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Are you thinking of leaving your job? There's the traditional, formal resignation with two week's notice. How oh-so-boring, right? If the name of the game these days is innovation, then innovate and go out with a bang that is uniquely you, particularly outrageous or just plain fun.
Who among the employee ranks hasn't dreamed at some time in their life about just blaring the Johnny Paycheck hit "Take this Job and Shove It" in their boss' office with a post-it note that says "See ya!... NOT"?
Of course, quitting in a flamboyant manner can backfire in ways you never imagined and linger longer than the tune "It's a Small World" when it gets stuck in your head. So, while I can't advise 101 crazy ways to quit your job, it sure is fun to think outside the box a little and share some fun stories from across the web.
In "Outrageous Ways to Say 'I Quit'", Jenny Peters shares a few really great stories from her readers.
During my annual review, my boss commented that I was the "limit of the norm" that the company accepted as employee material and threatened to let me go if I didn't change my look. Believe me, I could see the writing on the wall -- and I had no intention of changing my "stylish" look -- so I politely picked up my review paper and left his office, and began to plan my revenge. Just a few months later I was able to serve it up COLD, which is always the best way!
At the company party I marched right up to his wife and told her all the gory details of his latest fling with another woman, and told her that I was quitting because I couldn't stand his cheating ways. I then broke out into the song 'Your Cheatin' Heart,' belting it out as loud as I could. And as I finished a verse of that telling tune, I plastered a big smile on my face and sauntered out of the party pretty as you please.
I like this story from "How to Quit Your Job and Not Look Like a Jerk, Part 1":
In one case, I had a stand up knock down fight with my boss who was over 80 years old and I told him in front of the whole factory floor that he was one of the biggest jerks I had ever met and that he can stick his job where the sun doesn’t shine. Granted, I was only 18 at the time and he did suffer a mild stroke after that and my mother who worked there too wasn’t treated too well for awhile after all that. It was an emotional reaction but I didn’t think things through before I went on that verbal rampage and quit my job.
Oops!
In this new world of communication, 20% of teens felt that texting their boss to quit their job was fine. So if 20% think it is OK, does it still make it outrageous? (In my mind it does, but I left the teen years behind long, long ago.)
While it sounds thrilling to tell them the real reason you are leaving, it is not as easy a decision as it might seem in a fit of frustration. It can be done tactfully though. Elana Cantor shares this story from a friend of hers:
And so,in addition to writing the words, "Please accept this letter as my formal notice that I am resigning from ABC company. July 10, 2009 will be the last day of my employment," my friend included her real reason for resigning -- that after multiple conversations and proposals for reconfiguring her job and responsibilities, she and her manager had not been able to negotiate an acceptable solution. My friend also shared that she would love to return to the organization in the future.
A risky move? Not if the office scuttlebutt is right and the manager is on thin ice with upper management.
Whether you opt to call it quitting my job, handing in my resignation, blowing that pop stand, or telling your boss to take this job and shove it, there is something deliciously thrilling for many of us in dreaming, plotting, and finally writing out the words in our resignation
