# Have you ever just wanted to... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 21, 2000, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-just-wanted-to/37830 "2000-10-21T23:39:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2000, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-just-wanted-to/37830/21 "2000-10-28T08:01:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Alantus \* > \*\*The earlier mentioned event (quitting that job) occured on July 28, 2000. A few hours ago I discovered that on October 27, 2000 the employees of said company showed up for work just like always. By 10:30 word had started to spread that the company and instant doom were on a fast collision course. At 11:00 they turned everything off and fired everybody. > \*\* I had a similar experience. When I first got out of college, I worked for an ancient coin company. Started as a temp, ended up as an administrative assistant 4 1/2 years later. Was loyal, too, despite increasing evidence that the company was shady, that it might go under, and that the company did not deserve, and would not reward, my loyalty. Watched most intelligent co-workers with any kinds of options leave. In January of 1994, I finally decide that _this_ rat doesn’t want to be the last one off the good ship “NFA”, so I look for options. I take an exam to attend a paralegal program–to become a paralegal. The day I find out I’ve been accepted into the program (and would have to quit my job to attend, which I fully intend to do as soon as everything is confirmed), I get laid off. This essentially allows me to pay off my school fees with my unemployment. Not too many people like to be laid off, but this ended up saving me $3000 or so. I would not have been able to have collected unemployment if I’d quit. Program runs from January to June. While I’m going through the program, a newspaper article alleges that the company is in serious financial trouble. The owner (a former owner of local NHL team) calls a meeting and GUARANTEES his employees a position at least through the end of the year. Now, I was not aware that the year ended in May, but apparently, to his way of thinking, it did. Because EVERYONE was laid off in May. Much like Alantus’s post above, one day, the company existed. The next day, it did not. While I certainly felt for my ex co-workers, I thought that anyone who believed the owner of said company was being naive. Especially because the owner went to jail for loan fraud. As did MOST of the high ranking people in his organization. Far as I’m concerned, he deserved it for lying to his employees, some of whom had been loyal to him for _YEARS_. Re the OP: Again, the impulse has been there for me to flip someone the bird, and never return. It usually isn’t worth it, though. Plot your escape ahead of time, if you can. You’ll still have 95% of the satisfaction when you DO give notice. ---
**Author:** ![hesredbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9fc348/32.png) [@hesredbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hesredbird)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2000, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-just-wanted-to/37830/22 "2000-10-28T21:29:02Z")
I was getting unemployment benefits after I got out of the military. I got $53.00 a week. I got a job at an aluminum door factory and my first paycheck was $52.51 for 40 hours. I walked into the bosses office and quit. I have quit many jobs since then but have never drawn another unemployment check. ÿþ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-just-wanted-to/37830.md?page=1)