#quitting

Ask for those who plan to quit on their own. Did anyone quit and not serve out their 30/60 day sentence? If yes, how did you swing that and what are the possible repercussions?

After massive layoffs last few years, we are in serious shortage of workers that cannot make any good chips. It is worst than shortage of chips you can image

We don’t have enough workers to make our own chips working, not to mention about making good chips for customers. You probably have to wait for at least 2 or 3 years to get decent products if you are willing to pay more.

College graduate students refused to study chips or wanted to join Intel due to constant layoff threats

Food chain workers from other industries also refused to join due to its complexities and constant layoff cultures. They prefer to eat foods than to eat chips.

Low pay more work requirements not worth to stay or even making quick bucks than flipping a hamburger.

Constant stock prices manipulation to collect fees and taxes for big institutions

I QUIT !
Do YOU ?

I really hope I get selected this layoff wave otherwise I’m thinking of quitting. Anyone else feel the same? I was planning on waiting till next year but I don’t think I can make it.

Here we go! Day one of ELT's move to get more of us to quit. Post your concerns, complaints, funny stories, frustrations, etc in this thread so we can keep the comment section active for our neighborhood ELT trolls who love to lurk here (they are useless anyway, so might as well give them something to do today). Good luck everyone, and enjoy the collaboration this week! 🤡

PS. r/st louis (edward jones) has a post from a few days ago that links this site if reddit is more your scene.

How does quitting work? Do they escort you out or actually let you ride out the 2 weeks?

Just a P.S.A. that bears repeating: Even though it feels like it would be better to quit since EJ has become such a toxic work place / environment, do not quit. If you do quit on your own volition, you are giving up many legal protections. Make them fire you. Learn the code words for ageism in disguise: "over-qualified," "passing the torch," "new perspective or cultural fit," "fresh energy," "doesn't want to learn the new technology" to name a couple. There are more and the company will dress it up as a compliment.

HR is NOT your friend.

I read a lot of posts on here about MW and senior management and middle management and culture and Chevron is the devil.
If you feel so strongly about it, either tell them directly or leave. If you do nothing you're honestly worse than you think they are. Have some integrity and hold yourself accountable to your moral and intellectual convictions. Maybe this is the sign you've been waiting for to say standing up for what you believe in takes guts and is risky.. so even though it's scary, you should quit.

Companies may be able to enforce attendance policies, but they cannot force genuine engagement or loyalty. When businesses prioritize rigid systems over practical realities and employee trust, they often risk losing their most valuable people.

https://m.economictimes.com/magazines/panache/rules-are-rules-employee-quits-after-company-forces-5-day-office-return-manager-regrets-it-a-month-later/amp_articleshow/130970516.cms

They want us to quit? Guess what, you’re stuck with me until you lay me off 🤣

I am getting to the point I'd rather be unemployed for some time than having to log in every day, man I really think I'm gonna quit soon, no matter what.

Man, it seems like a lot of current Dell employees are submitting their resumes for my job opening. Maybe Dell will get a lot more people quitting and may see a mass exodus.I wonder what they will say why they are leaving.

If yes, did you find another job and quit?

What if you decide to quit in 2 weeks. Is there an exit checklist procedure to follow?

Are you expected to work the two weeks notice or not? I start a new job in a week, but I don't want to not give notice if I can avoid it. Not that I'd want to return to Staples, but you never know what might happen, so I'd like not to burn any bridges if possible.

A handful of Grade 8 AND above confirmed big changes come September for Connect Weeks. Apparently they will be pushing for near 100% in office time and it will be up to each organization, site and lower management’s problem to figure it out. Upper management will send the decree, wipe their hands of it and hold low level associates feet to the fire. No excuses. Gloves off. They’re not happy the forecasting for senior associates quitting didn’t go as planned and now? The rest of us must pay. Thoughts?

Seeing a lot of people who would have been exposed to insider knowledge of layoff plans quitting and getting jobs outside of ExxonMobil.

looks like OT should offer a voluntary redundancy round - they'd get a few more takers for sure! Maybe write a book on it.

Canada/US market is open for business. closed to opentext - see ya #Energizing Life Every Day!

I've been asking around and stories I've been hearing about messy final paychecks make the exit process sound more stressful than it should be. I'm kind of hoping folks were exaggerating.

I'm so, so tempted to just not show up, but I don't want to burn any bridges, sadly. Does anybody know if I'll be asked to work my two week notice period or will I be dismissed right away?

How many are planning to quit rather than being transferred? I see several people mentioning that's what they're going to do, so I'm just wondering how prevalent that is.

I don't want to move to Cognizant. I'll quit. Which I know is playing right into their hand, but so be it.

If I take PTO leading up to my last day and return my badge, laptop, and other equipment before that PTO starts, will I still be paid for those PTO days, or would my access be deactivated immediately and my pay stop at that point?

Expectations are becoming so unrealistically high that I'm sure they're setting us up to fail.

Not anymore. We've been through round after round of layoffs, always knowing worse was coming. I care more about my sanity than this job, and definitely more than this miserable company.

I quit on Friday and it scared me way more than a job this bad ever should. I guess they trained us well to believe that this is as good as it gets. I guess I'll soon find out if they were right.

For people who quit T without a severance but have some pension, what are the things you need to take care of in your 2 week notice? Is it as simple as turning your badge, phone and laptop or are there any financial and documentation wise things you need to take care of in terms of 401K

I work with a massive bully. The problem is he is an architect over my state. He is toxica and is a nightmare to work with. He is a bully to all team members. Even the managers are scared of him.

Besides quitting… what can i do?

Seeing employees in D&S quitting. What have they seen and what do they know that is leading to this?

Wut the managers doin? Are they trying to get all the PTs and MTs to quit?? This place has been as depressing as a broken dishwasher at all you can eat buffet since January.

Everyone is realizing that this is a sinking ship, over the last 3 weeks, stores have seen entire departments quit, including management.

The company treats us poorly and are cutting compensation because it costs a lot less for them if we quit than if they lay us off. They're trying to make it bad for you so you quit. Don't. Slack off and get laid off instead. Start looking for new jobs now and focus the next couple months on the job search before layoffs. Take as much as you can from them if they don't respect you. Make them pay you to get rid of you.

Fidelity has now turned to a systematic process to create a hostile or intolerable work environment that has forced many long term tenured employees to quit or resign. While there have always been the dinosaurs that hung on for purely the comfort of a paycheck, we have now pushed into a full blow game plan of pushing out the knowledgeable tenured employees that care about doing a great job for a once great company. Gone are the days of Standards or Care as they have been replaced by a systematic performance management system that has been put into place to do cut costs at any expense. Clients now can either pay Fidelity to manage their money, buy annuity offerings, get farmed out to WAS advisors or find a new home for their assets. Fidelity has now become just another Southwest Airlines, another choice for customers to make based on cost-benefit and convenience. A business decision for all of us to absorb and then make a decision for what's best for us as the days of being Fidelity's most valued assets as an employee are over. Best wishes and good luck to all!

Wouldn't it be smarter to wait for severance?

I keep seeing people say they’re ready to walk, and I don’t get how that’s supposed to work right now. Jobs aren’t exactly everywhere, and quitting without something lined up sounds risky. I’ve picked up a whole new set of skills and still can’t find a place to apply them. A lot of the talk about leaving comes across as venting, not something most people can actually pull off.

Hi, I’m considering leaving Chevron and noticed some employees wait until after April 2. I’ve heard this relates to dividends being credited to retirement accounts. Is that accurate, and does anyone know why that date is significant?"

At this rate, I will not be surprised if Cigna starts taking away some perks like 401k match.

Cigna might start reducing match %, freeze 401k program for sometime or even completely remove 401k benefit to force people to quit.

I know profit sharing pays out on the 13th, but with all of the recent changes, I'm even more over it than I have been.

As long as we made it through 12/31/2025, are we good to leave whenever before 2/13 and still get profit sharing?

I could put in my two weeks on Monday, and that'd be fine and dandy... unless boss is feeling extra punchy and decides to make me walk.

I've already got a new job lined up, just trying to figure out timing of everything and how much longer I want to stay in this toxic environment with SLT who doesn't care about us.