Is there a right and a wrong way to quit your job?

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My answer is yes and I've done some of both.

What made me think to write this post was a call I got from someone I’d worked with in my prior life. This guy is a VP at a software company where I used to be on the board and he was calling to get my advice on the best way to leave his job. He got offered an amazing opportunity at another company and has decided to move on, but wanted to make sure he was going about it the right way. The team is small and a lot depends on him, the CEO has a lot of trust in him, and he has visibility to board level.

My few points of advice were:

5 reasons you should not quit a job you hate

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I get to write a post like this because:

I’ve quit many jobs I hated and many of those were for the wrong reasons

I’ve not quit two jobs for some of the reasons I list below and I think it was the right thing for my career

Now that we got that over with, here are 5 reasons why you should not quit a job you hate:

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Is there a right and a wrong way to quit your job?

5 reasons you should not quit a job you hate