I'm dropping out of a PhD program in a social science with only a masters degree. I need a real job.
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posted by anonymous
on Apr 17, 2013 -
15 answers
I hope this will be my
last job-related question for quite a while. I want to give two weeks' notice today or tomorrow at
this job and I'm not sure how to go about it.
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posted by trillian
on Jan 31, 2013 -
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My clinical depression is getting worse and I think I need to quit my job, but really need the income. I'm in Massachusetts.
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posted by anonymous
on Jun 18, 2012 -
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Leaving my new job after less than a year. Or at least, really want to. How will this look to potential recruiters?
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 12, 2012 -
12 answers
I got a job six months ago as a technical recruiter for a third-party contractor whose field techs replace parts for warranty customers. It's a family business with about a dozen employees in the office. Things are hinky there. Please help me understand what's going on and make a decision. Sorry, but it's very long.
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posted by anonymous
on Nov 23, 2011 -
14 answers
I feel like I'm in career purgatory, and it's a windowless, stuffy call center. I also don't want to throw away over 2 years of tenure and wonder if I should just learn to deal. TL;DR details and out-loud thinking inside.
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posted by anonymous
on Oct 31, 2011 -
15 answers
I want to drop out of grad school and/or quit my job. Please convince me that everything will be okay if I do.
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posted by calcetina
on Oct 3, 2011 -
25 answers
Please give me advice on a sticky job resignation issue. My manager did not accept my resignation date, and then things got complicated.
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posted by anonymous
on Sep 20, 2011 -
45 answers
I agreed to take a teaching job at certain community college, and now, just two weeks away from the beginning of the semester, it looks like a much better job is about to come through for me. What are the ethical considerations of backing out?
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posted by anonymous
on Aug 8, 2011 -
13 answers
I am terrible at quitting jobs. Please walk me through how I can actually quit, frame my quitting, and how to act in the meantime.
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posted by anonymous
on Jul 16, 2011 -
16 answers
Am I crazy to quit a government job in this economy to go to grad school full time?
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posted by Amistad
on Jun 10, 2011 -
16 answers
Is it possible to kiss and make up with a job I quit 2 years ago? What's the best way to go about trying to get hired for a position at a company that I left in the past?
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 1, 2011 -
10 answers
New job wants me to start before my paid winter break of current job starts. Is it rude/unprofessional to try and get paid for both?
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posted by NotSoSimple
on Dec 2, 2010 -
21 answers
I hate my job, but it pays me well. Seriously, I make more than $130k, have great benefits (paid health insurance, 4 weeks vacation etc). I am very lucky to have landed this position. Without divulging too much more, lets just say that the industry I am in, it won't happen again. I will likely make 35% less anywhere else.
So, I know that no one can truly answer this but me, but am I crazy for wanting to just walk away from it if I truly dislike it?
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posted by Yunani
on Oct 18, 2010 -
46 answers
When is the right time to quit a job you feel loyalty to but currently hate? I'm a programmer in the video games industry, I can afford to do so, I want very badly want to work somewhere else, and I have a hard time looking for work while pretending to be a good employee.
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posted by JZig
on Jul 4, 2010 -
17 answers
Anxiety Filter: I took this job knowing that I would have to leave it after only a few months. Now I must give notice, and I feel overwhelmed with anxiety about it. Advice?
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posted by anonymous
on Jun 3, 2010 -
19 answers
I am currently an Americorps VISTA member and I do not like my assignment. This is a year-long commitment, and I have @7 months left to serve. VISTA members work full-time but are paid very little because the position is kind of a cross between a volunteer position and a job. The reason for taking a VISTA position, therefore, is not the pay, but rather the job experience and the opportunity to do meaningful work to help the poor. Unfortunately, I am not getting much of that experience or doing much of that work, and I am disrespected to boot.
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 3, 2010 -
20 answers
I don't like my job and I'm tired of trying to like it. I just want to quit but I'm afraid of what will happen if/when I do.
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posted by PFL
on Oct 16, 2009 -
13 answers
Is it ethical/okay/kosher/acceptable to give two weeks notice prior to a week and a half of prior scheduled vacation?
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posted by anonymous
on Sep 8, 2009 -
21 answers
Workfilter: My small company has cut benefits and pay, closed my office and given my peers promotions without raises. They've also taught me everything I know. How loyal should I be to them?
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posted by anonymous
on Jun 21, 2009 -
15 answers
Where to go from here? I feel crazy to consider quitting my job in this market environment, but I'm going crazy sticking with it. Please help!
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 11, 2009 -
17 answers
NonprofitChaosFilter: The grants fell through, and I'm the last full-timer in an office of 2. What's the most ethical thing to do when I'm the last employee left, there's no money left, and I've become the director's right-hand gal?
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posted by vindyloo
on Aug 14, 2008 -
12 answers
Controversial Job Change: Family business broke up, 1/2 the family left current company to start competing business. Considering the bad blood, how do I make a switch to the other team?
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posted by anonymous
on Aug 11, 2008 -
10 answers
I've come to understand from co-workers as well as things that have gone on this past week, that I will be getting fired on Monday. How should I handle it?
Much more after the jump.
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posted by blackout
on Jul 13, 2008 -
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I took a temporary night job that I thought would be easy. I worked 2 nights, but quickly found it is horrible. Specifically it involves a lot of manual labor that I wasn't expecting and I am in pain and too exhausted to work my day job. I want to quit now and save my body, rather than give my two weeks. I don't care about the reference, but will I see a paycheck in the mail?
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posted by anonymous
on Sep 2, 2007 -
10 answers
I gave notice at my last job, then was 'fired' before the end of my notice period. What options do I have (in Florida)?
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posted by Pecinpah
on Jun 22, 2007 -
16 answers
I'm about to resign from my job. The problem is I only started two months ago. How do I break the news?
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posted by anonymous
on Jun 15, 2007 -
13 answers
A job was offered to me, I quit my current job, and a week before I was supposed to start the new place said oops, they didnt want to hire me after all. Do I have any legal recourse against them?
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posted by outsider
on Jun 8, 2007 -
26 answers
I desperately want to quit my job. Right now. Unfortunately, this is complicated by the fact that my boss is going to be out of the country for more than a month...
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posted by anonymous
on Jun 1, 2007 -
21 answers
Leave your job, your girlfriend, drive across the United States... done it?
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posted by bizack
on Mar 12, 2007 -
25 answers
Help me evaluate the pro's and con's of my current employment situation. I'm contemplating leaving, but have never been a job-hopper, so I don't think I know the time to leave for a new job...
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posted by youngergirl44
on Oct 25, 2006 -
20 answers
Let's say that someone was leaving their job. They're leaving amicably and of their own volition. They wish no ill will on their soon-to-be former employer, but they would like to leave their workstation as clean as the day they first arrived. We should note here that this person does not have Admin access to this machine, so installable options (like
Window Washer) are probably out of the question. Any suggestions?
posted by grabbingsand
on Jun 17, 2004 -
9 answers
