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Here's how I handled it. I went to my employeer and said, "I'm unhappy here and I'd like to move back home anyway" and he asked how I was unhappy, and I explain

by noahc 15y ago

Here's how I handled it. I went to my employeer and said, "I'm unhappy here and I'd like to move back home anyway" and he asked how I was unhappy, and I explained I didn't really like my job and I tried some different things inside the company and none of them really fit what I wanted to do. The results were in and so we started looking for someone and I stayed on for a month after they were hired to train the person in. After that I left. But, I would flip this around and say it had more to do with the employeer. I felt like I could do this. Do you make it so the employeer felt like they could do this? I'd avoid putting it in a contract in focus on creating a culture where this type of thing can be norm.

molbioguy 15y ago
That's cool. I felt I did, but that's subjective. But this is exactly the kind of thing I would like to have seen. Absolutely leave jobs when you feel you need to, but work with your employer if you can to make the transition easier. Fulfilling your ambitions does not need to be damaging to anyone else. As you state, good employers should make this environment the norm. But the discussions I read here about quitting and joining startups don't deal with this side of the equation. They seem to mostly emphasize quitting as a defiant act or a personal milestone (which to me implies not caring about what state you leave things in). BTW, did your employer notice that you were unhappy and bring it up to you before you told them?
- noahc 15y ago
  No, they didn't. I think they should have though. I went from working basically 6 to 6 to 8:30 to 5. It was pretty obvious. Someone wrote on my employee review that they could tell I wasn't passionate about my job and it shows sometime, but I think that was post discussion with my boss and he would have probably been notified as he was in HR.

by noahc 15y ago

molbioguy 15y ago

That's cool. I felt I did, but that's subjective. But this is exactly the kind of thing I would like to have seen. Absolutely leave jobs when you feel you need to, but work with your employer if you can to make the transition easier. Fulfilling your ambitions does not need to be damaging to anyone else. As you state, good employers should make this environment the norm. But the discussions I read here about quitting and joining startups don't deal with this side of the equation. They seem to mostly emphasize quitting as a defiant act or a personal milestone (which to me implies not caring about what state you leave things in). BTW, did your employer notice that you were unhappy and bring it up to you before you told them?

noahc 15y ago
No, they didn't. I think they should have though. I went from working basically 6 to 6 to 8:30 to 5. It was pretty obvious. Someone wrote on my employee review that they could tell I wasn't passionate about my job and it shows sometime, but I think that was post discussion with my boss and he would have probably been notified as he was in HR.