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Did anyone else notice how his leaving without notice was unprofessional, but none of what led up to that decision is being labeled unprofessional? Yeah, it's

Did anyone else notice how his leaving without notice was unprofessional, but none of what led up to that decision is being labeled unprofessional? Yeah, it's funny how that works.

ideavist 13y ago
It's all kind of heresay isn't it? The only thing we know for sure is that Jordan should've never taken the job. On Twitter (@SuperCoolJordan) he admitted that the commute, pay, and hours were not to his liking BEFORE he took the job. His leaving the way he did only shows that Jordan doesn't belong in a corporate environment. We know nothing about his employers.
gaius 13y ago
You control what you can control, and there are professional ways to deal with conflict in the workplace. Ragequitting is what you do on IRC. When you're 14.
- selimthegrim 13y ago
  I mean, he should have ensured an orderly handoff of his projects and maybe sotto voce talked to his agency about the possibility of an internal reassignment, but yeah, in that situation if those hadn't worked, giving your "2 weeks" and being walked out immediately is totally reasonable. (These contracts usually contain no notice provision).
thekevan 13y ago
That's probably because they read the whole article. In my opinion, walking out on a job without giving notice denotes a lack of judgement. So immediately I wonder if those "insults" from the boss really were insults. He also complained about the commute and the long hours, but he knew about those and agreed to them before taking the job. Finally, he makes no mention of trying to speak with HR or the agency that got him the job to resolve the problem. In fact he makes no mention of trying to resolve the problem. Granted he was contract and claimed those who were on contract and rocked the boat faced reprisals, but if you get to the point where you are ready to quit, who cares? try and make it better and if it gets worse, leave like you were going to do anyway.
- latj 13y ago
  No designer walks out on Apple lightly. But sometimes things are bad enough that you can tell you arent in the right place.
danellis 13y ago
All of what led up to that was labeled as unprofessional. That was the whole point of the post.

Did anyone else notice how his leaving without notice was unprofessional, but none of what led up to that decision is being labeled unprofessional? Yeah, it's funny how that works.

ideavist 13y ago

It's all kind of heresay isn't it? The only thing we know for sure is that Jordan should've never taken the job. On Twitter (@SuperCoolJordan) he admitted that the commute, pay, and hours were not to his liking BEFORE he took the job. His leaving the way he did only shows that Jordan doesn't belong in a corporate environment. We know nothing about his employers.

gaius 13y ago

You control what you can control, and there are professional ways to deal with conflict in the workplace. Ragequitting is what you do on IRC. When you're 14.

selimthegrim 13y ago
I mean, he should have ensured an orderly handoff of his projects and maybe sotto voce talked to his agency about the possibility of an internal reassignment, but yeah, in that situation if those hadn't worked, giving your "2 weeks" and being walked out immediately is totally reasonable. (These contracts usually contain no notice provision).

thekevan 13y ago

That's probably because they read the whole article. In my opinion, walking out on a job without giving notice denotes a lack of judgement. So immediately I wonder if those "insults" from the boss really were insults. He also complained about the commute and the long hours, but he knew about those and agreed to them before taking the job. Finally, he makes no mention of trying to speak with HR or the agency that got him the job to resolve the problem. In fact he makes no mention of trying to resolve the problem. Granted he was contract and claimed those who were on contract and rocked the boat faced reprisals, but if you get to the point where you are ready to quit, who cares? try and make it better and if it gets worse, leave like you were going to do anyway.

latj 13y ago
No designer walks out on Apple lightly. But sometimes things are bad enough that you can tell you arent in the right place.

danellis 13y ago

All of what led up to that was labeled as unprofessional. That was the whole point of the post.