# I walked out of my job today \* **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 28, 2013, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-of-my-job-today/667366 "2013-08-28T03:26:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-of-my-job-today/667366/21 "2013-08-30T04:18:09Z")
> [@bot3](#): > > Stupid! > > You walked out and left them in the lurch. > > No matter what, no matter the circumstances, or the managers attitude, YOU walked out. > > Looks bad for you no matter what. No amount of apologies will make it better. > > The best way would be to politely and with advance notice, give them “notice” without telling them your true feeling. Leaving with class will always make you look good and them look bad. They know and so will others why your really leaving. My opinion is this: If you think your employer would give you notice, a few weeks, and some severance pay if they intended to lay you off - you owe it to them to give a couple weeks notice if you intend to leave. If they’re scumbag employers that lay people off with no notice, no severance - then fuck them. Walk away with no guilt whatsoever. ---
**Author:** ![KaylaLynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@KaylaLynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KaylaLynn)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-of-my-job-today/667366/22 "2013-08-30T05:13:18Z")
The last job I quit, I was so happy, I was literally skipping down the street. I got married right after that and never worked again. No sense both of us getting stressed out. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Boogly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Boogly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boogly)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-of-my-job-today/667366/23 "2013-08-30T07:33:32Z")
At the very least she can say she quit to concentrate on school. Don’t e-mail anyone…quit and move on. Jobs are like relationships…you have to get thru some bad ones to appreciate the good ones. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-of-my-job-today/667366/24 "2013-08-30T10:16:52Z")
> [@zweisamkeit](#): > > That’s pretty common, especially if you work in IT. They don’t want someone who is leaving (and has access to important systems/databases/whatever) to steal information or fuck shit up. It’s been 20 years but this still kills me: a friend of mine working for the same company gave his 2 week notice and was kicked to the curb immediately - we worked in a cash business and they were concerned about money disappearing. Okay, I get that, made sense. So when I quit a month later, I figured why bother with a notice? I just told them “Hey, I’m quitting, I won’t be here tomorrow.” Oh, the wailing and gnashing of teeth and going on about how could I do this, I was like family, how sharper than a serpent’s tooth… It was so weird. I left the new job about a year later. Same deal - two friends had gotten fed up, and gave a months notice which was kindly accepted, and they left in the company’s good graces after a month of farewell celebration. When I gave my notice, it was “pack your shit and get out now, traitor!” And unlike the previous two guys, they called me a couple of weeks later asking me back, offering a raise. 😕 Personally, I skip the Permanent Record/burning bridges worries. I think it was relevant when there was more of an old boys’ network, but most fields nowadays are too anonymous and no one gives a damn. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-of-my-job-today/667366/25 "2013-08-30T21:00:25Z")
> [@Mithras](#): > > I think it’s extremely likely that any interview for your next job will include the question, “Why did you leave your last employer?” I’ve never been on one that didn’t require an explanation for why I was looking to leave my current job. In this case, I do not believe that the unshaded truth will serve you well. > > So before you go on your next job interview, come up with a way of explaining why you quit that doesn’t make it sound like you’re going to leave the future employer in a lurch when things get rough. When you say that you’re going to college, does that mean you’re either currently enrolled or will be starting soon? If so, I’d start with something like, “I needed to step away from my job so that I could be more focused on my studies.” She’s given a good number of valid reasons as to why she quit. Now, if they ask if she gave notice… ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-of-my-job-today/667366/26 "2013-09-13T14:01:54Z")
My employer escorts people out the door the moment they give their notice (after giving them five minutes to box up their personal effects). Needless to say, I won’t be giving notice when I leave. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-of-my-job-today/667366/27 "2013-09-13T15:22:58Z")
Don’t fool yourself that you leaving will have an impact on upper management. They’ll replace your warm body with another one. Sunrise, sunset. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-walked-out-of-my-job-today/667366.md?page=1)