see look down on you for your place of employment, and half of those will flat out tell you so to your face. It's highly demoralizing. I'm not a big drinker, but I've had more alcohol after working for Chase than I have for any other... anything!
This morning, I didn't account for daylight savings time when I woke. I was going to be late. The events that I knew would follow ran through my head, and that's when I had it. I wasn't going to let this crappy job be a demoralizing downer to me any longer. I called in, and laid down a diplomatic version of, "I quit."
I don't feel any remorse for quitting.
I'm quite pleased at the whole thing, in fact. I was getting lumped in with the evils of banking by some folk around me, and I can thankfully be rid of that.
What were some of the WORST jobs you've had to call it quits on? Be it for sanity sake, moral ethics, or what have you.
Chase has so far been a bane to me. I worked, while attending school, to help cover the cost of living, and ease the burden of things like rent off of student loans. School has its down times, but for the most part, is quite rewarding. I would go from school to work (or vice versa), and if I was in a good mood, it'd take the span of 10 minutes to have my mood trounced on, and turned into a shapeless puddy. The part that kills me the most is how they manipulate my schedule; I worked 19-20 hours a week, and somehow they'd stretch that into 6 days; Monday through Saturday.
As a bank teller, I was on the "front lines" of banking. I ran the checks, dished out the cash, and more often not, was yelled at by some angry customer for some fee the company charged them. There wasn't very much I could do (except for customers that were ALWAYS cruel to the teller line; management gave us the green light to deny them service). Imagine working customer service were over half the people you see look down on you for your place of employment, and half of those will flat out tell you so to your face. It's highly demoralizing. I'm not a big drinker, but I've had more alcohol after working for Chase than I have for any other... anything!
This morning, I didn't account for daylight savings time when I woke. I was going to be late. The events that I knew would follow ran through my head, and that's when I had it. I wasn't going to let this crappy job be a demoralizing downer to me any longer. I called in, and laid down a diplomatic version of, "I quit."
I don't feel any remorse for quitting.
I'm quite pleased at the whole thing, in fact. I was getting lumped in with the evils of banking by some folk around me, and I can thankfully be rid of that.What were some of the WORST jobs you've had to call it quits on? Be it for sanity sake, moral ethics, or what have you.
