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Giving your two weeks’ notice usually comes with a difficult decision: how much effort does the departing employee actually owe their company?

One recent graduate spent her first job working in a toxic environment that routinely overworked her and completely disregarded her signed contract.

So when she found another job, she was left with the matter of an unfinished fix that sat on her plate with two very different paths forward.

Option one meant hours of extra work squeezed in before she walked out the door. Option two meant a fix that would likely hold up just long enough to become someone else’s problem.

Read on for the full dilemma.

WIBTA for leaving something that will break in 6 months in a job I plan to quit?

I got my first job a while ago, and the contract I signed was for a 9-6 with 1 hour lunch break (Spain standard), but the very first day our boss came up to us and told us that no one leaves before 7.

This immediately catches the employee off guard.

I understand that some jobs require having to stay late some days, but having it as a set rule isn’t what I signed. And also, it’s not like I leave at 7, regularly they schedule meetings even later.

They basically do this because no one is hiring fresh graduates, and they take advantage that we have nowhere to go.

So she did what she had to do and found something better.

I recently got a new job and will soon give my two weeks.

The thing is, one of the things I just finished building in production, which works okay, needs a fix.

Now she has a dilemma in front of her.

There are 2 options: rebuilding the entire thing, which will take hours on top of my other tasks I have on my table, or giving it a quick fix that will work for 6 months and then completely fall apart.

It will be something they also notice immediately, because records that are 6 months old will start deleting.

She still takes pride in her work, even if she’s mad at her boss, so that’s why she’s so conflicted.

I wanna do a good job, and I feel like I have done so thus far, but I’m burnt out and mad that my boss (and the company) is like that, taking advantage of new hires.

Part of me feels like I have already done my job, and if I hadn’t been rushed from the beginning or overworked, I would have seen the mistake from the beginning, and it’s partly their fault for not giving me enough time to have done a proper job from the beginning.

WIBTA if I do the quick fix, or is it something they deserve?

No new hire deserves to be exploited like this.

What did Reddit have to say?

At a certain point, the work will have to become her boss’ problem.

Sometimes it’s best to just try and fly under the radar.

The time has come to set some clear boundaries and stick to them.

If you enjoyed this story, check out this post about an employee who ends up quitting over a dispute over bereavement leave.

Things may feel hopeless, but this employee still has options.

Employers shouldn’t knowingly disrespect an employee’s contract and still expect them to stay loyal.

This woman may have been a new hire, but she wasn’t desperate enough to tolerate their toxic treatment.

Companies need to be held accountable for how they treat people, and this employee should teach them a valuable lesson about not overworking their talent.