I Quit My Toxic Job... and My Luck Got Even Worse
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I quit my job because I wanted a better opportunity and better pay. My previous workplace had become miserable.
The workload kept increasing, but the salary stayed the same. On top of that, I had to deal with constant humiliation from my manager and disrespect from some of my colleagues. A toxic senior made every day even worse.
I tried talking to my team leader about the situation. When I mentioned how my senior treated me, he just said, "He's just frustrated." When I asked about my salary and increment, he told me, "You'll get your increment." Nothing happened.
Fast forward a year... still no increment.
To make things worse, I was working the evening shift and getting paid less than people on the morning shift. I was doing so much extra work that I often didn't even have time to take my lunch break. Meanwhile, new employees who had been with the company for only three months were getting paid more than me and spending their time watching Reels while I was drowning in work.
That was the moment I realized I had to leave. No job is worth destroying your mental health while being underpaid, overworked, and undervalued.
Now it's been 3 days since I quit. I'm unemployed, my phone is broken, I lost my expensive Bluetooth earbuds, and life feels like it's falling apart.
I'm hoping I can find a better opportunity soon because I never want to work in a place like that again.