Dear SaaStr: In a Difficult Situation, Is It Better to Quit or Be Fired?
The best outcome by far is to talk about it calmly, give plenty of notice, and quietly agree to move on. In 30 days, in 10 days, in 1 days … whatever is best for the company.
Even if you really want to move on today 🙂
- Quitting feels good, but everyone will remember you as a quitter. They will always remember when you just up and quit. Always.
- Being fired isn’t the end of the world but … you’ll have to explain at least once later in your career what happened.
Instead, if it isn’t working, stop blaming them, stop blaming others. Just let it go. Talk to your boss, just say objectively it’s not working out and you feel bad about it, and it’s best to calmly transition out — in whatever time frame works best for the company. Say the latter part and mean it.
Almost nobody does this.
But it goes so, so far. And you’ll see those folks again. There’s even a tiny chance you’ll want to work with them again in some capacity at least. Stranger things have happened.
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