Have you ever resigned from a job?

[Margie J]

Have you ever gotten so fed up with your job that you decided it was better to leave even if you had no other place to work? Were you sick of your boss, co-workers, going nowhere career? Was it one issue or a slow simmering burn that led to your decision?



I came really close to resigning this week. After several issues over that last few years, both personally and professionally, I'm disgusted with what has happened at work. The issues have effected not only me but my co-workers as well. My bosses are set in their ways and either don't see the problems or ignore them. Most co-workers are there only for a few years, so if they don't resign they'll be out soon enough anyway. People like me feel trapped. I like most of what I do but not where I do it. The only avenue I had for advancement was blocked by a co-worker who swore they weren't interested in a certain position, then asked for it, got promoted and proceeded to take great pleasure in his accomplishment.

In the last few years we've all dealt with a bully, a suicide, romances gone bad, thefts, major equipment and building failures plus more. Enough is enough.

Thanks for letting me vent.

 

[sunkissed212]

YES I HAVE!! And I'm hoping to do it again here real soon ... although this time I will have another job lined up.

About 4 years ago I was working for a child care center and had pretty much just gotten burned out on working 12 hour days for 8 hour pay and no overtime, bad benefits and no respect. It just got to me so one day I went into my bosses office and gave my 30 days notice ... didn't have anyhting lined up...even when I left I still didn't have anything.

It wasn't the best decision I ever made because I had to search for a job like real fast but I needed to get out of there and if I wouldn't have done it that very day, I might not have done it at all

 

[chrissyk]

I have quit a job with no other job lined up. I waited until we could afford for me to be home and possibly never go back to work, though. It was a slow-simmering burn for me...it took me a good 18 months to work up the nerve to actually quit. It was one of the best things I've ever done for myself. I won't get into details, but suffice it to say that it was a very demented work environment. I stayed there for 7 years, but eventually it started taking it's toll on my health. Since then, I started successfully working for myself. Things have a way of working out. Good luck with whatever you decide.

 

[Kermit]

I once resigned with 3 days' notice because the job had gotten so bad. I didn't have anything new lined up, and I ended up getting pregnant before I got a job, so I haven't had a job since then. It's awful when somewhere that you spend that much time turns into a place where you just don't want to be. In my case, the company was going bankrupt, which really brought out the true colors of the CEO. She kept asking us to do things which were definitely immoral and probably illegal. I would have felt bad about not giving more notice, but I figured the company was going to fail no matter what I did, and my mental health was more important than worrying about what my boss thought about me.

 

[LindaR]

I did that 8 years ago! I am a single mom, did not have another job lined up, and ended up taking money from my 401K in order to live/pay bills for 2.5 months.

I gave my resignation (which was effective immediately because they didn't trust people wouldn't sabotage things so they always sent them home that day anyway) at the bank that I worked at. I was a mortgage loan officer. I gave my files to the president, updated him on the status of each loan, cleaned out my office, cashed my paycheck (closed my account) and left.

Without too many details.......this bank was near failure, forced the employees to do things that were not right (morally and legally) in regards to timecards and was totall *ell to work at.

Never regretted what I did. My faith calmed me. And when the time was right, I got a wonderful job.

 

[joshsmom]

I once worked at a nursing home for 4 months--the shortest employment stint I've ever had. It was a miserable experience from the very beginning. I enjoyed working with the residents, but had a very difficult time with administration. I was the Activities Director and loved the interactions I had with residents and their families. Things got their absolute worst when a resident had gotten out of the home during the evening hours and ended up dying while out of the facility. The Administration wanted me to falsify my records and say that I had seen her at the Halloween Party we had had that evening. She wasn't there then and I refused to falsify records and quit on the spot with no idea what I would do for money. But I couldn't bear one more minute at that place. It was awful!

 

[Tina]

I haven't done it yet, but DH and I have put ourselves on a 6 month plan so that I CAN do this. We are finally going to get around to working on our first baby (I'm 36 and DH is 42, so we need to get moving!!) and I plan to be a stay-home mom. My job is SO stressful that it often brings me to tears - not a good situation for someone wanting to get pregnant. I'm also overweight and this stress is a big factor in my weight problem. So, we've put ourselves on a 6 month plan to pay off our debt so that we can afford to live off of one salary. We're only 1 month into it, so wish us luck!!

 

[Planogirl]

I did once too. The auto finance company that I worked for decided to cut back in my area and I was forced into a horrible customer service job. After regular phone abuse by the customers and nightmarish conditions in general, I'd had enough and gave my notice. I felt absolutely wonderful when I got out of that place!

 

[~*Belle 2003*~]

Yes, I have...I worked for 2 years in a nursing home, I found myself getting more and more depressed.

 

[totalia]

Yes I have. Not a career but a job.

I put up with alot with that place. I was working long irregular hours, constantly putting up with being yelled at by customers and the like. Though that I could handle. It was a couple of other things that finally put me over the edge.

I was constantly being passed over for a promotion to another section of the department because the owners didn't like me. I was also cleaning up after everyone else constantly because the place was absolutely disgusting and when I protested, I was told to keep my mouth shut. And the straw that broke the camel's back was when I asked to go on my vacation for two extra weeks longer (not like they didn't have anyone to cover and I wasn't getting paid for it) 6 months in advance because I hadn't seen my fiance in over a year and I was refused.

I resigned/quit the next day.

 

[Kitty 34]

Yes. I worked years ago in a loan department at a college. I got tired of some of the "politics" that constantly went on in the business office so I left. I was proud of my resignation letter!

 

[Micca]

Yes. It is a risky proposition, but no regrets.

 

[Pin Wizard]

Absolutely! After working for this person 8 years, that was it. For a long time I had gone in every morning, sat at my desk, and my first thought was...I don't want to be here! I felt like I couldn't move at all without something being criticized. Not my work at all, but heaven forbid I was 6 minutes late, I heard about it. I was rarely late either. I was feeling too restricted for too long. Things weren't consistent in the department. Some rules applied to one and not another. In my last year there, I wasn't sick once, wasn't late once either. There was a night meeting and I didn't have a sitter. Well, I heard it about that. Then a month before I left I had a night meeting. No problem...stayed until 8 p.m. for that one. When I picked up DS from his Godmother's, the first thing out of his mouth was that both ears hurt. Took him to the pediatrician the next morning first thing after calling my boss to tell her. Doc said keep him home and on antibiotics that day. Fine...called boss to let ler know. When I returned the following day, I got the cold shoulder. That was my breaking point!!! Within a month I gave three weeks notice and headed back to school!! I must have had a major thing going on because I sold my house and moved to another state. Tomorrow I start a new job, MUCH better than my last job!!! I'm a happy camper!!!

Good luck to you making a decision!!!

 

[Parkhopper]

I had a full time job as a mortgage loan processor in a local bank/mortgage company that made me so miserable. I was literally AFRAID to walk past my bosses door as she was so unstable. A previous employer called me out of the blue and asked if I would consider working for him part time (also mortgage processing). I immediately marched into my bosses office and resigned, called my former employer back and said, "I REALLY hope you were serious, because I just quit my job." (Thank goodness he WAS serious!)

THEN... I called my husband and told him what I did!
Thank goodness my husband was wonderful about the whole thing. He saw day to day that I was truly miserable at that job.

NO REGRETS!!

Suzi

 

[sweet angel]

I've never left a job without another one lined up, but I did quit by note (no, not letter, just a note left on a chair) with no notice once.

 

[poohtown]

yes and it was not a great memory. I used to work at a large daycare facility. My boss left to head up a new place and I was given the opportunity to stay or go with her. I chose to stay since I had been there for so long and wanted to stay with my kids, plus my boss indicated I would get a promotion if I stayed. The new boss came in, and we got along great. I really liked her (at first). Basically what happened was we hit it off, she offered me the promotion (which I truely deserved not to sound snotty but I did) but I had to complete training for it. I was an A student in every class I took for this job so I wasn't worried. The problems started when people who worked there were coming to me with their problems and complaints about the new boss. I tried to be the go between (big mistake). I also trusted someone I thought was my friend (big big mistake). After awhile I started getting the cold shoulder from everyone. My boss suddenly started getting attitude with me. Next thing I knew she announced "my promotion" was null & void and she was hiring someone new. I couldn't believe it and told her she left me no choice but to resign. She then told me she accepted my two week notice and decided to make it a two minute notice - she asked me to pack up and leave on the spot. I was never allowed to say goodbye to the parents or children I had taken care of for years. I was crushed (and still am). I gave up my schooling and future teaching career all because of this. Come to find out a year later from another worker I bumped into.....the so call friend wanted the position I was up for and basically lied to get it. She would "let it slip" that I said this or that about so and so......which I never did. (I hate hate hate office gossips). Everyone believed her which hurt just as bad that they couldn't come talk to me. Even more so this all happened right before Christmas and every single year I still think about it and wonder what my "kids" thought when the woke up from their naps (this all happened over nap time) and found me gone without any kind of explanation.

 

[pearlieq]

Yes, and it was one of the best days of my life! The job wasn't horrifically miserable, just very, very annoying and they kept trying to heap more work on us, make us work weekends, etc. DH made enough so I didn't have to work, and one day they just pushed too far and I decided it wasn't worth it.

The Monday I walked in and gave my two weeks notice was one of the happiest occasions I remember. I felt like this huge weight had lifted off my chest. I felt that I was in control of the situation for the first time. I still look back on that day fondly...