I have been extremely miserable in this job for awhile (wireless retail job), transferred to a new engineering school, had a mental breakdown and ended up walking into work to clean out my locker without notice. No managers tried to stop me, and I was out of the system an hour later. I was an amazing employee, never showed up late, high surveys from customers, and never caused any problems.
Yes, what I did was wrong, but this company has stretched me thin over the years and I have mad a lot of sacrifices for them. I stuck through covid with them (in person dealing with the public the whole time) and ALWAYS worked holidays even Christmas Eve and New Years day every year. The wage was commission based so on good months it was good, but the sales metrics were so stressful.
This was about 48 hours ago, after I have been having a mental breakdown at school. It came to the point where it would be impossible to juggle this job and this intense program I got accepted into, as I was already falling behind. Not for lack of effort, but there was just not enough hours in the day!
My location was 24 miles way from my house and they refused to move me closer. I was let go immodestly and nobody tried to stop me, ask what was wrong or anything. Again, I know what I did was wrong but I am only human and after a few weeks of no days off from work or school I had a mental breakdown.
Today, I kind of wish one of the higher-ups would of contacted me, given me the weekend off to think and maybe treat me like a human. But non of that happened, as I was treated like I was nothing and told I was blacklisted from the company.
Again, what I did was rash, but I wish maybe one manager told me to stop and think about it. Even the manager who was there when I packed up my locker, who I though was my legit friend, was giving me the cold shoulder about it.
My mental health is nobody else's fault but I wish someone at that company showed me some compassion and tried to work for a solution with me.
I have been miserable there for almost years at this point, but the money was decent. I do not want to be in this field forever or become a manager, but I was comfortable in my role.
I hope I look back at this and laugh one day. I also wish big companies could see people as more human as well. They should of known that was so unlike me, someone who bent over backwards for the company after so many years..