I stepped out of my teaching job earlier than the 2 weeks notice I gave, I did not tell my boss I was leaving early, How much can this hurt me? I know a reference is possibly out of question....Anyone go through this before? THANKS
120951
ive done it before and it has came up in interviews with other jobs but i explained what happened and they all understood and i got 2 out of 3 of the jobs
671125
Put you are still currently employed. You should give two weeks notice so they don't give you a bad reference
652045
Write a polite letter stating your departure date and thanking your employer for the opportunity to work for them.  You do not need to tell them your reason for leaving in the letter, but leave the option open for them to ask.  Many employers reserve a right to a "departure interview" where they will ask why you are leaving, but a lot of places don't take the time to ask, they just work on replacing you.  Here's an example:\n\nDear Boss,\n\nPlease accept my resignation of my position as *whatever*.  My last day will be *two weeks from date of letter*.  I have enjoyed my time at your company and greatly appreciate the opportunities provided for professional and personal growth.  I will be happy to speak with you further at your convenience.\n\nSincerely,\nMe
519781
yeah quit right in the middle of a really buissy night...just tell your boss to take the job and shove it your walking out...if hes that much of a jerk leave him in a pinch.  hope you find something better...i had one of those bosses once... i quit told the other boss and the other one said yeah i know hes real hard to work with sorry about that... so people understand.  some people you just cant work with.  good luck.
57248
Absolutely not.  It's sad, but you have to play hardball in the job market.  If they want gaurantees, they should offer you a contract.  Employers never ask for a contract with you because they want the option to dump you the second it's inconvenient to have you around. The flip side of this is that you are fully within your rights to leave whenever you want.  You don't have to give two weeks notice either. That's the way the job market works.
626227
You should check your employee handbook to see if there are any procedures  set forth regarding resignations.  So far as I know, there is no requirement for you to say why you are leaving and I sure wouldn't volunteer a reason.  Before you mention your resignation to anyone else, tell your boss first and do it in private. You should put your resignation in writing.  Just say you are resigning effective July    , 2006.  Thank you for giving me the opportunity to be part of your company for the last      years or monhts  or set up a meeting with him with the reason being a personnel matter.  Gather all of your strength and be pleasant to your boss and all of your colleagues and don't say anything negative to anyone about your boss. I don't know how long you've been there.  If your boss coerces you to give a reason, say your taking a little break for the summer and don't say anything more and keep saying it.  Practice before hand if you must.  Take a lesson from Star Jones Reynolds--she surprised Barbara Walters in front of a gazillion viewers with her resignations and Barbara felt blindsided.  It doesn't matter how bad the circumstances. You don't want to embarrass or anger (and it wouldn't take much with this guy) someone who has been your boss.   Good luck in your future.  Don't be surprised if he says you don't have to stay for the 2 week notice period.  So, expect the unexpected and be calm.  You are in charge this time.
503989
You can put in a notice of resignation anytime you want. You don't have to be back at work in order to do that.  I know people who are pregnant who are out on FMLA leave and they decided they don't want to come back, so they just give their notice. It probably doesn't even have to be 2 weeks since you are already out and not currently working anyways.
353292
If you've had a good relationship with your bosses, I'd say give them as much notice as you can.  They will appreciate it and so will the others in the office who will end up doing your job if  someone new isn't in place by the time you leave.  You're leaving anyway, so why not give them a break?
72286
Id ask about it.  Most new employee paperwork says something to the effect of: "And anything else we ask you to do..." on it.  So you may have to attend.  That said, I'd tell him you are busy with pre arranged commitments you can't get out of.  Don't give details, just stop there. Ask him/her if it's 'required' to keep your job.  Just come out and ask.  Sadly though, it all really depends on what kind of boss you have.
254952
the last place i left, i wrote a letter that stated my real reasons for leaving. my boss cut my hours because i took vacation when it was "inconvienent for her" i had seniority over everyone including my boss. i felt i should have been able to take vacation when i wanted to. you should write the letter with the exact reasons for your leaving. maybe they don't know what's going on or why they can't keep help and maybe they'll realize the error of their ways if you let them know exactly why u are leaving.
386009
It is much better to quit a job than be fired. If the company owes you a commission check and you have proof to support that then don't worry about your boss--go to human resources with the proof to back it up. I'm not sure what you mean when you say you have your resignation printed out so it will be on  "your terms". If you are fired first nothing will be on your terms. If you want to have a better chance of getting your commission check leave on good terms.
122601
Before you leave, have a job already lined up.  Normally you should give 2 weeks notice in case you need to go back in the future.  Put your resignation in writing.  In your resignation tell them that you were grateful of the opportunity to work for them and that you learned alot.  Say that you have found another position that fits better into your future.  Do not slam them, your boss, the company, or your job.  We all want to from time to time say "Shove it!" but manners mean more than emotional outbursts.  Do the right thing and you will be a better person.
644707
not calling in for a week is considered 'job abandonment', in which case, you have no case against them. I know this is a legit reason for termination, because it was used on me. However, I *had* called in. In fact, I had worked a full 10 hour shift during the time they claim they had not heard from me. However, it wasn't worth it to me to fight them in court. Maybe I should have. Turns out, they were fighting like 10 lawsuits at one time.
176854
If you are really unhappy, you should think about changing jobs.  I changed my job two years ago because of a similar experience and I have never been happier.  There is also a high level of stress in my new school, but now I feel I have the support from my superiors at all times instead of the critics I used to have.
247542
As long as you talk to your boss beforehand, it's not a big deal since you have a decent excuse.  Your paycheck on that last day won't be affected because usually paychecks are for the previous 2 weeks.  Your final paycheck will be missing that last day since you didn't show up unless you can argue that it was a vacation day or whatever.\n\nIf you just leave, you might not get a good reference from your former company.   You might also want to rearrange your exit interview for your final day that you will be there so that you leave on relatively good terms.
605631
I am actually going through it as we speak (or I should say as I type lol.) I worked for a VERY large (Internationally known) builder in their corporate office. I'll try and make my LONG story short. Not to toot my horn but I was a star employee! Raises, bonuses, the whole sha-bang! Went out for 6 weeks to have my tonsils out; the day of surgery my boss calls and says I'm fired! Not like I could call him and bit&h since I'd just had my tonsils out and the bottom of my tongue cut back that morning. Regional HR called the next day to apologize and said I did indeed have a job to come back to which is what I thought; he (Boss who I'll call Jay) couldn't do that since I was approved from short-term medical leave. Upon my return, NONE of my work had been done, AT ALL! Instead of everyone in my department pulling together (isn't that called TEAMWORK?!?) he road me like a bull! Told me I wasn't doing enough in 40 hours but yet in the 2 years I was there we built 3x the amount that we'd built when I started! I worked every single weekend for 3-1/2 months. I missed one day to take my dog to the vet, worked that weekend and the a*shole wrote me up for working that weekend and said I knew better than to 1.) Go over my 40 hours & 2.) To try and make up my time missed since "I" wasn’t supposed to but yet everyone else in the department was able to make up ANY missed time whenever/however they wished. But again, I'd worked every weekend for 3-1/2 months without him saying I couldn’t. He was rude, he was nasty; he would yell at me and degrade me in front of my colleagues AND my superiors! I even had to quit college (which meant losing a full academic scholarship) just to stay afloat at work. I loved my job and I loved what I did; that’s the ONLY reason I stayed as long as I did. I asked for a transfer to another division but I was told my HR that I had to have Mr. A*shole approve and sign off on it. Sure…. Let me walk in his office and say, “I think you’re an a*shole and I hate working for you; could you please sign this transfer?!?” I met with the VP of my department, VP’s of adjacent departments, the VP of our division, the President of an adjacent division, and finally regional HR. I was basically told I needed to toughen up!? WHAT?! TOUGHEN UP?!? I’d worked on a jobsite managing over a 100 men for the previous 10 years and their all telling me to toughen up?!? Umm… NO! I’m a firm believer in respecting your superiors, however I also believe that respect is earned; it’s reciprocal! If I was the (and I’ll quote him previous to my Medical Leave) “Star” employee, what changed? My work ethic didn’t! If anything I became so wrapped up in my work and (as I mentioned) put college on the back burned, worked 70-80 hours a week, even made myself available to all of our Studio Personnel, Project Mangers, and Superintendents during non-working hours; to the extreme of having the IT guy install all of our work software on my home computer and network me so I could help out everyone out while I was at home at night and on weekends. STILL wasn’t good enough for my boss. I think I’m a pretty tough cookie, working onsite for 10 years building apartments will either make you or break you; and I loved it! But this guy… GOOD LORD! He had me so stressed I pulled all the muscles in my throat from my nasal passage to my voice box and even damaged my voice box, all from stress. I would literally leave during lunch and sit in the back of the parking lot and cry because he was just so mean and nasty to me. That’s when I said enough is enough! Before that I started seeing a therapist and a psychiatrist because he had me believing it was all me! The Doctor said, ENOUGH! I’ve been out on medical leave now since November! Although anything to do with mental distress is hard to prove, it was blatant what he treated me like the red-headed step-child. To be honest, I really didn’t s
647240
may as well quit your job then so you wont have to be fired down the road then. sure, i doubt you would be fired over that one thing.  but youre going to turn into the liability really quickly if you do that.  look at it this way,  you already spend hours in a place you dont want to be to make your boss happy so you can continue to have a job.  whats a few more hours in a place where you can have a hot dog and a coke?  good luck