Most people who quit their jobs say

[treedimensional]

….that they miss the people, not the job.

Most people say that their job wasn't the reason, their BOSS was.


What I want to know is, have you ever heard of someone who loved their job, but not the people they worked with?

[tacokick]

Hmmm. I liked teaching for the most part a lot but at one school really hated my coworkers and principal. They made so many days a misery.

[munkii]

I won't say I loved my last job, but I liked it. I did not like most of the people. The people and their attitudes are why I left. Don't repeat that on fb!

[mrs.jacinthe]

I liked doing medlegal work. I do not miss my coworkers at all. That was most of the motivation I had to quit.

[Violet]

Yes, I've left a job over the people. My department was full of mean women who made catty comments nonstop and the rest of the company wouldn't talk to anyone in my department because of them. It's a drain to be around people like that for 40+ hours a week.

[dragon's breath]

My last job ended up like that. Loved the work (maintenance electrician, absolutely loved troubleshooting, programming, etc). But, after years of sexual discrimination and harassment from the boss, he finally managed to turn the majority of the shop against me. I worked there 15 years and the only people I talk to from that time were from crews other than mine. After two of them died, I'm down to only missing one former coworker, and we text pretty much daily, and meet up for lunch when we can.

The rest can kiss my ass.

[auroraloo]

I worked at a school once that was full of teacher that could have been extras on the set of mean girls, but the principal (who had just taken over that year) was Ah.mazing. I would work for her again, but I left over the people.

[mrspez07]

First long term job, still miss the people, it’s been 6 years.

Second job,, 4-person office left because of a toxic boss that was micromanaging me, so I left because of her. Others were fun to be around but much younger than I was. Commute also sucked.

Coming up on 3 years at the current job, coworkers are pleasant to be around and nice people but not super close to any of them. Work is ok, less interesting than the other two, but I feel valued. Schedule is flexible.

[treedimensional]

Ok, I'm not alone.
I feel confident that everyone I work with would throw me under the bus in a heartbeat, and they do. But I really like the job itself.

[fernweh]

I like my job (love might be a bit strong) but with the exception of 1 or 2 people I’m not a fan of my coworkers

[sillygoosegirl]

This would describe a person I am close to, I think.

I think it's a somewhat rare situation because most people would take a lateral move to do the same job with different people if they were in this situation.

In my sister's case, she works for the county and doesn't want to move or commute to a different county. I think other people I've encountered in this situation have been in the public sector too...

[atlas]

Yes. My mom. She is retiring in October because she can't deal with the people she works with. She likes them just fine but loathes how they work and how it has an impact on her job. 10 years ago, she was on track to likely be working well into her 80s (she's 66 now) so she definitely feels that the people took that away from her.

[trissie18]

I LOVE my job but other than my boss (on most days) I wish I worked with different people...who weren't her two immature lazy sons (and no we are NOT a family owned company).

[L]

I liked my last job in a firm. The work itself was easy & fine and I only worked part time on my own schedule. I worked with 3 other people (tiny firm), I did not like any of them (plus I felt like I was far underpaid). So I left and never went back after I had my 4th kid. Other firms I generally liked some coworkers and the work was Varying degrees of fun/fulfillment.