I started work for a company on Monday. Wednesday, the boss calls me in to chew me out for reasons I will mention below, and it led to me quitting. I would appreciate some insight as to whether I was justified in doing so, or if I'm overreacting.
Reasons I was scolded for:
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He questioned why I wasn't doing work when it was piling up. (He never assigned me any work, it was my colleague and mentor who assigned me work, which I was, in fact, doing.)
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He questioned why I didn't stay back to complete the work I was given, and why I was so slow (I was still learning, and my colleague/mentor also advised me to go home at 6pm, the time our office hours ends. Also, I was not given any deadlines, when I told him this he said he shouldn't have to give me deadlines.)
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He asked me, rather condescendingly, if I have a mental health condition (I said nothing I had been diagnosed with, which was the truth. He then accused me of skirting the topic and demanded an answer once again. I told him I had been prescribed antidepressants a long time ago, and stopped taking them more than half a year ago. He told me I should have declared this to him during our interview so he could make the decision as to whether to hire me, despite the fact that he never asked me (he said he shouldn't have to ask me) and that I'm pretty sure that is against the law?)
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He accused me of disappearing for ages (I was in the toilet for 10+ minutes, he questioned why I took so long to go to the toilet, when I said it's because of constipation, he said I should have declared this issue to him during the interview too)
When I explained all the above to him, he accused me of being argumentative. He then told me he was giving me until tomorrow (which is today) to decide if I am able to work there. I told him I didn't need till tomorrow, and said I was resigning effectively immediately.
I of course, feel great relief at leaving what I perceive to be a toxic place (even one of my other coworkers told me on the first day that the boss screams and yells at people sometimes, and in the span of those 3 days I have noticed him yelling at a client for not obeying him, and also placing other what I perceive to be unreasonable expectations of my coworkers). However, I do realize how bad it seems to quit so soon, and my dad thinks I should have toughed it out, so I would like your opinion. Did I do the right thing, or should I have stayed?