What was your "fuck this, I quit" moment?

At 18, I finished college. I'm studied media, I was looking for a full time job. Basically, there arn't any jobs in media unless you're self employees and have been uni. So I needed a career change.

Blablabla. After at least 50 interviews at 19, I get a 12 month apprenticeship in IT. Stayed there for 15 months, got fired after training my 2 replacements (28 and 24). Was on minimum wage with no apprenticeship perks (cheaper travel). Boss was a wanker made me ill, told me I was useless would never get another job.

2 weeks later I had 5 job offers, negotiated a salery more than double what I'd been on before. Worked there for 6 months, didn't pass probations, turns out they only wanted a temp.

Got another job, equal salary but shorter hours closer to home and more perks. I started that job within 5 days of looking - I guess I was cocky at how easy it was to land work.

I hated working at that place. I was external IT and the internal office manager used to go through my work with a fine tooth comb because she barely had enough work to do herself. She complained about everything, wanted everything done by the book. My boss never backed me up. I found out (through emails I shouldn't have read) that they were hiring someone else too.

3 months in I was like : Fuck this. I'll get another job. I quit, for the first time. After a few rows with the boss about what a fucked up system he had and how we were so focused on paperwork we couldn't actually get the job done.

So I got another job. Within 2 weeks. Best pay and perks yet. Love this place. I'm internal IT and people here are really cool, made a lot of friends, have a nice social group I go work drinks with, and people my age.

TLDR: Don't be afraid to change jobs if you aren't happy or if your manager isn't backing you up.

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