How to Quit Your Job

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Good post. With the job market being the way it is, it's definitely a good idea to make sure you have a pretty good amount of employment options available before you jump ship. There was another article I read that's a good companion with this one. It actually goes so far as to insinuate that a job you hate is a whole lot like a prison. Here's a link to it:
http://victoryunlimitedshow.com/general/the-great-escape-%e2%80%93-how-to-break-out-of-a-job-you-hate-and-break-into-a-career-you-love/
This one is all about how to quit your job the smartest way possible.

Reggie of FL 12:17AM March 12, 2012

If you are retiring at age 65 or so, and you will be applying for Social Security, you can apply for it about six months before you actualy leave the company, and bank that money you get from Social Security. You may need it when you first retire, or you can just put it into a CD or something.
Purchasing a supplemental health care insurance plan would be one thing you could do with the extra cash; applying for that earlier can usually save you some expense too.

Grammy of 5:44AM February 07, 2012

Very good advice.
We wouldn't want to offend or disrupt the plantation owners now would we.

Roy Gunther of MN 1:24PM February 06, 2012

Now i'm the owner of my own business :). Burn as many bridges as you want. Personally, I always give jerk off ex-employees SUPER good references. This is because I would like see them suffer and struggle through the depressing process of indentured corporate sharecropping, until the government informs them social security is dead and they've in fact been slaves to the system this whole time..... Better that then allowing them to enjoy their new-found leisure time on welfare/unemployment (my tax dollars).

Da Man of CO 11:49PM January 11, 2012

Most employers now ask you to leave as soon as you give them notice. That is to prevent any repercussions in the workplace. Respect for good employees are long gone and most jobs are now PRN and if you are not needed, you are sent home. It is a dog eat dog employment world unless you are needed 40 hours per week.

Rick of AR 6:15PM January 11, 2012

I don't agree with the 2 -week notice. I always quit without notice after I get my paycheck and use up my vacation/sick days. Companies can fire without notice or severance.. so who cares!

HG of NY 4:54PM January 11, 2012

I completely agree with the Jerk boss portion of this article as i have known many of them. I have been in my current position for nearly 4 years and when i think about quitting it saddens me because i like the work i do, i simply cannot stand the favoritism and utter lack of respect for a job well done and the procedures in place to do said job that are slid when it is inconvenient to use said procedures... and don't even get me started on pay! I went in to quit in June of last year, i was moving, and it was agreed that i could work from home for a "short time" I am still working from home and i was skipped over on my annual raise and my 6 month raise before that because "i was going to be gone soon"

MH of TX 2:32PM January 11, 2012

Who on earth would quit their job???
I have been trying for years to keep my job, even when I am suicidal and being badly abused and punched and talked about by my office manager..
I have suffered tons of abuse at the hands of employers... I could list the Illegal practices employers inflict on me every day..I just hate it when they try to get you quit so they don't have to pay unemployment...THEY will fire me,,, I can assure you of that...I Will not quit.
Over my dead body .

Lorraine of CA 1:05PM January 11, 2012

I was really happy to see this article. This is the exact situation I am in. (For example, I have the jerk boss that is easily offended over the simplest things, like not sharing the same religion.)
I landed a job right out of college but I find myself more and more dispassionate about this job. The work environment is horrible. It is destructive.
I have been struggling with the decision to quit for the last year and this article just helped re-instill some confidence in me.

Annoymous of CA 3:41AM January 11, 2012

It's unfortunate to see some of these comments, with the ones that snub the basic respect of giving two weeks notice. Yes, I know there's plenty of companies out there that treat employees like sh*t. Should you stoop to the same level and hollar, "I quit", slam your first to the table, stomp out the door, and confirm that you were no better than the treatment you received? If so, maybe a career beyond McDonald's is too much of a leap for you.
Two weeks notice is not asking for the world. You never know what the future may hold. You may never know which significant person may hold the strings to a very fulfilling job, lost to you because word got out regarding your lack of professional courtesy. I have seen it happen firsthand to otherwise good people.
The article was well-worth the time and work put into it, and its points are not "outdated" or "old fashioned" as some have been led to believe.

Kim of TX 1:41AM January 11, 2012