I Quit My Job!

[Guest Christof]

When I quit earlier in the summer, the company MD would not speak to me about it. I even worked six weeks notice to help them out and he didn't properly speak to me about it until we were out for my leaving drinks. Shame really as I tried to leave on good terms, one of those things I guess.

[Nimf 324]

I just remembered-when I quit my job in the supermarket (Morrisons...NEVER work for them, my god...) the woman asked me if i'd tell her why I was leaving. I told her I had found a new job so she asked if the pay was better or the hours. I explained that i was working until much later and would be taking a pay cut. She didn't understand why I was going for it so asked if i'd tell her why exactly I was going, so I told her I hated the workplace, really didn't like her and that the people I worked under were all morons. It was very satisfying and shut the cow up for possibly the first time in her entire life.

[DC 536]

I've quit, for various reasons five different jobs in my lifetime.

[Guest FreeSpirit]

Every job I've hated before I've handed my notice into (without another job lined up). People always say I'm mad for doing so, but I just go on the logic that life's too short to stay in a job (or relationship for that matter) that you hate, and that if you aren't happy with something then cut your losses and move on.

 

At the end of the day you have to do something that's more rewarding and less stressful, money isn't evertything afterall.

 

I will admit my financial situation tends to get tight for a while, but I know I'm making the right decision, and eventually things seem to work out for me.

[Guest Kg5000]

Your smarter than I am GA, I just took a second job, returning to a place that fired me six months ago. All because they begged, eh, guess everyone likes to feel needed.

[Guest FreeSpirit]

If the workplace I got sacked from called me back six months laster to work for them again, they would get a two word answer with "off" being the latter.

[Guest Kg5000]

I thought about it but I really need money, so I just know this time that I wont let em drag me down. They obviously need me more than I need them.

[DC 536]

If the workplace I got sacked from called me back six months laster to work for them again, they would get a two word answer with "off" being the latter.

I'd use it to my advantage by securing a better pay deal and better conditions (hours, holidays, etc).

[Guest FreeSpirit]

What is it you work as kg5000? Dont get me wrong Mate, I believe your story, but it just sounds kind of strange for a company to fire someone and then rehire them 6 months later.

[Guest Kg5000]

Its a just a cook job at a bar, they are always rehiring people, they fire someone and then realise they screwed themselves. Its always been a second job.

 

Edit: I definately got a pay raise DC.

[Guest Saz]

I love my job.

 

Lets me wrestle as and when I want.

 

Sorted!

[Guest FreeSpirit]

Credit:

Yahoo

 

8 signs it's time to change jobs before you get fired

 

1. You don't fit in. Your values don't match the company's. If your colleagues are "dishonest and focused on getting ahead regardless of legal or moral barriers," Bayer says, it's time to quit before an Enron-style scandal sinks the ship.

 

2. Your boss doesn't like you and you don't like him or her. If your boss never asks your opinion, and never wants to chat or have lunch with you, and if you disagree with her agenda and dislike her style, your days are numbered. Adds Bayer: "If you've ever done something that undermined your boss, you might as well get out now."

 

3. Your peers don't like you. Feeling isolated, gossiped about, and excluded from the inner workings of the organization is a very bad sign, as is feeling that you're not part of the team and wouldn't socialize with your colleagues even if they asked you.

 

4. You don't get assignments that demonstrate the full range of your abilities. "Watching all the good assignments go to others, while you're given the ones that play to your weaknesses or are beneath your professional level, should tell you something," says Bayer. Likewise, if it seems the boss doesn't trust your judgment, you're in trouble.

 

5. You always get called upon to do the "grunt work." Everybody has to take on a dull or routine task now and then, but if you are constantly being singled out to do the work no one else wants, alarm bells should ring.

 

6. You are excluded from meetings your peers are invited to. Sound familiar? If it's painfully clear that your ideas aren't valued, why stick around?

 

7. Everyone on your level has an office. You have a cubicle in the hallway. Bayer notes that, whatever your title, your digs can speak volumes about your real status in the organization. If your peers have offices with windows and you're asked to move into a broom closet - no matter what the official explanation - start cleaning out your desk.

 

8. You dread going to work and feel like you're developing an ulcer. Ah, here's yet another of your symptoms, and a particularly nasty one at that.

 

"If the idea of going to the office makes you anxious or physically sick, and you're counting the hours from the time you arrive until the second you can leave, it's time to move on," says Bayer. Do it before you do serious damage to your health, or get so demoralized that you can't be upbeat in job interviews, or both. Once things have deteriorated to this point, being perceived as a job hopper should be the least of your worries. Get out while you still can.

 

Readers, have you ever quit a job that made you miserable? How did you know it was time to skedaddle? Or have you ever stayed too long and regretted it? Post your thoughts on the Ask Annie blog.[/Quote]

 

I saw this interesting article on Yahoo, and to anyone who's quit a job or been fired, this may seem all to familiar.

[Guest ahsatan]

From reading that, I think it's time.

[Guest Christof]

it's time.

 

http://www.gigwise.com/artists/00006367_chico.jpg

 

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Sorry, couldn't resist.

[Guest Ravenmark]

You can get delirious if you take life too serious....

[Guest Drake]

Every job I've hated before I've handed my notice into (without another job lined up). People always say I'm mad for doing so, but I just go on the logic that life's too short to stay in a job (or relationship for that matter) that you hate, and that if you aren't happy with something then cut your losses and move on.

 

At the end of the day you have to do something that's more rewarding and less stressful, money isn't evertything afterall.

 

I will admit my financial situation tends to get tight for a while, but I know I'm making the right decision, and eventually things seem to work out for me.

 

That's the spirit!

[Guest Nicole]

I've applied yet again for another new job. If I get it, I'm going to hand my notice in, in spectacular fashion hopefully :)

[Guest FreeSpirit]

I've applied yet again for another new job. If I get it, I'm going to hand my notice in, in spectacular fashion hopefully :)

 

That's probably not a good idea Nicole, as you shouldn't burn bridges you've just crossed. You never know when you might need a favour off them again (even if its just a reference).

[Guest Nicole]

I wouldn't want to use them as a reference. I'm only going to be burning bridges with the manager, who has constantly picked on me, rather than the owner who is a queen to work for. She wouldn't mind me leaving, but it would really REALLY irritate the manager, seeing as he thinks I'm going to do all his new menus and website for bargain price.

[Guest Da Showstoppa]

I quit my job last month. (Warehouse)

 

I was basically working my nuts off everyday for them for a pittance and it was the jobs that no-one else wanted to do. Really filthy nasty sweaty backbreaking stuff.

 

Basically it was also the politics and backstabbing too. We also got one of those "jobsworths" as our supervisor and he was a tw@t. He kept bringing in his family and friends to do the extra jobs (which were better) rather than allow us to.

 

Seemed like my mate and I were carrying the shite all the time and the end came when someone called me "lazy" and I threatened to punch them. I was summoned for a verbal warning and then told that my workrate was unacceptable. I replied that I had sweat blood for them and never got a raise in 3 years. Then the supervisor decided to play some games to get me in more trouble (told me I could take lunch at 1:30 - 2 so I did and he told the boss he'd said 1-1:30 and was doing me an hours money - plus the boss called me a liar too) so I went into the boss' office and told him to stick it.

 

I calmed down later and we negotiated a payoff - basically I was paid two weeks after I left (which at least was decent) But the job was making me ill.

 

Now I've been accepted on an IT learning course with a job guarantee at the end, so I'm looking for temporary work through my agency. When I qualify I'll be an MCSE (That's Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) and looking at annual wages of £23K+ Also I've always wanted to work with computers.

 

I didn't want to quit without lining something up - but I couldn't stand it anymore. My wife and parents wanted me to walk out ASAP too.