# Is it OK to quit a minimum wage job that I hate after 4 months due to these reasons? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 21, 2013, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-to-quit-a-minimum-wage-job-that-i-hate-after-4-months-due-to-these-reasons/671870 "2013-10-21T21:26:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ManMadeMachine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f17d59/32.png) [@ManMadeMachine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ManMadeMachine)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-to-quit-a-minimum-wage-job-that-i-hate-after-4-months-due-to-these-reasons/671870/21 "2013-10-22T01:52:05Z")
> [@robert\_columbia](#): > > Two weeks notice is the standard, at least in the US, if you want to avoid burning bridges. Sure, it’s generally legal to quit whenever you want, but it would be a good idea to see if you can salvage a half-decent reference from these people, that at least you stuck it out and left on honorable terms. > > Can you register for a class? Any class? That provides a convenient filler for any resume gaps. E.g. you were working this one job until November, then you took a class in basket weaving from December to January, then you started another job. > > Another strategy is to “engineer” (heh heh) your last day to be in the very beginning of the month. E.g. if your last day on the job is November 5, 2013, you have three weeks to find another job or take a class before any gap shows up on your resume at all, simply because the standard granularity is rarely more fine than monthly. > > E.g. if you ended your current job on Nov 5 and started a new one on Nov 29, you could put down: > > 11/2013 - Present - BetterInc - NiceJob > 7/2013 - 11/2013 - ShittyCo - JobTitle > > And even if you don’t get a job until December, your resume would show: > > 12/2013 - Present - BetterInc - NiceJob > 7/2013 - 11/2013 - ShittyCo - JobTitle > > There’s no way to know that that doesn’t really mean you left on Nov 29 and started the new job on Dec 2. Thanks for the bro-tips. I actually thought about doing that, and quitting at the beginning of December if I don’t find a new job by then because the whole 6 month experience thing, but to hear it I assume you have done it before and it worked. Nice! Do you know if they go by the pay date or the time worked? Because the way my job is set up I work 2 weeks on schedule, then they process and deliver on the following Friday. Could be home free better. I’ve talked to some people today and trying to get the ball rolling. Hiring a buddy to come over and take a look at my car, had my battery recharged by autozone, working on my resume, and my ma who is connected to everybody through her work can at least get me a job as a groundskeeper, which is much more smoother working regular hours, better pay, opportunity for advancement, good benefits (free or reduced rent costs) which I would at least stay in for a couple years seeming as I know the work - my ma has me come into her property when her maintenance guy gets backed up and do simple things. Honestly, I think that the Food Service Industry is a joke and it is criminal what some of these employers are doing, treating the workers like horses, flogging them. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-to-quit-a-minimum-wage-job-that-i-hate-after-4-months-due-to-these-reasons/671870/22 "2013-10-22T01:52:31Z")
All very good sage advice above. But I remember when I was 18, I don’t recall any of my employers giving a shit about my past jobs. In fact, I can remember this very exchange with my old boss at Pizza Inn. Boss: You’re working tomorrow (I wasn’t on the schedule) Me: Uh, no I’m not, I got plans Boss: If you don’t work tomorrow, I’ll fire your ass. Me: Oh gee, you mean I might have to walk across the street to Dominos and get a job there? How terrible! Boss: GET OUT OF MY STORE!! I then proceeded to walk across the street to Dominos. I filled out an application and was hired right there on the spot, still wearing my Pizza Inn uniform. Of course, this was the 80’s so… ---
**Author:** ![ManMadeMachine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f17d59/32.png) [@ManMadeMachine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ManMadeMachine)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-to-quit-a-minimum-wage-job-that-i-hate-after-4-months-due-to-these-reasons/671870/23 "2013-10-22T01:56:00Z")
> [@sahirrnee](#): > > I will tell you as I have told others. > A friend of friend is screening applications for a start up company. As you can imagine in this economy he is getting thousands of applications. He was told if the applicant is not working currently to throw the resume out. The owners of the company don’t care how talented, educated, experienced a person is, of they are not working they will not be considered. > > It’s not always fair but in general it is easier to get a job when you already have one. That is what employers want to see. > > And > Welcome to the real world where most jobs suck and you are just a cog in the wheel. > You are at the bottom of the food chain right now, it sucks to be there but most of us have been there. We all had to pay our dues at suckass jobs, but the suckass jobs toughen you up and make you more appreciative of the semi suckass jobs. > > One thing you can do > You can’t change your environment but you can change your attitude towards it. Stop talking negative, stop thinking negative, stop complaining at work. Put a big ol’ plastic smile on your face and go in and make the best of it. Instead of complaining, learn to laugh at it. Being able to laugh at the bullshit in life is better than letting it get you down. > > If you carry the negativity into your interviews, you will never get hired. > Nobody wants to be friends with a complainer, nobody wants to work next to a complainer, nobody wants to hire a complainer - even if the complaints are legit. This is true. I’ve talked to my ma who is a manager about this ordeal - if I wasn’t lucky enough to know these things sooner, I wouldn’t have even looked back leaving the job and f\* myself over in the long run. I laughed at the whole “semi suckass” jobs lol. ---
**Author:** ![ManMadeMachine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f17d59/32.png) [@ManMadeMachine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ManMadeMachine)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-to-quit-a-minimum-wage-job-that-i-hate-after-4-months-due-to-these-reasons/671870/24 "2013-10-22T01:59:27Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > All very good sage advice above. > > But I remember when I was 18, I don’t recall any of my employers giving a shit about my past jobs. In fact, I can remember this very exchange with my old boss at Pizza Inn. > Boss: You’re working tomorrow > > (I wasn’t on the schedule) > > Me: Uh, no I’m not, I got plans > > Boss: If you don’t work tomorrow, I’ll fire your ass. > > Me: Oh gee, you mean I might have to walk across the street to Dominos and get a job there? How terrible! > > Boss: GET OUT OF MY STORE!! > > I then proceeded to walk across the street to Dominos. I filled out an application and was hired right there on the spot, still wearing my Pizza Inn uniform. > > Of course, this was the 80’s so… Haha when the economy was booming, jobs where abundant, and you could walk a place and act like obtaining pratically any job was your birthright. My father told me of those days 😃 Must’ve been nice to not have idiots wrecking the economy. Funny story though! ---
**Author:** ![ManMadeMachine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f17d59/32.png) [@ManMadeMachine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ManMadeMachine)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-to-quit-a-minimum-wage-job-that-i-hate-after-4-months-due-to-these-reasons/671870/25 "2013-10-22T02:07:17Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > True. Very few people truly love their jobs but you will be incredibly surprised where you learn valuable skills if you just apply yourself even to the most demeaning and demanding jobs. Do you know how I got my first high-paying IT position in the first interview? It was because I worked at supermarkets for three years 2000 miles away in high school and busted my ass. I knew about all the store positions. They liked my fancy degrees and book knowledge but that is the thing that made them give me the offer on the spot because most of the corporate people didn’t really know what the lower level people were doing and I did just like the CEO who worked his way up through the stores. > > I had a personal epiphany a few years ago. All jobs are essentially the same at the core even if the pay and benefits vary wildly. The most important part is the core. That is where you show up on time, do what you say you will, follow procedures and present a pleasant personality even when you don’t want to. That is exactly the same whether you are an astronaut, airline pilot, surgeon or fast food worker. They are all essentially the same job just with different skills required. You have to build that foundation to succeed in anything and you haven’t demonstrated that yet. There is no job that will make you happy until you do that and you fail in a rapid succession of them if you don’t. > > The key the success is to pick the one that you like the most (or dislike the least) and build the skills necessary to differentiate yourself from others. That is when you can start to make real money and move up so that you aren’t at the bottom of the chain anymore. However, that takes time and personal exploration at your age. You may find that inspiration comes from where you least expect it. Working in a nursing home can be a lucrative gig and that is a growth industry so don’t discount it right off the bat. You might find that you are interested nursing (or not) based on what you see. You might also find that the delivery drivers have a job you you can shoot for. At this stage, those crap jobs are less about the job itself and more about building those base skills and figuring out what you may want to pursue in the future. That’s true. I’ve learned a lot of wisdom from just working at this job for 4 months so far - a lot about myself and what people percieve of me. I do not want to get into nursing - although I am considering in the back of my mind becoming a EMT or a delivery driver for more laid back jobs. Honestly where I work, there is zero advancement because I work for a contract company,:dubious: unless I put in 5 years then I might get moved up to supervisor making salary and working 60+ hours a week. Then after that maybe moving up to manager and making an extra 2 grand a year. Honestly, I took this job because it was close by, which meant no gas no car and money in my pocket. Also I pictured nurses in hospitals - but when I got there are just chicken legged women with potbellies hitting on me that are in their 30s. That makes me even more mad. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-to-quit-a-minimum-wage-job-that-i-hate-after-4-months-due-to-these-reasons/671870/26 "2013-10-22T02:11:50Z")
How are you going to repair your car in order to get a non-sucky job? Where are you living? With Mom? I disagree with Rysler in that I think if Mom is giving you guilt, she gets to do it if you are living with her rent free - she can insist you keep the sucky job as long as she provides a place for you to sleep. Yeah, it sounds like it really sucks, but it also sounds like you really need enough money to fix your car and that this is your option until the car is fixed. If there is another way to get to a non-sucky job - fix the car through a loan, fix the car for the $700 you have, rent a room with the $700 closer to the non-sucky job), then quit (do give two weeks notice, not for management’s sake, but for your coworkers). And I’ve had them as well. My “Shake’s job” had me giving two weeks notice and still showing up on the schedule during week three. When I explained to the manager that I had quit and wouldn’t be there, she insisted I show up because “I was scheduled” - they gave me a “bad reference” for quitting without notice 🙂 Stupid minimum wage jobs. My last job was sucky because the company was breaking the law and it was my job to audit for it. And when I’d tell them they were breaking the law, nothing would happen. So I quit, it seemed wisest. It paid really well - six figures - but I’m not selling my soul for six figures. So yeah, sucky jobs… ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-to-quit-a-minimum-wage-job-that-i-hate-after-4-months-due-to-these-reasons/671870/27 "2013-10-22T02:19:33Z")
> [@ManMadeMachine](#): > > … > Do you know if they go by the pay date or the time worked? Because the way my job is set up I work 2 weeks on schedule, then they process and deliver on the following Friday. Could be home free better… In my experience, your last day is the last day you actually worked, even if you are still getting paychecks for later in the month or even the month afterward (this happens sometimes). As an anecdote, a friend of a friend resigned without sufficient notice from a local government job. They were told that they would not ever be allowed to work for that county again. Fair enough, they applied at a different county, only to fail the background check and be told that the new county honors “not eligible for rehire” determinations from any county in the state. D’oh! ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-to-quit-a-minimum-wage-job-that-i-hate-after-4-months-due-to-these-reasons/671870/28 "2013-10-22T03:05:05Z")
> [@appleciders](#): > > If you’re in the US, this is probably illegal. Check your local laws. My company (which is otherwise a pretty good place to work) is struggling to implement these laws this year after decades of ignoring them, and it’s been a hassle… You’d be surprised at how shitty some state’s labor laws can be. Pennsylvania doesn’t really have any rules regarding breaks for workers unless you’re either under 18 or an agricultural worker (other than breaks under 20 min have to be paid). My last job took advantage of this to avoid giving us a 2nd 15 min break. I once worked at a convenience store were we technically didn’t have formal breaks or lunches at all; we’d just try to wait until it was slow & have 1 person go eat in the back while the other watched the till. Solo-shifts sucked, but those were usually on 3rd shift so where would be long stretches of time w/o any customers in the store. Back to the OP start looking for a new job now and give your notice as soon as you find one; you can find template’s for resignation letters all over the internet. And don’t hesitate to take a job if they want you to start sooner than two weeks; there’s resignation letters for that too. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-to-quit-a-minimum-wage-job-that-i-hate-after-4-months-due-to-these-reasons/671870/29 "2013-10-22T06:44:58Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > Boss: If you don’t work tomorrow, I’ll fire your ass. > Me: Oh gee, you mean I might have to walk across the street to Dominos and get a job there? How terrible! > Boss: GET OUT OF MY STORE!! > > I then proceeded to walk across the street to Dominos. I filled out an application and was hired right there on the spot, still wearing my Pizza Inn uniform. > > Of course, this was the 80’s so… Great story…and great memories for those of us who are old enough. But that was in a very,very different world. And it was a world that the 18year olds of today cannot imagine, unfortunately. A strong economy, with a decent future for anybody who wanted to work. Back in the 1970’s, in my high school there were maybe 500 kids who wanted jobs. And there were 10 fast-food joints lining the roads nearby. Each one provided 50 part time jobs. The math was simple: 10 times 50 = a job for every kid. The concept of an adult working fast food was bizarre. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-to-quit-a-minimum-wage-job-that-i-hate-after-4-months-due-to-these-reasons/671870/30 "2013-10-22T10:08:21Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > Back in the 1970’s, in my high school there were maybe 500 kids who wanted jobs. And there were 10 fast-food joints lining the roads nearby. Each one provided 50 part time jobs. The math was simple: 10 times 50 = a job for every kid. > The concept of an adult working fast food was bizarre. Who do you think worked there during the school day? ---
**Author:** ![ManMadeMachine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f17d59/32.png) [@ManMadeMachine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ManMadeMachine)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-to-quit-a-minimum-wage-job-that-i-hate-after-4-months-due-to-these-reasons/671870/31 "2013-10-22T10:41:20Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > How are you going to repair your car in order to get a non-sucky job? Where are you living? With Mom? I disagree with Rysler in that I think if Mom is giving you guilt, she gets to do it if you are living with her rent free - she can insist you keep the sucky job as long as she provides a place for you to sleep. > > Yeah, it sounds like it really sucks, but it also sounds like you really need enough money to fix your car and that this is your option until the car is fixed. If there is another way to get to a non-sucky job - fix the car through a loan, fix the car for the $700 you have, rent a room with the $700 closer to the non-sucky job), then quit (do give two weeks notice, not for management’s sake, but for your coworkers). > > And I’ve had them as well. My “Shake’s job” had me giving two weeks notice and still showing up on the schedule during week three. When I explained to the manager that I had quit and wouldn’t be there, she insisted I show up because “I was scheduled” - they gave me a “bad reference” for quitting without notice 🙂 Stupid minimum wage jobs. My last job was sucky because the company was breaking the law and it was my job to audit for it. And when I’d tell them they were breaking the law, nothing would happen. So I quit, it seemed wisest. It paid really well - six figures - but I’m not selling my soul for six figures. So yeah, sucky jobs… Well, having $700 in my pocket and only going to pay about $100 for my car to be fixed through a guy I know still leaves me with $600 which will last me quite a while, at least 4 months, seeming as if I have zero expenses for food, housing, electricity + water. I will stick it out until I find a new job after seeing the advice here, ultimately, and shouldn’t take me more than a month to find a decent place to work but I will put in my 2 week notice. Also, that sucks about your manager doing that. It also sucks that you had to leave a six figure job because your employer was acting like a-holes. ---
**Author:** ![ManMadeMachine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f17d59/32.png) [@ManMadeMachine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ManMadeMachine)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-to-quit-a-minimum-wage-job-that-i-hate-after-4-months-due-to-these-reasons/671870/32 "2013-10-22T10:43:11Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > You’d be surprised at how shitty some state’s labor laws can be. Pennsylvania doesn’t really have any rules regarding breaks for workers unless you’re either under 18 or an agricultural worker (other than breaks under 20 min have to be paid). My last job took advantage of this to avoid giving us a 2nd 15 min break. I once worked at a convenience store were we technically didn’t have formal breaks or lunches at all; we’d just try to wait until it was slow & have 1 person go eat in the back while the other watched the till. Solo-shifts sucked, but those were usually on 3rd shift so where would be long stretches of time w/o any customers in the store. Back to the OP start looking for a new job now and give your notice as soon as you find one; you can find template’s for resignation letters all over the internet. And don’t hesitate to take a job if they want you to start sooner than two weeks; there’s resignation letters for that too. I live in Alabama and there are no labor laws reguarding breaks here. If an employer wanted to, they could have you work 10 hours straight with no breaks. I honestly hate Dixie. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-to-quit-a-minimum-wage-job-that-i-hate-after-4-months-due-to-these-reasons/671870/33 "2013-10-22T11:02:59Z")
You’re 18, still living at home, as yet unskilled or unqualified for any other type of work, and you’re bitchin like a mad thing about having to work at a job you hate and the management treat you like shit? Le yawn. Seriously. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-to-quit-a-minimum-wage-job-that-i-hate-after-4-months-due-to-these-reasons/671870/34 "2013-10-22T11:46:47Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > You’re 18, still living at home, as yet unskilled or unqualified for any other type of work, and you’re bitchin like a mad thing about having to work at a job you hate and the management treat you like shit? > > Le yawn. Seriously. > > :rolleyes: Yep. If I were 18 and living with mommy, I’d clean bedpans while looking for a second job (not a new/easier job, a 2nd job) just to be able to afford being a grown up. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-to-quit-a-minimum-wage-job-that-i-hate-after-4-months-due-to-these-reasons/671870/35 "2013-10-22T12:39:54Z")
> [@ManMadeMachine](#): > > Well, having $700 in my pocket and only going to pay about $100 for my car to be fixed through a guy I know still leaves me with $600 which will last me quite a while, at least 4 months, seeming as if I have zero expenses for food, housing, electricity + water. I will stick it out until I find a new job after seeing the advice here, ultimately, and shouldn’t take me more than a month to find a decent place to work but I will put in my 2 week notice. > > Also, that sucks about your manager doing that. It also sucks that you had to leave a six figure job because your employer was acting like a-holes. That’s a good plan. Get the car fixed and cast the net wider for a job. My son is fifteen, and the day is coming where he will be in your shoes - he doesn’t want to develop skills now, and college is more school when he is already sick of it. Which means soon I’ll be in your mother’s shoes - and he won’t be here long living for free if he quits jobs unless he has a darn good reason - and as someone who has quit a job because my boss raped me (only after lining up another job) and quit a job because the company had hired me to audit and then didn’t take action on illegal activities I reported (and only after agreeing with my husband that I was needed at home, or I would have found another job before leaving), having to work hard and wash your hands and use good food safety procedures isn’t going to cut it as a good reason. As for my job - I’m employable. When I want to go back to work I can. Right now, I’m homeschooling the above son while my husband has worked some very long hours and traveled for work so its what we needed to do anyway. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-to-quit-a-minimum-wage-job-that-i-hate-after-4-months-due-to-these-reasons/671870/36 "2013-10-22T13:19:50Z")
> [@MandaJo](#): > > Who do you think worked there during the school day? Mostly 19 year-olds , or 18 yr-olds who had dropped out of school. At least that’s how I remember it. My point was that, back in the good ol’ days, there were enough jobs for everybody. So , like in post #22, a kid could quit a pizza job and get another job the same day. Even some adults could, too. The OP has apparently learned that he should not try to do that. Times have changed. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-to-quit-a-minimum-wage-job-that-i-hate-after-4-months-due-to-these-reasons/671870/37 "2013-10-22T13:33:39Z")
> [@robert\_columbia](#): > > Another strategy is to “engineer” (heh heh) your last day to be in the very beginning of the month. E.g. if your last day on the job is November 5, 2013, you have three weeks to find another job or take a class before any gap shows up on your resume at all, simply because the standard granularity is rarely more fine than monthly. Shit, I don’t even put months down on my resume anymore. I just list years and if they care to ask, I’ll fill them in. I figure nobody really cares that I worked from Jan 1997 - July 1999 at Job X, and from November 1999-July 2002 at another, and that I was in grad school from Aug 2002-Dec 2004. I just put down 1997-1999 Job X, 1999-2002 Job Y, and 2002-2004 Grad School. Otherwise little gaps between jobs are magnified and I have to answer a bunch of dumb-ass questions about what I did for a few months here and there, and not saying that I slept late and played a lot of video games. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-to-quit-a-minimum-wage-job-that-i-hate-after-4-months-due-to-these-reasons/671870/38 "2013-10-22T14:13:26Z")
Guys. This is an 18 year old kid living with his mom looking to quit some crappy minimum wage job, not some vice president of a Fortune 500 company with a 5 year non-compete contract trying to raise a family of four. What do you guys think will happen? Word will spread on the street that ManMadeMachine doesn’t want to clean up old-people shit for some asshole who screams at him every day? That ManMadeMachine will end up unemployable in the world of minimum wage service workers? ManMadeMachine is a young man and has plenty of time to grow into one of those people who are so terrified of losing a crappy job they hate that they would suck their bosses dick to keep it. Although my advice to ManMadeMachine is to maybe figure out what you want to do and start preparing for it so you don’t get stuck in these sort of jobs. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-to-quit-a-minimum-wage-job-that-i-hate-after-4-months-due-to-these-reasons/671870/39 "2013-10-22T16:21:51Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > Although my advice to ManMadeMachine is to maybe figure out what you want to do and start preparing for it so you don’t get stuck in these sort of jobs. Agree. What are your education & career plans (if any), **ManMadeMachine**? College? Trade school? Military? Unskilled labor? Other? ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-to-quit-a-minimum-wage-job-that-i-hate-after-4-months-due-to-these-reasons/671870/40 "2013-10-22T19:03:27Z")
The military might be a good option. True the OP would need to leave home & have to deal with working conditions a lot more unpleasant & dangerous a nursing home kitchen, but the pay and benefits are a lot better than what an 18 yr old fresh out of HS can get just about anywhere else. Granted you can’t just quite the military if you decide you don’t like it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-to-quit-a-minimum-wage-job-that-i-hate-after-4-months-due-to-these-reasons/671870.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-ok-to-quit-a-minimum-wage-job-that-i-hate-after-4-months-due-to-these-reasons/671870.md?page=3)