In The Worst Economy Ever, People Are Quitting Their Jobs With Nothing Else Lined Up

Business Insider ^ | 12/28/2010 | Alyson Shontell

[SeekAndFind]

RE: I once quit a job with nothing else in hand over concerns about the legality and the ethics of some things my employer was doing.

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Alas, I wish that people would quit their jobs when they discover the things you mentioned above ( e.g. working for Bernard Madoff ). Unfortunately the survey cited does not mention THIS specific reason at all.

[coder2]

I call her my miracle baby --- as I'm sure you probably think the same of yours. They are precious and you are right, family absolutely has to come first.

Was scared to quit, but I knew there was no way I could put up with what he had in store for me. Never did figure out why he had it in for me.. None of the other supervisors/employees did either.

But that was years ago and it was the best "work" decision I ever made..

[usconservative]

It’s like I got a second job, but with NO ADDITIONAL PAY.

No, you DID get a second job without any additional pay. I just went through a second year working 60+ hours a week, every week unless I was on vacation. "Vacation" meant I was working "only" 20-30 hours a week.

I didn't get a raise last year, and it'll likely be the same song and dance this year "We don't have the money, bla bla bla" in the meantime the company I work for recently announced they have a billion dollars in capital reserves to acquire other companies.

Who's getting the shaft here? Those of us who actually work for these tyrants. Granted, not every company treats their employees this badly - even in a horrible economy - but there sure does seem to be an increasing number of them and I don't expect it's going to get any better anytime soon.

[usconservative]

63% are serial quitters, having quit two or more jobs throughout their careers

During the dot.com boom, it was expected that anyone with any smarts and drive likely changed companies every 2 years or so to increase their skill-sets and of course, earn more money. Many companies actually sought out these individuals assuming they were the 'cream of the crop' and as such were willing to pay exhorbitant salaries to these folks.

Now they're called "serial quitters" and many of them labeled as 'not hire-able' in HR systems. Funny how many companies want to have it both ways isn't it?

On the other hand, I was a hiring manager between 1995 and 2007 and I'll tell you this: the overwhelming majority of I.T. candidates I saw between 1996 and 2001 really weren't worth a sh*t. If I had a nickel for every former cab-driver or dental assistant turned "Windows Server Certified Professional" thinking they were going to get $100k, I'd have more than a few dollars now. It was ridiculous for barely entry-level candidates to think they could command that kind of salary while at the same time polluting the industry for those truly skilled folks, making it harder for them to find good paying jobs.

And yes, most of 'em were foreigners from India, Pakistan, former Soviet bloc countries, etc..