Walking away from corporate job

[Anonymous]

Has anyone here walked away from a corporate job without having a new one lined up? How did it go? What made you do it?

[Anonymous]

Nope. But I’m not a trust fund baby or SAHP.

So I don’t expect to pay my bills out of the ether. I need actual, fungible wages.

YMMV.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nope. But I’m not a trust fund baby or SAHP.

So I don’t expect to pay my bills out of the ether. I need actual, fungible wages.

YMMV.

Jerk

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nope. But I’m not a trust fund baby or SAHP.

So I don’t expect to pay my bills out of the ether. I need actual, fungible wages.

YMMV.

Jerk

NP - not a jerk. Most of us can't afford to just quit. If you can, great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nope. But I’m not a trust fund baby or SAHP.

So I don’t expect to pay my bills out of the ether. I need actual, fungible wages.

YMMV.

Exactly
Who is so irresponsible that they do this?

[Anonymous]

People who put irrelevant comments on threads are so annoying. If you haven’t walked away OBVIOUSLY this isn’t the thread for you.

[Anonymous]

I have walked away from a job a few times and let go without notice. Never had a contract job, so not having a job suddenly was expected.
I was always able to find a new job as there's plenty of low wage jobs our there or/and work 50-60 hours to pay the bills.
In my 40s, investments support living without a job. I could never rely on the job, but I could always rely on cutting down on bills or working 60 hours. Doing both allowed me to invest my small income.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I have done this a couple times. I have always eventually looked for and got another job, except currently I am calling it "retired" instead of "quit."

As PP noted, I was able to do this because I had saved money to live on and had a spouse with income, so I realize it is a privilege.

What made me do it? Mainly it has been getting tired of internal politics and CEOs making decisions that I didn't agree with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, I have done this a couple times. I have always eventually looked for and got another job, except currently I am calling it "retired" instead of "quit."

As PP noted, I was able to do this because I had saved money to live on and had a spouse with income, so I realize it is a privilege.

What made me do it? Mainly it has been getting tired of internal politics and CEOs making decisions that I didn't agree with.

Thanks for sharing. I’m curious how long you were unemployed for when you did this? Were you always able to get higher paying jobs after quitting? How did you explain in interviews why you were unemployed?