Quitting Without Notice

You sure can. However it makes you look bad. Give them at least a week if you are easy to replace. In my profession we tend to give a 30 day notice if not longer.

Every job application I've ever filled out has asked me how I've left my last job and many interviews include questions about giving notice. Once you give your notice you'll mostly likely get barely any hours anyway but then you can say that you gave your two weeks and not worry about putting down the job as far as references. You can make it two more weeks.

Also you need to be prepared for not having a paycheck it's not as easy as you might think to find a job... I've been working since I was 14, I worked at Mcdonald's I worked in customer service, I worked as a bagger at Stop & Shop, barista at Dunkin Donuts... and a lot of the time it sucked but not as much as not having a job or steady paycheck.

So tell them you are taking a leave of absence because of a family medical emergency, then send them a letter with your notice once you are out, telling them you will not be back.

I would recommend that you give at least some sort of notice. I've been a hiring manager before, and I'll tell you that I DO call on references and former employers. I want reliable, responsible employees... if the picture painted for me is of a person that just failed to show up or even that announced at the end of their shift, "I won't be back," their chances of being seriously considered for the spot I'm trying to fill are very poor. I would love to see candidates that showed pride and professionalism even in low-level positions. Someone who takes the care to offer a 1-2 week notice even knowing that they are in a high turnover job with low entry requirements would lead me to believe they care about doing a good job. Also, I know you say that you don't plan on using the employer for a reference, but you may find yourself screened out of consideration for jobs by HR before you ever make it to an interview with the hiring manager if you leave jobs out of your history. If an HR department runs background on you and finds that you left out a job when you filled out an application stating that your complete job history was listed, you may be excluded. It can be considered lying on the job app. I actually had a person that I *really* wanted to hire once that was denied by my HR department for this reason.

Your employer may be rotten, but you're not. Be better than them. If you need it to be a short notice due to your need to help your father, offer even 3 days notice and state the reason for the notice and its brevity is the need to care for a family member out of the area, and put that all in writing.

As someone else has said, the expectation is that as you reach more professional and/or specialized positions, you should offer notice further in advance.

So tell them you are taking a leave of absence because of a family medical emergency, then send them a letter with your notice once you are out, telling them you will not be back.

lame

Whatever...I've quit without notice before and would do it again if I was really unhappy with the work.

My general rule is that how you leave an organization says a lot more about you and your character than how you join an organization. How do you want to be remembered?

Don't do without notice....

It SUCKS replacing staff with no notice. Absolutely rude and incosiderate. And it looks horrible on your part and sets you up for bad habits down the road. Don't screw the employer over because you happen to not like that job. They probably are already used to high turn over rate as it is and will not give you grief for your last two weeks. Just tell them you have to go to your dad/family reasons and don't think the position is a good match.

Don't do it. You'll look like a tacky donkey butt.
Adults put in two weeks notice.

Don't be surprised if you give notice, and they ask you to leave. that's happened to me a couple times - as soon as they could get my check ready I was out the door. Having said that, if this happens to you, they should pay you for that time.

Don't do it. You'll look like a tacky donkey butt.
Adults put in two weeks notice.

This is put much better then how I was going to say it... :laugh:

I've always given ample notice, but if I thought it would make my last days a problem, I would not give notice.

If an employer lays you off or fires you, do they give you notice? Nope. They don't deserve any better than they give.

Hi, I worked in Human Resources for years so here are my two cents:
If it's an at-will employment (as in, you're not under contract), then yes, you can quit or be terminated at any time. However, if you intend to use them as a future job reference, it will be more favorable for you to give notice. If 2 more weeks are too rough, then give 1 week notice. If they give you an exit interview, you can say you're leaving because of job dissatisfaction.

Thisss^^^^^ also a jobs a job u can't b piccy unless uv got another job to walk str8 into then quit but I would just go work and come home moneys money x

Don't do it. You've survived a month, and another week or two isn't going to kill you. In fact, once you give your notice, you might find your anxiety is so much better because you KNOW you'll be gone soon!