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You don't have to give a reason when you quit.

Desert Fox wrote:You don't have to give a reason when you quit.

This.

You can seriously say "personal reasons" it's more a matter of reference/collegiality etc. if you wish to provide a reason and it might be slightly awkward but that's it.

It's very unlikely to emerge as a C&F issue, but why would you do it? Lying to an employer in this situation seems pointless. For many legal jobs, you're going to have to list former employers on your application. Although it's unlikely that a future employer will call your current employer, what if they do and it turns out that your current employer thinks poorly of you because you lied about your reason for leaving?

Yeah, it's a small risk, but why take it?

The bar does contract old supervisors. "He's a liar" will probably raise some alarms. Probably isn't fatal, but I don't get why'd want to lie in the first place. And this is coming from the guy who generally thinks more C&F worries are ridiculous.

Alright, I'll just go with personal reasons and hope no one pries too much. thanks

t-14orbust wrote:Alright, I'll just go with personal reasons and hope no one pries too much. thanks

Stop being weird. Seriously, the aspie tendencies you're showing right now are going to interfere with your job prospects down the road. You might as well start trying to get over your issues now.

I didn't tell my employer I was applying to law school. Around this time five years go, I gave six weeks notice and explained I was going to law school. It would have been far, far more awkward to explain that I was leaving for cryptic "personal reasons." Just tell the truth.

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Why does it matter? Just tell them you're going to lawl school and peace out.

If you don't tell them why you're quitting, they will think it's because you have another job.

They will be less mad at you if you're going back to school than if you have another job.

They shouldn't be mad at all. People quit jobs all the time. Provided you give them reasonable notice and don't leave them in the lurch (like peacing out with some huge thing undone that only you can do), you're not doing anything wrong. If they say that they wish you would've told them you planned to attend law school, just say you weren't sure if you were going to attend or not and were waiting to see how your cycle panned out.

TheSpanishMain wrote:They shouldn't be mad at all. People quit jobs all the time. Provided you give them reasonable notice and don't leave them in the lurch (like peacing out with some huge thing undone that only you can do), you're not doing anything wrong. If they say that they wish you would've told them you planned to attend law school, just say you weren't sure if you were going to attend or not and were waiting to see how your cycle panned out.

This. And I don't see why people give a shit about leaving employers who can fire them at-will for any stupid reason conceivable. "Company loyalty" is an idiotic value from a bygone era.

I think people forget to put themselves in others' positions. If someone came up to me and said hey I really want to go to law school so I need to put in XYZ notice, I'd probably wish them well and tell them to keep in touch/recommendations etc.

What goon would be like YOU POS HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME AND THE COMPANY!?