Should you resign before getting fired?
SOME employers have developed a policy of fire and hire. In some organisations pursuing a career is trickier than playing a game of snakes and ladders. There are times when resignation is the only alternative and the boss will fire you if you hang on. Yo
By Safari Mathias
SOME employers have developed a policy of fire and hire. In some organisations pursuing a career is trickier than playing a game of snakes and ladders. There are times when resignation is the only alternative and the boss will fire you if you hang on. You could be having your own reasons.
Saving your ego
“Being fired or any other form of termination has an emotional effect attached to it. The employer wins the emotional battle and you will always keep this memory as a bad mark on your ego.
Choleric people may get serious problems with depression or a low self esteem. †says Professor Jethro Opolot, a retired professor of psychology at Makerere University.
Saving your resume
“It is very easy to get your resume tainted by three or four scandals. The safest way to avoid this is to resign whenever your principles are put to rest,†says Michael Mushega ,a private human resource consultant in Kampala. “Resignation looks negative to us only because it is not common in the African culture. Resign to save your resume,†he advises.
Boosting your career
“Many people are afraid of changing job by resigning here and there yet this may be a key to their career break through,†says one former teacher turned corporate Media consultant. “I resigned from teaching because the ministry wanted to tranfer me upcountry. I am now a master of my fate,†he says.
According to the financial independent.coma, one should resign to keep motivated.
Leaving the door openAccording to .wow.quintcareers.coma, one should resign if he or she feels there is room for joining the same organiSation at a later date.
Escaping the work abuses
Resignation is a very humanist thing to do if your boss wants you to be his concomitant in doing illegal activities. He may also be victimising you – say through racism, sexual harassment and so forth. Resignation is your right.
Resignation should be placed in the context of a career move. Dickens kagarura, a lecturer of Management studies at Makerere University explains that you should resign if the current employer is abusing your principles, but another job offer must be on the table.
SOME employers have developed a policy of fire and hire. In some organisations pursuing a career is trickier than playing a game of snakes and ladders. There are times when resignation is the only alternative and the boss will fire you if you hang on. You could be having your own reasons.
Saving your ego
“Being fired or any other form of termination has an emotional effect attached to it. The employer wins the emotional battle and you will always keep this memory as a bad mark on your ego.
Choleric people may get serious problems with depression or a low self esteem. †says Professor Jethro Opolot, a retired professor of psychology at Makerere University.
Saving your resume
“It is very easy to get your resume tainted by three or four scandals. The safest way to avoid this is to resign whenever your principles are put to rest,†says Michael Mushega ,a private human resource consultant in Kampala. “Resignation looks negative to us only because it is not common in the African culture. Resign to save your resume,†he advises.
Boosting your career
“Many people are afraid of changing job by resigning here and there yet this may be a key to their career break through,†says one former teacher turned corporate Media consultant. “I resigned from teaching because the ministry wanted to tranfer me upcountry. I am now a master of my fate,†he says.
According to the financial independent.coma, one should resign to keep motivated.
Leaving the door openAccording to .wow.quintcareers.coma, one should resign if he or she feels there is room for joining the same organiSation at a later date.
Escaping the work abuses
Resignation is a very humanist thing to do if your boss wants you to be his concomitant in doing illegal activities. He may also be victimising you – say through racism, sexual harassment and so forth. Resignation is your right.
Resignation should be placed in the context of a career move. Dickens kagarura, a lecturer of Management studies at Makerere University explains that you should resign if the current employer is abusing your principles, but another job offer must be on the table.