23 People Revealed Why They Left Their Toxic Jobs

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“I started a job as security for a gate at a nuclear power plant. I enjoyed it, and was working 40 hours a week. I showed up every day and didn’t complain. Then, they fired three people for no reason and made me start working 80 hours a week, mandatory. I was making tons of money, but was struggling to find time to buy groceries since I worked until late at night. The boss started micromanaging every little thing I did while I was working 16-hour days. Then, they wanted me to start training people, and said I’d get a $2 an hour raise for doing so. That never happened. Then, I had some car issues and couldn’t come in one day. I had to go to AutoZone and buy a replacement part. I got the problem solved and was good to go the next day. I had not missed a day in six months.”

“My boss called every car shop in town (allegedly), and said that I was lying. I brought the part that I got replaced in to show her. She said that wasn’t enough proof and that no one in town said they sold me that part. She wrote me up and then said I may or may not be fired, and she’d let me know at the end of the week. I said okay. She asked me if I was coming in the following morning, and I said sure. The next day, I slept in and never showed up. Apparently, there were trucks backed all the way up the road for four hours since I didn’t show up to open the gate. My boss texted me saying I’d be criminally charged for not showing up. I just ignored it, so she called me every day for about a week. I never answered. I found out later that she went on a power trip and fired the people I trained because I ‘taught them wrong,’ and then replaced them with her relatives. This is the person guarding your energy infrastructure, America!”

—u/Wildcardium