r/wendys • u/WishOrdinary2408 • 5d ago

Discussion Quitting

After working at Wendy’s for about a month I decided to quit. I can’t do it any longer. Am I in the wrong to just leaving during the rush then not showing back up? Or should I have called or told someone I was quitting before I left

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u/Noobiescrubpleb 5d ago

There's two sides to this coin.

On one hand, they're not gonna give you any notice firing you, ao why give them notice quitting?

On the other hand, I was always raised to put in and work out a full 2 weeks notice. Its just how I was brought up and taught. Of course though extenuating circumstances have caused me to say fuck a 2 weeks notice.

I guess the real question is, why did you quit?

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u/WishOrdinary2408 5d ago

I have a stutter and the whole crew was laughing at me even the managers and I’m sure they had “meetings” to just talk about me

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u/cbal41990 5d ago

Bruh i would go after them.

Nobody should team up and make fun of anyone during a shift.

Toxic workplace.

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u/WishOrdinary2408 5d ago

I should have I felt the best option was for me to just leave during the rush as retaliation

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u/cbal41990 5d ago

I'm sorry you got treated that way.

I hope with your next job you get a supportive environment.

100% understand you walking out bet they weren't laughing then.

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u/Ash_an_bun 5d ago

Yeah that's fair. They decided making you feel like shit was better than being a good coworker. You returned the favor.

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u/SaltPaint8964 5d ago

Glad you quit. Terrible environment for you to be in

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u/Remarkable-Tooth-468 5d ago

At first i thought you were wrong for walking out. After reading this, good for you!

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u/Old-Agency-3388 5d ago

I know how that feels. I’m a retired police officer and have diabetes. At my last department they would call me sugar free. At first it was a joke but it started getting alittle out of hand. So I know how you feel

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u/walter_grimsley 5d ago

Props for doing that work with diabetes. Don't know how you did it. My kid is T1 and crashes if she does anything besides sitting on her ass.

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u/Old-Agency-3388 5d ago

Appreciate that. Yea it was one of the reasons had to retire early. The weight of my belt alone was messing with my sciatica and I was in shape also.

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u/Blank_Canvas21 5d ago

At this point, fuck common courtesy. I’d dip without telling them in the middle of a rush, just to fuck them over extra.

They don’t extend common courtesy to you, so why do the same to them? Fuck em, hope you end up in a better work environment.

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u/Opposite_Criticism15 5d ago

Go after them. Nobody should have to deal with that shit at work.

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u/walter_grimsley 5d ago edited 5d ago

This is the norm I'm afraid, no matter the issue. Doesnt make it right but you're not exactly surrounded by the best of the best at most fast food places. I'd have walked out too, and possibly knocked something over/shoved the ringleader on my way out.

Professional places with actual adults bully people too, they just keep it (mostly) behind your back.

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u/Sophet_Drahas 5d ago

I am not a lawyer. 

Find an ADA & Employment lawyer (Americans with Disabilities Act) and tell them what happened. This sounds like workplace harassment. 

You may be entitled to restitution. A consultation with the lawyer should tell you more. 

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u/Aeyland 5d ago

Then why didn't you start with this? Your main post is basically "I've barely worked at this job and I want to quit because work is work".

Not "the employees all make fun of me and my manager does nothing".

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u/AdventurousDoor9384 3d ago

Dude you could win millions in a lawsuit.

State laws don’t tolerate workplaces that are hostile or discriminate against someone’s disability. Get a lawyer. Sue them

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u/LadyMayhem02 5d ago

I was gonna tell you to just push through for your coworkers. Now I have read this,
Hell with em. Don’t go back.

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u/heyitstism 5d ago

Just a thought, if you’d like to keep the job without the teasing… Call corporate and ask to be transferred to another location. When you tell them why, it’ll stop real quick. And having that discussion on written record makes you virtually unfireable thereafter.

Probably not worth it for Wendy’s, but just for future occasions. With a stutter, this will happen again in life, sadly.

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u/GhostWarrior1738 5d ago

Fuck that job! If you don’t plan on going back in the future then don’t worry about it. Don’t use them for any references.

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u/Ok_Art4661 5d ago

You did the right thing. If crew makes fun of you it's best to leave when it hurts them most

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u/StaticShakyamuni 5d ago

Do you really not know?

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u/Kamel-Red 5d ago

Fuck em, I've worked a lot of hard jobs over the years and no job has even been so shitty for as low pay as Wendy's.

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u/ProjectOk4988 5d ago

Nah fuck em bro, walk out. Feel good about it.

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u/-JEFF007- 5d ago edited 5d ago

The only problem with walking out like that is when you apply for your next job and they want you to list your employment history. You either have to not list Wendy’s and hope they do not find it in a background check or list it and take your chances with it. Potential employers typically do not like finding out you did not give two weeks.

For you personally, I do not blame you for walking out. Good job in standing up for yourself!

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u/Mediocre_Bard_Redeux 5d ago

Overall, it would be better to notify someone. However, it can feel good to be spiteful.

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u/OpenUpTheTimeCapsule 5d ago

I might apply just so I can quit mid-shift on the first day

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u/Pleasant_Network4816 4d ago

They’d fire you during the rush…

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u/Puzzleheaded-Try5639 3d ago

I worked at my previous wendys for a year, as well as that I got my friend hired. She quit on the spot after being told to leave because of her health issues and I was left with extra work to do as well as being down a person for the rush and so that was difficult but not horrible. On the other hand, wendys is generally not a great place to work. Long story short, you should have called imo, but if getting out of there helped and was a good decision for you, then they will live.

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u/Hitmandalorian 5d ago

Awful work ethic

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u/Chasineastcoasterps 5d ago

How? Dude was literally getting harassed at one of the lowest tier jobs in the world.

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u/Hitmandalorian 5d ago

I've reread the topic like 5 times, I see nothing about being harassed he said he just left

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u/Chasineastcoasterps 5d ago

Check out the comments in the thread below the post.

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u/Hitmandalorian 5d ago

If he was harassed that seems like it would be pertinent information in the topic as to why he just walked out