To ask if you've ever walked out of a "job?

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I am a freelancer who has one client I can't deal with any more. I am burned out. Keep calling in sick.
How do I just quit?

I used to be like this, but since menopause I have no guts

I've done this once - left after my first day and never came back! The atmosphere at the place was just horrendous, that first day seemed like it would never end and I was in tears by lunchtime. I just didn't show up the next day and didn't bother to tell them 😳I was very young at the time - I wouldn't do that now, nowadays I would tell my manager and explain why it wasn't a good fit etc - but I still don't regret doing it. I feel like that job would have ruined my mental health.

I used my age as the reason to be like this. I am too old to go along with something I am getting nothing from.
Just think, you are unlikely to ever see this person again, so what is to fear?

Yes, and if you’re a freelancer it’s easier. I did it this week. Rang and said ‘Hi XXXXX, I’m glad I got to chat as I need to speak to you. This role isn’t working for me currently. Today is my last day.’ Then you can either expand on this and have a chat or just leave it as that, you don’t have a contract.

You’ll feel immense relief.

I walked out of three jobs in one year once. Awful horrible jobs. Always made sure I had bank shifts elsewhere though or a new job to go to. Make sure you have some money to cover bills for a bit and start scouting round for something else to cover bills. Life is too short for spending over half your waking hours somewhere you hate.

I did 6 weeks at a call centre straight after Uni. Needed the money. It was the worst job I’ve ever done (and I waitressed at 16 for £3.10 an hour. That was a close second!)
Shockingly bad training, boring work, people kept tabs on you if you went for a loo break. I got an abusive phone call and instead of taking the call off me, the manager proceeded to sit next to me and just listen in. Lazy twat. At the end of the 6 weeks they were surprised I was going, crossed wires meant they thought I was there to stay. Easiest no I’ve ever said.

As a student - friend and I got call center work through the student unions job service, but when we turned up to it it was essentially cold calling people with some fairly dodgy practices and our script was full of manipulation, pressure and outright lies.
Plus they informed us that we were not to be paid the legal minimum hourly wage promised but less than that and were expected to make up to minimum wage through our sales commissions.
Everyone there hated it, the office was miserable, supervisor was harsh, abrasive and didn't want to be there either, we were cold calling people so would get abuse from them, and I couldn't bring myself to use dodgy sales tactics on any poor person who answered politely. Lasted 3 hours, quit and went round to the student job center to inform them the job was not paying the legal minimum, so they stopped advertising it.

Yes just returned to work after children No as promised parking space hot desking shoddy management. Thought fuck this and walked out. Very liberating