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Needing to quit my job
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Mississippi
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lately I feel like everytime something goes wrong, whether I am involved or not the buck somehow gets passed on to me. I'm kind of tired of it and I am ready to quit my job. I have been tired and almost on the brink of depression. I am still in college and I mean my grades are suffering along with my relationships. I have never really "quit" a job before, and I know that the job is in bad circumstances right now, not that I believe I did anything wrong, but because of the situation.
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Join Date: Nov 2005
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Do it man, you will be so much happier a week after the fact.
Try to find a new job first though or try sticking up for yourself at your current job. If you aren't scared of them firing you then you don't let others push you around as much.
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"She's gone from suck to blow!"
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Let them fire you over something stupid and sue the heck out of them. 
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Manhattan, NY
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Don't let a crappy job that you hate spoil your relationships or jeopardize you academic goals. It's better to resign than to be fired.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Originally Posted by Zeeb 
Don't let a crappy job that you hate spoil your relationships or jeopardize you academic goals. It's better to resign than to be fired.
But then you don't get to claim unemployment benefits...
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Join Date: Aug 2005
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If they fire you can you collect unemployment?
That way you can leave your job and get paid for it.
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Seattle, WA
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Usually if you get fired you can't collect unemployment. That's for people who get laid off.
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Impulse Response
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Washington DC
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Originally Posted by GSixZero
Usually if you get fired you can't collect unemployment. That's for people who get laid off.
Crap.
How do I unsend an email?
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Moderator  Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: on the verge of insanity
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If you decide to quit, do it with style (or lack of).
Jump on your bosses desk, moon him, and then give him the finger. Yell "I quit" and start for the door.
Right before you leave, compliment him on his nice suit and wish him happy holidays.
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I like my water with hops, malt, hops, yeast, and hops.
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I looooove quitting. If I quit from a place I don't like I time it right so I have everything I need from the office and I leave at the worst possible time which is usually right before a major deadline.
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"She's gone from suck to blow!"
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Moderator Join Date: Feb 2006
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Originally Posted by Dark Helmet
I looooove quitting. If I quit from a place I don't like I time it right so I have everything I need from the office and I leave at the worst possible time which is usually right before a major deadline.
Note to self: Never hire this guy.
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I like my water with hops, malt, hops, yeast, and hops.
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Nov 2005
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Originally Posted by Rumor
Note to self: Never hire this guy.
Ha ha, I've only done it twice and trust me both places really deserved it.
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Moderator Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: on the verge of insanity
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I worked at a Round Table as a teen and didn't get along with the manager. I quit in the middle of my shift while it was insanely busy. Quite satisfying.
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I like my water with hops, malt, hops, yeast, and hops.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Upstate NY (cow country)
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Best thing to do is leave without burning your bridge. I've been amazed during my career to see just how small the world really is. Trust me, I've wanted to moon them, give them the finger and tell them to fsck off, but in hindsight I'm very glad I've never done that.
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"Destroy your ego. Trust your brain. Destroy your beliefs. Trust your divinity." -Danny Carey
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Moderator Join Date: Feb 2006
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He's in college. If it ever comes up he could say it was caused by finals stress. 
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I like my water with hops, malt, hops, yeast, and hops.
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Mar 2002
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Originally Posted by GSixZero
Usually if you get fired you can't collect unemployment. That's for people who get laid off.
Don't know the rules in Nashville, but what about for incompetence, which seems to be what the op thinks they are after him for?
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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Originally Posted by iranfromthezoo
lately I feel like everytime something goes wrong, whether I am involved or not the buck somehow gets passed on to me. I'm kind of tired of it and I am ready to quit my job. I have been tired and almost on the brink of depression. I am still in college and I mean my grades are suffering along with my relationships. I have never really "quit" a job before, and I know that the job is in bad circumstances right now, not that I believe I did anything wrong, but because of the situation.
The best way to quit is to keep them guessing and quit at the most inconvienient time for them since they have abused you. Go in on your last day (before a day when they really, really need you) without saying a word about quitting. Then, at the end of the day, send your supervisor an email (one sentence long) that you are quitting and this is your last day. If you have any keys or stuff, leave them on your work table. Then just disappear without ever saying anything to them again.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Seattle, WA
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Originally Posted by thesearcher
Don't know the rules in Nashville, but what about for incompetence, which seems to be what the op thinks they are after him for?
From the TN Labor website:
In order to receive Unemployment Insurance Benefits, you must be unemployed through no fault of your own. You must be able and available to work. You must look for work in your usual manner and you may be required to register for work. And, you must have qualifying wages.
Clearly you'd have to submit the circumstances, but I'd guess in most cases incompetence won't get you unemployment benefits. Maybe if you got hired for a position that you were clearly under-qualified for, and then got fired after they realized you weren't the right employee.
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Write down everything you like about your job, and everything you don't like. Also, everything you don't think is fair.
Go discuss this with your boss. (what do you have to lose?) Maybe you can actually make your job more bearable instead of just quitting. If you can't, at least you'll have integrity and you can claim you tried. If you just quit - what does that say to yourself and future employers?
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Join Date: Sep 2006
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Originally Posted by hayesk
Write down everything you like about your job, and everything you don't like. Also, everything you don't think is fair.
Go discuss this with your boss. (what do you have to lose?) Maybe you can actually make your job more bearable instead of just quitting. If you can't, at least you'll have integrity and you can claim you tried. If you just quit - what does that say to yourself and future employers?
I was waiting for someone with a decent response other than quitting in the middle of a shift. To me it seems horribly irresponsible no matter how bad the job. I'm still in HS and only had one job so far, which I hated and had to quit because of lack of time and other problems with the job (coworker was completely intolerable to work with). I quit but I gave 2 weeks notice even though it wasn't necessary and not even expected from my boss, who was very cool about it. Do the right thing and try to resolve issues before you do something unnecessarily drastic (finger, mooning, etc...). If it doesn't work out, give em the 2 weeks.
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Join Date: Mar 2002
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Notice would be preferred, but do employers always give notice when they fire an employee they don't like? This works both ways.
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Houston
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Originally Posted by iranfromthezoo
lately I feel like everytime something goes wrong, whether I am involved or not the buck somehow gets passed on to me. I'm kind of tired of it and I am ready to quit my job. I have been tired and almost on the brink of depression. I am still in college and I mean my grades are suffering along with my relationships. I have never really "quit" a job before, and I know that the job is in bad circumstances right now, not that I believe I did anything wrong, but because of the situation.
i feel you man ... make sure you have a backup. i was laid off in 2004 and it took me a LONG time to find a suitable new gig. i had part time work and was freelancing, but it took a long time to find a steady part time gig.
economy might be doing better now, so i am not sure. 
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Baninated
Join Date: May 2005
Location: England
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Originally Posted by iranfromthezoo
lately I feel like everytime something goes wrong, whether I am involved or not the buck somehow gets passed on to me. I'm kind of tired of it and I am ready to quit my job. I have been tired and almost on the brink of depression. I am still in college and I mean my grades are suffering along with my relationships. I have never really "quit" a job before, and I know that the job is in bad circumstances right now, not that I believe I did anything wrong, but because of the situation.
do you work at a zoo?
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