what were you most glad about leaving behind when you left your last job?

[Anonymous]

I won't miss my much lower government salary. Can't believe it took me so long to realize I could literally make twice as much protecting Facebook's servers than classified government systems.

[Anonymous]

Expensive high deductible health insurance, and very limited sick/vacation leave.

[Anonymous]

Racism.

[Anonymous]

All the undone work. Namely a big litigation that would drag on for the next 4 years

[Anonymous]

My bi-polar boss.

[Anonymous]

Pat, Chris, Anna Marie.

[Anonymous]

Toxic, hostile boss who made up lies about me.

I quit, freelanced for a couple months and recently started a new job that appears to be much saner. I think I have PTSD from the old job so it may take me a while to trust I’m in a good situation.

[Anonymous]

commute.

[Anonymous]

Boss from hell.

[Anonymous]

The political appointees. Especially the bat$h!t crazy ones. OMFG. The stories I could tell....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Toxic, hostile boss who made up lies about me.

I quit, freelanced for a couple months and recently started a new job that appears to be much saner. I think I have PTSD from the old job so it may take me a while to trust I’m in a good situation.

+1 I'm hopefully on my way out by the spring. My boss likes to make up lies, about me and about policy. HR lets her get away with twisting annual leave rules so she can punish staffers a lot of back and forth about their timesheets.

[Anonymous]

Toxic Federal clients who enjoyed abusing and humiliating contractors.

[julie73]

Anonymous wrote:The fear of being fired. Being assaulted and berated by my supervisor. Getting bad reviews on things they told me I did an excellent job on (never in writing).

I do miss the soup in the cafeteria though

I know what you mean! I'm a single mom and I stress so much that I'm going to get fired. Same thing...I get a good job verbally, but on the "Areas of Improvement", it's that same item as the "good job".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I won't miss my much lower government salary. Can't believe it took me so long to realize I could literally make twice as much protecting Facebook's servers than classified government systems.

I cant believe that it took me so long to realize I can make 2-3x as much as a writer in the corporate sector instead of as a journalist, and that my work and time can still involve meaningful societal contribution without being a journalist.
That industy’s cultish self-importance blinded me for a long time. I was dumb.

[Anonymous]

The constant text messages. Could have a day off from emails but people would still text.