what were you most glad about leaving behind when you left your last job?
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Anonymous
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I am changing jobs next month. I've liked the job I have, but there are a couple of things I just CANNOT wait to be done with - namely:
- Quarterly reviews. I frigging hate these quarterly reviews. I hate filling out the forms, which take forever; I hate the reviews themselves, which always feel so pointless. The whole thing feels needlessly stressful and bureaucratic, and I am just so glad that I don't have to do another one (at this workplace, anyway). - MY WORK COMPUTER. We have to use organization-issued laptops - we're remote but on a secure network - and man I hate them. They are clunky Microsoft-based computers. I sit at a computer all day for work, and I am just so looking forward to packing this one in a box and sending it away forever. (Also, our opps director makes us use Skype to chat instead of Slack or gchat, and I am looking forward to the end of that, too.) What stupid petty stuff were you happy about leaving behind, when you changed jobs? |
Anonymous
| Young coworker who had loud personal conversations in her cubicle all day long. |
Anonymous
| The uncertainty. The entire department/line was closed down and everyone laid off less than one year after I left. |
Anonymous
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Everything. Waited way too long to leave, and was so over it.
Actually, I take that back, I miss the carbonated water machine. |
Anonymous
| My email inbox. So nice to start fresh and new. |
Anonymous
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I worked in a municipal building in a beautiful tourist destination city. The building was built in the late 1890s and was converted from a fire station to office space in the 50s.
I had a broken window in my office because a large tree branch was poking through. On the other wall, there was about 3 feet of space between my office building and the house next door, so I had the pleasure of peeking into someone's bedroom, and they never drew the shades. I had to cover my computer with a tarp every Friday because medium-sized rains would come through the ceiling onto my desk. When I came into the office to work an occasional weekend, the elevator would go up and down the floors without anyone on it and make loud ringing noises that terrified me. I was so glad to move out of that building. If you think your tax dollars are being spent to fix up municipal buildings, you're sadly mistaken. |
Anonymous
Oh man. That's nuts. |
Anonymous
| My commute. I went from almost an hour each way including parking and Metro to 12-15 minutes each way by car. I honestly liked my old job better but the commute can't be beat! |
Anonymous
I’m actively looking now, and leaving behind my inbox sounds so wonderful. I will also gladly leave the people. I work with some real a$$holes. I’ll be sad to leave my nice big office with big windows and a nice view (it’s not a municipal building). |
Anonymous
| A boss who was great in some ways, but also quick to snap, get mean and raise her voice at you when stressed or displeased (and we're in a stressful field). So hard walking on eggshells. |
Anonymous
| Supervisor, coworkers, paperwork, constant phone calls, and the dirty environment as no one cleaned up after themselves and if you cleaned up after them, they would wreck it in an hour. |
Anonymous
| I was happy to get away from my awful coworkers, the rats (seriously), the toxic mold, the commute, everything really. There was not a single redeeming quality about the job. Worst mistake of my professional career. |
Anonymous
| The plethora of ways my boss would contact me. Slack, text, email, work phone, cell phone. And she used all of them. Current boss only knows my work phone and work email. |
Anonymous
| Hush hush environment and uncertainty. |
Anonymous
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The toxic culture.
My supervisor whom I don't get along My co-worker who is my supervisor's best friend The AVP |