Let’s Rank The Wildest ‘I Quit Immediately’ Job Stories Because Why Not?

My wife applied for some office admin job and was told to meet in the city centre for the "interview." Weird, right? Turns out it wasn’t an interview. Woman took her to a pop-up makeup stall and said, "This is your stand. 100% commission. Be back in 8 hours to close it." My wife just walked past McDonald's and went home. Smart move.

I was hunting for my first part-time job and strolled into a restaurant. They told me to come back for a training shift with zero paperwork and no ID check. Trained for 3 hours, then asked about pay. They dropped the bomb: no pay for first 3 months ‘cause it’s training! I left and never looked back.

Right after training, I realized they were dodging overtime pay by splitting hours between two companies. Nope, not gonna stick around for that.

My manager straight up told me he wanted to sleep with me—and went into way too much detail about what he imagined. I grabbed my purse and walked out. No thanks, creeper.

Lasted a couple weeks. Boss loved yelling at everyone. One morning he started screaming at me for not responding to a ticket email that I didn't even get access to. I stayed quiet, then shut off my PC, shook a co-worker’s hand, and left without a word. Peace out!

Applied for a supervisor gig after 5 years’ experience. Got told last minute that all supervisors had to be promoted internally, so they lowered the offer to barely half my old salary, with a maybe-promotion in months. I said 'nope,' ripped up the offer, and walked out. Mic drop.

I negotiated my pay rate before starting. Day one? They told me I’d be paid way less unless I did amazing by my first review. Nope, money’s money. I quit right there. Don’t mess with my paycheck.

Showed up on day 4 and learned three people ditched that morning. Boss just chuckled, saying, “Guess you’ll be extra busy today.” I told him, “No, YOU are.” Picked up my stuff and left.

First shift was supposed to be dinner at a comedy club. Showed up in uniform and shoes, got told shift changed to lunch because no one started on dinner. So I didn’t bother going back for uniform pickup. Bye!

After a 4-hour training shift at Olive Garden, I saw the kitchen was gross—and cooks didn’t handle food properly. One cook was eating on the line with food flying out of his mouth. Nope. Took another job nearby instead.

Day one, and the company wanted us to dig a 20-foot trench without proper safety shoring in unstable dirt. We told the boss he was nuts and walked out together. Safety first, always.

After three shifts at a café, I found out the tips went mostly to the owner. Nope. Not my style. I quit on the spot.

Wasn’t even hired yet. During the Amazon interview, they wanted me to sign a contract promising not to quit early. I thought, 'What kind of place makes people sign to stay?' I walked out.

Within 3 hours, they told me overtime was mandatory and I’d get penalized if I didn’t stay late. I laughed in the hiring manager’s face and bounced. My time is my time, buddy.

30 minutes and I was done. They handed me their only copy of the scam, and I kept it. Bye pyramid scheme!

Trained 5 days at a hotel. Manager wanted me to handle breakfast quality (the butter was floating in water, lamps weren’t hot enough—gross). Gave me a weird vibe. Then he insisted on buying me a beer (I’m 19), pushed me to drink it, and later asked to pay for a pedicure while watching. Ran from a bear hug, grabbed my purse, and bailed. Reported it, but no action—welcome to nightmare hotel jobs.

Worked at a bar where a buddy started wearing a beanie nonstop. Owner said, "Take off your hat." Buddy said, "Oh, I can’t wear this here?" Owner said no. Buddy shook hands and walked out. Zero drama. Total baller move.

15 minutes in, and after my 4th cold call asking for donations, I bailed. So. Many. Nope.

Teen summer job was all angry fat guys yelling while we lugged furniture. No breaks, no lunch, just yelling. Me and my friend dipped the first day. Bet they didn’t even notice.

I got hired, but the ad said a higher pay rate. When I pointed it out, they claimed it was a misprint. It was a big difference, so I left after 4 hours of realizing the lie.

Hired as a dishwasher at a busy pizza joint. After just 30 minutes, a manager yelled at me for not doing some unknown task. Paid $5.15 an hour and toxic AF. Walked out an hour into the shift.

Spent half a day at a hospital orientation. Asked if the high expectations from employees were expected in return. Manager got angry and said if I’d asked that in the interview I wouldn’t have gotten the job. Signed out and left immediately.

Thought I landed an office-based customer service job. Day one, they tossed me on the street to con elderly folks door to door. Promised office work was a lie. Left and tramped miles to catch a bus home with just $2.60. Career plot twist!

Hired at a Mexican family restaurant even though I’m pale with blonde hair and green eyes. They whispered a nickname in Spanish thinking I didn’t understand. I did. It basically meant “white easy woman.” That was all the red flag I needed.

Right after college, got bartender job. Showed up expecting drinks, ended up packing meat and cleaning gross bathrooms. Never went back.

Hired for IT work setting up systems. First job? Organizing books on library shelves. Second? Moving lab equipment. Third? Moving confidential documents under watch of cops for three days. Told boss I was overqualified and done. Took forever to get escorted out because of security.

Got hired to fill newspaper kiosks. Painfully boring, and my trainer was the worst. After 3 hours, I sprinted out of the truck, hid so he wouldn’t find me, then finally made it home. Previously, quit vacuum sales job on day 3. Sheriff called later because a colleague claimed I stole her hairbrush. Drama galore.

Temp agency job checking circuit boards with zero training. They just said 'check those.' Check them how? We had no idea. So after 20 minutes, me and another newbie looked at each other and bounced.

Got a middle management job during COVID. First week was HR stuff, second week a big company event where I barely saw my boss. Learned next day there was a COVID outbreak, including the boss who never told me. Left to test and isolate, got called out for not being in office. HR met me with a write-up and I just dropped my badge and walked. Now blacklisted. Yikes.

Applied for a city job with a small pay cut. Then they said for six months it’d be $5 less, then $3 less after that despite my certifications. By the time they finished, pay was $12 less than promised. Told them to take a hike.

Sales job where I sold $20k worth of product at an expo the first day. Asked about commission, boss said I earned none because he answered questions. Told him to go get lost, and warned customers not to trust him.

After years landscaping, I wanted to learn tree pruning. Hired at a tree company but quickly saw people smoking in trucks, safety gear ignored, and the main pruning guy left last summer. Felt like they wanted me as shrub guy’s sidekick, not tree climber. Planning to stick out winter, then find a better gig to actually learn.