Just got asked to resign today
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Anonymous
| Feeling awful. How do I bounce back? |
Anonymous
| Ask for a letter of reference, take the weekend to grieve, then file for unemployment ASAP, spiff up your LinkedIn, and go get a new job. And if they told you WHY you're being asked to resign, see if it's something you can improve. If you're always late, get better at being on time, if it's because you don't know Powerpoint, go learn it. |
Anonymous
| How do you file for unemployment if you are asked to resign? Couldn't she only apply if she was laid off? I truly don't know the answer to that (not being snarky). |
Anonymous
| You don't. Unemployment isn't available if you quit. So don't do it, OP. Insist on being fired or laid off. |
Anonymous
Few places will contest - just file for it. |
Anonymous
+1 They don't want to pay unemployment which is why they asked you to resign. Make them fire you. |
Anonymous
| I think I'd rather resign than be fired. At least you can spin a resignation in your favor. It's harder to justify being fired when applying for new jobs. |
Anonymous
How would they know the difference? DH opted for being fired. |
Anonymous
No, you can get unemployment if you were forced to resign (i.e. asked to resign instead of getting fired) at least in DC. |
Anonymous
And in MD. Several years ago I was asked to resign. In my resignation letter, I said that "as requested, I am resigning effective..." and provided a copy of this letter when asked about my termination. I got my unemployment. Resigning is better than being fired. There are many places that on the application forms you are asked if you were ever fired or terminated for cause. If you resign, you can answer that "no" If you answer "yes" then you have to explain and they have to research and inquire why you were fired for cause. It's a pain. If you resign, your company lists that you resigned on such and such date. If a future employer checks, the company can answer that you resigned on a certain date. If you are fired, it is so designated that you were fired for X reason and when a future company does an employment check, that's what will be given. Ask if they have a deadline. Ask if you can resign in 2 weeks which will be after the first of the month. If you are employed on the 1st of the month, your employer is forced to pay your health insurance premiums for the month. This gives you an extra month before you have to consider COBRA or changing your health insurance to your spouse plan or whatever. The good thing about COBRA is that you don't have to pay for COBRA unless you need health insurance coverage. If you do, then you can call, activate COBRA and pay any unpaid premiums since the lapse in coverage from your employer. So say you resign July 1. You will have health coverage for the month of July from your employer. You would be eligible for COBRA August 1. If you don't get sick in August, you don't have to pay August. If you need insurance in September, you have to pay the August and September premiums and then you are covered. But if you don't need coverage in September and get a new job, then you don't pay any premiums and you will get picked up by your new job's insurance when you start your new job. |
Anonymous
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PP gave good detailed advice however i just throw my 2 cents in.
So is this from a large company? I was asked by my boss to resign repeatedly because (i later learned) he did not want to go thru the process to fire me. Normally that meant putting me on a "plan" for x months with set milestones. He threatened me and said he would get 2 weeks severance blah blah. Basically a bully. I finally found someone in HR who realized the bad situation (like i could sue) and i was allowed to change jobs. He was gone from the company within a year. |
Anonymous
I told a former employer that I would not quit and they would have to fire me. Didn't hurt me getting a new job at all. AND I got unemployment. |
Anonymous
Have you since applied for a federal government or federal contractor job? Most of them have the question about whether you have been fired or terminated for cause. Also, as a federal contractor, it was on the form I needed to complete to get my federal credentials to access federal IT systems. |
Anonymous
Not true. Claim constructive discharge |
Anonymous
Or they are giving you the opportunity to resign so when your next job calls for a reference they don't have to say they fired you. |