By anniemonkat - 13/07/2015 06:22 - United States - Bucyrus

Today, I finally got up the courage to quit my first job. I spent hours determining the most professional way; the method, and the wording I would use. In the middle of the phone call, my manager hung up on me. FML
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anniemonkat 6

OP here. Yes, a letter would have been better, but I was scheduled for a shift that I couldn't make it to, due to having two jobs and time was of the essence. If I called off of my shift, I was afraid I would be fired. Furthermore, they would not let me find someone else to cover my shift, believe me, I tried. The shifts would not have coincided if either place would give me a schedule. But they wouldn't. Work was also closed, so I couldn't go in person to explain. I gave as much notice to my manager as I possibly could by calling. I had no contact information other than the store's phone number that I found online. At the time of the phone call, I was TRYING to give my 2 weeks notice but the manager hung up before I could. Oh well.

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Top comments

thesmeagol 22

A letter dating the last day of employment would have worked better. You don't have to speak with them, and its documented in writing.

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Yazoo77 16

Well, now you know you made a good decision.

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Comments

Megatron_Griffin 25

That's so unprofessional....how the hell did they even earn the manager's position in the first place? Sounds like you're better off not working for them anyways. You made the right choice OP, Good luck finding a new job hun, or if you already have a job lined up, hope it all goes well :)

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Kitty_Kat16 16

just stop showing up hell get the message

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lulinator 40

Yeah. Because getting fired looks better as a reason for leaving your former job than resigning. Good idea.

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Megatron_Griffin 25

You should honestly put a 2 weeks in. It is really the best way to go about it, or at least do it in person, not over the phone...just not showing up is moronic...and makes your coworkers have to suffer by carrying your work. I think it was unprofessional of the manager to hang up, but there are several other ways OP could go about it. Not showing up though is a terrible idea..it is her first job and her only option of a work reference..really shouldn't **** that up

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lulinator 40

Sometimes people can't quit, even if they hate their job. It takes courage to decide that it's not worth the misery, just to make ends meet, and in this economy, jobs to make you live comfortably are hard to come by. Or, the current employer could put a black mark on their career and make it difficult to gain employment at another company.

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worldclassrager 39

As long as you got the words "I quit" out I think you did what you planned...

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obliviongillette 18

He handled it about as professionally as you did. You never quit a job over the phone. You go in person and speak to them, also you're always supposed to give at least a two weeks notice so they can find someone to replace you. Just for future reference...anyway Sorry op hopefully this job wasn't to big of a deal and it won't look bad on you later. We all make mistakes. You live and learn.

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MsFit 17

While it was definitely immature of his boss to hang up, OP wasn't exactly being as mature and professional as he thought, in all honesty. Which is completely understandable since he was quitting his first job and wasn't trying to be unprofessional for the sake of being a dick. He did what he thought what was best, and maybe he had valid reasons for calling his boss other than thinking it was the professional thing to do. You live and you learn. Now he knows that it's always best to send a letter of resignation with, if possible, two weeks notice of his last day of work.

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emi_alejandra 23

You should do it in person Op. Hope everything works out for you! Good luck :D

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Zebediabolical 39

The fact that spent several hours contemplating on the most professional way to quit a job and decided it was the phone is what tells me that OP didn't handle things maturely. Sixty seconds on the google machine will give you tens of thousands of results on how to do it and not one of them includes 'quit by telephone call'. That's why I downvoted, but I don't pretend to speak for others. Well. Not the ones that aren't in my head.

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Zebediabolical 39

All other things being equal, I'd personally be more likely to give a shitty reference to the guy who phoned in and quit than the guy who came in and did it face to face.

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cerk 7

"most professional way" and you do it over the phone, lol, good one.

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