{"id":797,"date":"2017-06-14T20:21:49","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T14:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postaresume.co.in\/blog\/?p=797"},"modified":"2022-01-06T20:01:46","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T14:31:46","slug":"when-you-should-quit-your-job-without-having-another-one-lined-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.postaresume.co.in\/blog\/motivation-tips\/when-you-should-quit-your-job-without-having-another-one-lined-up","title":{"rendered":"When You Should Quit Your Job Without Having Another One Lined Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Resignation,<\/a>
\nPeople hate to resign without another job lined up. Not just because employers prefer to hire people who are working, but also because it feels like failure. It seems as if you \u201ccouldn\u2019t take it.\u201d But there are times when it is very important to just let go.
\nIf you don\u2019t let go, you can easily destroy your career. There are two times when you should consider resigning even if you don\u2019t have another job line up:
\n– When you believe something illegal or unethical is going on at work and you are concerned it will reflect badly on you.
\n– When your current job is negatively affecting your health and your life outside of work
\nBefore you quit, however, you need to put together a plan that includes when and how you are going to resign, whom you are going to use as references, and, most importantly, what you are going to say about why you are resigning.
\nHere are a couple of examples:
\nMeena (not her real name) started a company with two business school friends. When she learned a few years later that her partners might be cheating their clients, she realized it was time to extricate herself from the firm, even though she would probably lose not just her job but also her investment in the company. Staying with the company was not an option when something even more valuable was at stake \u2014 her reputation.
\nShe put a good plan in place. She hired an attorney to help her understand her obligations, set a date to resign, wrote a resignation letter which included a careful reason for resigning. It said, \u201cIt has been very exciting working with you both in this startup. I wouldn\u2019t have traded it for the world. But now I know more about myself. I just can\u2019t be comfortable with the lack of structure and organization\u2026\u201d
\nMeena then secured her references: a past employer, a current client, and a current colleague, all of whom would substantiate her reason for leaving. She didn\u2019t share her suspicions about her partners with any of her references because her suspicions had not been proven. She got out with her reputation intact and found another job within four months.
\nManish (not his real name) was a hard-working VP in a company that underwent a difficult merger. He has three children, one of whom is a special needs child. Before the merger he was considered a star, but after the merger he just couldn\u2019t seem to do anything to please the new management. He noticed that one by one his colleagues from before the merger were let go or forced out. He was determined to survive \u2014 for his family\u2019s sake.
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