# Coworker is planning on quitting

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coworker-is-planning-on-quitting/687822>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 6, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coworker-is-planning-on-quitting/687822 "2014-05-06T18:02:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coworker-is-planning-on-quitting/687822/21 "2014-05-07T22:20:37Z")

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> [@MsRobyn](#):
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> That’s why I left my last job. They had Tiffany expectations for job performance and most of us worked for McDonald’s level compensation. It just stopped being worth it. There’s only so much shit I’m willing to eat, y’know?

This last comment reminded me of one of my favorite lines from _The Sopranos_:

[QUOTE=Brendan Filone]  
It’s like, not only does he shit on our heads, we’re supposed to say “Thanks for the hat.”  
[/QUOTE]

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coworker-is-planning-on-quitting/687822/22 "2014-05-09T20:22:06Z")

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> [@Dogzilla](#):
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> Yeah, well fuck being a team player. When you’re a worker-bee plebe, that gets you exactly nowhere. \<snip\>

Oh, I totally agree. The “team-player” bullshit is just that - bullshit. When supervisors accuse you of not being a team-player, it just means that you’re doing too good a job of looking out for yourself and not giving the company all your time for nothing.

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**Author:** ![Learjeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/94ad74/32.png) [@Learjeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Learjeff)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coworker-is-planning-on-quitting/687822/23 "2014-05-09T20:33:21Z")

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The best time to find a job is when you have one.

A great thing to do when you start looking for a job is to make your current job the best it can possibly be (by doing it as well as you can and making it as positive as possible for everyone involved).

Then, when you find a job, let the current management know that they can offer your old job back at a higher pay grade and/or hiring more people, or be faced with an office without you.

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