how to quit a job

You may be able to negotiate some things. I've had people leave who had vacation time and I let them use it in their notice period. So basically, they leave but still get paid.

I appreciate the advice guys. The deed is done! And I feel really good, first time I have been happy at work in a long time!

Yea the new job got finalized this morning, so onward and upward!

Thanks again...GRM is so much more than just motorsports!

Wytheville, eh? Most of my family lives just up the road from there around Abingdon. What's the job market like in that area? We've seriously considering a relocation soon.

I found the best way to "resign" is to bang the bosses secretary/wife/daughter/all three on the bosses desk just as he gets to work.

Your mileage may vary.

Ignorant wrote: trend today is to instantly walk anyone out who hands in notice. Don't be offended, it's a corporate lawyer thing. Hell they'll even walk you out if my company find out you have been interviewing anywhere else.. No loyalty to the great corporate god, no job...

I work at the corporate office of a fortune 500 company and have never seen that happen (walked out) unless someone is being fired. The standard here for notice is 30 days. They also want to know if you're interviewing so they'll have an opportunity to come up with a counter....if they want to keep you.

Cotton wrote:

Ignorant wrote: trend today is to instantly walk anyone out who hands in notice. Don't be offended, it's a corporate lawyer thing. Hell they'll even walk you out if my company find out you have been interviewing anywhere else.. No loyalty to the great corporate god, no job...

I work at the corporate office of a fortune 500 company and have never seen that happen (walked out) unless someone is being fired. The standard here for notice is 30 days. They also want to know if you're interviewing so they'll have an opportunity to come up with a counter....if they want to keep you.

I've seen it happen when leaving a job for a competitor and/or propriety stuff involved.

Here's how I want to quit, I figure I'll just print 1000 copies of my resignation and dance my way around the building passing them out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8ScQoSuEYo

mtn wrote:

friedgreencorrado wrote: HR. Your enemy from resume to retirement...

Ugh... So true. You'd think that a Math major with an Econ minor and a Business Admin minor would be qualified for a "Business internship" in which they are taking Business, Economics, and Management majors. But the HR drones wouldn't even let my resume past the first round. I got in contact with the person who actually would be my boss, he said that I was certainly qualified, and probably more qualified than most candidates. But I couldn't get past the stupid HR idiots. Turns out I wasn't interested in the job anyways, but man does it piss you off.

I think the thing that drives me crazy is how HR policy influences the working environment. Morale is exceptionally low in my department (especially with the recent round of layoffs, and the expectation of more to come). When middle management asks the "rank & file" about it, the most common answer isn't really HR related..but the second-most is directly from the HR Dept. Our attendence policy is absolutely maddning. Three UTO days or late arrivals in a thirty day period for any reason, and you're subject to diciplinary action. This was HR's response to the chronic abusers of our previous policy. Instead of focusing upon the individual violators (hey, that might lead to frivolous lawsuits!!), they decided to make life miserable for the department as a whole. It's been a nightmare "down in the trenches". People with families come to work sick because they don't know when they'll have to call out to take care of their children (I've caught more colds in the last three years than I have in the previous 15). Everyone leaves for work an hour earlier than they have to (after all, this is at Atlanta..and you never know when the traffic's going to congeal). To the credit of our middle management, they constantly attempt to have the policy repealed..but HR constantly refuses. In the spirit of what they claim is "equality".

I've remarked to my friends that this is the strangest lay-off I've ever heard of. Those of us who are leaving are the happy ones. I've actually had co-workers ask why the company didn't just ask for volunteers! The whole thing reminds me of those abysmal Tim LaHaye novels.

Cotton wrote:

Ignorant wrote: trend today is to instantly walk anyone out who hands in notice. Don't be offended, it's a corporate lawyer thing. Hell they'll even walk you out if my company find out you have been interviewing anywhere else.. No loyalty to the great corporate god, no job...

I work at the corporate office of a fortune 500 company and have never seen that happen (walked out) unless someone is being fired. The standard here for notice is 30 days. They also want to know if you're interviewing so they'll have an opportunity to come up with a counter....if they want to keep you.

I've worked in a few large companies and I've seen it both ways. It's just becoming more prevalent today to walk someone instantly when you put in your notice. Especially the higher you are in the company, if you are involved in IT, or are moving to a competitor.

Just had a dude walked out last week for interviewing with a competitor. This is a Fortune 50 company.

MedicineMan wrote: I appreciate the advice guys. The deed is done! And I feel really good, first time I have been happy at work in a long time! Yea the new job got finalized this morning, so onward and upward! Thanks again...GRM is so much more than just motorsports!

Yeah, lotza great folks here! I really think motorsport in general is like that, since it's an equal opportunity addiction. I still recall my first reaction to the other folks on my turn the first time I worked corners at the race track. I was amazed that we had everyone from bankers to construction workers to daycare teachers there.

Congrats on the job, man!