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I have always wondered if you see a termination in the future can you trump it by submitting a 6 month resignation...

notauser 8y ago
Quite possibly. I'm a line manager and amicable resignations are much cheaper than terminations when you add up goodwill, management time, and direct costs.
chrismeller 8y ago
Of course you can tell them that you're leaving in 6 months. Whether or not they accept that is really up to them... I'm also not sure what resigning to avoid being terminated would get you, since, depending upon the termination reason, you would be eligible for unemployment benefits but those wouldn't apply at all if you were to resign.
- scott00 8y ago
  Resigning allows you to answer no to "Have you ever been fired or asked to resign from any past position?" on future job applications.
  - chrismeller 8y ago
    I don't know that I've ever been asked that before, but similar to giving more than 2 weeks notice... why would you ever answer yes to that?
    - bluGill 8y ago
      If you were fired from a job they can check and find out. This is bad, they may have to fire you for lieing on your application, even if they would have hired you for a yes. Note that they have no way to know you were asked to resign. When you are asked to leave company records will show "left for personal reasons": it is illegal for them to ask what they were.
  - cannonedhamster 8y ago
    I've been fired before. I'm up front about it when people ask. It's never been a problem. Not sure why this is considered a stigma unless you were really doing something wrong.
    - weka 8y ago
      Because being fired is associated with incompetence, no?
  - pnutjam 8y ago
    umm... weren't you "asked to resign"?
wccrawford 8y ago
I would bet it depends on just how much the company wants to get rid of you. If they're on the fence, they might just wait out the 6 months. If they want you gone immediately, the trick isn't going to work. And if they have a policy of locking you out as soon as you give notice, it's not going to matter either way.
pnw_hazor 8y ago
Why would you do that?

Quite possibly. I'm a line manager and amicable resignations are much cheaper than terminations when you add up goodwill, management time, and direct costs.

chrismeller 8y ago

Of course you can tell them that you're leaving in 6 months. Whether or not they accept that is really up to them... I'm also not sure what resigning to avoid being terminated would get you, since, depending upon the termination reason, you would be eligible for unemployment benefits but those wouldn't apply at all if you were to resign.

scott00 8y ago
Resigning allows you to answer no to "Have you ever been fired or asked to resign from any past position?" on future job applications.
- chrismeller 8y ago
  I don't know that I've ever been asked that before, but similar to giving more than 2 weeks notice... why would you ever answer yes to that?
  - bluGill 8y ago
    If you were fired from a job they can check and find out. This is bad, they may have to fire you for lieing on your application, even if they would have hired you for a yes. Note that they have no way to know you were asked to resign. When you are asked to leave company records will show "left for personal reasons": it is illegal for them to ask what they were.
- cannonedhamster 8y ago
  I've been fired before. I'm up front about it when people ask. It's never been a problem. Not sure why this is considered a stigma unless you were really doing something wrong.
  - weka 8y ago
    Because being fired is associated with incompetence, no?
- pnutjam 8y ago
  umm... weren't you "asked to resign"?

wccrawford 8y ago

I would bet it depends on just how much the company wants to get rid of you. If they're on the fence, they might just wait out the 6 months. If they want you gone immediately, the trick isn't going to work. And if they have a policy of locking you out as soon as you give notice, it's not going to matter either way.

pnw_hazor 8y ago

Why would you do that?