I quit. in Since OD is shutting down....

I seriously quit. I spent 7 years at a job with no pay raise unless it was because of the government, never told I did a good job, never got off in time, worked with some of the laziest people ever put on this Earth and short changed myself. Things started getting pretty bad about 6 months ago when my blood sugars were elevated and I couldn’t get them regulated unless I wasn’t at work. I was drinking several energy drinks a day to keep myself going and smoking like a chimney. Numerous times I told them I have stress fractures in my spine and other back issues and was STILL ASKED to lift heavy shit.

I had been telling them for months, pleading with them that I didn’t want to be scheduled 10 or more hours away from my child anymore. Yet, they kept doing it. I never worked Sunday’s and for 10 weeks kept scheduling me on Sunday’s. They had it designed where I was never going to be allowed a life outside of that place and I was growing increasingly depressed and angry.

There was other issues as well. I worked with people who didn’t do a fucking thing their whole shift and nothing was ever said. People would come into work wearing tank tops, not putting their hair up and nothing was said. I was tired of begging for 3 days off in a row once in a while so I was able to travel an hour to go see my Mom and getting shot down.

Well, I had told them I wasn’t going to be in for 3 days due to a legal matter and then they decided to stop scheduling me all together. I got a 3 week break and then my friend told my boss so he made the decision to put me at another location. Well, I’ve worked there before and knew my way around so that wasn’t the problem. The problem was having to leave my house an hour early to get my kid to daycare and then drive another 25 minutes to that location. I made just enough to cover my rent. My car is having some issues and is going to break down at any time. I have no money to fix it nor did I make enough to fix it.

I was promised I would be there for 2 weeks and then get transferred back. I get notified on Friday night that I will not be returned due to COVID and that to me was just an excuse. One that could be drawn out for a significant amount of time so I made the decision to just quit. I only signed up to work over there because I was told I’d be going back to my original location and that wasn’t going to happen.

At the end of the day, I realize that I sold myself short and there’s so many other jobs where I would make real money, be able to buy a house, and do way better for my kid. This job has made me an avid coffee drinker, live on cigarettes, energy drinks, gain a shit ton of weight and put me an inch within my sanity. It’s put me in the darkest corners of depression and stole me away from my kid more and more with each passing week.
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Another thing, there was no AC so at any given moment it was at least 100 degrees in that motherfucker so I’d be super sick with a heat headache, very dehydrated, and couldn’t WAIT until I could go home.