trying to quit?

Question

im trying to quit my job. there is no one there now who can do the work.. not even the owner. i feel so guilty but its not what i want to be doing.
if i give a 2 month notice and the owner still has no one to replace me, should i feel bad about quittin or should i move on and dont worry about a positive reference.

part of my job is i do weekly billing for about 400 customers and posting payments.its not hard for me to do but the program we use was designed for the needs of the business. definiitly cant just walk in off the street and do it. and there is no technical support for the program only the person who designed it can fix it if there is a problem.if i were suddenly incapcitated for more than a week, they would have to close the business. ive pleaded with the owner to learn this program for over 2 years but he refuses to do it. i dont know what he thinks will happen if i am suddenly not there. magic i guess.

Answer 1

I would not do this! I experienced exactly the same thing! I thought of my boss as a friend and helped develop the company so I felt more responsible than I should have. I gave a few months notice of my intention to leave for better things and ended up getting laid off!! Be careful about this. If you are NOT management, two weeks notice should be sufficient. It's not your problem your boss didn't take the time to learn the essentials to keep his business operating. Find another job first.

Answer 2

You can't quit because the cigarette companies make it almost impossible to quit. Especially after so long. I know that there's something in cigarettes that makes them way more addictive then they should be, I smoked Marlboro's for a year, and I became super addicted super quick, if I didn't get a cigarette like every 3 hours I felt like I was going crazy, I couldn't think straight. A friend told me to try American Spirit cigarettes, cuz they don't have any additives. I hated them at first, cuz they didn't really make the cravings go away, and after 3 or 4 days, I started having withdrawal symptoms! No joke, I was still smoking every day, but I felt like I was quitting, I couldn't sleep more than 2 hours at a time, I started eating more, and I had intense cravings for chocolate (I don't know if that was withdrawals or not, but it made me feel better). Then, after a week, I felt better. I went from smoking 5 or 6 cigarettes a day to 1 or 2, and the craving became much more enjoyable (that's a weird way to describe it, but instead of feeling like a crack addict who needed a fix, I was able to sit back and enjoy my cigarette). And now, I don't feel as guilty about smoking because I'm smoking less, and I just feel less addicted. It sounds goofy, but if you look up how cigarette companies use ammonia in their tobacco, you'll see that they try to make their cigarettes as addictive as possible. I had tried to quit cold turkey before, but just like you said, the longest I could go was two weeks, then I'd start smoking even more than before!

Answer 3

Move on without remorse. You can bet if a company were to fall on hard times, most owners wouldn't give you two months to find a new job. Plus, if the owner knows that he can keep you indefinitely if he doesn't have a replacement for you, he has no motivation to look for someone new.

BTW, because they fear lawsuits for defamation or slander, most companies will not give any information about your job performance to prospective new employers. Your boss may not go by this guideline, but if you find out he said something negative about you that caused you not to get the new job, you could have a case against him.

Answer 4

I don't know your age. I spent 18 years working for TRW. They closed the factory I worked at. Since then the past 11 years I've worked for 3 differnt companies. I've seen people treated rotten in midsize companies. Where I work now a supervisor quit yesterday. He has worked there longer than I. He was getting rode on and treated like dirt. By the production manager. I left there once and came back. I was needed, I regret that now 6 years later. Do whats best for you and don't look back. Its not your fault your the only person that can handle your duties. Its poor management

Answer 5

Move on! Life is too short to work in a bad job. Get a new job first and then leave.

The old adage is that no one is irreplaceable, so unless you lay golden eggs, just leave. It sounds like they are using you.

You could also consider alternatives like making them pay you $70 dollars an hour!

Answer 6

No one is irreplacable. Don't kid yourself. What exactly do you do? 2 weeks to 30 days is the normal notice, depending on the job.

Answer 7

move on because two months prior notice is long enough. you might as well own that business if the owner doesn't know how to run it.

Answer 8

Two months should give them plenty of time to find someone for YOU to train to take over your position.

Good luck

Answer 9

its your life dude