To quit a job without problems

Try to do the following: 1. Check out your employment contract if there's a clause telling you that you will loose your benefits (pension in this case) in case you voluntarily resign. 2. In drafting your resignation letter, insert the phrase 'irrevocable resignation' so that they would not be able to recall it anymore. 3. Mention a 30-day, or if there is a certain number of days written in your employment contract, turn-over period for whoever would replace you. Management has to comply with this since it will be their loss if you would not train a replacement. 4. You have a very good reason for your resignation that is putting up your own private business as a very wise career move. Who knows, the management will give you some perks to negotiate like increasing your salary or advancing your position just for you to stay in the company. Or maybe they would offer you help in putting up your own business while you continue working with them. But all of these must be taken sitting down with your boss/management before deciding on anything what to do. Good luck hope you will be happy with whatever this may lead you.

Hi Linda I don't understand why they can reject your resignation. Is it legal for them to do that? Can you get legal advice to find out if they have to let you go? I presume you have done a little web search to find out? Which country are you from. It sounds like you have everything else in order if you leave and know what you want to do, so I would check out what you can do about the legal side.

The first thing you need to do is gain an understanding of the contractual terms surrounding your pension. I find it hard to believe that anyone that resigns from a job will lose it and it is more likely that there must be a minimum period of time served before you are entitled to it or something like that? The only way you can adress this issue is to become far more informed of your employment terms and then go from there. For example, check if the pension they pay is a Government initiative or something that the company has decided to do personally. If it is a pension plan that is required to be paid by law then there is no way they can withhold it from you. Do your research and best of luck!

hi lindaccheang, that's a quite difficult situation. i cannot understand your company's rejection to your request. it is your right to resign from the company, unless you are bound by an agreement between you and your company, saying that you cannot resign for certain time. well, it's difficult to find the way you can resign, unless you don't mind to loss your pension saving. maybe, instead of resigning, you can stay in the company but also do other job which you can do in your spare time. maybe you can get the freelance job on the internet as an article writer. there are also many clerical jobs which earn you nice income. if you good in listening (in english), you can work as a freelance transcriber.

Since you have worked for the company for five years, shouldn't you know what legitimate reasons you can give for leaving. It is hard for us to give you suggestions, since we do not know your company's policies, you do. Is there a company handbook, that you can refer to, to see if there is a listing of acceptable reasons to resign? That is tough for most people to answer, since most companies, request a two week notice and that's it. I have never heard of a company rejecting someone's wish to leave. Maybe, you should tell them, that you feel stuck and would like to move on. Maybe, they will train you in another aspect of the company that would make it beneficial to you.

Maybe you should study well your contract with them first. Also just make sure that before you are sure that you will be allowed to resign, you should have a job that is waiting for you already. Also try to tell them your concerns about you finding a promotion maybe they might give you that and maybe you won't need to resign anymore.