Instead of waiting until February to quit, I would advise you to go ahead and inform your bosses that you don't intend to come back after your contract expires in December. That will probably make things easier for everyone. Is your workplace the sort where you communicate mostly by email? If so, you could send your letter of resignation by email to all five people who could possibly be your direct boss. That way, you won't have to actually talk to each of them unless they initiate a conversation.
As for the reason for leaving, I think "personal reasons" or something equally vague and diplomatic would be best. You want to leave under the best circumstances possible in case a future prospective employer contacts them about you or something.
If the job is making you feel this horrible, I think you're making the right decision. Really good pay and benefits aren't worth a miserable life! I'm sorry your parents are going to give you such a hard time about this. I guess all you can do is remind them that you can get a new job relatively quickly and easily. I wish I could be there for you. *huuuuugs*
My work place is the kind where everybody uses the mail to say something, then goes to closed room and says other things and makes secret teams and plans, then not tell about those things to other people except everybody knows and then those new things fall through because they were poorly planned. Yes. Uhm. I don't think resigning by mail would work... SADLY. I wish I could!
I think you and everyone else are right in that I should.. just leave it vague and not give any explanations. It just didn't work out for the best for me, that's all. I'm not sure how that will go down, really, at all. The boss lady that treats me like garbage didn't want to hire me in the first place because she wanted to hire only her nephew (both of us were hired because the other boss didn't want to hire her nephew, so they compromised). So it might be painful to deal with her no matter what.. or maybe she'll be glad I leave and be helpful for once...
I guess my parents are worried I won't find a job as 'good' as this one. It's a possibility, sure. I don't really mind, since I don't really want to work for other people forever. I want to have enough time to work in my own project, and that's not something I'm ever going to get there... and if I don't get a job ASAP after quitting, it isn't the end of the world either. It's not like I'll be unemployed *forever* and I can always just freelance for a while... I am fairly possitive about the post-quitting period, actually, it's the quitting thing that's killing me..
*hugs back* you are here for me, in all the ways that count :)(except for the hugs. I needs hugsies..)
As for the reason for leaving, I think "personal reasons" or something equally vague and diplomatic would be best. You want to leave under the best circumstances possible in case a future prospective employer contacts them about you or something.
If the job is making you feel this horrible, I think you're making the right decision. Really good pay and benefits aren't worth a miserable life! I'm sorry your parents are going to give you such a hard time about this. I guess all you can do is remind them that you can get a new job relatively quickly and easily. I wish I could be there for you. *huuuuugs*
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I think you and everyone else are right in that I should.. just leave it vague and not give any explanations. It just didn't work out for the best for me, that's all. I'm not sure how that will go down, really, at all. The boss lady that treats me like garbage didn't want to hire me in the first place because she wanted to hire only her nephew (both of us were hired because the other boss didn't want to hire her nephew, so they compromised). So it might be painful to deal with her no matter what.. or maybe she'll be glad I leave and be helpful for once...
I guess my parents are worried I won't find a job as 'good' as this one. It's a possibility, sure. I don't really mind, since I don't really want to work for other people forever. I want to have enough time to work in my own project, and that's not something I'm ever going to get there... and if I don't get a job ASAP after quitting, it isn't the end of the world either. It's not like I'll be unemployed *forever* and I can always just freelance for a while... I am fairly possitive about the post-quitting period, actually, it's the quitting thing that's killing me..
*hugs back* you are here for me, in all the ways that count :)(except for the hugs. I needs hugsies..)
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