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Quitting my job over text

Hi everyone, As of late, I have dreaded every moment of my job. I work part-time while in school as an office assistant at a doctor’s office making $16/hr. There have been a few instances with my boss (also the doctor) that have rubbed me the wrong way. I feel taken advantaged of and overworked. The job is severely understaffed and zero work-life balance. Everyday, I’m on constant edge and worried I’ve done something wrong. My boss often finds dumb things to criticize or complain about. Today was been the tipping point. It was my day off and I was bombarded with calls from my boss regarding misplaced medication that I was being blamed for. Eventually, the medication was found but I didn’t receive any apologies or explanation besides a text saying “Found it. It was on the floor.” I was so stressed and worried that I had somehow lost…


Hi everyone,

As of late, I have dreaded every moment of my job. I work part-time while in school as an office assistant at a doctor’s office making $16/hr.

There have been a few instances with my boss (also the doctor) that have rubbed me the wrong way. I feel taken advantaged of and overworked. The job is severely understaffed and zero work-life balance. Everyday, I’m on constant edge and worried I’ve done something wrong. My boss often finds dumb things to criticize or complain about.

Today was been the tipping point. It was my day off and I was bombarded with calls from my boss regarding misplaced medication that I was being blamed for. Eventually, the medication was found but I didn’t receive any apologies or explanation besides a text saying “Found it. It was on the floor.” I was so stressed and worried that I had somehow lost it or miscounted the amount of medication we received that my body was shaking.

I don’t want to go into work tomorrow because I know my boss ask me to come into his office and I’ll get scolded. A part of me wants to go in and just wait it out until I find another job but another part of me just physically can’t go in. I’ve had enough.

I’m contemplating sending a message tomorrow morning letting my boss now I quit.
This is what I’m thinking of sending “Good morning, as of this moment, I formally resign effective immediately. Please make sure I receive payment for any unpaid hours I have worked. Thank you.”

The only thing stopping me is that I will be leaving my coworkers hanging. It’s only four of us right now and one of them is away on vacation. Another one only works on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, so I’ll be leaving the third one by herself the other days.

I’m so anxious just thinking about going in. Any advice or words of encouragement are appreciated, thanks.

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