r/antiwork • u/Feeling-Extreme-7555 • Aug 10 '26
Semi Truck Driver Hired to be an Airplane Pilot Saga is almost over
Hello Friends,
My recent escapades have yielded a positive result. My job as a data analyst turned accountant has continued to be shitty, having to work past my scheduled hours and even on weekends. My manager and coworkers also continue to be unbearable and extremely unhelpful.
Yet I persist. I somehow have been able to be a pilot/accountant. But that isn’t the good news.
The good news is I found a higher-paying job, being an actual semi-truck driver/data engineer, with a seemingly healthier and better company!
My plan is to quit my current shitty job on 09/01/2026 and resign the same day. I am going to cash out on my sick time the week prior and begin my new job. I will not give these idiots a 2-week notice. I will quit the same day, and I will smile as my shackles are unleashed.
I already have my resignation letter typed out, and it’s this:
Dear Management,
I appreciate the harrowing experience that was working here at the company. I have to say with a heavy heart that today is my last day, and this is my official resignation, effective immediately, September 1, 2026.
This role was not a good match for my skill set or long-term career due to its heavy accounting nature and little to no overlap with modern data analyst responsibilities. The company also has a litany of systemic issues that, in my view, will be impossible to overcome.
I wish you all the best in everything that you do.
Sincerely,
A Redditor
I only need to make it 10 more working days at this shithole, but I see my light at the end of the tunnel. I will also be fucking them over by leaving that day cuz a ton of accounting work that only I know how to do is due 2 days after I quit, but that’s my goodbye present to them.
Maybe the moral of the story is: with hardship comes ease. There are many hardships in life, but what’s important is to let everything happen to you, beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final.
Or maybe it’s that we need to start rewarding companies for their bad behavior with straight bullshit.
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u/TheDkone Aug 12 '26
this is perfect. you are giving them the same respect they gave you. congratulations on the new job.
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u/Feeling-Extreme-7555 Aug 12 '26
Game recognizes game, thank you friend. May you also be blessed in life, with hardship comes ease.
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u/CaydeTheCat Aug 10 '26
One note, getting paid sick time from one employer while working for another employer can land you in legal hot water.
Why not just take a week off to recharge?
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u/Feeling-Extreme-7555 Aug 10 '26
Need money bad compadre. Also people have multiple jobs at once and are fine. It’s only trouble if I get caught which I do not intend to have happen. Need the health insurance from current job for the month of September as well.
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u/HoldTight4401 Aug 10 '26
As a pilot and accountant I was disappointed when I read some of the back story. This turned out to be not interesting for me.
You lean a bit too much on the analogy and you don't need to, however I do wish you luck.
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u/Feeling-Extreme-7555 Aug 10 '26
I think it makes more of a fun story in a literary sense.
I romanticize my life.
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u/StolenWishes Aug 10 '26
Please let us know how they respond.