How to quit your job voluntarily

Dismissal at will is a standard procedure that most employees of organizations of all forms of ownership have to go through. The reasons for making such a decision can be different: receiving a more advantageous offer, the prospect of career growth, moving to another city, difficult relationships with colleagues and management. Regardless of the reason, you need to leave work wisely to avoid unpleasant consequences. You must act in accordance with the Labor Code, which regulates the rights and obligations of the employee.

How to decide to quit your job

Leaving a place of service is not always easy, even if the working conditions are difficult from a moral point of view and physically. Any person prefers stability (even if it does not satisfy him) to uncertainty. Work provides the worker with a constant cash income; professional and friendly relationships develop.

To decide to take such a step, you need to find compelling reasons for taking it. The main reason should not be difficult service conditions, but a more advantageous situation in the new place. It is necessary to objectively evaluate all the pros and cons of dismissal. If the benefits of such a decision outweigh the negative consequences, you should not hesitate to implement it.

The moral side of the issue

If the decision to dismiss is finally made, then the question arises of how to avoid talking behind your back, unfriendly glances and pitfalls. Of course, it is impossible to guarantee the absence of negative consequences, since everything depends on the team and management. But the employee can reduce the risk of unpleasant consequences to a minimum. To do this, it is worth following some recommendations that are not specified in any legislative document, but relate only to the moral side of the issue and etiquette:

1. When posting a vacancy, you should not indicate your first and last name or place of work. HR department employees can use the same resources to find personnel. In this case, an unpleasant situation may arise in which management learns about plans for dismissal not from the lips of a specialist.
2. It is not worth discussing plans for dismissal in a team for the same reasons. The human factor is unpredictable. It is always difficult to guess from whom you can expect a dirty trick. You must inform your manager about your dismissal yourself. Perhaps after talking with him the decision will be changed.
3. While on probation, you should notify management at least 3 days in advance. A managerial position imposes additional responsibility, so the decision will have to be notified one month in advance.
4. You shouldn’t slam the door even in the most difficult relationships in the team or with management. Your social circle is always small, which can negatively affect your reputation. New employers will be wary of hiring such a person.

The right way to quit is to maintain good relationships with colleagues. In most cases, you can arrange a small farewell tea party. It is always difficult to predict in advance what will happen at a new place of work, so the option of returning cannot be ruled out.

Which dismissal option is the most profitable?

To profitably quit your job, you need to choose not only the right option, but also choose the right time. If the company is under pressure to complete an urgent order, it is better to quit after it is completed. Such behavior will be appreciated by colleagues and superiors, which will certainly have a positive impact on the course of the dismissal procedure.

When choosing the wording, you should not refer to violations of the employment contract by the management of the institution. It is almost impossible to prove these facts, because... To protect the interests of the company, legal bodies are created, staffed by experienced specialists.

If time permits, it is advisable to notify your boss in advance of your desire to leave so that he can make adjustments to his plans in advance. It is better to comply with the request to postpone the deadline for filing an application so that problems do not arise after registration. The wording “at one’s own request” is the most suitable for both parties to the employment contract, because does not contain any uncertainties or pitfalls.

Possible reasons for termination of the contract

Since the decision to apply is not easy to make, it is worth carefully assessing the situation and your own strengths. If working conditions become unbearable, management does not value its own employees at all, or there is constant staff turnover at the enterprise, then you should immediately start looking for a new place. But more often than not, good relationships with management and colleagues, decent wages and a convenient office location can negatively affect further professional growth. It is necessary to clearly understand and choose the right moment when it is better to quit your job. There may be several prerequisites:

1. Getting a better offer. In every field, companies need professionals in their field. A valuable employee with work experience will be invited by competing companies, even if his resume is not on the job market. The company's management may perceive layoffs as a betrayal, but from the employee's point of view, this is just business. Everyone has the right to receive decent wages and good working conditions. It is important to maintain human relationships and present information directly to superiors.
2. Career prospects. Young, growing companies are often looking for experienced workers for senior positions. Sometimes it is worth sacrificing salary, but getting a higher and more responsible position. This may affect your future career.
3. Changing of the living place. It is always worthwhile to correctly assess your strengths and capabilities. Often, employees become so attached to their place of work that they continue to come to the office, living hundreds of kilometers away. Travel time and fatigue have a negative impact on health and professional opportunities. Ultimately, everything may end in dismissal at the initiative of the employer, in which case it is unlikely that many additional difficulties will be avoided.
4. Conflict with management. Your relationship with your immediate superiors should be treated with special attention. Serious conflicts can lead to very unpleasant consequences. If there is constant misunderstanding, it is worth entering into dialogue on your own and looking for the least complicated ways to resolve disputes. Otherwise, unscrupulous managers can create unbearable conditions, catch an employee on legal subtleties, and fire him under the article.

Other common reasons include difficult relationships with colleagues, illness, and the need to care for disabled family members. Regardless of the reason for the early termination of the employment contract, the decision must be made calmly.

No matter how good the relationship with the manager is, you should always rely only on the legal side of the issue.

How to quit your job voluntarily

The procedure for voluntary resignation from production is prescribed in Art. 80 Labor Code of the Russian Federation. Termination of an employment contract is carried out at the initiative of the employee, of which he notifies the manager in writing.

The recommended algorithm for the worker’s actions is as follows:

1. Warning the director about his intentions to terminate the contract unilaterally (this step is not provided for by law, but is recommended to prevent complications).
2. Writing an application and submitting it for registration to the office of the institution.
3. Perform official duties for 14 days, which must be fulfilled by law.
4. Termination of the employment contract. Collecting signatures on the worksheet, handing over material assets.
5. Calculation. Receive your work book and characteristics. Transfer of payments to a bank card.

An order to dismiss an employee (form T must contain the wording that was set out in the application. Another article may be indicated if the worker has committed a number of violations in the workplace.

Dismissal scheme and employee rights

The right of an employee to terminate an employment contract is stipulated in the Labor Code. A citizen must notify the director of the organization officially of his desire in the form of an application. The manager of the resigning employee should not create any obstacles for him in this. If a valuable employee leaves, the boss has the right to have a conversation with him in order to find out the reasons for this decision. During the dialogue, a compromise can be reached that satisfies both parties.

Employees have the right:

1. Without restrictions, enjoy the benefits that are established for the staff of the institution (transportation services, bath and laundry services, free food).
2. Use technological breaks in work at your own discretion, without violating internal rules.
3. Receive full salary until the end of the employment contract.
4. Pick up the application before the expiration of the mandatory service period. After this, the dismissal process will be suspended.
5. Request from the office a copy of the application with the registration number and the resolution of the head of the enterprise.
6. Resign quickly, before 14 days, if there are good reasons (moving to another city, reaching retirement age, becoming disabled, entering a university, being called up for contract service).

Until the dismissal order is signed, the employee cannot be infringed on his rights if he does not violate labor discipline.



List of required documents

In order to be fired from work in accordance with the requirements of labor legislation, you must have insurance in the form of a package of documents.

The employee needs to collect the following documents:

1. Statement. To prevent it from getting lost, you should write 2 copies. The first one is handed over to the secretariat of the institution. You need to wait until the clerk registers it. Then give him a copy, ask him to write the number and date on it and certify the record with a seal. This will record the fact that the document has been received.
2. Receipt for delivery of material assets. This paper is issued by each service where, during the service, the employee received any property for temporary use.
3. Private bussiness. The folder contains copies of personal documents, testimonials from previous places of work, and extracts from incentive orders. All this can be useful when applying for a new duty station.
4. Certificate in form 2-NDFL (income tax) for the last calendar year. This document will need to be presented at the new duty station to calculate payments for sick leave or leave.
5. Employment history. The document is issued against signature in the HR department.

Calculation procedure

A period of 2 weeks of service is included in the length of service. The employee must receive accruals in full at the rate shown on the timesheet.

When calculating, the employee has the right to the following accruals:

1. Payment according to the tariff. Wages are paid for days worked during a calendar month. The financial authority recalculates the cash allowance.
2. Bonuses and allowances provided for in the collective agreement of the trade union organization. Additional payments include interest for working with classified documents, performing dangerous work, maintaining combat readiness and for special working conditions.
3. Financial assistance for recovery, if it has not been received before.
4. Cash compensation for vacation that the employee did not take for one reason or another.

All payments are made after working for 2 weeks. The employee has the right to request a payslip from the accounting department to verify the correctness of the accruals.

Don't forget to ask for a recommendation

A letter of recommendation is an excellent help when applying for a new job. But it will be difficult to obtain such a document when leaving on your own initiative. It is necessary to approach this issue diplomatically. The main argument will be the image of the company, where professionals work, who grow and move on to promotions.

In addition, you need to tactfully explain to your manager the reason for your departure. You can find a neutral reason that does not discredit either the company or its employee. It is best to refer to the inconvenient location of housing, health conditions or physiological characteristics that impede the high-quality performance of production tasks.

It is advisable to issue a letter of recommendation on the company’s letterhead, register it in the office and certify it with the official seal. Such paper has weight and inspires respect for its owner.

Looking for a new job

Looking for a job is also a job that takes a lot of time and effort, but sometimes the schedule at your current workplace is such that there is absolutely no time left to visit potential employers. If you don’t have free time, and your job doesn’t bring you money or moral satisfaction, you can do the most daring and even reckless thing - quit without having any alternative options. In this case, you should calculate the payments and compensation due to you upon dismissal, since you will have to live on these funds for some time. Before making the final decision to quit, look through several sites with vacancies, post your resume and outline your escape routes in the form of part-time jobs or temporary work. You can’t relax and take a long rest. The maximum amount of time you can afford is two days off. Now you have a new task - finding the ideal workplace where career growth and financial stability await you.

How to tell employees you're leaving

Recommendations for saying goodbye to colleagues are as follows:

1. Report your resignation in a reasoned manner, but without criticizing the working conditions. This may offend people.
2. Complete all started projects so as not to listen to reproaches addressed to you.
3. If the name of the successor is communicated to the employee, carry out his adaptation to the new position. Colleagues will appreciate such an act.
4. Notify all representatives of interacting bodies about your upcoming dismissal. Give them a new contact.
5. On the last day of work, after the calculations have been made, set the table, invite all your friends, and don’t forget about the director.

It should be remembered that employees of different enterprises communicate with each other and pass on information about their colleagues.

Nobody canceled sick leave

Russian legislation provides for payments for sick leave even if it was received a month (30 calendar days) after the official dismissal of the employee. You should not count on too large amounts; according to current legislation, sick leave is paid based on the insurance period: from 8 years - 100% payment, from 5 to 8 years - 80%, less than 5 years - 60%. If the employee’s insurance coverage is less than 6 months, sick leave is paid based on the minimum wage, which in 2021 is RUB 9,489.00.

“If the employee’s insurance coverage is less than 6 months, sick leave is paid based on the minimum wage, which in 2021 is RUB 9,489.00”

Question answer

What should an employee do if he received less than the required vacation pay?

Behavior in the last 2 weeks

Writing a letter of resignation is not a reason for violating labor discipline. On the contrary, during the working period, the worker needs to behave with dignity, perform his duties in good faith, without giving reasons for being held accountable. A mistake may lead to the fact that the boss may not fire the employee of his own free will. For absenteeism, drunkenness, and violation of safety measures, another article is applied, with which it will be difficult to find a new job.

It is necessary to follow the daily routine of the enterprise, try to fulfill the established work norm, and avoid conflict situations with management. This behavior will help you competently quit your job without unnecessary entries in your work book.

List of legislative acts on the topic

1. Constitution of the Russian Federation: Art. 37 of the fundamental law of our country establishes the right of every citizen to work. The law emphasizes that forced labor is prohibited in Russia.
2. Labor Code of the Russian Federation: art. 77.
3. Legal acts that relate to a certain category of employees. In particular, in Art. 40, N14-FZ of 2021, the director of the LLC notifies the general meeting of founders or the Board of Directors of his resignation.
4. Instruction of the Ministry of Labor of Russia N69 of 2003 (the document establishes the procedure for filling out work books).

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Dismissal during illness or vacation

Dismissal during vacations is a standard practice provided for by the Labor Code of the Russian Federation. The application must be submitted before going on vacation or during it. The day of dismissal is considered the last day of vacation. By agreement with the head of the organization, dismissal from service with subsequent provision of paid leave is possible. In such cases, the employee receives a full payment on the last working day.

Employees of the enterprise have the right to submit an application for resignation of their own free will during temporary incapacity for work due to illness. It often happens that this period begins after the paper is registered. In such cases, dismissal is formalized by order on the 14th day, and social payments are made after the employee provides closed sick leave.

When is it better - what date and month?

The following explains whether it is possible to choose a better time to quit. It is worth noting that the Labor Code of the Russian Federation does not specify the exact period during which an employee can terminate his employment relationship with the employer. It is assumed that the employee has the right to make such a decision at any time.

However, when choosing a date for leaving the organization, you should be guided by the following simple rules:

• It is worth leaving if there is already a place where you can immediately find a job.
• When choosing a dismissal date, be sure to take into account the scope of your work. For example, if this is tourism, then leaving your position during vacations and holidays will be inappropriate. Especially if the salary depends on the number of tickets sold.
• If you plan to pay bonuses and additional bonuses to employees in the near future, you should wait until they receive them and only then write a statement.

Separately, it is worth emphasizing that when indicating the date of dismissal, you must take into account the two-week work period, which was described above. The application should be sent to the head of the organization no later than 14 days before the day of departure.

They don’t sign the application: how to get a work book

There are precedents when, for a number of reasons, managers refuse to sign a resignation letter or issue an employee a work book.

In this case, you need to do the following:

1. Make sure that the application is available and registered in the prescribed manner.
2. Make a copy of the document so that it cannot be destroyed without a trace.
3. If after 2 weeks the dismissal order is not signed, contact a lawyer. A lawyer will help with writing and filing a claim in court. Another way is to call the helpline, which is available in many structures.

When receiving a work book, you need to check for the following records:

• full name of the organization;
• notes on all positions held;
• numbers of incentive orders and their types;
• correct wording about leaving on your own initiative, and not due to violation of labor discipline;
• the position of the personnel officer and his signature;
• official seal of the enterprise.

The document should not contain errors, blots, corrections or entries that can be interpreted in two ways.

“Fire in the evening so as not to attract attention to the employee”

In addition to choosing the right day, recruiters consider what time of day is best to fire an employee. Recruiter Eli Brown says it's worth spending the first half of the day doing this to give the subordinate an opportunity to discuss the news with colleagues or say goodbye to them if the layoff requires it. HR consultant Susan Heathfield, on the contrary, recommends carrying out this procedure in the late afternoon: “If you fire a person in the morning, you will make him worry in front of the whole team. Separating at the end of the day will allow the employee to avoid drawing attention to himself and will give him time to think about his situation in a calm non-work environment.”

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Mistakes of a quitter

People who leave their jobs of their own free will often make the following mistakes:

1. They try to harm the organization and individual employees because of past grievances. For such actions you can face not only disciplinary punishment, but also imprisonment.
2. They speak poorly of the company's management. It should be noted that such statements may reach the addressee and subsequently alert the future employer.
3. They quarrel with management and accuse him of creating unbearable working conditions. You need to remember that in the future you may have to return to your original place. Don't forget about the recommendations.
4. They break off relations with colleagues and destroy developments that have been created over the years. There is a high probability that at your new job you will have to cross paths with former colleagues.

If complications arise, you need to defend your interests politely and correctly, you cannot resort to shouting and insults. This makes it much more difficult to achieve your goal.



How is a pension recalculated after the dismissal of a working pensioner?

In the event of dismissal, the pensioner's pension is recalculated taking into account those indexations that he missed during his working life. This right to recalculation after dismissal is enshrined in Part 3 of Art. 26.1 of Law No. 400-FZ. The indexed pension will be assigned from the 1st day of the month following dismissal from work. For example, if a person quits on any day in August, then the increase will be assigned from September 1.

However, a citizen will be able to receive an increased pension several months after stopping work. This is due to the procedure for transferring information from the employer to the Pension Fund.

Below is a step-by-step diagram showing how pensions will be recalculated for working pensioners after dismissal. The scheme reflects the procedure for recalculation if a citizen quits in December, but similarly, you can substitute any other date - the mechanism will be similar.

Action plan

Before leaving your usual place of work, draw up a unique action plan for the first time after leaving. This plan should include absolutely everything you plan to do.

This even applies to periods of idleness. Your plan should reflect this: a vacation for two weeks. During this period of time, you need to put your thoughts and affairs in order.

An action plan should be drawn up for every day. It requires attention to the smallest details. This is necessary so that in the first time after dismissal the person does not lose his ability to work.

The plan must contain descriptions of the goal, the means and skills that you have to achieve it. If you decide to find a job on the Internet or become a freelancer, then your action plan may include the following points:

1. I want to find a job as a call center operator remotely within one month.
2. To do this kind of work, I have good speech and am quite sociable.
3. I have all the necessary technical means to perform such work.
4. I want to become a call center operator to realize my capabilities.

Such a plan can be an excellent incentive to quit a boring job. When drawing up a plan, it is better to play it safe and prepare three versions of such a document: the best, the worst and the realistic. Life can throw up all kinds of surprises, and the best plan will not work. And you will be ready for any development of the situation.

Pros and cons of layoffs due to redundancy

Carrying out a downsizing procedure has its advantages and disadvantages for both employers and employees themselves.

“+” for employers:

• employees holding a reduced position cannot interfere with the procedure and cancel it, even if they categorically disagree with this decision;
• compensation paid to laid-off employees reduces the organization's tax base.

"-" for employers:

• the redundancy procedure must be strictly followed, otherwise it may result in legal costs if the dismissed person wants to challenge it;
• redundancy compensation paid has a significant impact on the company's budget.

“+” for employees:

• additional compensation payments upon dismissal;
• the possibility of non-competitive employment of a vacant position that meets the employee’s qualification requirements at the same enterprise.

"-" for employees:

• inability to avoid dismissal if the procedure for terminating an employment contract is followed.