To Quitting A Job!

You know I've always believed that if you find a job you love, you'll never work a day in your life. Apparently I haven't found that job yet and neither has most of the world. Which is interesting as we, at least in the Western World, often define ourselves by what we do for a living. When we meet new people we ask, "So what do you do?". There's a few ways to answer this question. If you like what you do, but not who you work for you say something like "I'm a account executive" or something equal impressive even though you work for Fed Ex in shipping and receiving. If you don't like what you do but know the company name is one people associate with success, than you say something like "I work for Sony Pictures" even though your a step up from intern running errands for the assistant to the executive assistant in hopes of one day being recognized. For those of small few who like what you do AND where you work, you say something like "I'm a product advertiser for Versace". Of course if you had that job, you wouldn't be talking to someone who didn't know what you already did. Ok, I'm being facetious, but the point is you will gladly talk about some aspect of the job you like in a manner that will a good impression of who you are. So what do you do when you hate your job? While there's a lot that you can say... but more importantly,if you hate your job you probably should start looking for a new one.

I can actually speak about the topics of employment with a certain level of expertise, as I'm a Vocational (Rehabilitation) Consultant (among many other talents). I'm good at looking for jobs as well as quitting jobs. Now it may not seem important to know HOW to quit. Besides what is more is there other than to say "I quit!" to the place you love to hate? There's a lot more!

In reality, it doesn't matter if the job is at the local fast food joint or the over-price boutique, quitting a job should always be done with a certain level of respect and class. I'll admit that I've kind of had a slight admiration for those people who walk into the boss's office and say, "You know what, you can take this job and kiss my ass because I quit!" II have on various days, sometimes several times throughout one day have wanted to tell a superior to stick it where the sun doesn't shine and storm out. But since I don't have an unlimited supply of cash on hand and like my reputation, I have to control my spontaneity and bite my tongue!

Ok, so now that I've been all high an might, how do you quit a job? Well since I just quit another job a weeks ago, the concept is still fresh in my mind. And since I was successful at finding another job, I'm going to drop some knowledge on what I did. Let's hope I won't have to repeat this process for a long time to come!

LEAVING YOUR JOB IN PEACE WITHOUT IT LEAVING YOU IN PIECES!

1. FIND ANOTHER JOB FIRST! WTF? I should actually be more focused on how to find a job than how to quit a job... oh well... next time! Anyway it sounds obvious, but I can't tell you how many people I know, let alone the number of client's I worked with, who quit their job and didn't have another lined up. Trust me when I say its easier to leave one job when you know you have another one already. Finding a job when you're out of work is a full-time job and many people don't dedicate the time to it. When you are in a position you don't like, you're motivated to finding something better and that incentive is a constant reminder to do BETTER than what your doing right now. What's your motivator when you've left the job? Many of us need that pain-in-the-ass co-worker or unreasonable work-conditions to give us the push to better ourselves.
2. GIVE PROPER NOTICE! Again, it's very tempting to walking into your supervisor's office and say, "You know what, I'm just not that into this job. See ya!" and leave. Or better yet just not ever show up to work again! But people, especially employers, have a looooong memory and they especially remember all the stuff you did wrong. It won't matter you were on time early every day, covered whenever they asked and increased numbers if you on a bad note. All that will be remembered i that you weren't professional enough to give the usually notice required for the job you were performing. *There are a very few exceptions to this rule*
3. TELL THE BOSS BEFORE YOU TELL YOUR CO-WORKERS! Ok, I'll be very honest and say that I didn't follow this rule completely. I talked with 2 co-workers first before I told my boss, but I gave them limited information. The 2 co-workers I did talk I trusted to NOT share the information with anyone else and I did so because the job I was applying for required work-references. When I was offered and job and accepted, I told my boss first. I was fortunate in that he was very supportive of my new position. I then wrote a letter of resignation and official told all my co-workers via email.

There's a few more things that probably should be done like offering to train your replacement, leaving your work station in working order, not taking anything from work .... yada yada yada. Of course since leaving the job is a bigger priorities, dont' offer anything more than you did before you were there. It'll seem suspicious... haha!

LEAVING THE JOB IN PIECES CAUSE YOU DON'T GAVE A DAMN!

1. Don't show up to work... ever again! NO call, no notice, no email, nada! Everyone will get the picture by the 3rd day!
2. Showing up to work intoxicated and telling the boss what you really think about his management skills and comb-over.
3. Ok, so you go in to work and say "I'm resigning" and leave the same day! Technically you gave notice... take 2 weeks vacation!
4. Wait until there's an important meeting and than reschedule it on a different day with all the intended attendees.