Most people who have a job dream about quitting dramatically at some point.

But what if your boss made resisting to actually do this impossible?

Keep reading for the full story.

The day I force quit a company

Today I am a semi-retired, semi-burnt-out old tech spending my declining years in a small rural area.

But when I was little more than a pimply faced youth, I was the technical manager of an electronics distribution company that was in the process of being swallowed up by a big multinational.

It was an exciting time, complete upgrade of the network, new servers and computers, integration into a multinational system.

Extra IT support staff, and I was in charge of the project from our end.

They did their best, but didn’t get compensated.

Exciting times, in a very short time, the project was completed, and would you believe it, well under the expected time AND 35% under budget. It was even fun to complete.

Then the fun came to a crashing halt in the teleconference between us and the “executive in charge” of IT for the company that now owned us.

I was expecting a thanks for exceeding all requirements, maybe even a small bonus.

Instead, I was told that the systems would all be run from the new head office, and there would only be 2 IT positions to support all 5 offices across the country, all hardware support was being outsourced.

It was a ridiculous offer.

The real kicker was that the positions being offered were little more than tier 1 positions to submit tickets to the hardware support company or to the head office support team.

The salaries being offered was 60% less than my current salary.

I calmly asked him to confirm that he was firing 12 people, and offering a pittance to the 2 who would remain.

Then I simply said “No”, dropped my ID and keys on the desk, picked up my coffee cup and left the building.

All the IT staff followed me.

I never formally resigned but I think they got the idea that I was not coming back.

I got a job delivering pizza for the two months it took me to find a new IT position.

I still made more money than they had offered me.

They never expect people to have dignity, do they?

What did Reddit have to say?

Someone shares their knowledge.

Yup!

Something to consider.

Something to keep in mind.

A lot of people have this fantasy.

He actually rage-quit his job. And who can blame him?

Thought that was satisfying? Check out what this employee did when their manager refused to pay for their time while they were traveling for business.