I've heard you're not supposed to burn bridges

"E90M3" (e90m3)
02/07/2018 at 19:19 • Filed to: None

But I want to torch those motherfuckers.

There will be some big changes to my personal life soon. It should be for the best.

DISCUSSION (35)

Steve in Manhattan > E90M3
02/07/2018 at 19:24

As long as the person doesn’t have anything on you they can put online for revenge, it’s likely a change you need.

E90M3 > Steve in Manhattan
02/07/2018 at 19:27

It’s not a person, it was just a fitting image. Something might be changing on the job front really soon.

I don’t think there’s anything that they could really do to me anyways.

barnie > E90M3
02/07/2018 at 19:29

Don’t burn bridges as a rule for living. Just walk away (with 2-weeks notice...). Karma will catch up eventually. You do your part correctly and you will be ok. Them? Karma will catch up eventually.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > E90M3
02/07/2018 at 19:32

At least you have Monday off.

ttyymmnn > E90M3
02/07/2018 at 19:32

Will your next employer have any reason to contact your former employer for a reference or anything?

E90M3 > barnie
02/07/2018 at 19:33

I’m going to do the right thing and handle it professionally. We had someone just basically quit and it’s fucked a lot things up, as much as this place has irritated me, I at least owe them a smooth transition. They gave me a job after being unemployed for a while.

So I posted what I want to do on oppo, knowing that I’m not going to do anything irrational.

E90M3 > ttyymmnn
02/07/2018 at 19:34

Don’t believe so, and I’m pretty sure the new place has already contacted my references.

E90M3 > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars
02/07/2018 at 19:35

Might also be “sick” tomorrow or Tuesday.

WilliamsSW > E90M3
02/07/2018 at 19:40

Been tempted many times, but have never really done it.

Have you given notice yet?

Chariotoflove > E90M3
02/07/2018 at 19:41

I wonder if I would have the self restraint that we preach to others. I hope so.

wafflesnfalafel > E90M3
02/07/2018 at 19:43

walk away - any additional ounce of effort on your part with respect to them is waste. Then then go hot shoe some awesome road for an hour, (with in the letter of the law of course.) And don’t punch anything, (coming from somebody who broke a finger in the process of putting a whole in a wall when I was younger.)

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > E90M3
02/07/2018 at 19:43

All the sick days!

E90M3 > WilliamsSW
02/07/2018 at 19:45

I’m not going to do it, as much as I want to.

Haven’t put in my notice yet, they’ve been slow with getting me the offer. I got the official call today at like 2:45 when I was in a meeting.

Because I like to make things hard on myself, I’ve got a phone interview for a frac consulting job in Colorado on Monday.

E90M3 > Chariotoflove
02/07/2018 at 19:46

I rarely make rash decisions. Even if they are irrational, they are carefully calculated.

WilliamsSW > E90M3
02/07/2018 at 19:49

I’ve gone through that with every job I’ve quit. I think about it, plan it, then don’t do it.

Nice - free trip to Colorado at least. Enjoy -

E90M3 > WilliamsSW
02/07/2018 at 19:51

Me and another engineer at my former company always used to talk via lync how we’d quit. Go up to our manager and say, I’m having computer problems. It works and everything I just don’t know who to give it to because I quit.

He eventually ended up quitting. He didn’t do anything like that.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > E90M3
02/07/2018 at 20:09

What was the reason you didn’t take that last job you were offered again?

SPAMBot - Horse Doctor > E90M3
02/07/2018 at 20:10

I thought of new ways to quit everyday at my old job. In the end, I did it the most professional way possible. Oh well, it’s fun to day dream. haha

Steve in Manhattan > E90M3
02/07/2018 at 20:11

So will you ever need a reference from them?

E90M3 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
02/07/2018 at 20:11

Because I’d rather have a social life than work in the oilfield.

E90M3 > Steve in Manhattan
02/07/2018 at 20:12

Who knows, maybe. I would get some of the other engineers to be my references.

E90M3 > SPAMBot - Horse Doctor
02/07/2018 at 20:13

Yup, that was me at my last job. Then I got laid off.

Frenchlicker > E90M3
02/07/2018 at 20:16

I’d go with Tuesday. It always feels disappointing to do it and then go back to work.

Steve in Manhattan > E90M3
02/07/2018 at 20:17

I’ve done that - asked individual lawyers to be a reference instead of the firm itself. People who knew what I could do, not the people who fired me because they needed office space.

DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time > E90M3
02/07/2018 at 21:00

Are you giving up BMW and converting to the cult church of Volvos?

E90M3 > DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time
02/07/2018 at 21:02

I think I would get a Mercedes before I do that.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > E90M3
02/07/2018 at 21:09

Yeah I wouldn’t burn any bridges if you can help it.

nermal > E90M3
02/07/2018 at 21:12

Kinja'd!!!

The teachings of Kenny Rogers apply when it comes to leaving jobs, but it’s slightly different.

Sometimes you keep the bridge, sometimes you burn it, and sometimes you nuke it.

SPAMBot - Horse Doctor > E90M3
02/07/2018 at 21:16

Luckily I quit before they could fire me! Haha

Nibbles > E90M3
02/07/2018 at 22:06

If we weren’t meant to burn bridges, they’d be made of less flammable materials

E90M3 > Nibbles
02/07/2018 at 22:08

This is very true.

DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time > E90M3
02/07/2018 at 23:29

But all Germans are the same, you need a Scandinavian car next!

E92M3 > E90M3
02/07/2018 at 23:39

Everyone should do it once in their life. It’s so damn satisfying! I knew I was moving out of state, and would never go back to this company. Nor would I likely see any of them again. I quit on a Friday afternoon, via an email (Manager was based out of a different city) stating “I would of done the respectful thing and given 2 weeks notice, but you’ve never respected any of US. This is my resignation!”

I had to pack anyway and I knew he’d just want me to spend the last 2 weeks doing knowledge transfer.

The next week I got a call from the HR Manager wanting to do a “survey”, which she assured me was just standard procedure whenever someone leaves the company. I could tell by her questions she already suspected what the problem was. He didn’t last a year after I left (could just be coincidence but I like to think I played a small part in that).

pip bip - choose Corrour > E90M3
02/08/2018 at 05:47

so you’re buying a French car , oui?

E90M3 > DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time
02/08/2018 at 07:57

Yeah, but I don’t really lust after any Volvos.