People Shared The 'Revealing Moment' When They Realized Their Job Sucks

Dan Price’s name keeps coming up whenever people talk about bosses who do things differently. He built Gravity Payments from a college-age startup into a major credit card processor, then made headlines in 2015 by raising his employees’ minimum salary to $70,000 while cutting his own pay.

That move brought praise, backlash, and plenty of debate, but it also set the stage for a much more relatable question: when do people finally realize their job is making them miserable? Price recently asked that on Twitter, and workers responded with the kind of blunt, frustrating, and sometimes painfully familiar moments that made them want out.

Here are 20 of those revealing moments.

Here is Dan's story.

The revealing question:

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The first response sets the tone fast.

1. Threatened by a 6-year-old child.

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2. Big mistake.

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3. Is this sound fair? I don't think it is.

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That kind of workplace pressure wears people down quickly.

4. Level pro spy - privacy at zero.

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5. An interesting one.

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6. No empathy.

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7. Incompetent people in key positions.

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8. Do not make eye contact.

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Some jobs start sounding bad long before people actually quit.

This is similar to the brother who asked for his sibling’s life savings to fund his business.

9. Never enough "normality."

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10. Business before pleasure.

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11. Mental health hazard.

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12. Dad, my boss is telling you to hurry up.

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13. Looks like prettiness is the most important trump for good work.

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14. Customers come first.

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By this point, the pattern is hard to miss.

15. She should have said it with a little more compassion.

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16. What should you do in this kind of situation?

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17. They could, but didn't want to.

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18. "A Bug’s Life"

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19. Big NO.

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20. Unfortunately, this happens all the time.

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If you ask employers about their workers, they will probably say that finding a good worker is quite hard. But when the work environment becomes disrespectful and people are insensitive to your personal needs, it is time for you to leave and search for a better one.

If you are lucky enough to work for a company like Dan's, you should give your best to stay there. It's not common for employers to care about their employees.

When everyone called his actions a failure, he had faith in his workers and in himself as well. In the end, they succeeded together.

For more family finance drama, read about the in-laws who want to invest despite their shaky past.