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He only wasted you time and informed me and about everyone else who didn't know this. Thanks eln!!

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http://www.quityourjobday.com/

Shouldn't the URL in your sig be QuitYouDayJob.com?

Quit Your Job Day, Sept 18th. http://www.quityourjobday.com/

Is it a coincidence that Talk Like A Pirate Day is Sept 19th?

--Rob

Quit Your Job Day, Sept 18th.

The goal of Quit Your Job Day is to reverse the advantage perpetuated by an elitist class who profit from your actions without making any personal investment in you as an individual. If you don't know who profits from your hard work, I assure you that they care very little about you. You are just a line on a spreadsheet and if cutting your salary would make the column balance, you're fired.

http://www.quityourjobday.com/

Anyone else want to add a wish?

* fully customizable calendar colors -- i like google's colors, but some of the color differences are way too subtle for older, cheaper or uncalibrated monitors

* along the same lines, maybe the ability to add a micro-icon (8x8) to mark different calendars -- NHL team icons, for example

* ability to schedule something on "the last day of the month" or the "third monday in September" -- this was once in and then vanished from sunbird, but you need this sort of thing if you get a paycheck on the last day of the month, or want to track Quit Your Job Day

* ability to list all the events on a particular calendar -- scrolling from month to month seems an awkward way to keep an eye on things, and that won't help you catch one-time events

Companies that are owned by stock holders are only interested in profits, and then only as a way to boost stock share prices enough for them to sell for a gain. That means companies with stock holders do stupid things like fire 30% of their staff to make a profit or create short term gains at the cost of long term growth, thus threatening everyone's jobs.

I'd suggest anyone working for such a company to quit.

The company has no long term investment in you and would fire you in a minute if it meant their bottom line would increase their stock values. Half the time they aren't even looking to be more profitable... they just want to increase stock prices. The trend of not paying dividends has left public held companies in bad standing.

What you should be looking for is a small company that will value you and where replacing you would be painful and where making you a better and empowered worker wont threaten the employer with ideas that you'll run away with your new found skills.

Or better yet, start your own company. If you are working for a company (if a company pays you) you're obviously worth twice that. They can't make a profit on you if you aren't.

If you spend your life miserable working and you live for those brief moments between the hours you spend at your job, quit.

Yes, I'm talking to you.

You will always find a way to live. You'll find food, you'll find a place to live, and you'll find clothes... but if you aren't happy-- what's the point of any of that? I'd rather be happy without a job or money than sad at work.

If you want to be a slave for money that someone you don't even know gives you while you make *them* rich, so be it. Don't be suprised when they fire you to better their bottom line.

Who's fault is it if you don't like your job?

Your fault.

You accepted it. If you don't like what you are doing, quit. Right now. Quit Your Job. Just walk out.

Now find what makes you happy and do it. If you are truely happy, the money will follow. -- paraphrased from Joseph Campbell

More ways to quit at: http://www.quityourjobday.com/

However, our 3 hour lunch-hour did not have the same enjoymentness as before, because we did not go back to work afterwards...

(It was a pretty crappy company. We were 2 in the only profitable department supporting the other 14 employees of the whole company, and one of the bosses (the tech boss) would not expand our department because he was too paranoïd and did not understand the programming language we had to work with. So we eventually got fed up and decided to go away).

Reverse Firing

In the corporate world you often get reviewed for your performance. The meetings are uncomfortable affairs where your manager goes down a checklist of things that 'could use improvement'. On Quit Your Job Day, you'll be calling a review meeting of your own. Create a list of things the company needs improvement in. Watch your manager squirm as you point out bad health benefits, impenetrable paperwork, inhuman working environments and other OSHA related problems. At the end of your review look your manager straight in the eye and ask 'What would you do if you were me?', pause and then announce 'I'm afraid I'm going to have to let you go.'

More ways to quit at:
http://www.quityourjobday.com/

The Proper Termination

On company letterhead, briefly explain your intention to leave your position in two weeks time. Submit this to your boss with a hearty handshake and express your gratitude for the opportunity to make a difference doing whatever it was you did. If you're lucky you'll be immediately asked to gather your things and shown the door by two large men wearing blue shirts and baseball caps with matching security patches. Don't worry, they aren't cops. If you're unlucky you'll have to leave without your things and they will be shipped to you in a box a week later. This is currently the proper way people leave their employers. Sad really. It could be worse... they could make you work those last two weeks.

You can find other ways to quit your job at:

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Monday. The best time to quit your job is monday. Here are some of the ways that Quit Your Job Day suggests you quit:

The No Show

It's Monday morning and your alarm clock is buzzing, ringing, or playing a radio station. Your normal routine might have you slapping the snooze button a few times and tricking yourself out of bed with the promise of coffee. However this morning is Quit Your Job Day. This morning instead of hitting the snooze button, you unplug the clock. And the phone. And depending on how invasive your manager is, your door bell. This is by far the easiest way to quit your job, as it requires the absolute minimum of effort on your part. Sleep well into the afternoon knowing that you've terminated a job well done.

The Proper Termination

On company letterhead, briefly explain your intention to leave your position in two weeks time. Submit this to your boss with a hearty handshake and express your gratitude for the opportunity to make a difference doing whatever it was you did. If you're lucky you'll be immediately asked to gather your things and shown the door by two large men wearing blue shirts and baseball caps with matching security patches. Don't worry, they aren't cops. If you're unlucky you'll have to leave without your things and they will be shipped to you in a box a week later. This is currently the proper way people leave their employers. Sad really. It could be worse... they could make you work those last two weeks.

In Cube Vacation

This method requires a little bit of timing and a near intimate knowledge of your employer. It should not be attempted by amateurs. Starting one to five weeks before Quit Your Job Day, simply stop doing any meaningful work. Spend your time decorating your cube with pictures of vacation spots, turn your Internet radio to Hawaiian music, and sneak in a sun lamp. Sand on the floor would be a nice touch. When asked about the current state of any give project state that it's "being worked on" or "should be finished late next week." Either your boss will notice your strange behavior and you'll end up having to explain yourself or, if you are very lucky, the bureaucracy in your office is so deep that your shenanigans will go unnoticed. If confronted immediately apologize and say that you had hoped that your problems had not affected your work performance. Ask for the rest of the day off as a mental health day, and explain that you have another appointment with your doctor tomorrow. Never go back to work.

Reverse Firing

In the corporate world you often get reviewed for your performance. The meetings are uncomfortable affairs where your manager goes down a checklist of things that 'could use improvement'. On Quit Your Job Day, you'll be calling a review meeting of your own. Create a list of things the company needs improvement in. Watch your manager squirm as you point out bad health benefits, impenetrable paperwork, inhuman working environments and other OSHA related problems. At the end of your review look your manager straight in the eye and ask 'What would you do if you were me?', pause and then announce 'I'm afraid I'm going to have to let you go.'

Unionize.

One to two weeks before Quit Your Job Day covertly post flyers calling for unionization of your office. Demands should be extravagant, on the off chance that management actually gives you the raises, two hour paid lunches, and happy hour Fridays. More than likely your efforts to unionize will fail. At that point you should start posting Quit Your Job Day flyers, leaving your job with the satisfaction that you did your best to change things from the inside.

The marketplace is ready for radical change. No one should have to suffer underpaid, stupid jobs where the benefits suck. For too long the employer has held the upperhand by making it seem that there were few options for people in terms of employment.

I have the solution: Everyone quit their job on the same day.

http://www.quityourjobday.com/