Reasons why to quit a job (careers, hired, quitting, opportunities)

[Hypnosis]

Originally Posted by TVandSportsGuy

There is no reason to quit a job without having another

that is just your belief

[OHGreat]

Originally Posted by TVandSportsGuy

When you quit you don't get unemployment, THE END

I didnt see anything in his statement that said he was asking said question.

[oberon_1]

The best reason to quit a job, is if you do not want to work there anymore.

[Aptor hours]

Originally Posted by oberon_1

The best reason to quit a job, is if you do not want to work there anymore.

That is what I consider the perfect reason. I am sort of hating it when people claim they work at there jobs in the face of death and anything else. They claim that they never have called in sick for 24 years and work for two weeks without so much as a drink of water....oh please. I am a very cheery and happy employee, but, I still have basic human needs like feeling wanted, using the bathroom and having drinks of water...ok on second thought I am a huge drama queen

[kodaka]

I would like to amend my previous statement to add, if I won the lottery or somehow otherwise became independently wealthy and no longer needed income from a job, I would probably also quit before lining up another job.

[Drover]

Well, I've quit several jobs because I was moving out of the area, and I quit one to go back to school full-time. I've had plenty of jobs I didn't like but I could at least stomach, but there were two jobs where I literally lost sleep knowing that as soon as my alarm went off I'd have to get up and go to that job. I quit both of them without another job lined up because it was actually less stressful to be unemployed and looking for a job than it was to go to those jobs.

[ChrisPalmer]

Divorce - no home and bank account switched to her account. I really had no other option. I've got an appartment that's dirt cheap and looking for work, but things arn't that bad now.

[sweetheart1311]

Originally Posted by LexWest

I have five reasons:

1) You're in a dead-end, high-turnover job, that eventually drains you physically +/o mentally due to the anxiety
2) Other workers are leaving due to worsening conditions, and you're already overwhelmed
3) Your job keeps you from getting a better job:
a) Lack of transferable skills for anything other than the same/similar job
b) Employers label you because your current job is completely unrelated to the job you apply for; even if your previous jobs were held longer and are more related to the applied job
4) Staying there will make it harder to leave, keeping you labeled, as previous skills lose significance
5) You work toward a different career, and the job interferes with your goals:
a) You find yourself doing too much between the job and your goals, and you have to make a "fork in the road" decision.
b) You concluded the job won't help but hinder you in reaching your goals

You just described the job I'm in the process of quitting .
Plus I'm moving.

[janetvj]

Unless I read the question wrong, I think Hypnosis is asking for advice as to what to use as an excuse for quitting his (or her) old job on his applications for the next job. He doesn't want to put the real reason because he recognizes that it was a pretty lame reason. But he needs to explain why he left in a way that will satisfy the new employer and not preclude him being hired for fear he will just up and quit again.

I really don't have any suggestions. I guess it would depend on what the previous job was. I mean, you could use something like "creative differences" if you quit a professional level job, but that probably wouldn't fly if you quit a job flipping burgers.

If you are now looking for a job in a totally different field, you could possibly explain it that way. Say you wanted to change careers and left in order to have time to develop your skills in the new field.

[LexWest]

Originally Posted by sweetheart1311

You just described the job I'm in the process of quitting .
Plus I'm moving.

I'm glad I wasn't the only one!

Good luck!