How Do I Know If I Should Quit My Awful Job?

Source CBS News
You may have your reasons to quitting a job; maybe it’s the bad boss, poor pay, too much pressure, harassment, boredom or entrepreneurship. This employee is not sure if they should quit their job

“In my department, three employees were fired for “performance reasons.”

Each of them had been employed for more than 10 years. Normally, under-performing employees in this company are laid off, and the company has had a lot of layoffs. In firing them instead of laying them off, the company saved money on severance. If you get fired, the company will give the terminated employee up to two weeks salary. The company asked each of these employees to resign instead of being fired.

Two chose to resign when asked. One refused and got a lawyer to negotiate an agreement.

There are also major gender discrimination issues here. In a department of 70 people, I am the only woman. There were two other women — one was fired, one quit.

My boss has attempted to fire me four times in my four-and-a-half years, but he has not been successful. I am planning to leave (the job and the industry) soon and decided that if I were fired prior to when I was ready to leave I would file complaints but if I left on my own terms when ready, I would not file complaints. I have documentation for numerous discrimination events.

I have already decided to leave and have been accepted into another company. What might I have done differently in these circumstances?

What is the best course of action for an employee who is fired, but then asked to resign? That could easily have been my fate.

What would you advice her if you were in her shoes ?

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