This document provides 20 reasons for quitting your job gracefully. Some of the key reasons mentioned include: planning to start a family and needing less stress, not having your personal or financial needs met by your current job, and having a difficult or demanding boss. The document advises planning your exit properly and using opportunities like a counteroffer to negotiate better compensation or being laid off to leave on good terms. Overall, it encourages following your heart and priorities like family over long hours and dissatisfaction in your current role.

1. List of Top20 GoodReasons Why to Quit your Job Gracefully
by Krishna Reddy · April 16, 2014
Quitting your job is more than just saying I quit. You have to prepare yourself for that. In the
course of time we get so comfortable even in the worst job on planet that we fear , “what if we
don’t get a better job than this?”. It is just a thought but slowly it creeps in to our mind and sits
there occupying our whole brain and this little thought doesn’t allow us to explore the
opportunities that lie in front of us. What if I don’t get a better position than this? What if the
hike that is provided is not that much? What if they ask me to change my location? What if,
continues in our mind like an unending running game where there is no finish line at all. If we
keep on thinking like this then what will happen is that we won’t grow in our career instead we
will be stuck with the same company and witness the young people getting promoted whereas
you are sitting in comfortably in the same designation. It is just a matter of coming out of the
cocoon and exploring the opportunities. If you are too scared to quit your job without getting
something substantial then, go ahead and appear in some interviews, get selected and then tell
your boss – I Quit.
In today’s fast paced life there is no value of loyalty if you leave a golden opportunity to show
loyalty towards your company, then within a few years your company will make you realize how

2. fool you are to have missed an opportunity like that. The companies aren’t really bothered about
you, instead they are only worried about one thing and that is meeting the target and garnering
maximum revenue. So why will you invest your time and energy in a place where you are not
being compensated well or maybe you are getting the best package, but they have completely
turned you into machine by making you work round the clock without any personal space. If you
start thinking about reasons to quit your job you will get hundreds of them so think about it
seriously and when you feel the time is right then just go for the kill.
You need to plan your exit properly and in order to consolidate your thoughts on quitting the job
we are providing you 20 reasons to do so. Just go through it and by the end decide when you
want to breathe fresh air.
1. Planning to Start Family
If you are thinking about starting a family then the first thing that you need to do is quit the job.
Still wondering what pregnancy has to do with your work! While you are working in a job you
have to go through all kind of stress and sometimes your boss will be shouting at you without
any rhymes or reasons making you feel sick. But if you are pregnant, then the doctors will be
asking you to lead a normal life without much stress, moreover if you have some kind of
complication then it becomes all the more important to quit job and enjoy your pregnancy rather
than going out there and being yelled at.
2. Identifying Your Personal Needs

3. Why do you go to work every day on time and perform to the best of your ability? The answer is
to meet you and your family’s need. But are you satisfied with that? Ask this question to
yourself. Whether the current job that you are doing is satisfying your need or is it just satisfying
the need of the company by meetings their target! You have been waiting for the family get
together for years and now when it is finally happening you are stuck in a project which compels
you to work overtime unless you won’t meet your target. Is it really your target? No. Your target
was to attend the family get together but now you have to miss that for a stupid job like this. Not
only this get together if you sit back and think then you will realize that you have missed out on
every single thing that you really wanted to do instead you were locked in your cubicle working
on numbers.
3. Boss is the real villain

4. There is hardly anyone in this world who has something nice to say about his or her boss. They
are the one who is making your life miserable at the office. Just when you think you will wrap up
your day at the office, he will call you in his cabin and give you some very important work that
needs to be completed by tonight. At that moment don’t you feel like a slave who doesn’t have
any say about anything! So why be a slave and suffer all through your life instead you call it
quits before it is too late.
4. Fear of being Unemployed

5. This is the worst fear that almost all of us have but you just have to believe in yourself and leave
the job that is making your life a living hell. With the unemployment rate on an all-time high
people are scared to leave their respective jobs. Be confident about yourself and take the correct
decision of quitting the job which is eating up on your personal space.
5. Working on a Business Plan

6. You have been toiling with a business idea for long but due to some reason you are not able to
finalize on one. It can be due to the work schedule that you have. At the end of the day when you
return home you are so tired that the only thing that you can think of is the dinner and then go
straight to bed. Therefore the time has come to bid goodbye to your regular job and concentrate
on the business plan that you have.
6. Getting the Right Salary
At the end of the day what we get into our bank account every month is what we all work for, but
if the amount is not what you deserve then the motivation level also goes down. You don’t feel
like performing because you have realized that there is no reward for working hard. So the next
best thing that you can do for yourself is quitting the job.
7. Retirement plans

7. You are working towards your retirement and want a hefty bank balance when you finally
complete your tenure. But in reality do you really think that is possible? In your mind you know
it is not a feasible option so why even bother yourself now, just quit the job and look for other
options that will secure your future.
8. Pleasure or Money

8. You have two options in front of you, one will provide you enough money but the other will
endow you with satisfaction. Which one will you choose? The answer should be the one that
gives you satisfaction because it might happen that the job you are doing is offering you huge
money, but you are highly disgusted with the work you are doing so it is better to quit the present
job and opt for the one that will ensure that you are happy with your performance.
9. The Ugly Side

9. People are playing politics against you so that you don’t get to the next level. Though you have
worked hard, but it remains unnoticed every time. During the bonus or promotion you see that
every other colleague of yours getting promoted even when their performance was worse than
yours. Do you still want to continue with the job which doesn’t appreciate your true value! Just
say the magic words and move on in life.
10. Bringing you down

10. You were a creative person, but the job is taking you down so what you do now is prepare
yourself to quit the job and do whatever you feel will give you happiness. Preparing yourself for
the big day is important so that you get it across to your boss in a suitable way.
11. Concentrating on the Numbers

11. If you are a star performer of your company, but of lately you have realized that your effort is not
compensated well, then you give them the number that you are expecting else you will just leave
the job right away. The company won’t want to lose their star performer therefore they will make
adjustment, but you must remain adamant about your expectation and you will see how things
fall into place. If they are not bothered about losing a performer like you then why you should be
bothered about the company, go ahead and say goodbye.
12. The Clock is Ticking

12. If you have very good relationship with your boss, which is very rare, then you can quit your job
this way. What you can do is share your thoughts of leaving the job on a particular day with your
boss and tell him that before you leave the job you will train someone completely so that he can
take your position. In this way you can be on the good books of the company and you will be
parting ways in an amicable way.
13. Follow your Heart

13. It must have happened to most of the professionals that they are doing a job just for the sake of it
and not because they love the job. But to be honest, none of the company in the world would
love to have an employee who is not giving his 100% of the job. Therefore, why stick with it,
move on take the bold decision and see what life has in store for you. You have to quit the
current job because you are wasting your time and your company’s money for something which
is not productive for either of you.
14. Company Downsizing

14. Before the company sacks you it is better that you leave the company, then it will not affect your
confidence also. If you are witnessing that your company is on a spree to cut down the number of
employees then it is better that you resign before they ask you to leave. Just make sure that you
put it across correctly so that you get some benefit from the company when you leave.
15. Got into Mortgage

15. Many of us have gone into this mortgage thing and that is the reason we are stuck with this old
and boring job which is taking everything out of our life. So the easiest way out for this is don’t
get into any mortgage unless you are doing something which you really like and is rewarded by
handsome paycheck to every month.
16. Colleagues

16. Do you think your colleagues are the most important people in your life, then why are you
spending half your life with them neglecting the ones whom you really love and care for! Your
family, kids and friends are all that you want so why waste more than half the day with people
who have almost turned into machines.
17. No more Sleepless Nights

17. You have been working through the nights more often now and that is affecting your health very
badly and you still think that you need good enough reason to quit your job!
18. Your Popularity Hurts

18. If you are a writer in major news publication and due to your talent you are getting more popular
than the publication, then you will be a sore eye for them. They wouldn’t enjoy your popularity
and would find out ways to curb it down so it is the right time to quit.
19. Diversification Required
Have your hands full because if you are not satisfied with one job, then you can easily quit that
one and dedicate the time in other works that you are involved in. This will also help you to
make the decision of quitting the job real quick.
20. Jailbreak

19. If you are locked up in a jail, then how are you supposed to see the sunny side so it is very
important that you break free from the regular routine and realize what you are good at. Be with
your family and friends who really matter and enhance their life from your experience.
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