Should I quit before I get fired?
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Anonymous
| About to get fired from job. Has been a hostile work environment with so many issues that are all written down. Do i quit first? So humiliating and am not sure i can spend one more day in this situation. |
Anonymous
| I would quit right before they fire. I’m a fed and you get a 30 day notice. In which case you’d quit on day 29 |
Anonymous
| Do you need unemployment? |
Anonymous
No, if you quit, you don't get unemployment. |
Anonymous
i would be just about ok if i dont get. |
Anonymous
What will you do about health insurance? |
Anonymous
| Only dumb people do this. No, you tough it out and double down on your job search. |
Anonymous
Wait what? They tell you a month before they fire you? |
Anonymous
| Absolutely not - let them fire you so you can collect unemployment. Meanwhile, quiet quit - do the bare minimum, and update your resume and tell everyone you are looking for a new job. It's ALWAYS easier to find a job when you have one, and in this economy, it's tougher. And start looking for a new job, and don't sweat the crazy at your current place - you will be out of there soon |
Anonymous
| Let them fire you. Stay until then but start looking for something else. |
Anonymous
| Op - it feels like going into a war zone every day. I think my boss is trying to break me and it’s working. I can’t avoid the spotlight and it’s so brutal. And really don’t want to be fired / I would rather own the decision. And say to my boss - you should have who you need. I just hate the idea of it being someone else’s decision |
Anonymous
| OP, no. You hang onto that job, try to do a good job, and in the evenings, you apply for as many other jobs as you can. Try to find another job before you leave. |
Anonymous
+1 they aren’t giving you a reference any damn way |
Anonymous
| Don’t quit - if they fire you you get unemployment and hopefully some severance. Negotiate the severance if you can! Good luck - and they’re the problem - not you. They should be humiliated - not you! |
Anonymous
| If they fire you for cause you may not get severance. If going to the office is psychologically harmful to you and there is some sort of self-employment “project” you can pivot to while you look for your next gig, I would consider resigning. The folks here who say you should tough it out for money’s sake aren’t thinking of your mental health. |