What would you say are the most common ones?
Probably crappy bosses or asshole co-workers would be the most common. "Crappy" and "asshole" being purely subjective terms, of course.
What are your particular pet hates?
Micromanaging bosses and co-workers who "steal" other people's work, or lie about what they do or did.
What would make you dissatisified with a job? Would you leave because of it?
I leave when I'm unhappy with a job, period. When the negativity related to the job outweighs the benefits, it's time to move on. I don't hang around in jobs that I despise unless I have little other choice but to do so. And sometimes I'm just biding my time.
As for what would make me dissatisfied... well, could be any number of things. A controlling, micromanaging boss is a big one. Really crappy work conditions. Outrageous expectations. Constant negative feedback and no positive (i.e., you can't do anything right) or a coworker who goes out of their way to make your life a living hell. I get along with just about everyone pretty well since I'm pretty ****ing laid back and easy going. But occasionally, there are just assholes that can consistently hit those nerves, and relish in doing so.
What situations have tempted you to leave a job?
Anytime I have been tempted, I have left. I don't understand why people remain in jobs they hate for long periods of time.
What situations have made you actually quit your job?
Wow... that's a doozy. LOL I've had a LOT of jobs. And I've only been fired from two and laid off from one.
Let's see: (we'll leave out seasonal stuff that I just didn't return to)
I quit my job as a professional photographer at Hunter Mountain in NY because my boss was a total control freak dick who paid squat. But what caused me to walk off the mountain, pack my ****, and drive back to WV was when it was 40 below on the mountain and I was in the lift shack trying to get feeling back in my fingers and toes and he called up there (because he watched me with binoculars) and said that I wasn't "allowed" to go in the lift shack to get warm. When I told him that 1)My camera batteries wouldn't function unless they were warm and 2)I couldn't take pictures if I couldn't feel my fingers, he told me to "suck it up" and get back outside. I walked off the mountain, tossed the camera at him, told him to go to hell, and left the state.
I quit my job at the amublance service as an EMT when my bosses kept insisting that I lie on the trip sheets in order to commit Medicare/Medicaid insurance fraud. Not to mention that the hours (72 straight hours every week) and the pay sucked donkey balls. Combined with the fact that we were glorified taxi cabs and did more transport than actual emergency stuff. The abuse of the ambulance by the Medicaid/Medicare folks was more than I could tolerate.
Quit my job at the last river company I worked for in order to persue a different career.
Quit my job at Humana because I was offered another job with better pay and benefits and one of my co-workers had really gotten on my last nerve. Before I left, they actually offered to get rid of him in order to keep me, but they couldn't match the final bid on pay and benefits, and the new job was closer to family, so I left.
Quit my job at the company mentioned above (that I left Humana for), because I was offered a job with even more pay and better benefits at Sony. My "dream" job working on video games.
Quit my "dream job" at Sony because my boss was a micro-managing whore bitch. Really, really sucked that I sacrificed and lost so much in order to take that job and it was SUCH a great job, great environment - - except for HER. But, since she was my boss, there was no getting around having to deal with her constantly. And dealing with her constantly made my job miserable and the sacrifices I'd made weren't worth it. So I quit.
Quit a job in Alaska doing snorkeling tours because my boss was THE biggest asshole prick I have ever met in my life. And I've met a lot. I could do nothing right, *ever*. And he kept changing the "rules". One day he'd want something done this way, the next day another way. He told me that since I was new, ALL of the other employees were my "boss". I'd do what they'd tell me, it would be wrong, and I'm the one who would get **** for it. So, I quit. I mean, I **** you not when I tell you I've not EVER met a man I loathed as much as I loathed him. Egotistical, arrogant, asshole son of a bitch.