Quitting my job

[O'Callaghan]

There is another side to the argument of whether to quit or get fired. Getting fired blights your resume forever. If I thought I had another job lined up I would definitely quit.

[BoldHighlander]

There is another side to the argument of whether to quit or get fired. Getting fired blights your resume forever. If I thought I had another job lined up I would definitely quit.

Make sure you really do have the proffered job first however....I was once "promised" a job, quit in anticipation of the new one, and then the "promise" was never fulfilled.

Lesson learned...

[MacBean]

If a boss wants someone new, a prettier face, a more submissive soul, they can cook up any kind of evidence they want and terminate with cause so that they don't have to pay unemployment insurance. My wife got fired long ago for writing a personal email from work. She didn't do it often at all, but they used it as evidence that she wasn't following company policies, and there was no way to prove they were applying the rule selectively.

Turns out there was a run of this sort of thing, and NBC news came to our house to interview her. If you are in the US, I suggest you talk to the unemployment office before you make your decision. There might be a variety of options available to you that could provide some sort of support, should the firing occur.