Need Advice On Resigning (employment, legal, safe)

[JooJoo92]

I am currently employed, but the amount of unnecessary stress and annoyance my job causes has made it so I am on another job search. I am with a staffing agency, and I might have two opportunities very soon. I think it would be best for me to resign effective immediately, because I don't trust my boss to not make my life hell if I put in a two weeks notice. She's very unprofessional and completely untrustworthy, which is one of the main reasons I have come to dislike my job, but she also expects me to do way too much for the little I get paid.

So what should I do? Because my place of work is driving me crazy, and life is too short to be miserable.

[Carolina Knight]

First, in order to better understand your situation:

• What job(s) have you done with the staffing agency?
• How long have you been with that organization?
• What are you looking to do as a career?

Second, you may gain additional responses in the "Work and Employment" forum.

[JooJoo92]

Originally Posted by Carolina Knight

First, in order to better understand your situation:

• What job(s) have you done with the staffing agency?
• How long have you been with that organization?
• What are you looking to do as a career?

Second, you may gain additional responses in the "Work and Employment" forum.

Sorry I didn't realize my wording was off! Well I haven't done any jobs with the staffing agency yet, I just had the interview and did all of the paperwork recently, and she called me today with an opportunity that would look good on my resume. I've only been with the organization Im at now for less than 6 months (not the staffing agency), but I started out as a volunteer and then it went from there. It's become way too much for me to deal with.

I've already graduated with a BA, and I'm studying for a future legal position as of now.

[Carolina Knight]

• What volunteer work have you done so far through the staffing agency?
• What is the job opportunity that is available?
• What did you earn your degree in?

[slippin]

These types of decisions are very personal and complex - ultimately it is only your decision to make. But from your original post, I have a couple bits of advice. First, having an opportunity "very soon" is nothing like having a actual job opportunity/offer. Very soon can often become a very long time, if at all. Second, how your boss behaves should not impact how you behave. Just because she is unprofessional doesn't mean you should be unprofessional. Hold yourself to a high standard in the workplace - long term it is the best thing for your career.
So, with those two items in mind, I wouldn't leave the job unless I actually had another job lined up and I would provide two weeks notice whenever I decided to leave.

[Cedge1]

Rule of thumb....
It's not a good idea to quit your current position until you have a firm start date for another job. Grit you teeth a little longer and hang on until you are sure you have a definite place to go, when you leave. Vague rumblings of wonderful potential future positions, especially from an employment agency, are not going to feed you when you find yourself in an extended gap between jobs. Don't jump the gun. Once you know have the new job sewn up, then it's safe to offer to work a notice to your current employer. Chances are pretty good they will not want you to hang around, anyway.

[russwd]

+1 for what slippin and Cedge1 both said.

[Upstate67]

Originally Posted by JooJoo92

I am currently employed, but the amount of unnecessary stress and annoyance my job causes has made it so I am on another job search. I am with a staffing agency, and I might have two opportunities very soon. I think it would be best for me to resign effective immediately, because I don't trust my boss to not make my life hell if I put in a two weeks notice.

Wait until one of these other opportunities is a 100% sure thing first. Then once it is and you get a start date with the new job tell the staffing agency to eff off.

[WhitewaterVol]

Never leave a currently paying job until you have a firm offer of employment and always offer to work out a 2 week notice. There are very few situations where that general statement shouldn't be followed. You may find you need this employer as a reference some day in the distant future.

[WallStreetNole]

NEVER quit a current position while waiting on a new job. I can't tell you how many times a staffing company has gotten me excited for a position only to never hear back anything for weeks!