Have to quit my new job...

[Coldkilla]

Alright, quick rundown:

1. Took this PC Hardware support job. I was lucky, its an easy job making 32k a year. Compared to my last job making $2.33 an hour busting my ass while busing tables.
2. Taking this job forced me to be a half time college student, and not full time.
3. Screwed up my knee: Have to have Surgery on December 21. Work knows this.
4. Didn't want to continue pursing current college major. Wanted to do what I loved in my life: Making films. Thought hard about going to Full Sail Digital Arts school in Florida next semester (February) (I'm in Wisconsin).
5. Realized that I should finish my degree in Wisconsin and have a stable good paying job before entering the unstable, shaky, and down right unpredictable life of a Film Maker.
6. I want to get out of college fast, I'm tired of being in school and will work hard to finish.
7. Grants will 100% pay for my state university in grants.
8. I need to quit this job that I have, I'd like to take near double full time student classes and live in a single dorm.
9. This job literally depends on me. I was hired to take care of all PC related problems in the building I'm working in. It took 6 weeks to train me, and now I'm fully trained. I was given a Treo 650 phone (free paid minutes), a D630 laptop.. but this job has NO promotion opportunity's, NO position enhancements, and is holding me back in my college classes that I want to take.

I don't want to have a bad reference in the future, this job would be very nice to have on a resume. But I will not be able to keep this job. What yall think I should say? "The surgery had some complications, and I wont be able to return to work for a long time, I'll be in a wheel chair, and will not be able to drive a car, so I hate to do this, but I must resign my job position here"..

Idk, I feel bad just thinking about telling them... but school is much more important.

 

[daveymark]

don't worry about them "depending" on you; they'd have no problem cutting you if they needed to, so you should have no problem cutting it off with them. give them the customary two weeks, but don't be surprised if they tell you to leave the day you turn in your LOR

 

[JJChicken]

It's definately a tough situation to be in. My advice would be to be upfront and honest and explain why you are resigning (everything in your OP). Tell them you understand that your resignation is very unfavourable for the organisation, but you have no other option. Ask them whether this will affect a possible reference?

I find saying sorry works wonders most of the time. Keep us updated.

 

[novasatori]

maybe you could ask them to cut your hours to something manageable for full time classes + part time job until they can get someone trained up to take your spot

 

[brxndxn]

If they absolutely cannot let you go, then they must be willing to pay you a LOT more. Perhaps if it went from a 32k 'crap' job to a 60k 'career' job, you might have yet another option to weigh.

 

[Farang]

Like someone else said, they have no problem letting you go so don't worry about it. I had a similar situation, except I quit shortly after I'd spent a month in paid training. I felt bad in the same way until I looked back on how they carelessly fired some of my co-workers for very minor infractions.

 

[George P Burdell]

Originally posted by: daveymark
don't worry about them "depending" on you; they'd have no problem cutting you if they needed to, so you should have no problem cutting it off with them. give them the customary two weeks, but don't be surprised if they tell you to leave the day you turn in your LOR

Originally posted by: Allen Iverson
It's definately a tough situation to be in. My advice would be to be upfront and honest and explain why you are resigning (everything in your OP). Tell them you understand that your resignation is very unfavourable for the organisation, but you have no other option. Ask them whether this will affect a possible reference?

I find saying sorry works wonders most of the time. Keep us updated.

:thumbsup:

 

[LikeLinus]

A company can't give a bad reference. They're only allowed to say "yes he worked here" or "no he didn't". They can't bad mouth you for quitting. They can also ask if you are eligible for rehire. That will give them a general idea if you were fired or not, but they can?t legally say it.

Additionally, I'd never use a company as a reference. Former co-workers, managers, friends and family is all you need. They should only be listed as a place you've worked and what you did for them.

ALWAYS ask the people you are using as a reference for their permission. You'd be dumb to use someone you didn't talk to before hand.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Well I am looking for a job in Milwaukee, so tell them you are leaving but found a replacement

 

[Muadib]

Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf
Well I am looking for a job in Milwaukee, so tell them you are leaving but found a replacement

Everyones happy!!