Or any job you feel like talking about?

I was laid off last time I left a job. It was my first time that happened. It was a little traumatic, but now that I'm working again, I don't think about it much. That company is going out of business in a few weeks.

Before that-I was overworked; that is why I left.

Before that, I was underpaid.

How about you? Trying to drum up some conversation

My last job before my current one was a cleaning job. I decided to quit because it was very boring and I'm not a fan of cleaning. I have enough of a hard time trying to keep my own place clean! Now I stock shelves and do aisle maintenance at a large store and prefer it so much more.

[Sometimes psychotic]

My last job gave me notice due to lack of funding, but I'm about to wrap up the current one too. I'm having difficulty with memory etc due to the bipolar so when the contract ends I'm going back to school.

My last job was pathetically low paying, then I got an irresistible job offer from my current employer who turned out to royally suck and is holding me back. LOL. Hoorray for me!!

The first job I walked away from was a pizza place. My dad was ill, and I was was terribly stressed.

I don't know if it counts, but I do some commission work on the side now, and there have been times when I've had to apologize to the client for not being able to finish. Sometimes the MH issues are too much, and I have to walk away from those projects.

I left a busy national job with a lot of travel, good money but a bullying boss and poor culture in a field I increasingly felt was immoral (pharma) so I could care for my elderly mother, who lives with me. I set up my own business and do a lot of things I've always been interested in. I earn less but wouldn't have it any other way. I'd rather be poor and happy than well off but miserable and conflicted.

[Shazerac]

The company I worked for decided to move my department to Mexico for cheap labor. That's when I retired.

Because I was assaulted by a customer (I worked at IKEA) who figured he was too important to wait his turn in line. The constant fear of it happening again becam to much and I up and quit and ran 1200km away.

[*Laurie*]

I was working in a terrific old cafe. Worked there for 13 years. I moved to a different town, so had to leave my job. I miss it. But now I'm involved in social work, like I used to be years ago.

[~Christina]

I turned a nurse in for stealing nursing home patients pain meds.

The nurse was buddy buddy with a local doctor she gave her a script to cover her backside .... so since she was going to fail a drug test.

It's was a horrible situation and very low paying I was trying to find a new job anyway

[Travelinglady]

I gave up teaching because I was having memory problems that affected my performance.

[Fresia]

My last job, the boss was verbally abusive and it took its toll on my mental health given what happened to me in high school. The flashbacks started all over again. HR tried to resolve it but nothing worked. It sent me into major depression. Filed for FMLA and never went back. I couldn't work for over a decade after this.

Before that, I worked in a hospital and loved it but my grandparents started to decline suddenly;I had to move out of state to take care of them.

I was working 2 jobs at the same time, neither had benefits, and left both to work 1 job full time alone that offered benefits.

Took a part-time job senior year to get back into it, safer retail position where I knew people. Left because went away to college.

Sophomore year of high school I was physically assaulted at work at my part-time job....left and couldn't go back to work for some time.

First job was at a bakery. Loved it but left to make more money. In hindisght, I learned money isn't everything, a lesson learned young.

[BleedTheFreak]

Caught the managers talking **** about me in the back room. Plus, it was McDonald's. Hope they enjoyed their rush short-staffed.

[Miss Laura]

Left first job as was made redundant ... I worked in a supermarket

Left second job as I couldn't manage to commit to x amount of hours as I was sessional there and already worked in another job which was full time. ... I worked for an organisation looking after disabled children and young people

Left third job cause I got my fourth job on a whim..... L worked in another supermarket

Left fourth job cause I was dismissed on ill health grounds. .... I worked for a charity which dealt in mental health ironically

[SorryShaped]

I've had a quite a few others in there, they were all temp jobs or other small things. We'll work backwards, most recent first:
1. Mania crashed, depression, hospital. No ability to concentrate, made a lot of serious mistakes. Didn't go back, but never actually quit.
2. Work study isn't forever.
3. Business closed. They violated a very serious law and we're shut down.
4. Mania. Damaged something that was fixed that night, within 20 minutes. Fired.
5. Accused of things. Caught doing other things. Mania. Mania. Mania crashing. Paranoid. Quit.
6. Hated the job and myself for taking it. Fired for not knowing the job, but I wasn't wanted there anyway, under a weeks hours total for one month.
7. Mixed mood. Boss hired a joke of a night manager. He put too much of the workload on me. I walked away. Never actually quit.
8. Union dues and initiation fees. 35 hours on a check but I had gone on vacation, so I got $14. Quit.

[Mike_J]

I left my last job to take my current job, that was 15 years ago...

[RainyDay107]

I was a lawyer (General Counsel) for a large corporation. It was a good job.

I had a 5-month IP hospitalization due to destabilizing....bipolar 1 and anxiety disorders. Two major life events, complete breakdown. My treatment team said I couldn’t work anymore so I resigned.

I applied for SSDI and was approved in two months. I was grateful but I felt a loss when my career ended.

[Nazaqacaza]

The company went bankrupt and everyone lost their jobs.

[Baker#88]

Forced medical retirement by the company doctor. Plus my family doc, surgeons, gut doc and every other doc I have ever seen, said, no way is it possible for you to work anymore. Sucks, I really liked my job.

[Row Jimmy]

Because it sucked.

[Loial]

I left my last job because it was a physical job and starting on olanzapine meant I felt too tired to work.

That was many years ago. Doing a little better at college on a much lower dosage now.

[possum220]

Major events in my life meant that I couldn't cope with more stress. The company moved to a major city and I knew that adding another 3 hours of travel per day was not doable. I left when they moved.

[greentires4me]

I left my last job because they didn't understand mental illness whatsoever and referred to me as "cognitively delayed" or "special needs" sorry but I am neither that's called discrimination!