How should I quit my job??

[sponge_girl]

Well everyone, I'm finally planning on quitting my job. The thing is, how should I do? :bang: Should I: a) not show up b) call in the last minute and tell the boss I won't be coming in because I quit c) be a little nice and call my boss at home right now and tell him I'm quitting and won't be showing up tomorrow.

I haven't decided which one to do yet. It's getting really late and if I want to be a little nice, I should call him now although it's 11:05 P.M. :boggled:

okay people, pick your favorite choice. if you don't like any of them, give me a better idea. did i forget to mention that I got a new job and the time clashes with working for psycho :box:

[Stephy]

You should have given a 2 weeks notice!

Be courteous, and tell them you are quitting. Give them the heads up.

[akitaka]

Usually you give a two week's notice, and depending on your work place, you can get away without much of a reason. Give both yourself and the establishment some breathing room. Don't just walk out saying "kthxbye", since that leaves the both of you unprepared (assuming that you're going to switch jobs).

[Ozero]

switch his regular coffee with foogers crystals, and see if he notices!.....


um... or not.

[sponge_girl]

ooooohhhh!! i have to work my other job tomorrow too. i do want to give this bastard a two weeks noticed but I don't even want to see his face. I almost walked out today because he was being such as ass. I've been putting up with this crap from day one and it's been 6 months.

[Shishio]

I say if they have been good to you, give two weeks notice. If not, just don't show up.

Edit:

Well, according to the post you made while I was typing this, it seems they haven't, so I don't see why you owe them any favours.

[FOBulous]

You should have given a 2 weeks notice!

Be courteous, and tell them you are quitting. Give them the heads up.
I agree. It's always best to be professional. Shit like this is circular. Karma may come back to bite you in the ass.

[akitaka]

ooooohhhh!! i have to work my other job tomorrow too. i do want to give this bastard a two weeks noticed but I don't even want to see his face. I almost walked out today because he was being such as ass. I've been putting up with this crap from day one and it's been 6 months.
I'm surprised that you didn't just walk out on week one. You're giving power to shitty management if you work there despite his attitude, and frankly, that's your own fault. Stand up for yourself and just leave, then; you've tolerated enough.

[sponge_girl]

everyone in the office is nice but it's the boss i have a problem with. he's an ass most of the time but he can be nice. i know. i know. karma may come back to bit me in the ass but i'm sooooooo tempted to call in and say 'dude! i quit!'

[Shishio]

I'm surprised that you didn't just walk out on week one. You're giving power to shitty management if you work there despite his attitude, and frankly, that's your own fault. Stand up for yourself and just leave, then; you've tolerated enough.

So if you hate your job, you should just quit, thereby eliminating (I assume this is the case for most people.) your only source of income?

I somehow doubt most people can find a job just like that.

[slinky]

I say if they have been good to you, give two weeks notice. If not, just don't show up.

Edit:

Well, according to the post you made while I was typing this, it seems they haven't, so I don't see why you owe them any favours.

True, but you the OP owes his/herself a favor. While employers may not be able to say everything about you that they would like if they were called later on about your employement, there are code words and such that they can use.

If you don't plan on putting the job you're leaving in your resume (and don't mind trying to explain the gap in your employment history) by all means, act like a juvenile and just not show up.

If you plan on being an adult any time soon, then give some notice. Or at least be straightforward with your employer about your conflicts and try to work it out. As (short term) gratifying as it can be to just stalk out, it's never a good idea to burn bridges. Usually it comes back to bite you.

[sponge_girl]

i'm gonna go crazy just thinking about this. well I just got another job so I don't have to worry about not having money and my husband works and has a good job. anyways, i do want to be a grown-up :( and give a 2 weeks notice but i've been having thoughts of walking out, leaving for lunch and never ever coming back, or just leaving a dear john letter and *poof* be gone.

honestly i'm a hard worker and take my job seriously. but I've been putting up with his bull-shit for 6 months. I work in a dental office as a dental assistant in training. One time I forgot to put in the right drill piece into the drill-thing. He went on about how I wasted a few minutes of his precious schedule by doing that mistake because now he has to change it to the correct one. Okay, it only takes 15 secs or less to change the drill piece. But to top this, he does this all the time in front of the patients making me looking like an idoit.

does anyone think it's weird that i'm always thinking about walking out on him if he pisses me off? Or how i just want to leave and never come back from lunch?

[Masa the Masta]

Give him the real two weeks notice.

"Hey boss? Guess what I quit."

"Well you know you have your two weeks notice.."

"Well how about you notice, I'm not there. FOR TWO WEEKS." *Click.*


Ahahaha. He'd be so owned.

[Decade]

If you were still in high school or college and this was just a regular crappy little part time job, I'd say do what I did at the worst job I ever had when I was in High School:

Call in to tell them you need to take the next 2 weeks off for vacation, then just before it starts go in and tell them you're giving your two week notice.

Believe me, the bastards deserved it and I dont think a supermarket is really gonna affect my reputation in the business world.


But you ARE a grown up, and you have to give a two week notice. Regardless of the fact that your boss is a bastard and that you probably WONT ask him for a referal in future jobs, you have to act professionally. It's quite possible your new boss asks you at some point about how you left your old one, and that WILL affect how he views you and values you as an employee.

If you're married already and out of college, you're a grown up. Act like one and take your responsibilities like you're supposed to. (When grown-ups dont...they do other dumbass shit like let their kids act like little bastards in public [NO, I'll NEVER let that go])

[Idlethought]

Actually at my mom's job, the old Controller just left one day and never came back lol She didnt even notify them, she just left. I remember cause I was working there for a week, filling in for the porter, and I had to get the parking fee from her and give it to the parking guy across the street on fridays. And one friday she wasnt there, and the monday she wasnt there either, or tuesday, etc.

[Wiss]

Decade said it well.

An additional downside is that it may come back to haunt you as there usually is some communication between peers in your field and prospective employers may be put off by this behavior.

[c-rex]

Given that future employers often call former ones and ask about you, I'd suggest not buring any bridges.

Hey I'm quitting, but I can only give you two day notice.
Well okay.
Great, I quit, today!

/that joke works a lot better when it is verbal, not written, like the binary joke

[Kass]

Always give two weeks notice. People will call your former employers and leaving with out notice or on short notice is a surefire way to get a very bad recommendation. Regardless of whether he is a jerk, it's YOUR behavior that matters. How you leave will affect what he says more than a stupid drill bit he's probably forgotten about.

And don't consider leaving them off future applications/resumes. Omitting information from an application/resume is grounds for immediate dismissal.

[Azrael]

Never, ever burn bridges. Leave peacefully.

[codenamewizard]

Everyone will burn a bridge from time to time. It sounds like you already have a different job for the next day anyway...so decision is made and 2 weeks notice is already out the door.

If not give 2 wks notice and remain professional. If you have to go to the new job, then still be professional and let your manager know that you resign and unfortunatly must do so with no notice....an opportunity to move to something better as popped up and you must take it....then bite your tongue and thank them for the time there you have had.

-DO NOT MENTION WHO YOU ARE GOING TO WORK FOR. This could cause problems with your new employer if they are spiteful....just tell them you would rather not say and then don't.

[ellie]

Having good references will always be important, so I'd advise to not anger your former employers if at all possible! Like everyone else has said, giving a two weeks notice is really the way to go, but short of that, I think following the advice of codenamewizard seems to be a good bet.

Last summer, I was working two jobs (I don't know why, my parents pay for my college and everything, I just have to buy my own clothes. . .and apparently I needed enough clothing that I required two jobs to fund them). Anyway, I hated one of them, and so I put in a schedule request in the middle of the summer because I was going on vacation. . .and then I told them not to put me back on the schedule after my vacation. So it wasn't a typical two weeks notice, but whatever. There was a management change at the exact same time that I left, so a lot of people assumed I was just really loyal to the old managers, which was actually kind of handy because then the old managers absolutely adored me and wrote me really good recommendations for a future job!

Anyway, good luck at your new job!

[sponge_girl]

thanks for the advice everyone. i didn't give him my two weeks notice. i talked with him but haven't mentioned that i'm quitting. i think he has the idea that i'm not going to go to work (well i hope so). i've missed two days this week already. i think the bridge is already burning and there's no water near by to put it out.

i'm lucky my new employer is a relative so most likely I'll get a good referral from her. I know she won't call my old boss.

i promise everyone, if I quit this job I'll put in my two weeks notice. I'll be more grown-up about.

And Decade: I do have a child but she's scared shitless about me. Yeah, she runs around crazy at times but I MAKE sure she's not a bastard in public.

[Ozero]

i resisted posting this earlier, and instead posted nonsensical crap, but here's some on-topic nonsensical crap I heard from a comedian....

"Hey boss, I'm giving 2 weeks notice. In 2 weeks, yer gonna notice I ain't been here in 2 weeks."

[Masa the Masta]

"Hey boss, I'm giving 2 weeks notice. In 2 weeks, yer gonna notice I ain't been here in 2 weeks."


.. . .. . . .. .. .. ..... . . . .. . :bang:

Give him the real two weeks notice.

"Hey boss? Guess what I quit."

"Well you know you have your two weeks notice.."

"Well how about you notice, I'm not there. FOR TWO WEEKS." *Click.*


Yeah. 10 char?

[Decade]

And Decade: I do have a child but she's scared shitless about me. Yeah, she runs around crazy at times but I MAKE sure she's not a bastard in public.

If you wanna talk about this further (which btw, THANK YOU, there should be more parents like you who address the problem immediately), I full heartedly ask for you to submit your opinion on other parenting threads (The spanking thread, the pg-13 thread, the pussification of america's youth) if you havent already.

[Quartermaster]

The boring way is to put in 2 weeks notice and do a fantastic final 2 weeks of work, that way you can get referred for future employment.

The fun way is yell out "I quit! I quit! Goodbye!" in a sing-song voice while "swimming" out the front, preferably on your belly, tape it and post it.

[Renter]

"So I had a girlfriend for all of 9 months. She dropped by one afternoon when I was sick with a pan of brownies and a video tape with the simpsons on it (my favorite show). so I start eating the brownies and turn on the tape. midway through it, it cuts to her sucking off some dude. his nuts in her mouth, she looks at the camera, and says "you're dumped. enjoy the brownies" - and spits the mouthful of cum into a bowl of brownie mix."

Start from that and work your way up.

[Osucka]

I worked in the same retail store for almost 9 years. I always tried to talk the people that were quitting into taking a dump on the customer service counter.
Inexplicably no one ever did it, I mean, I told them they would be legends, but still, nothing!

[Shishio]

"So I had a girlfriend for all of 9 months. She dropped by one afternoon when I was sick with a pan of brownies and a video tape with the simpsons on it (my favorite show). so I start eating the brownies and turn on the tape. midway through it, it cuts to her sucking off some dude. his nuts in her mouth, she looks at the camera, and says "you're dumped. enjoy the brownies" - and spits the mouthful of cum into a bowl of brownie mix."


I hope the poor fellow whom this happened to sent copies of the tape to all of her friends and family, and posted it on the internet.