What are the most common reasons employees give for voluntary resignation?

8 reasons to quit your job urgently

In real life, there may be many more reasons for dismissal in each specific case, or, on the contrary, only one, but the most compelling and decisive one.

We live in a rather unstable society, so it is difficult to talk about complete confidence in the future. And if you are hesitant in deciding whether to quit your job or not, then perhaps a specific list of reasons will help you make the right choice.

Don't expect to earn a pension

Especially in our country, where useless pension reforms are regularly carried out, the purpose of which is to prevent pension fund employees from getting bored. The whole deep meaning of pension provision is to take your money now, and you are unlikely to live to see what will happen “later”, when retirement age arrives.

Plus inflation and incomprehensible investment funds, including state ones - in the end, by the right time, you will only have a relatively real, tiny part of the penny basic pension, which you can earn anyway without particularly straining. Which exit? To live a relatively stable life at any age, you need to work for yourself, and not for an expected pension, and at the same time take care of your own old age in advance. Almost everyone can become the same individual entrepreneur.

What to do after dismissal

If you lose your job due to coronavirus, you can count on the maximum unemployment payment. For example, in Moscow until the end of September it is 19,500 rubles.

To receive this payment you need:

• have Moscow registration;
• officially work for at least 60 calendar days in 2021;
• be dismissed at will, by agreement of the parties, due to staff reduction or liquidation of the organization.

The payment of 19,500 rubles is for people who would not have problems with work if not for the coronavirus epidemic. All other unemployed people who found themselves in this status before the coronavirus situation, did not work and did not lose their jobs this year, do not receive increased payments.

Ulyana Malkovich, lawyer

But if you lost your job before the outbreak, you are still entitled to standard unemployment benefits. Its size usually depends on length of service and region. The maximum benefit in Russia, excluding regional surcharges, is now 12,130 rubles per month, the minimum is 1,500 rubles.

To apply for benefits, you need to obtain official unemployed status. Previously, to do this, we went to the employment service several times, but due to the coronavirus, you can register remotely by the end of the year: on the State.

Your job is harmful to your health

This is a serious enough argument to part with her and, if possible, do it as soon as possible. If an employer cannot and does not even try to provide decent labor protection, then he really does not care about the health of his subordinates. Only you can take care of this, so it is much better to say goodbye to such an employer, otherwise your future will turn into regular visits to medical institutions and wholesale purchases of pharmacological drugs.

Signs you need to change jobs

1. You have absolutely no interest in fulfilling your obligations. It’s typical that even on weekends you can’t fully enjoy life, any desire to do anything disappears, you don’t want to communicate with people.
2. Your self-esteem has greatly decreased.
3. There is a constant feeling of dissatisfaction, including from the duties performed.
4. You get the idea that everyone is like this. Therefore, you need to humble yourself and endure.
5. Your health has deteriorated sharply, you are not returning from sick leave.
6. Constant stress, feeling of disgust when thinking about going to the office.

A raise won't make you happier.

As a rule, it is so insignificant, but they talk about it as if in an instant your monetary reward has increased several times. And if the new amount pleases you a little at first, then you will ask yourself the eternal rhetorical question: “Where did the money go?” The answer to this is unlikely to satisfy you.

That’s why you shouldn’t hold on to a job you don’t like too much for the sake of a meager increase. Such a move by management will absolutely not add confidence to you in the near future. Much more valuable than a penny increase is your free time and the opportunity to leave work, exactly at the moment when you need it or want it.

Five “kicks” for care

Before you make a firm decision to stay in a job you hate or quit, you need to understand your inner state. It is quite possible that a short pause will put everything in its place, and, having come to his senses, the person will make the right choice. There are several points to pay attention to:

• If a person does not feel completely safe at work, then the best solution would be to quit, even if this greatly affects the financial situation. After all, some jobs are very dangerous to life and health. Also, if a worker is constantly forced to endure threats and humiliation, and attempts to solve the problem peacefully or defend his rights are not crowned with success, he must boldly say goodbye to such a company.
• Health comes first. Everyone's favorite "stability" is actually slowly killing working people, as they are afraid to act, even when their old life is unbearable. Work can kill both physically and mentally. This place needs to be abandoned, and as soon as possible, while you still have the strength.
• Work can be so hateful that a person will grasp at any other option as if it were a life preserver. It may be a simple and low-paying job, but it will give you a break. Often such breaks take longer than we would like, and the determination to find a good job simply disappears.
• You can often hear from an employee: “I’m so tired of this job. But I don’t have the opportunity to try something new, to decide what I want from life. I feel terrible. I have to quit! Having quit, such an employee feels instant relief, despite the fact that everyone around him considers him a fool. Often such people find a job they like and enjoy life.

You always need to listen to your inner voice and understand whether it is worth quitting your previous job, what you really want to get from life. There is no need to doubt - you need to act! And to the question of what can prompt a person to quit, there is probably no correct answer. Everyone has their own.

Uncertainty and excuses for inaction are a bad argument

Are you afraid of being left without a job, do you convince yourself that no one needs an employee who has small children, or you have ten years left before retirement, but you consider yourself too old, so you prefer to go to a job you don’t like and, moreover, a low-paying one? With such arguments you are ruining your own life.

You just didn't try to look for something else because at some point there was no need for it. Good experienced personnel are needed everywhere. Maybe you should still look for a place of work that will suit you at least on the main points, and not hold on to a position that makes you sick?

Without working off

If an employee decides to resign of his own free will, then he has the right to do so at any time convenient for him. It does not matter whether he is on sick leave, on vacation, or performing some government duties at that time.

However, according to the law, the employee undertakes to inform the employer about his decision and warn him in advance (14 days before submitting and registering the application). In addition, according to the Labor Code, dismissal without service is possible, but the entire list of reasons is not defined. Only with the agreement of the parties, dismissal without 2-week work is possible.

The procedure for dismissal by agreement of the parties is presented here. Is the employee absent? Then we recommend that you familiarize yourself with the procedure for dismissal for absenteeism, which you can find if you follow the link.

How to calculate sick leave for a part-time worker? An example calculation and formula are here.

If the employer violates labor legislation, any of the terms of the collective agreement, agreement or other regulations that contain labor law norms, then the employee has all the rights to resign of his own free will without warning.

The list of reasons for voluntary dismissal without work is supplemented by valid reasons when the employee, due to certain circumstances, cannot continue to work. Accordingly, if a person has decided to leave his previous job and does not want to work 14 days, the only option is to coordinate this with the employer and leave “on good terms”, maintaining a partnership with his superiors.

There are nuances to the voluntary dismissal of the general director of an LLC and internal and external part-time workers. The correct procedure is described on our website, as well as how to fire the chief accountant and what to do if the employee is a single mother.

The quieter you go, the further you'll get

If you are thinking about quitting, it means that something does not suit you. Nobody says this needs to be done immediately. If time permits, and parting with this organization depends solely on you, then you definitely need to prepare the ground for dismissal.

A small child also does not immediately begin to run after his birth - first he learns to crawl, then stand, then takes his first steps, from which he is not far from running. So do you: work as long as it’s bearable, while at the same time deciding on your priorities - do you want to open your own business or look for available vacancies in similar organizations?

Or decide to continue your studies, take some courses, or maybe even change your profession and type of activity? Try not to delay making a decision too long, because life is so fleeting that you won’t even notice how it will come to an end, and you will simply have nothing to remember except constant negativity.

Good reasons

In situations where one of the employees wants to quit, controversial issues may arise. are considered to be valid reasons for voluntary dismissal, allowing one to maintain seniority

• the retirement of a person who is already receiving a pension, or the achievement of retirement age by an employee (how to fire a pensioner due to staff reduction?);
• sending a spouse to serve abroad and work;
• the need to move;
• diseases that prevent the continuation of this work activity or residence in this area (how to formalize dismissal for health reasons?);
• caring for a sick family member or a disabled person (a report from a medical institution must be provided), caring for a child under 15 years of age;
• studying at a higher, secondary specialized, or other educational institution, enrollment in graduate school, residency;
• violation of a contract (collective or labor agreement) on the part of the employer himself.

If an employee was forced to leave work for one of the above reasons, he must attach the relevant documents to the resignation letter (certificate from the dean’s office, conclusion from a medical institution, etc.).

Secret ways

Secret methods assume that discrediting a person will be carried out as if without your participation. Of course, if there is not the slightest suspicion against you.

Sexual terrorism

This method works ideally in serious teams with strict discipline, where all employees walk to the line. The stricter the rules and the lower the interpersonal communication, the less chance of being discovered, and the more the bosses will believe that their subordinate has gone on a sexual rampage or is a hidden maniac.

Love, jealousy, sex - these are aspects of psychology that can be played very cruelly.

It is better to carry out the overthrow plan with someone else’s hands, so first you need to find a third party that will influence the creation of an atmosphere in the team. Table to help you choose:

The point is to find the person who will send the most emotional wave. Sometimes a chatty woman in a group can create such tricks with her gossip that a person will be forced to leave of his own free will.

Of course, putting a huge rubber penis in a homophobe’s pocket with a note “Call me” and a colleague’s phone number is extremely clumsy, although sometimes it works.

We must act carefully. First - a fake account on social networks, an innocent conversation where you let the person know that you know him. Gradually escalate the sexism. Stick to your confession until the last moment. Wait until a holiday when your colleague might be drunk. And as if you were drunk, “confess.” This will be more reliable.

The boss will fire a colleague who was hitting on his wife. The boss will fire the secretary who was hitting on her husband.

It is unreliable to continue working with such an employee. And just any anxious maniac in the team is a candidate for layoffs.

The label of a gay or a pedophile is also easily attached in Russia, since our people believe in any gossip, and perceive more emotions than facts. Photos of naked men or half-naked children randomly attached to a letter, emphasizing careless words and gestures, rumors - all this creates an atmosphere, especially in a women's team.

How to avoid becoming a victim

: do not drink at corporate events, have an ideal reputation as a strong person, do not show weaknesses, do not flirt at work, emphasize the value of family and true friendship. Then nothing “sticks.”

Drunken insults

This method is as old as time. Telephone prank with a recording of the target swearing. Curses are provoked by night calls; the Internet is full of sound banks of all sorts of Speed ​​Grandmas and Oleg-Sharmut. It is advisable to arrange it so that the person introduces himself into the receiver by his name.

Next, in his voice, there is a call back to the company of partners, to the boss, and to other colleagues. Preferably after a corporate party, or on a Friday evening, a weekend, when people usually spend time with a glass of beer or wine. The label of an inadequate alcoholic is guaranteed.

Older people in management are especially being treated. For example, Novodvorskaya once admitted in one of her radio broadcasts that a drunken Ksenia Sobchak called her and swore. In reality, of course, these were pranksters - they were trying to convince Novodvorskaya with Sobchak’s voice.

You don’t have to write down any phrases, but call yourself, introducing yourself as a colleague. For example, clients or founders with whom he rarely communicates. A couple of phrases with a personal touch, and it’s done. In a business setting, truth-telling is usually not something to be bothered with.

How to fight

: never swear into the phone, always maintain a reputation as a polite person, keep the list of contractors closed. Use a recording of a telephone conversation.

Sabotage and sabotage

Absolutely every person at work bears some kind of financial or professional responsibility. The easiest way is with office employees - the vulnerable point is databases, file folders, hard drives, memory cards or other media.

Any loss of electronic data is a severe blow to the company. Accountants, managers and even heads of departments, if they lose a database with the same “favorite” 1C, quit immediately. And engineers, planners or simply designers who have submitted drawings and sketches may also be subject to the obligation to return the deposit to customers.

Janitors are fired for lost equipment, workers for a broken machine, oil workers for dropping scrap into a well. Builders, mechanics, elevator operators, responsible persons are brought under criminal liability and imprisoned.

Dismissed in disgrace for suspicion of theft. In addition, it causes severe psychological trauma to a person. It must be borne in mind that in the current age of video cameras, such vengeance is very easily revealed.

And yes, it’s very vile to set up your colleagues in this way. It is unworthy to take such revenge even on a sworn enemy. But let everyone decide for themselves.

How to resist

: set passwords everywhere, hide material assets, keep records and acceptance certificates, warn management about the possibility of sabotage by employees, store things only under video cameras.

Why write a resume?

The employer, after reading your resume, should understand the following main points:

• where did you work;
• actual responsibilities;
• what was the scope of responsibility;
• what professional successes have you achieved;
• the reason that prompted you to quit.

Usually, a candidate for a position simply copies the entries made in the work book in the corresponding column of the application form or resume. Since they are standard, based on legal requirements, the employer cannot know the true reason. This requires some explanation from the employee, briefly outlining the essence of the issue. The recruiter will find out more about the prerequisites and procedure for leaving a previous position during a personal interview if they are interested in your candidacy.

Vacation followed by dismissal

Before dismissal, an employee can exercise the right granted by Art. 127 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation: upon a written application from an employee, unused vacations may be granted to him with subsequent dismissal (except for cases of dismissal for guilty actions). It should be borne in mind that the provision of such leave is a right and not an obligation of the employer.

In order to take a vacation before dismissal, an employee must submit two applications:

— one about granting leave with subsequent dismissal (“I request you to provide annual paid leave from 03/01/2010 lasting 28 calendar days with subsequent dismissal”);

- another about voluntary dismissal.

Note that with this option of terminating the employment contract, the day of dismissal is considered the last day of vacation. However, all settlements with the employee are made before the employee goes on vacation, since after its expiration the parties will no longer be bound by obligations.

In his application for leave followed by dismissal, the employee can indicate only part of the leave that he is entitled to take off, and for the remaining days of rest the employer will pay compensation as for unused ones.

In connection with this option of terminating an employment contract at the employee’s initiative, HR officers have the following questions:

— Do I need to postpone or extend annual paid leave? Indeed, in some cases, annual paid leave must be postponed or extended by the employer (Article 124 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation) in the event of temporary disability of the employee, the performance of government duties during the vacation, and in other cases provided for by labor legislation or local regulations. But the effect of Art. 124 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation does not apply to vacation followed by dismissal. Rostrud, in Letter dated December 24, 2007 N 5277-6-1, explained that during illness during the period of vacation followed by dismissal, the employee must be paid temporary disability benefits, but the vacation does not need to be extended by the number of days of illness;

— when to issue a work book? The day of termination of the employment contract in all cases is the last day of work, with the exception of cases where the employee did not actually work, but in accordance with the Labor Code of the Russian Federation or other federal law, his place of work (position) was retained. On the day of termination of the employment contract, the employer is obliged to issue the employee a work book and make final payments to him. But when granting leave followed by dismissal, the employer, in order to properly fulfill the obligation to formalize the dismissal and pay the dismissed employee, must proceed from the fact that the employee’s last day of work is not the day of his dismissal (the last day of vacation), but the day preceding the first day of vacation (Definition of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation dated January 25, 2007 N 131-О-О). Therefore, it is necessary to issue a work book and other documents related to work, as well as make the final payment on the last working day before the vacation;

— can an employee withdraw a resignation letter during vacation with subsequent dismissal? Since the day of dismissal in this case does not coincide with the day of termination of the employment relationship, the employee does not have the right to withdraw his resignation letter after the start of the vacation, even if it is only the first day of the vacation, since the employment relationship actually ends from the moment the vacation begins. This conclusion is confirmed by Art. 127 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation and the Decree of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation dated January 25, 2007 N 131-О-О.

Special categories of employees upon dismissal at their own request

A pensioner can resign of his own free will within a period set by himself, without notifying the employer two weeks in advance. This right is granted to him in connection with the indication of the reason in the application - “in connection with retirement.” The reason should be reflected in the order, as well as in the work book: “in connection with retirement.” The Labor Code of the Russian Federation does not contain any restrictions on the time interval between the moment of granting a pension and dismissal.

A pensioner has the right to resign within the period specified in the application only once - due to retirement (Article 80 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation). Since a person retires once, he can also use this right once at the time of acquiring the right to receive an insurance pension (that is, when retiring as an old-age pensioner).

Financially responsible persons are dismissed on a general basis; the procedure does not contain any special features. The only complication is the need to conduct an inventory of material assets for which this person is responsible. Inventory is carried out on the day of acceptance and transfer of cases. Often the employer does not have time to find a replacement for the person leaving. In this case, in order to avoid the fact of a shortage of material assets when hiring a new employee, it is necessary to conduct an inventory on the date of acceptance and transfer of cases from the former materially responsible person either to the head of the department or unit, or to the employee who will temporarily perform the duties of this employee.

The chief accountant can resign of his own free will, just like an ordinary employee, by notifying the employer two weeks in advance. As a rule, the resigning chief accountant and the manager or another person appointed by him draw up an act of acceptance and transfer of affairs. This document is needed to differentiate responsibilities between the old and new chief accountants. If the chief accountant performed the duties of a cashier (see financially responsible persons), before his dismissal, it is necessary to conduct an inventory of the cash register.

Circumstances related to:

• an unformed act of acceptance and transfer of cases;
• unfinished tax or audit audit;
• unsubmitted reports;
• unfulfilled requirements of the Federal Tax Service for the provision of explanations and documents;
• unfinished inventory.

The head of an organization has the right to terminate an employment contract early by notifying the employer (the owner of the organization's property, his representative) in writing no later than one month in advance (Article 280 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation). The owners of the organization (its property) must decide to terminate the powers of the head and appoint a new one. Information about the change of director is entered into the Unified State Register of Legal Entities (USRLE). If the owners avoid making such a decision and/or entering information about the change of director in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, they can be forced to do so by obtaining an appropriate court decision. However, from the date following the date of dismissal, the former head of the organization is not responsible for everything that happens to the organization, although he may be held liable for the period of his work.

What reason for dismissal should be indicated in the application?

Depending on the organizational and legal form, this may be a state or municipal authority (for unitary enterprises), a meeting of participants or shareholders (for LLC, OJSC or CJSC), or an individual entrepreneur.

• If the manager works in a company (joint-stock or limited liability), the decision to dismiss him is made by the general meeting of participants or shareholders. To do this, the resigning director must first convene it in accordance with the rules of civil law.
• If the owner (or meeting of owners) does not make a decision to dismiss the manager within a month, he has the right to stop working.

Then one copy is handed over to the management of the enterprise, and on the second, the personnel officer, secretary or other person who has the necessary powers according to the internal rules of the organization puts a mark of acceptance: the date when the application was received, an indication of the position, a signature with a transcript. A statement with such a mark will be reliable evidence in case of trial. If they refuse to put a mark, then the best solution would be to send the application by registered mail with a notification and a list of the attachments.

This is a long way (the letter will take at least three days to arrive), but it is absolutely reliable: the signature and date on the postal notification will clearly indicate that the letter was received on that day, and a list of the attachment with a post office mark will be proof in court that it was sent namely the resignation letter. But the application has already been submitted. From this moment, in accordance with Art.