How should you quit your job? Should you tell your boss in person, should you resign in writing, or is okay to send a text message saying you quit?
How about what you shouldn't do when quitting a job?
I've seen resignations handled in a variety of ways - both good and bad. One employee left a note on her manager's desk saying she quit and wouldn't be back.
Another employee got mad, yelled at the boss, and walked out the door. Still another sent an email saying he wasn't coming back. Not the best way to resign, of course, if you can help it.
The employee who resigns gracefully, gives two weeks notice, writes a polite resignation letter, and thanks the employer for the opportunities they had during their tenure at the company will leave on a positive, rather than a negative, note and that makes good sense.
These resignation do's and don'ts will help you resign with class rather than causing trouble on the way out the door.
It's also, by the way, important to write a professional resignation letter to formalize your departure. Review these resignation letter writing tips to make sure you're including the right information in your letter - and you're excluding the information that you don't need to share with your soon to be former employer.
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Great advice – it’s so important not to burn bridges especially now in a networked world where it’s so easy for one bad decision to impact your career.
My tips:
- even if all you learned is that you don’t want to work there anymore, thank them for the experience and move on
- if you feel the need to tell them the real reason why you left then try to do so politely to your manager if he or she is receptive or in your HR exit interview if you’d prefer
- make sure people you know and like you for your work or just for you have your contact information, they may know of a job for you now or in the future
- if possible take some time off between this and your next role: you’ll enjoy it, you probably deserve it and it’s always a good time to do something new and interesting
Good advice but not timely at all. With this ridiculous job market, who in gods name would be thinking about quitting their job? If you have a job, unhappy with it and want to leave…suck it up, otherwise you will join the 15 million unemployed Americans right now.
It’s interesting, but people do still quit their jobs, and many do regret, both quitting in general, and, more specifically, how they quit.
There are more than a few unemployment stories share by workers who be thrilled if they could undo quitting their job.