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Threatening to quit is one of the best pieces of advice. Just be prepared to follow through or swallow it and shut up if it doesn't go your way. But for lots of
by JOnAgain 9y ago
Threatening to quit is one of the best pieces of advice. Just be prepared to follow through or swallow it and shut up if it doesn't go your way. But for lots of bigger companies, they can't or won't without a thread like this.
- ryanbrunner 9y agoThe biggest danger in threatening to quit is that you only really get to use it once with a particular company, and even then you should really think about how your company would respond. I've worked with management teams that were quick to put someone into the "unreliable" bucket as soon as they threatened to quit, avoiding placing them on critical projects and focusing on making them redundant. Even in some cases with non-malicious intentions.
- foreigner 9y ago"I love this team but I just can't afford to stay with the job market the way it is right now."
- gowld 9y agoCompanies that manage away their best talent don't last long
- borplk 9y agoNot really true. Lots of terrible companies manage to continue to exist just fine. Maybe in the very long term it will eventually catch up with them. But then who cares?
- mianos 9y agoThe only people left would be the 'reliable' people. Never mind the people of who can actually do the job. Oh, and the managers. This sounds exactly like the real hpe.
- troels 9y agoThere's a lot of talk about this, including in the article. But I would suggest that it is somewhat distasteful to outright threaten to quit, when you can be more subtle about it. Diplomacy is about making sure both parties win. And in this scenario, remember that your boss and the company are two separate entities, with differing agendas.
- johngalt 9y agoTerrible advice. IMHO, threats or ultimatums are only useful in very extreme situations.