Reputation, Recommendations and Your Career

Reputation, Recommendations and Your Career Your future success will be influenced by the reputation and recommendations youestablish throughout your career and how you choose to quit your job may or may nothave an impact.It is very likely that the following individuals would have benefited if they had opted for a professional conversation with a senior company official followed by a formal letter of resignation, however this was not the case.A recent post onThe Chive, Girl quits job on dry erase board,emails entire office,has generatedinterest in a young woman who went public toquit her job and expose her boss. Shesaidher boss, Spencer was called,a garbage di Spencer when referring to the trash andshe displayeda totallyinappropriate comment that he is alleged to have made during a phone call.This hascaught the interest ofa huge, supportive following ofcheer leaders and well wishers. I wont disagree thather bossprobably got what he deserved but I cant help thinking,as an employer would I really want to hirethis girl? As a busi ness owner or HR professional, would I feel assured that she would react in the best interest of the company at all timesutilizingdiplomacy, discretion andgood judgement? Anotherhighly publicizedincident this week wasa flight attendants departure from his jobupon arrival at Kennedy Airport.Reports allegeSlater, a 28 year veteran argued with a passenger, used the public address systemtoswear at passengers andthen pulled the emergency shoot to exit the plane with a beer in his hand! Don Sutton, CB Online provides an account and some good advice in, When to use the emergency chute: a flight attendants last flight, saying, take a deep breath and remember flight attendant Slater once you really slide down that emergency chute, you can never crawl back up. Obviously a formal letter of resignation was not contemplated by either of these employees and despite their radical and unprofessional behaviour, both are attracting a huge following of supporters. Is it possible that so many people are that unhappy in their careers that they are actually envious ofthese two individuals quitting their jobs?Or is it just the fact that many are empathetic to those who havereached thethe final straw and lost it at work? Quitting your job withavengeance, whether it is swearingat disrespectful customers or the public humiliation of your bossis not in your best interestif you have any desire to advance in your career.Your reputation is damaged and theopportunity to acquireglowing recommendations from your boss or the company is forever lost.Remember, it is just a job and you do have the choice to leave it and maintain a professional reputation and gain recommendationsthat willsupportyour career advancement long intoyour future. Remember that teacher in grade eight that you detested?He isnt there anymore and no one even remembershis name but what does remain is the name of the school you attended and the grade you received.