Thread: Take this job...

Has anyone just said one day enough and walked off? No two week notice, no teary good-byes, no back up plan, just a complex set of circumstances that said to you: time to leap no matter what is at the bottom. Today was my day. This will be the third time I have done it in 24 years, so it might be considered a pattern.

I usually just give a two word notice. Following your intuition works, especially if you have good intentions. (for me at least)

Originally Posted by HaiKarate

I usually just give a two word notice. Following your intuition works, especially if you have good intentions. (for me at least)

"I quit"? Not what first came to mind...

I must say, I have had a lot of jobs. Sometimes it just has to be that way. I don't as a general method of departure, but sometimes it's best that way. Having spent a lot of time in construction and commercial fishing I've seen it done a lot too. I think if you consider the fact that you were looking for a job when you found that one it should be easy enough to get back to finding another

If you have a career and work in an actual profession where your reputation dictates your success.
Walking away from your employer with no notice can come back and bite you in the Azz.

As an Ironwork, it is my ... given right to quit, and not only quit but to tell them to Kiss My ... as I walk out the door. Now that I am on the other end,(management) I understand better the importance of two weeks notice. Still, in some situations a good old fashion quit is warranted and I was so impressed with the last young lady that quit I was quick to give her a letter of recommendation. You should have seen the show she put on as she left.

I have definitely "drug up" (quit) from a few jobs. No notice just a f*** you! And left.

I work in a profession that has a lot of emotional separations(oilfield) that said most companies don't give you a two week notice so why give them one, now on the other hand my reputation means something to me so , I gave my notice I,m quitting 3 months ago to end on 1 November this year is 9 months enough? It's my first notice , I started here 40 years ago now I want to retire. Sorry about the long story , but I've seen both sides of the notice thing , don't know which is right any more, it meant so much more years ago. Tc

I have to resist the urge to quote Johnny Paycheck every day.

I have to work every day. Every weekend and every holiday. For the meetups I have attended it has taken weeks of prep before and damage control after in order to accommodate my absence for a couple of days. I worked 100--120 hours a week for over a year until my boss offered me a salary equivalent to working 60 hours--without any reduction in my workload. When I refused it, he capped my PAID hours at 60 and told me to better manage my time. This guy works 20--25 hours per week. I've been able to get most weeks down to between 65--80 hours per week. Meanwhile I get to see three coworkers take weekends and holidays and something I hear are called "vacations." They can leave because they are admittedly useless, incompetent, and lazy.

My work is the sole source of income for the company. They literally do not earn anything for the work done by those three. If I don't work or keep on top of it all the company goes under and I don't get paid. The company deserves to go under and it probably would if I left unless they could scramble and find some other expert. I would love to say "I quit" or something much less polite but my wife's job is insecure and lowpaying and we are stuck in this area due to family issues.

I dread going to work every day. I have to bite my tongue while coworkers spend hours on the phone or computer just to be able to write down the hours. I saved the company. Their methods didn't work while mine, that I had to fight to introduce, produce the best product anywhere; yet I've never gotten a raise and have to cut hours off of my time sheet every week.

So, yes, I'd really like to just walk away.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

If you have a career and work in an actual profession where your reputation dictates your success.
Walking away from your employer with no notice can come back and bite you in the Azz.

Agreed, but that doesn't apply to me....also no dependents as they are grown.....I do not recommend this action for anyone, just wondering if anyone has been there.