When can you burn a bridge???

[Tripper11]

I mean jobwise. The current company I work for is nothing more then a clusterfuck that seems to do anything it can to LOSE money. The decisions they have made in the past 2 years are quite astounding. It makes no sense at all and I am not business minded, yet even I can see the rididculousness of it. I think about the "management" types who have made these decisions and think, "well they must have some type of education to have gotten where they have gotten, or they wouldn't be there."
But then what has happened in the past couple months and particularly to me personally I feel like going in there and in the best "movie moment" let them all have it in front of the entire staff and leave the building feeling so satisfied for getting it out in the open to the cheers of the entire staff who have all been to afraid to say something. Cut to the happy ending, getting a phone call to take a position to help get them back on track and clean up the mess they have created.
Unfortunately I live in the real world (most of the time :evilgrin:) and as many different ways I have fantasized about this I know that if I did it I would never get a job anywhere in North America in the business I do like the best.
So when can you burn the bridges?? After winning zillions in the lottery? After achieving certain successes in the business and turn your wrath on those that repudiated you?
When?

[Dookus]

1. I have enough experience in the job world to say...

never. It's not just the company you'd be insulting, it's all the managers, some of whom, you will have to work with again. People move around a lot within industries.

Always try to go out with class - you'll never regret it.

[NicoleM]

2. Depends.

I did it once, and it was a temp job that I really liked that may have turned permanent some day. But it was a matter of integrity--I just couldn't let somebody treat me the way the boss there did. So I told him so, and that was that.

Other times I would have liked to just because the managers were idiots, but I didn't. You never know where people are going to pop up again in your life.

[Robb]

3. Grandpa Robb had good advice.

"I've never been sorry for something I didn't say."

...which has some arguable nuances. But you get the drift. ;)

[Tripper11]

4. Yeah I know....

but I'm sure we've all had that experience somewhere that you have an evil supervisor, stupid people you work with that if you could just lay it out you would feel so much better.
I do believe in Karma and know what goes around comes around, I just hope to be there to see it when it does. Sometimes hearing about it is as satisfying.
Oh well, resumes are going out as I type...faxed one out today and will continue to keep the search on.

[mikehiggins]

5. Resumes are the best revenge

If you can get a better job go for it, but always leave with a smile and regrets.

It was too good a chance to pass up.

It's a lot closer to where I live.

They have child care benefits.

Whatever.

Never leave with a "fuck you" hanging in the air.

And lemme explain something else: while it may not always be clear in a job situation, people only have the power over you that you allow them. Anger, irritation, frustration all start with you. A job is simply a mechanism by which you get enough money to buy that car, pay the mortgage, put food on the table, whatever.

If the job you have is one that you really enjoy, and I have had some in my lifetime (I'm retired now), then you can take a deeper interest in it. Otherwise, it's just a tool. Don't let the assholes get you down.

[Tripper11]

6. Thanks Mike...

I understand where you're coming from. I am slowly getting my good attitude back, it does take a few days of stewing and festering.
And yes, once I get a new job, which I am bound and determined to, I will leave with a smile and the attitude that I will do whatever I can to show them that by letting me go was their mistake.

[geniph]

7. Resist the temptation

no matter how big a bunch of hoseheads they are. Walk out with your dignity intact, and at least pretend to be leaving on good terms with everyone. You may want a reference from one of those people someday, and the world sometimes seems like one gigantic small town to me - you end up working for someone who's best friends with some dipshit you read the riot act to three years ago. Not good.

So write up what you WISH you could say on your way out, perform it for friends over a beer, but DON'T say it to anyone at work.

[Nlighten1]

8. I burn them at every job.

I'm a firestarter.

[Nikia]

9. Shouldn't, but I will if I don't get a raise

In fact, I'll walk out on the spot. Raises come up in early January at our company. Last year, I didn't get a raise due to vague reasons such as not meeting management expectations and not being professional enough. Unfortunately, I am the only one with my job title so I had nothing to compare myself to and my "superviser" who rarely knows what I am doing told me in the months prior that if I wasn't doing a good job, he would tell me. He did not tell me until I told him that I was upset that I was not getting a raise. This year, I have been really conscious about doing everything that I can and avoiding moments that could be criticized later. I have been putting up with a lot of crap besides. Many things are wrong with the company and I should have another job within the first couple months of the year. If they don't get me a raise again, I am walking out. If they are so confident that they can get someone as good or better than me for less pay and I don't really do that much, that should be no problem for them, right?

[toddzilla]

10. when it's made out of flammable material?

:silly: