So I quit a really terrible job last month. I gave this place months and months more than I should have because I felt trapped – like I needed to stick around for a job reference. Let me tell you you don’t have to do that. If you are treated like shit just leave.
This job is terrible. And I credibly difficult to fill – it was vacant a very long time before I was hired. Absolutely shit pay for a very long list of responsibilities. People treated me terribly on a daily basis because they didn’t want to wear a mask. I got yelled at, harassed, talked down to because of my race, and treated horribly by my spineless boss who blamed me instead of enforcing the rules. I just couldn’t take it anymore and I walked out at the end of the shift one day and didn’t come back. I think my boss thought that I felt trapped there and would just take the bad treatment. How wrong my boss was! Fuck that place.
I have had two firm offers of employment since then. One actually was a pretty significant raise. So I am moving up and leaving that place in the dust. With no reference needed.
If I can do it you can too. Don’t let yourself be treated that way. Walk.