'Coworker quit by hitting the resign button in Workday': Employee of 4 years quits without notifying anyone, 2 days pass before managers realize

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Nov 8, 2025 11:00 AM EST

This person isn't sure if they should provide a recommendation to a coworker after the way he suddenly quit his job… 

Although it used to be commonplace to give your work 2 weeks' notice before leaving, some employees balk at this idea. After all, when companies let their workers go, which happens far too often these days, they don't give them any warning. They're just laid off with 0 time to get their affairs in order. Of course, if you respect your bosses and want them to give you recommendations in the future, you probably should give them 2 weeks' notice. But if you're already fed up with the working environment and have something new lined up, well, you can just quit on the spot. 

This guy quit in an especially funny way when he used the "resign" button on the Workday software as his parting message. Workday is some kind of HR software, so there's probably nothing technically wrong with what he did! Commenters also told his coworker who posted the story that they shouldn't be judging the guy so harshly. "He just woke up one morning and clicked the resign button in Workday and stopped working," this coworker complained. This makes them hesitant to recommend him — after 4 years of working somewhere, they think this represents a lack of decorum. I kind of agree with the person who wrote the story — it isn't the most professional thing to do. But for all they know, their coworker could've already run things by HR before hitting that resign button. Maybe they can reach out to the coworker to clear things up before making any final judgments about him and his future plans. 

Next up, check out this story about an entitled mother-in-law who invited herself on a family vacation, only for her family to rebook it to avoid her: "[Mother-in-law] ended up canceling and had to pay a 50% fee." 

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    I worked with a coworker for about 4 years at a company I used to work for, he was my work bestie because he was the only one in my office. that played video games like me.
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    There was a big transition earlier this year when a competitor bought our whole division in June. I went to work for the competitor after the transition
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    but my coworker stayed in a different and completely different role. I grabbed lunch with him last week and found out he had quit two weeks
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    earlier because he was super stressed and the role wasn't a good fit. I've been trying to get him to come over to the new company because
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    it's a similar role to what we had but better in every way, but found out through my team lead who is still in contact with the old company, that my coworker quit by
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    hitting the resign button in workday. No email, no call to his manager, did not notify anyone. He just woke up one morning and clicked the resign button in workday and
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    stopped working. This was a company he worked for for over 4 years, Fortune 500 career job, and quit without notice or had anything lined up. Hr was calling him
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    repeatedly for 2 days wondering if he was ok, because they obviously thought the workday button was a mistake because who even does that?
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    Makes me even hesitant to refer him to my company if he's pulling bs like that.
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    I thought it was crazy when I found out earlier today, who would do that, especially in this economy and job market?
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    Some people wanted to dig deeper before encouraging this person not to recommend their coworker.

    Vin... Here's my only question: WHY does the button exist if using it is considered a faux pas?
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    Cal-Aug... That he would do something like that in this economy and job market tells you how god-awful it must have gotten
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    for him. I've been there. So stressed out, so abused, so burned out with no cavalry on the way to help. No manager that gives a sh because they're
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    burned out and abused too. He probably quit as he did because he wasn't heard by management.
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    Maybe like me, he hated the job but they wouldn't let him move to a position that suited him because he was too good at the job he hated.
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    If his work ethic before this was worthy of recommending him to your company, recommend him now.
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    Marzdae you're so deep in their work ethic imagination you can't even fathom someone just quitting a job
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    camazot... Why wouldn't he quit like that? I've never heard of a company saying
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    "you're fired...two weeks from now." Why should we do it any different?
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