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Old 04-02-2014, 05:45 PM
 
Location: NYC
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Yup, have done it, but don't move for your boyfriend! Move for you.
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Old 04-02-2014, 05:45 PM
 
Location: Portland, Oregon
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If you put on a resume that you resigned to follow your boy friend employers will look askance.

If you put on your resume that your husband was transferred, no problem.
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Old 04-02-2014, 06:00 PM
 
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I'm a bit jaded about employers but my opinion is that most employers wouldn't hesitate to fire someone if it was good for them so I say, look after your own interests and do what you need to do. Be polite, apologetic and curteous on your way out and explain that perhaps this was an unforeseen opportunity.
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Old 04-02-2014, 06:42 PM
 
Location: FROM Dixie, but IN SoCal
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I'm a bit jaded about employers but my opinion is that most employers wouldn't hesitate to fire someone if it was good for them so I say, look after your own interests and do what you need to do. Be polite, apologetic and courteous on your way out and explain that perhaps this was an unforeseen opportunity.
I agree.
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Old 04-02-2014, 07:20 PM
 
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Heck ive left before my first shift was over lol
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Old 04-02-2014, 09:53 PM
 
Location: North Texas
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Yup; been there done that.
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Old 04-02-2014, 10:00 PM
 
Location: East Bay, San Francisco Bay Area
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I got recruited once to a start-up. After a week, I knew it was the wrong place and I should have left, but I did not. I left after 7 months.
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Old 04-02-2014, 10:51 PM
 
Location: Gatineau, QC, Canada
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Left a disgusting, dirty, unhygenic pizza place after one week. Final straw was when a manager tried to make me do electrical work for the restaurant for the same crappy wage.

Mind you, not exactly a big career job or anything. But hey, it happens.
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Old 04-02-2014, 10:55 PM
 
Location: Gatineau, QC, Canada
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I agree.
Double seconded. You can be fired for not being a strong employee, so the same rules should work in reverse. If your employer sucks, make it clear that you won't be brought down to their level and you're not afraid to treat them with the same disposability if you can't be respected as a valuable worker.

Not always possible, but when it is...
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Old 04-03-2014, 11:11 AM
 
Location: Portland Metro
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Double seconded. You can be fired for not being a strong employee, so the same rules should work in reverse. If your employer sucks, make it clear that you won't be brought down to their level and you're not afraid to treat them with the same disposability if you can't be respected as a valuable worker.

Not always possible, but when it is...
Make it a triple. In the past I've taken jobs and it's been clear that it wasn't going to last very long because it wasn't a good fit for me. But it's important to struggle through and keep the job (if possible) until you find something else.

There's a lot of truth in the old adage that it's easier to find a job when you have a job.
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