If I were the employer I'd say, that's really nice, please make sure you serve out your two weeks and we'll post the job, she can apply.<p>Bringing in an outsider for a job on your own initiative can open up your employer to all kinds of nastiness, for instance, maybe there is someone in line for promotion that immediately has a case because the job was never posted.<p>Really, this will work only very rarely, if you're working for 'bigcorp' x, I'd highly advise against trying a stunt like this.<p>You also can't just disclose all kinds of stuff to third parties that are not under an employment contract. Even a librarian has access to all kinds of private information. No wonder his boss was a little 'stunned'. What's wrong with talking it over beforehand instead of presenting your boss with a fait-accompli ?<p>I worked for a company as a co-founder/shareholder in the mid 80's and was in the situation that I too wanted to quit, I talked it over with the owner ('DGA' in dutch, mine was a minority share), suggested that I would talk to a friend of mine, he said, fine, go ahead.<p>That's the correct sequence.<p>Incidentally, my friend <i>still</i> works there today!
Surely some employers may prefer to use the event of an employee quitting to readjust things / change salary levels / bring in a good candidate they had no room for? It just seems a bit presumptuous to offer someone your job at your salary without the employer's prior approval.
I don't get all the articles on HN about quitting.. having recently quit a job I've worked in for 1 year and 9 months, and never having quit a serious job before that, all I can say is its not that hard. Give them whatever length of advance notice as your contract says (I hear its typically 2 weeks in the US? Where I am, a month is the standard length), tell them in person. Be polite. Make sure you pass on any information that they may need for someone to take over your job. Thats it.<p>Employers should be used to people leaving - and if not, they should get used to it. It may not be the employers fault you want to leave (or maybe it is?), but its still not your job to find replacements - thats their HR departments job. Also, I keep hearing things on HN about people feeling bad for leaving - don't. The employer doesn't feel bad when they make money off your hard work without giving you a reward or bonus, they don't feel bad when they downsize the company to save money. They don't feel bad when they replace you for someone better/cheaper. (Ok, they might and you might feel bad for leaving, but its normal and it happens. Loyalty shouldn't get in the way of fulfilling your career goals or your happiness).<p>I got stressed over quitting my job, but then I decided <i>screw it, I'll tell them this morning</i>. I IM'ed my boss to ask him when would be a good time for a chat and then I went to him in person and told him straight out that I want to leave to work on personal projects and possibly travel for a few months. We then briefly talked about exactly when I'll be leaving and then we chatted about about how I found my time working there and my future plans. He then wished me well and offered to contact him if I ever needed advice or help with anything. That was it. I worked for the month and then on my last day everyone went for a few drinks. I'm still in contact with some of my former workmates.
I want to quit my job to go for MS this fall, but there is a service agreement binding (2 years) that makes me work for them until Jan 2011, otherwise I need to pay a huge compensation for the bond breakage.<p>curious to know, is it only in India that I see such binding agreements, or are they prevalent worldwide?<p>UPDATE:<p>they reason because we invested money to train you, we expect you to serve us for 1 year after the training.<p>after a generic training, you need to get trained in any specific technology (which you don't get to choose). I was forced into mainframe; I have a web app development background from college, and due to lack of interest in mainframe and eventually realizing how tantalizing it could be to do something you don't want to do, I decided to apply for MS, and got decent admissions, and now I am not able to go.
If that's what the employer expects, shouldn't he put in a longer notice period in the contract and also reciprocate the courtesy while firing someone's ass off?
This article isn't about the fact that he quit his job or how he went about it, it's about challenging the norms of society and not just accepting them.<p>I think it's this naivety that let's many entrepreneurs, young and old, think that they can tackle established players or entire industries head on and win. It's this naivety that helps them identify the right way to do something rather than the established way.