People can leave for other reasons than “shields down” envisioning of a different future. I’ve previously quit a job without looking for or having any other jo

People can leave for other reasons than “shields down” envisioning of a different future. I’ve previously quit a job without looking for or having any other job lined up, remaining unemployed for several months afterwards until finding something satisfactory. In that case, a start-up founder deeply infused his specific religious faith in all aspects of a company, even hiring many staff from his place of worship and doing blatant things, like having the head of HR directly ask new hires what their religious preferences are. Sometimes you just discover you’re working in a situation that’s flat not OK, for reasons of abuse, unethical behavior, intolerable micromanagement, whatever. When it’s bad enough, there is no shields down moment: you just quit. Because getting away from bad people is often healthy.