How have you quit?

Just did the same thing, and headed to the same place... Asked my boss to chat and basically said I had accepted an offer to work at XXXX firm. It sounds really basic and anti climactic because it was. After I told him, he just said, "yeah, I'd do the same exact thing if I were you." So think it went pretty well. We were also a close knit team, so mentioned how hard it was to leave and that it was a really tough decision. At the end of the day, no one can ding you for going to the principal side (especially if its a really incredible opportunity), and if they do ding you or try to belittle that choice in anyway, probably best to leave and cut off communication. If they are supportive and understanding, probably have your best interests in mind, and you should stay in touch. Regardless, congrats! Enjoy the accomplishment, and don't put too much pressure on yourself when breaking the news.

I have too much experience quitting jobs.

First time, I hated my job. Absolutely awful and not what I studied in school. Told my boss at one of our regular one on one meetings; he was super caught off guard, but ultimately we agreed it was the best career choice bc long term that job wouldn’t suit me.

Second time was similar, liked my boss but my coworkers were making it toxic and I was still soul searching/needed something more challenging. Told my boss, took her way off guard but she said she had a feeling it was coming. We both cried but ended on good terms.

Plot twist: A few months later I realized the grass isn’t always greener. This new job was a robotic mind numbing hell where I would get so pigeonholed I’d be stuck there forever. There were blatant red flags I ignored and I regret taking this decision all the time. Luckily I had stayed in touch with my former bosses and learned that my previous company had a position open back up under my old boss. So after a week of pro/conning and swallowing my pride, on a Friday at 4 pm, I marched into the directors office to tell him my last day was in 2 weeks, and that one of those two weeks I was on vacation, so really just 5 working days left. I was so nervous I started choking up with tears and he legit told me to stop crying..so I immediately stopped. He asked a bunch of questions about why, if it was a specific person, and that he thought I didn’t like my last job. Awkward convo. Word got around office quickly. Had to have the awkward convo x100 to the HR lady and she flat out told me how she thinks the partner who hired me was a huge d*ck and that the job sucked, she would never want to do it all day everyday either. I basically became a running joke but still scored a free goodbye lunch. I actually miss those coworkers but i cut ties immediately with anyone there cause it’s just weird. I actually block this whole situation out of my memory.

Fast forward, I recently quit again because I finally found an opportunity i am hopeful will set me up for where I want to be long term. I’m now eternally designated as the butt of every new job or millennial working joke.

Long story short: DO NOT burn any bridges. Speak up to your manager if you don’t like the direction your job is going. People are gonna make comments regardless of what you do so you might as well let them remember your name for when your rich AF

I’ve quit twice and always enjoyed it. Not for the awkward conversation, but because after you basically have two weeks of doing nothing. Don’t get me wrong, I really enjoy working and hate being lazy, but there is no better feeling then quitting a job you hate and taking a break on the firm’s dime while you get ready for the next opportunity.

Job 1 - Quit after two years to move to a new city (went to a competitor). My bosses didn’t really care and were happy for me. They were screwed because the other analyst quit a week prior, but it didn't matter to me because I was psyched for the move. I spent the following two weeks showing up at 1030, going to my apartment for VERY long lunches and watching Game of Thrones, leaving early, and partying every night as I said bye to my friends in that city. Didn’t like the job so was ready to get out of there.

Job 2 - Quit to go to a competitor and it was awkward, but my bosses weren’t the type to yell at my face. They were clearly angry though because they were down an analyst and weren’t expecting it. They asked me to finish up two BOVs during my final 2 weeks but I had already finished them before I quit. Kept them on my desk for almost 2 weeks and sent them on my last day. Spent 90% of my days meeting up with friends, walking around the city, and finding a bench outside to watch Netflix/Hulu on my phone. Really hated this job so quitting was one of the greatest feelings I've experienced.

Love my current job so slightly disappointed I won’t be able to get a nice break like that anytime soon.

I set fire to the building. -Milton

Left a company shortly after completing the FLDP. It was more tough than just giving a regular 2 weeks because all through the program people were talking about how much the company was investing in me, how they expect to get returns on that investment, how attrition is really bad in the program, how they wanted to keep in touch through my rotations, etc. And they seemed to work really hard to improve attrition.. bigger raises, more access to execs, etc. So to get a great multi-role, multi-location, multi-year corpfin bootcamp and then to pack up and leave right after made me pretty terrified to call up my manager and FLDP manager and give my notice.

But they took it in stride, life was awkward for a few weeks, and I made my jump and that was that. I imagine future notices will be a lot easier, so its good to get the worst out of the way.