How to quit my job

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Riddle

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So maybe I’m just a pussy but I’m having a hard time building up courage to quit my job.

I’ve been working for the same guy for 10 years and I’m pretty much his go to guy for everything. He knows nothing about the industry we are in and I’m his knowledge on everything we do. I am leaving to start my own business and become his competitor. He has been good to me in years past but recently hes not the same bossman that I’ve come to respect. I can’t go any further up the ladder because the only person above me is him and.....well he owns the place so he’s not going to put me in his position.
I’m not sure how to tell him I’m leaving him hanging to become his competition.
 
So this might not work but how much of a customer base does his company have built up? Does it require equipment? How old is your boss? Maybe you could just buy him out of his business, obviously more expensive then starting your own but an established customer base is worth having In my opinion.
Since your his go to maybe bring that into the conversation and make him realize his business isn’t gonna be doing good when you leave so just go ahead and let you buy him out when the business is at a higher spot.


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It all depends on your current relationship with him and how much you value it moving forward.

If you respect and appreciate him and want to walk away knowing you did everything the right way, then I'd just ask to sit down with him.
Tell him you are leaving and going to do your own thing. Id be flexible on the end date to ease the transition for him, maybe offer "up to 6 weeks" with a firm drop dead date of X. Otherwise if he is a procrastinator he may never replace you and then guilt trip you at the end.

I would not specifically tell him that you are leaving to start directly competing with him. I wouldnt lie, but I wouldnt offer that either. If he directly asks what you are going to be doing, Id just shift the conversation to building a legacy for my family and hanging my shingle on the wall. I think this is key. Messaging and image is so important, if you tell him you are leaving to compete with him he may start proactively reaching out to your potential customer base with a story. There is some strong data that shows a very high correlation between the first time someone hears something and their trust level. You want the first time your customers know you are leaving to come from you.
 
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What Ron said. Try and be as flexible as possible and end on good terms. Also I am not sure what industry you are in, but in many there are non-compete agreements that people sign when they get hired and forget they exist until they try and leave. One thing that can hurt a new business is bad word of mouth advertising that could come from your boss I you leave on bad terms.
 
Don't burn bridges, you may need him one day. He may need you.
 
Understand first he may not know the day to day but knows how to run a business. If it's successful it's not entirely been on your back. Unless you do book keeping, sales, inventories, management, customer relations.........on and on your not the sole source of success. This is first and foremost why you don't burn a bridge. Your boss most likely still does things you can learn from. And you may have skills he still dearly needs.
 
Oh and just so y'all can make an informed decision Scott aka @Riddle is a professional bottom bitch. He is branching off to be a pimp. He has the esophagus and patella it takes to be a top contender and I'm happy to see him putting him self all out there in a different way for once. He's a brave soul and I feel like he could start a revolution for leisure lads everywhere.

Best of luck ol pal
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YotaOnRocks said:
Oh and just so y'all can make an informed decision Scott aka @Riddle is a professional bottom bitch. He is branching off to be a pimp. He has the esophagus and patella it takes to be a top contender and I'm happy to see him putting him self all out there in a different way for once. He's a brave soul and I feel like he could start a revolution for leisure lads everywhere.

Best of luck ol pal
:beer::fuck-you::beer:
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Well this changes everything, feel free to ghost your boss!
 
In all seriousness though. You're about to start your own thing. Hopefully in the near future you'll need employees of your own. Think of how you would want to be treated by an employee who has been your right hand man for a while.

It's the old " do unto others " thing. That's how I always try to look at situations like this. If you treat him the way you expect to be treated then I don't see how you could go wrong.
 
I was just about to post that @72Rockcruiser

Just be careful also, the day you put your notice in be ready for it to also be your last day. Especially if it comes out you are going to move to do your own thing and compete with him.
 
Loganwayne said:
So this might not work but how much of a customer base does his company have built up? Does it require equipment? How old is your boss? Maybe you could just buy him out of his business, obviously more expensive then starting your own but an established customer base is worth having In my opinion.
Since your his go to maybe bring that into the conversation and make him realize his business isn’t gonna be doing good when you leave so just go ahead and let you buy him out when the business is at a higher spot.


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He’s nowhere near close enough to selling out. And i know he paid over $1m for it when he bought it and it’s bigger now than it was 10 years ago.
 
WARRIORWELDING said:
Understand first he may not know the day to day but knows how to run a business. If it's successful it's not entirely been on your back. Unless you do book keeping, sales, inventories, management, customer relations.........on and on your not the sole source of success. This is first and foremost why you don't burn a bridge. Your boss most likely still does things you can learn from. And you may have skills he still dearly needs.
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Yea I know that his success isn’t all due to me. I’m not so important as to bring down a company by leaving. But I also know it’s going to hurt him when I leave. He’s even made comments to me that I’m the glue that holds things together.
 
Curious - what basic industry?
 
BigClay said:
One thing that can hurt a new business is bad word of mouth advertising that could come from your boss I you leave on bad terms.
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Yeah, you don't want him to potty mouth you. He might get pissed, and that could be some serious shit. You're new business could be tanked because of it. But stay pumped up about it!
 
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jeepinmatt said:
Yeah, you don't want him to potty mouth you. He might get pissed, and that could be some serious shit. You're new business could be tanked because of it. But stay pumped up about it!
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