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Quit my nightmare job, but was too “nice” about my end date.

I just quit my job of 5+ years in the financial tech industry. Money was very attractive, but you were expected to kill yourself working: days, nights, most Saturdays, frequent on-call, and painfully few company holidays and PTO. The expectation was you work like a dog, and work is above else. I burnt out, but I was easily the most experienced in my group. I agreed to give 4 week's notice as opposed to the two I had originally planned. As a result, I now have to work an on-call shift in my last 2 weeks, and have to jump through hoops to “train” my other peers on the stuff I did. I asked my boss if he was going to re-assign my on-call week as I have leaving and his response was “Uhhh, no. You still work here.” Fuck you, dude. I'll just turn off phone at night.


I just quit my job of 5+ years in the financial tech industry. Money was very attractive, but you were expected to kill yourself working: days, nights, most Saturdays, frequent on-call, and painfully few company holidays and PTO. The expectation was you work like a dog, and work is above else. I burnt out, but I was easily the most experienced in my group. I agreed to give 4 week's notice as opposed to the two I had originally planned. As a result, I now have to work an on-call shift in my last 2 weeks, and have to jump through hoops to “train” my other peers on the stuff I did. I asked my boss if he was going to re-assign my on-call week as I have leaving and his response was “Uhhh, no. You still work here.” Fuck you, dude. I'll just turn off phone at night.

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