Why is it better to be FIRED than it is to QUIT?

[SilverSithWitch]

One of my first jobs as a teen they suggested I quit. So I did. Went home and told my dad and he called the unemployment office with me that afternoon. I ended up getting unemployment benefits since they coerced me into quitting.

[AmRose-prwn]

They're trying to avoid unemployment

[williamwinder]

99.99% of the time, never resign unless you already have another job waiting.

[mhbbej]

I walked into my office back in 2006. The owner requested I quit. I told him he could fire me. He said I am not firing you. I sat at my desk for 2 hours doing nothing because my boss would not not give me any work. Karma is great. He finally fired me. I collected unemployment for a month. I ended up getting the best job I ever had. I ended up making double the amount of money.

[allkindsamusicchick]

I'm so sick of the evil games. So exhausting, and hurtful.

[julietteoscaralphanovember]

I had that happen to me. I got pregnant 6 weeks after a major surgery and they told me that I had to resign if I want to eligible to be rehired because you can't have two leave of absences in a 12 month period, before FMLA. So, I wrote my resignation, it started like this, I'm being forced to write this resignation in order to be eligible to be rehired . . .
I got unemployment!!

[scrappyny]

I have been fired from a few jobs. I tell my next employer either I was laid off or worked until the end of a contract and let go due to lack of work. So far it has always worked for me.

[streetcop]

I’ve been fired once…..tried to get me to resign but I told them I couldn’t afford to quit but I could afford to be fired lol. Illegal termination, 6 months unemployment, and lawsuit ( they bought me a house lol)

[TheChitowngirl]

If you got fired from your most recent job still list them as a current employer. Most places won't verify with your current employer because they understand that you dont want your curre t employer to know you are interviewing

[williamj.dovejr.]

I had my general manager and two other managers meet with me, shut the door and interrogate me, standing over me ... raising their voices at times, gaslighting, trying to urge me to resign. It didn't work, and I ended up getting a settlement of $10, 000. Don't give into the pressure.

[newo]

Here's a word to the wise if someone has every reason to hate you or get rid of you is suddenly giving you a "magic way out" it's a trap always

[joeym]

"I expect your resignation by the end of the day"
A phrase I always never understood (as to why the employee would do it)

[Kal-Reegar]

If* you’re in a situation where you need to quit because of a dispute with an employer document *everything* you can. I quit a job on site due to not being provided a safe work environment (the owners dad tried to fight with me). I wrote down time and date of conversations, what was said, etc. I had 7 or 8 pages of notes by the end.

It’s not a guarantee, but it does give you a lot better chance of getting unemployment.

[FireflyGirl]

My dad was an Employee Benefits/Human Resources Director for decades and was considered the best in the field here in New England for many years. He told me to never quit a job unless I had another already lined up or if I wanted out of a dissatisfying job, let yourself get fired from it (I was good at THAT one!) Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to claim unemployment benefits. I'm now disabled after having 7 back surgeries (I'm 55) but work for myself as a jewelry designer and I don't have to claim anything. It's very liberating! (Especially if you hate working for other people!) 😉🙃

[ianfortuna]

Boss: I expect your resignation
Me: You’ll probably be disappointed

[eatwhatukiii]

This is why companies cut a worker’s hours down to nothing. The worker is still “employed” but can’t earn enough money to survive on, so the worker really has no choice but to quit.

[Indigomaja]

Yep... Do not resign. They will fight your unemployment.

[thebrad]

Just tell your employer that you'll get back to him.After you seek some legal counsel and they'll be real nice to you

[timburton]

...unless you have a job lined up. Here, if you give notice and they wave it, they have to pay you out. I had a boss forcing me out, and saw the writing the on the wall. I found a new position, and notified him the day before he was going to drop the are. Next day he let me go, and I called HR since the check was short my notice period....he was SO MAD when he had to hand deliver the check to me at my new job a few days later 🤣

[rensins]

I wish I knew this at 18 when a company hired me to do a job you need a degree for & then not only did they insult me by saying I shouldn't work in the field again but they offered to let me quit & I felt so small in that moment I just signed the papers & left. Turns out they finally had a qualified candidate coming in & they lied to the parents that I quit for a better job but I saw one guy who had always been kind to me & he told me everything.