Onyi NProduct Marketing Manager, Quely · Product Marketing Manager at Quely

The Moment I Knew I Had to Quit My Job

4 Apr 2026 · 1 min

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In this candid video, the speaker recounts the pivotal moments that led them to resign from their job. The first trigger was receiving a weekend task from their leader, which made them realize their time and work were not valued. This sparked an immediate decision to draft and send a resignation email. The speaker reflects on a deeper issue of lacking empathy in how they were treated, emphasizing that empathy is about respectful interaction rather than pity. A second, similar realization occurred a few weeks later when they recognized familiar negative patterns, prompting them to act decisively and avoid repeating the same experience. Throughout, the speaker conveys frustration with being undervalued and a resolve to prioritize personal well‑being.

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So I think the aha moment for me for the first time was when I received a task Saturday night by mail, my leader then. I was like, I should submit this Monday morning. Okay. It was there and then. I was like, oh, interesting. I have another task for myself. Then I started writing my like resignation mail and there and then I sent that in. I sent in my notice. I was like, okay, this has gotten to the point where this person no longer values my own time. I mean, person doesn't value me as a person. Person— yeah, I'm talking about never really, um, value your work. Yeah. And, and I think there's one word that like comes to my mind, and it's sort of empathy, but like not empathy in terms of like, oh, you should, you should pity someone. I mean, like empathy in terms of like how you deal with people and how you relate with people and how you try to achieve things. I think Um, so that was like my aha moment. I think the last— the second time it happened, what I just knew was like, okay, I've gone through this before, I'm not going to go through this again. Yeah. And I think that was just probably 2, 3 weeks when I saw the signs. I'm like, okay, this was similar to what I experienced before, that wasn't good for me. Yeah, that was when I jumped the gun.