Nov 24 2009Effective: How To Quit Your Design Job

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Apparently this is a real resignation from a designer in Doesitreallymatter, Somestate, that was tired of being treated like the proverbial piece of monkey shit. According to somebody who allegedly knew what was going on:

He believed he was in a temp-to-hire position, and after three months of extra hours and butt-kissing, turns out it's just a temp position. He was a good worker too. I'd have recommended him. Too bad he burned his bridges.

First of all, I want it to be noted that the Geekologie Writer doesn't brown-lip. And thirdly, "too bad he burned his bridges?" Really? More like TOO BAD HE ERECTED A TOWER OF AWESOME! I'd hire this guy and I don't even have anything for him to do besides quit. I can't wait to see how it does it this time!

One of my co-workers quit today. We found this on his desktop. [reddit] (with a huge discussion of how this makes people feel. Like others care -- HA!)
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Best "I Quit" Note Ever [thehighdefinite]

Thanks to Blastphemer, who once quit a job with two gallons of gasoline and a pack of matches.

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well played

Now THAT is how you quit a job!!!! just sayin
I'd love to see what happens when you click "HR"

NOW HE IS TO MINGLE WITH CELEBEES!!! IF YOU WANT TO FIND MORE TRY -----CELEBMINGLE.COM------ IS THE PLACE TO MEET THE CELEBEES!!!

i wonder if that guy likes geekologie, he will be pleasantly surprised

I wonder if he changed the sound that was made when the message popped up from a 'beeeep' to a plopping sound of shit hitting the floor

or really pissed off

soo... how do you put a link in your name like that?

YES "erected tower of awesome"!!!! I've been known to erect more than my fare share of those in my day...if you a.) consider my penis a "tower", and b.) consider what I did to you with it "awesome". If your opinion differs from those 2 options, then...thanks for the pussy anyway - I'm sure I still enjoyed it.

Just for the record: it was only ONE gallon of gasoline - I just split it into two 1-gallon cans then filled the rest up with piss!!! What??? I was tired of working at that daycare anyway!!!! I told 'em I'd give 'em something to really cry about. NOT REALLY...get your twihard panties out of a knot...SHHHEEEEEEZZZ...like I could really produce a whole gallon of piss, and/or risk it watering down the gas too much. Get real people!

I hope that once the Renegotiate button is clicked a pop-up appears saying "SIKE", then another button that says "Pwned!" appears, with a caption that reads "Click Pwned! to see pictures and a video of me banging your wife".

Awesome.
I like that the designer put a Renegotiate button there, as if he wanted to work there but on the condition that he gets benefits.

That's what happens when you use a Mac...

i quit my first babysitting job by putting their child in the dryer...just sayin

http://cbs5.com/national/baby.in.dryer.2.903984.html

@12 Its one thing to joke around about something like that....
but its on a whole new level when you reference an actual article with real people.... that was someone's 5 month old baby!!!!
I, and I'm sure a number of other people, would appreciate it if you try to not cross that line again.... seriously

@ 12 & 13 - That's as bad as these ppl quiting on parenting: http://www.ajc.com/news/clayton/starved-twins-mom-sentenced-166398.html

I agree with #13, that is not right. To put a BABY in a dryer because its disturbed you from watching a god damn stupid television show is not ok. You deserve life in prison for that one, no death penalty. I recently saw on the news a guy kicked his dog to death because it was disturbing a football came he was watching. Now that man should be shot in the knee caps.

Buuuuuuuuut anywhoooo.............great way to quit a job. I work at a design company and my bosses are complete moron idiots! Wish I would be able to make that happen with the whole pop up but I'm not THAT technologicaly inclined. My way would be going into their office & cursing them out while flailing my arms around. Then proceed to pull all the cables/ plugs out from behind their computers because they weren't have a clue where to begin with that. ugh.....I can dream, right?!

damn chill out that wasn't really me, it was my cousin...just sayin

Ha!

The old "it was my cousin". Never fails.

He's your friend. Just sayin.

Yet again the world cries out for a sarcasm font...and for some reason, it's screams go unheard.

There is a need folks, now get on it already. Me? Oh I prefer to consistently ooze sarcasm, therefore...not a huge help for me, personally. Just typin'...

"ok, but.. i'm going to light the building on fire..."

Ha ha, I work at an architecture office and this was sent around today. The thing is, no designers are quiting these days. We are all getting laid off and terrified of loosing our jobs!

Oh please. Babies in dryers, no big deal. If the little bastards can't take the heat then they are weak and therefore unsuitable for propagation. You do the math - if you can't, head for the dryer now.

These guys had some good ideas too - check out the Tazer your boss one... classic
http://www.quitinstyle.com

i have read everything on this site word for word at least 4 times and this made me laugh so hard a spit beer out my nose!!! and i have to tell you guys, it sucked.

""""""""""""" "too bad he burned his bridges?" Really? More like TOO BAD HE ERECTED A TOWER OF AWESOME! I'd hire this guy and I don't even have anything for him to do besides quit. I can't wait to see how it does it this time!"""""""

@20: if you're so afraid of "loosing" your jobs, why don't you try tightening them up then, eh?

HAhaa! Very funny. Maybe next time they will treat us designers better! Doubtful.

Impressive. I wish I was that cool :(

http://www.newpaulsmith.com/paul-smith-bags-c-520.html

Nice. Only issue is that the designer more likely would have done this in photoshop. Any other developers/architects out there thinking about this "feature" being added to future projects?
Wouldn't take but 10-15 minutes. :)

this was actually designed by my Carlos Pagan friend who is a graphic desinger. he created it for his friends to use as a way to quit and to burn bridges haha. http://www.behance.net/Gallery/I-Quit/222144

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