I'm absolutely miserable at my job - How should I put in my two week notice without feeling guilty?
959822
First off, do you want to stay in the same field....if so, be careful not to burn bridges, \nBut, most important realize that each day you spend there is a day of your life which you will never get back.\nYou are more important that the company who makes you miserable.  Offer a 2 week notice letter, and maybe they won't want you stay.\nGuilt should be saved for family and friends, and things you wouldn't say out loud in public.  Leaving a job does not fall into that category....if they didn't want you, you would be history and they wouldn't feel guilty.   Good luck!
944210
Life is too short, I know people say that a lot but it's true.  This isn't a dress-rehearsal, it's the real thing - do what makes you feel good about yourself.  Spending all day in a job you hate isn't much of a life in my opinion.  If you leave, something better will come along - have faith in yourself!
295443
if you are thinking about it hard and if it makes you miserable, then yes. just give a 2 weeks notice so you will have a good reference. you should never stay in anything that makes you dread your life
134877
Start looking now. Your job is what you spend most of your waking hours doing, and If it's not making you happy, don't punish yourself. Sure it might get better, but you've got to be happy.
280491
Quite simply... respect. I've had some lousy bosses in the past... and if you can't get a new job, it's not a bad way to go. Strive to do your best, and eventually, people will take notice. However, if you work for a small firm, where your boss happens to also be the CEO... I would go looking for a new job, immediately. But before you do, it NEVER hurts, just to sit down, and in a CALM and RESPECTFUL manner. Ask you boss for some leeway. Maybe suggest a "Trial Period" of a week or so. Just to see how productivity increases or decreases with out him breathing down your neck.
222171
I would say, learn everything there is to know about your job.  Make it so that you are the one your boss always relies on to do his work.  Then take all of that experience that you have used them for and find yourself a better job.  When you hand in your two week notice, your boss will freak out at the thought of not being able to find someone like you.  They'll start making you all kinds of offers so you wont leave, but you keep saying "NO".  It's a great feeling.
1154477
you need to examine your surroundings as well as the people in your life and see if this is causing your unhappiness.  If you are unhappy at your job, it spills over into your home life.  So sit down and really look at what is going on..you should be able to pin point what it is and then you can deal with it.
4575
For me it would depend on how much I like my job... If I wouldn't mind too much having to leave because of the tension caused by filing suit, I'd go to HR and a lawyer... If I really loved my job, I'd try first going to my boss and telling him that I know he's uncomfortable with what happened and that I am ,too, but that it's not fair to be treating me differently because I accidentally happened upon HIS indescretion....he may not even realize he's being a jerk. (To be on the safe side, tape this conversation without telling him, so if it's needed, you have proof of your side of the story for HR, if he apologises and stops being a jerk to you, you can always destroy the tape)
1169926
It depends on what is making you unhappy.\nIf your problem is with your colleagues bullying you then you should ask the HR dept for advice. If you do not have a HR dept speak with your supervisor. \nIf your problem is hating the work itself then you should determine what qualifications you need for the sort of work you would like and start studying. You do not have to leave your job, you can study at night school or by correspondence. Now is a good time to enroll on courses as they normally start in Sept.\nKnowing that within a year or two you'll be qualified to start the career you want, will make the meantime more bearable.\nBy the way - everyone hates their job, that's why we get paid to do it.
1094316
Tell your new boss you have to finish out your time because it's the right thing to do.  They should admire you for that.\n\nIf not then tell your old boss that you're going to lose the other job and that you are sorry to let the down.\n\nJust be honest.  Don't look for excuses or sneaky ways to get out of it.
739322
I would arrange a "sit-down" with the supervisor to discuss your feelings and her "close supervision" of your work time.  Ask her why she has singled you out. Let her know that it is making you uncomfortable, and since other employees are aware of it, it is  coming awfully close to establishing a "hostile work environment", which is illegal, a form of sexual discrimination. Let her know that you have options (going to HR, filing a complaint with EEOC), which you don't want to utilize, but will if the situation does not change.\n\nLet her know that, beginning immediately, you will be keeping a log, recording any employment decisions, good and bad, time, date, person involved, witness, issues and reasons.
886066
You say you are willing to wait until "we are not swamped" so why would you need an "excuse"?\n\nIf it is actually that hard to get time off, just tell your supervisor that you have been unusually stressed lately and you need to have a day to just get away and calm down.  Ask about a week ahead of time so it doesn't come as surprise to your sup.\nIf your sup is decent he/she will realize you are being thoughtful and responsible by asking ahead of time and should honor that.        \nAt least you will have the knowledge that you were honest.  \n\nA sup who isn't responsive to the needs of the workers will soon find they have a hostile working class to deal with and that will come back to bite in the arse.\n\nWhere I worked, we had one boss who thought he had to act like a dictator to control everyone. When he finally PO'd everyone to the point they hated him we started watching for ways to get rid of him. Eventually the attendance and work output showed on paper that he wasn't getting the job done and they moved him to another area. A friend and I had a talk with him before he was moved and we did our best to make him realize he caused all of the problems in our area.  He didn't listen. He acted the same in the new area and the people there were a lot meaner than us. They sabotaged everything he did and made his bosses know why things went downhill in their area. The company sent him to some training school to readjust his technique and then transferred him to a different facility where no one knew him.  We heard the people there slashed the tires on his car!! After that I don't know what happened. I don't condone the slashing but I do understand the frustration of an unreasonable boss. They are actually counter productive.\n\nGood luck and remember, honesty always pays good dividends...
965190
Perspective: put a positive twist on it somehow...or gloat on it the whole time you're at work.  \n\nIt may suck to work on Friday, any Friday, but it is what it is.  If you find a way to be positive, it'll carry over to the people you interact with at work as well as every other aspect of your life.  Happy Day!
1023417
Oh just tell your employer the truth...\n\n"Good morning, 'insert employer name', I'm very sorry but I will not be able to come into work today, I have recently started performing "charity" work...yes, charity work, I help a variety of people with the answers to their important questions...I was up so late last night, that I can barely function this morning.  I apologize and I will be in first thing in the morning!"\n\nWhat employer wouldn't cut you a little slack for charity work?
691846
A bad/downcast face for many days at work is always not a good sign. Show that you are upset for a day or two. \n\nYou may want to write an email to your TL explaining that it was genuinly an oversight and that you would ensure that henceforth such oversights do not happen. \n\nAlso, make sure you turn out top quality work henceforth. Rather than being upset, check your style of work, you may just be completing the work without really scrutinizing each aspect of it. Try and be the master of your work. \n\nHelp the person who is doing the work you have been doing. Take this redelegation in your stride for a coupla months. Talk to your TL about how are you upset and would want your work back.. ask your TL as to how you could get back your responsibilities. \n\nIf the TL is not forthcoming with a plan, and/or still exhibits resent and distrust, gal, you are better off circulating your resume. Let the resume not focus on your mistake, talk about everything that you have achieved. And in your next job, again put your heart and soul, but more brains than heart and soul, bottomline, do not get emotionally involved with your job.
917651
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.
564999
You don't have to give a 2 weeks notice if you find a better job I guess to me it all depends upon how the company has treated me.  If they haven't been a very good company to work for and I found a better job I would walk out w/out notice.