Decision has been made!

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Midnight1700

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I have worked at my current job as a Computer Operations Specialist in the banking industry for 27 years now and making decent money, but in just over a year, we've spent thousands of dollars on professional detail training, thousands on products and equipment, and over a thousand on printed material and other advertising. Our client base is growing all the time and we are now looking at a fixed location. This Summer, we're scheduled to join the detailing team of "Air Force One" and are looking forward to a very busy season. Well, I have decided to quit my job today to go full time detailing. It's been a VERY TOUGH decision, but I'm tired of all the banking politics and just want to leave it behind me. I am now setting at my works computer, waiting for my all my bosses to come in at around 8a.m. and I'm going to drop my resignation on their desk that indicates my employment with them ends immediately. Please wish me luck in our new FULL TIME CAREER!!!! Thanks to everyone here on the forum for all the great information and inspiration to make such a drastic move out of the "Comfort Zone!"
 
That must have been a tough decision to make.
Good luck with your new carrer I hope you the best.
 
WOW, Congrats and Good Luck!!! I am sure it was a difficult decision to make.
 
Unbelievable. This is huge. Hopefully you will be able to make your own comfort zone now. Good luck.



 
Congratulations on building a business big enough to allow this escape. Wish there was an emoticon for "envious"

An immediate resignation is also pretty ballsy. I think I'd give them the typical 2 weeks just to not burn potential bridges (referrals, business, etc...)
 
Congratulations!!! But please give them a two week notice just in case the economy collapses and you need a bridge back to another job.
 
Congrats! I hope to do the same one of these days....my day job is really starting to get to me...actually I've been fed up with this job for about the past 8 months. I'm only holding on to it because it pays my mortgage.
 
Congratulations on your new carrier and the best of luck to you! :props:
 
CEE DOG said:
Congratulations!!! But please give them a two week notice just in case the economy collapses and you need a bridge back to another job.
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:iagree: Always a good policy! Even if you don't go back to that particular company the HR departments of various companies do talk to one another. No matter how tough the decision it is unprofessional to quit without notice IMHO.
 
mdb917 said:



:iagree: Always a good policy! Even if you don't go back to that particular company the HR departments of various companies do talk to one another. No matter how tough the decision it is unprofessional to quit without notice IMHO.
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Of course, you could always do what I did with my last job. I went in to the payroll office and asked how much vacation time I'd accumulated, and it turned out to be exactly 80 hours so I filled out a time-off request to use all of it (two weeks of working time) and got it signed off, then walked over to the HR office and put in 2 weeks notice.

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As I watch the clock at my insurance job, fantasizing about doing such a thing as you did, I can assure you that i'm jealous

best of luck to you and the business
 
CEE DOG said:
Congratulations!!! But please give them a two week notice just in case the economy collapses and you need a bridge back to another job.
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-My sentiments exactly!
-Any concerns about vestment/accrual , if any, of your pension/retirement funds?
-Renny Doyle has openings? :)

Anyway, Good fortune to you and yours. Godspeed.
 
Update......... Well, I dropped the bomb on my manager. He was not expecting it at all and actually brought tears to his eyes. He begged me to stay for at least two more weeks. Although my resignation letter indicated it was effective immediately, I caved in and told him I would stay until the 27th of this month. But, I'm taking tomorrow off to go to Portland for a little extra training on something we've been working on. So, I guess they got the two weeks out of me anyway....
 
Congrats and I'm glad to hear you are giving them the 2 weeks. Aside from potentially burning bridges, leaving them on a sour note could also eliminate potential customers. Good luck!
 
I have owned my own business before and thought the freedom of being my own boss was great for a while. I soon found myself working 12 hours a day with few weekends off. Healthcare was way more than I could afford and benefits..?...what benefits? I put every dime back into the business. I got smart and found a job I love that is recession proof. I have over 400 hours of time off time built up and work 4 days a week. Freedom isn't everything and now that I'm middle age...my time off is more valuable than my income. I love detailing cars as a hobby and for part time therapy because it couples my love for cars and it's very therapeutic and gives me a heck of a workout. But quitting my day job with all the time off I get plus nice benefits is not something I'll ever be foolish enough to walk away from. The bottom line is you have to love what you do and that includes time off.
 
silverfox said:
I have owned my own business before and thought the freedom of being my own boss was great for a while. I soon found myself working 12 hours a day with few weekends off. Healthcare was way more than I could afford and benefits..?...what benefits? I put every dime back into the business. I got smart and found a job I love that is recession proof. I have over 400 hours of time off time built up and work 4 days a week. Freedom isn't everything and now that I'm middle age...my time off is more valuable than my income. I love detailing cars as a hobby and for part time therapy because it couples my love for cars and it's very therapeutic and gives me a heck of a workout. But quitting my day job with all the time off I get plus nice benefits is not something I'll ever be foolish enough to walk away from. The bottom line is you have to love what you do and that includes time off.
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I do agree about the "Freedom" factor here. I too have owned my own business in the past and later sold it for a profit, been the President of two clubs and took them from just a few members, to well into the hundreds in a matter of a little over a year. A lot of hard work a head for sure, but if you enjoy what your doing, it really doesn't seem to be work. It's a very difficult decision for sure, but with the backing of a great family, and a desire to succeed, we should do just fine.
 
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