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Is there functionally anything bad about getting fired vs resigning? In this situation or any?
by Jsharm 8y ago
Is there functionally anything bad about getting fired vs resigning? In this situation or any?
- barking 8y agoI know that in some jobs if you resign they don't have to pay out to the end of your contract. If they fire you they do (unless you're in breach on contract I suppose). Also if you resign it can be more difficult to get social welfare benefits.
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- mdrzn 8y agoI'd say PR, having to manage how the story goes around.
- StavrosK 8y agoBasically your reputation, if you get fired it looks bad for you.
- pchristensen 8y agoIronically, Andrew Mason insisted on being fired rather than resigning for reasons he did not agree with. So he chose being fired in order to preserve his reputation. (part 2 of the Gimlet "Without Fail" podcast - very excellent coverage)
- StavrosK 8y agoIt was also explained well in the article.
- DonHopkins 8y agoGetting fired by Trump is quite an honor, and it helps with tell-all book sales.
- bluGill 8y agoFired has legal implications. They will do it, but if they don't get all the paperwork right you can sue for wrongful termination. Thus they would rather not fire you if they can get you to resign. If they are going to fire you and offer your the chance resign. While it means you resigned and thus you can't sue, it also means that when (if...) someone checks references they will say "yes, he/she worked here, and left of his own will". Since any big company will not say more than that no matter who good you are this is a perfect reference and you start over. If you are fired they have to say instead "yes, he/she worked here and until fired" Note that fired is very different from being laid off.
- baud147258 8y agoWhat's the difference between fired and laid off? Fired is for bad performance/professional errors and laid off is because of downsizing, right?
- robotresearcher 8y agoYes. In many countries being laid off is called being made redundant, which is more descriptive. Redundancy means they are axing your role rather than yourself.
- baud147258 8y agoThank you. I'm not a native speaker, so I'm usually mixing close enough expression/words.
- bluGill 8y agoThis is one case were I would expect even native speakers to not fully know the difference.
- romed 8y agoIf you get fired you might not qualify for unemployment benefits, depending on jurisdiction. Not applicable to executives I suspect, but there it is.
- xigency 8y agoIt's really the other way around, at least in my state. If you quit or voluntarily leave, then you aren't eligible for unemployment. If you are laid off then you are eligible for unemployment. Whether you can collected unemployment for being "fired" depends on the circumstances of termination. Again, this might vary locally. I think this is important to clarify because this could affect the people here, not because it affects the subject of the article.
- jessaustin 8y agoIn this state, it's very hard to keep even employees who just stop showing up from drawing unemployment, if they go through the process of signing up for it. There are state employees whose job it is to bludgeon employers into acquiescing on this issue. If the employee got fired and wasn't arrested for crimes committed at the workplace, there's no way she's not getting unemployment.