# Quitting a job. Some questions. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 13, 2013, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quitting-a-job-some-questions/655580 "2013-04-13T07:23:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quitting-a-job-some-questions/655580/21 "2013-04-14T21:25:48Z")
> [@sahirrnee](#): > > Keep up the with the ‘time management problems’ and walking off jobs and ‘quitting’ won’t be problem anymore because nobody will want to hire you. Bingo. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quitting-a-job-some-questions/655580/22 "2013-04-15T01:15:17Z")
I have never walked off of any job before, and I’m not walking off now. So it’s not a pattern, or even a one time occurrence. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quitting-a-job-some-questions/655580/23 "2013-04-15T05:24:58Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > Where I’m at I never mentioned the previous job I was let go of, and as far as I know they know nothing about it, and if I leave that job off of any other resumes no-one else will know either. They can check that pretty easily. Besides the word gets around. In any case, jobs aren’t just falling off trees. Look, there’s two possibilities: Jobs in your field are easy to get, in which case waiting until you get a new one is easy. So do it. OR Jobs in your field are hard to get, in which case, you need to hold on to the old job until you get the new one. Quitting a job before you get a new one is simply foolish. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quitting-a-job-some-questions/655580/24 "2013-04-15T05:26:02Z")
> [@CatherineZeta](#): > > I’m no expert, but couldn’t a future employer find out about previous employment through a background check, even if you leave it off your resume? It might be best to keep it on there even if you were let go. At a job I had a few years ago someone was fired for leaving out part of their job history. The company considered leaving it off to be dishonest. I’m not sure if it was a similar situation to yours (leaving off a job he’d been let go from, and perhaps telling management he’d never been let go from a position). Yep, _easily_, and then fire you for lying. ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quitting-a-job-some-questions/655580/25 "2013-04-15T22:19:58Z")
I just want to offer a word of encouragement. You’ve made it plain that you are not quitting with no notice, so I would hope that your current employer might give you a positive job reference, at least to the extent that you show up for work on time and don’t call off, and are friendly and caring yet professional, that type of thing. You’ve mentioned looking into work as a home care attendant, home health aide, whathaveyou–there are different types of companies out there and this is a good time to begin investigating them.\* Being a poor fit for a facility does NOT make you a poor employee\*, and you need to remember this when you interview for a home health position. You have a good record of attendance? Kind, caring, professional? CNA or CNA trained? You want to focus on one or two clients at a time instead of an entire wing full of patients who need transferred, fed, showered, transferred again? You are just the kind of caregiver we might consider hiring. Don’t try to hide your work history; be honest about the fact that it just wasn’t the type of work you wanted, and you feel like you have a lot to offer in a different area of caregiving. I hope all goes well. I know I keep coming back and piping up, but this is what I do…work with people who are, or want to be, or want to quit being, caregivers. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quitting-a-job-some-questions/655580/26 "2013-04-15T22:35:15Z")
Thank you. I just put in an application with a home health care place and I’m waiting for an E-mail with an application for another. I am not leaving my current job off, although it does feel awkward. I get along great with my coworkers and nurses, who are technically my supervisors. Yet shortly after starting I asked for fewer hours, got them, and a few days later still put in a two weeks notice. I don’t know how upper management feels, but I wouldn’t blame them one bit if they were at least annoyed. But I honestly believe that this is for the best. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quitting-a-job-some-questions/655580.md?page=1)