Better to be fired or quit?

• June18

  I think the quick answer is to quit on your own terms, but if you quit you lose any shot at unemployment, correct? I know that unemployment is not guaranteed but...
  
  Any other pros or cons to either option?
• jc10380

  If you are considering these options for just unemployment, then quit sponging off the system.
• Pick6

  

  definitely quit...but only quit if you have another job lined up. If you quit just because you dont like it with no back up plan, you're just dumb.
• dave

  Since you mention unemployment I assume this means there in no job immediately lined up. In that case I can't see how quitting would ever be the better option.
• Fab1b

  

  Don't use our tax dollars because you don't like your job!
• j_crazy

  

  all the people i know that have quit my company have been fired on the spot. seems like a spiteful response, but their reasoning is "we don't want someone leading a job in a safety sensitive area when they are only on the job for the next 2 weeks and may not be focused on the job at hand."
• dlazz

  One plus to quitting would be saying "No" on the "Have you ever been terminated?" question on job applications.
• Anna-Town

  If you quit you won't get unemployment as long as your employer submits the documentation.
• Manhattan Buckeye

  June18;822869 wrote:I think the quick answer is to quit on your own terms, but if you quit you lose any shot at unemployment, correct? I know that unemployment is not guaranteed but...
  
  Any other pros or cons to either option?

  
  Why does it have to be an option? Employers don't want to be sued so they'll usually let an employee "resign" and not contest unemployment (a major expense for them in the U.S.). My wife had to deal with this last week with an employee in another jurisdiction. The options were (1) walk away, we'll pay you "X" and will provide a reference if requested or (2) if you don't walk away your job will become redundant and you're on your own.
  
  Typically in the U.S. if you just want to "quit" you aren't getting anything - it is an easy contest for the employer, but if it is a forced situation, for whatever reason, the employer usually won't contest.
• coyotes22

  

  Pick6;822872 wrote:definitely quit...but only quit if you have another job lined up. If you quit just because you dont like it with no back up plan, you're just dumb.

  
  +1
• thedynasty1998

  

  Employers don't want to pay unemployment, so they would rather you quit as well.
• gerb131

  

  Best time to look for a job is while you have a job.
• BigAppleBuckeye

  

  The obvious answer is neither, unless you have another job lined up. But if this job is truly affecting your life in an unbearable way, quit. When you look for a new job and you are at an interview, you can honestly say you left on your own terms due to a "poor fit" rather than say you were terminated.
• Belly35

  

  quit if you have a job lined up and ready to start
  don't get fired because of missed time, poor behavior, srew up and other thing that could turn another employer away from you. If you are to be laid off or fired because of now work or job cut back then ..get fired. Hell people get fired every day I've been fired 4 times and hired back 4 times by the same companies that fired me..