Leaving jobs without notice

You may not care, but think of your colleagues who you would be leaving in the ****. What if you actually NEEDED the reference? What if the next job you go for asks about it (telling them you left without notice wont exactly look good to them).
However bad it may be- at least give notice in and ride it out for your last few shifts.

I needed money and there was nothing else available, duh.

if they're willing to allow the workplace to be that terrible then they deserve it if a worker decides to just leave and not turn back

Ive noticed quite a few people in this forum talking about leaving their jobs without notice. Some of them even think its acceptable to do so.
However bad a job may be (and trust me ive experienced bad jobs myself), leaving without notice isnt the way to go. Surely it wouldnt hurt just to give them the proper notice and stick it out.
It doesnt just leave the company in the ****- it also leaves your colleagues in the ****, with them being short staffed until a replacement is found, especially during any shifts that you where meant to be doing. It doesnt make you look good.
You can also say goodbye to any possible reference when it comes to applying for another job. You may not want the reference, but if you do decide to put the job on your CV, there may be the odd questions asked by future employers.
If you are looking for another job, then surely it would be better to hang on in your current job until you find something better? As well as the money, it also looks better to future employers if you are already employed.
If you really hate your job that much, you either speak with them to solve any issues, stick it out until you find another job or if you really want to leave- give the proper notice.
What is everyone elses opinions?

I don't know that there's any reason to be rude, I was just stating my opinion...

Do you not think that maybe your opinion of may have been soured by a job that you had to do for income purposes, which obviously is a necesity at times (been there done that) and not because you were interested in that line of work. Maybe that employment would of been perfectly enjoyable to someone else.

I wasn't trying to be, sorry about that.



Well, actually it wasn't so much what I was doing that made it so bad (in fact I actually enjoyed it on a good day), the co-workers were total pricks to me and the managers never did anything about it (in fact more often than not they joined in with them). Eventually it got to a point were I thought "right, I wouldn't stay if they put a gun to my head and forced me to work", so yeah, I left.