Is quiting the same thing as a voluntary resignation?

Question

I worked with a company for four years and decided to leave because there was no opportunity for personal development/promotion. I left without giving my two weeks, now I'm filling out resumes and am wondering if a voluntary resignation is the same as quiting. I imagine resigning like something you formally type out or a form you fill out after many many years with a company, most likely because of retirement. So is it the same thing or not?

Answer 1

Yes, quiting is a voluntary resignation, and vice-versa.

Answer 2

Not quite the same thing, but many people have given them a similar meaning. Community service can be performed in a voluntary, pay or mandatory basis, while Volunteer work is strictly unpaid service. I have many volunteers and employees doing community service at home and abroad as part of my non profit organization, but I also have quite a few court appointed people doing community service each week as a way to repay for some wrongdoings to the society. The work is almost the same for all of them, but the reasons why they do the work is different. While volunteers get no more payment than satisfaction for helping needy people, employees get the same satisfaction (plus a weekly paycheck), but people sentenced to community service have no options other than be here or go to jail.

Answer 3

They're exactly the same thing.

There is another type of resignation -- the involuntary resignation. That's when you're told to submit your resignation or be terminated. It always looks better to quit than to be fired so at least you're being given that option.

Answer 4

It is the same thing. Whether you quit after 2 months or twenty years, when it is your decision, it's a voluntary quit.

Involuntary means getting fired or laid off - in other words, it's the company's decision to end the employment relationship, not yours.

Answer 5

Voluntary resignation seems to indicate someone wanted a resignation. I'd just put "resigned position"

Answer 6

Just two different wordings for the same thing.

If you just walked out without giving notice, the company you worked for is likely to tell potential employers that if they call to check references. Leaving without giving your two weeks notice wasn't the best move you ever made!

Answer 7

all this means is if u , ur self quit then it would be a voulentary resignation but if ur boss fired u that would be a termination

Answer 8

They're the same.