I just quit my job, smart or not?

Well, who cares this time...but just don't make a habit out of quitting without giving notice. It'll come back to haunt you if you ever need a reference to get another job. (And you DO need to get another job.)

Sounds to me like an immature reaction. Quiting a job b4 finding another isn't smart if you really need the money. The 2 week notice requirement doesn't apply if you work in an "at-will" state.

Do you have bills to pay? Rent, car payments, insurance? Did you have health insurance with this job and now lost it?

Life's too short to be THAT aggravated all the time. Piss on the notice and move on now. You deserve better.

Not smart. Two weeks notice. Come on you could have stuck it out for that long. You should have planned ahead and gotten yourself prepared.

Looking at it as an outsider, probably not smart, but if it helped your mental health then it had to be done.

lol How come he got a sentence about quitting his job, but I got a lecture for missing my lesson????

*blush* Hey it is 8:12pm. Its been a long day. Plus I care more about you!

Not smart. You should have looked for another job first or at least given the 2 weeks. Now if you try to get another job, they may not like the fact that you didn't give two weeks notice.

Not giving notice wasn't smart. It doesn't look like you have the work experience to put yourself on the par with past employer such that you could explain at an interview good cause for not giving notice.
I once had a review that was more of a 5 minute notice after the project I had just spent two months on had a bug in it that the boss uncannily discovered instantly.
I once quit a fast-food job that put insanely discrimating demands upon me. (I deserved it though. I had spent years there many years early, and was there to prove that I was the last super-human of fast-food.) I probably wouldn't put a job like that on my résumé though.
How you got along with your bosses will be important to your hiring future. If you don't have that, you don't belong at a job anyhow, not for there sake, not for yours.
This might be an ideal time to hitchhike through south america.

Yes, especially if you're an adult. People deserve a mentally stimulating job.

You were not happy with the job, so you quit. Nothing wrong with that. You will find another job if you want to. Good luck.

I am sorry, I just had to get out of there. THEY WERE DRIVING ME CRAZY!

Not smart but totally your choice to make.

I have found in my experience that the people who are treated like 10 year olds on the job are treated that way because they lack maturity and need constant guidance and constructive criticism.

it depends: if it feels good to you, then it is good........

I would never work somewhere,where I was NOT happy. Even if I didn't have another job lined up.But that's me.David's check can support us,rather I work or not.

That's one of my workplace peeves. New people who treat you like you are the new one

No matter how bad a job is, it is easier to get a new job when you are already employed and the grocery store job has now become useless as a reference because you didn't give proper notice. I'm guessing that you are young and impulsive. Don't fret though. It isn't the end of the world. Just don't do it again. Here's a little piece of advice from Uncle Zang who's been there-done that: No matter how stupid a job is, be the very best at it that you can be. The only thing worse than being a gas jockey is being a bad gas jockey. If you are good at your job, people will recognise your ability and offer you a better job.

While we're on the topic, here's a couple of other things I've learned about working:

-The more money you make, the less work you have to do, but the more responsibility you will have.
-The less money you make, the greater the likelihood that your employer will try to screw you out of it. Always check your pay stub and keep your own records of your hours.
-Your employer will always make payroll mistakes. The mistakes will always be in their favour. Even when they are in your favour you will get screwed because they will figure it out at the end of the fiscal year and have to rectify it immediately resulting in you being broke just before Christmas.

Very much NOT smart. You should never quit a job without having another job to go to plus you pretty well screwed yourself over on getting unemployment benefits if you're out of work for very long. I don't like my job that well, but it's a job and with Oregon having the highest unemployment rate in the U.S., you had better believe I'm planning to stick with it until the job market gets better!

when you hate it as much as you did and your still young you can get away with anything

Zang is quite the voice of wisdom here. But I think everyone here has offered something, even the dark truth mandy offered seems quite true now that I look back on things.

Not smart. Give your notice in, as there was a chance that the boss would just pay you for the two weeks and not ask you to come in to work anyway.

I depends on your chances of getting another job and whether you have an dependents.

It is much easier to find a new job while you are already employed.

It depends on your circumstances. How badly do you need money? In terms of the notice thing, I think it would have been better to have turned in your notice properly. Your unexpected leaving has caused problems with others. Also, if you ever needed a recommendation from your former boss, you've blown it.

Perhaps not smart, but necessarily the worst idea in the world either. Not having a job creates a far bigger incentive to go and find another one, I think.

It depends on if you can survive without a paycheck okay till you get another job; do you have any unemployment insurance coming if you quit and/or did not give notice?

Maybe the mistake was staying there for close to two years? If how they were treating you was so bad, and you stayed anyway, then you were clearly getting some value out of it, so maybe you owed them at least a bit of respect in return. If you had quit within the first month or so when you saw how they treated you, that would be different. Once you stay that long, you can't blame everything on them.

well, whatever i have done that lots of times. makes it just a bit harder to get another job (think about not including it on your reference, applications can be mostly fictional), but better jobs can be had easily enough.

you are young enough to leave previous job history blank on an application and not raise any red flags.

In the US, anyone who quits their job loses more than just their job --health insurance, vacation time too. Then again, sounds like your job probably didn't offer health insurance and vacation time.

It depends.... are you independently wealthy? If not, then not having a job could be a problem. Mind you, unemployment is high where I live so I may be biased.

thanks for the advice home slice. Hey, that kind of rhymes!

Depends on how much financial buffer you have, and what your options are for supporting yourself. How badly did you need the job?
Can you get another job that's at least as good easily?

Awwww, ok, forgiven. You sweet talker you!

Should have gotten the new job, then quit without 2 weeks notice... unless you need them for a recommendation.