Employee tenders their resignation, boss refuses to accept it even after 1 month

What would you do if you couldn't leave a job?

Your freedom is worth everything. And when you find yourself in a place that doesn't value that, then it behooves you to get out of there. It might not be easy to do, but it's necessary. That's what this employee tried to do, and then was hit with the reality that leaving wasn't as simple as he wanted it to be. Quitting a job takes a lot of gumption. It's like a breakup- it's not easy to tell someone, or a group of people, that you don't want to see them anymore. It can get pretty awkward. So odds are you were pretty sure you wanted to leave if you ended up leaving. Everyone should respect that decision. But sometimes institutional holdups stop us in our tracks. We have to jump through way too many hoops to make something happen. It can hamper our feelings of autonomy and self-reliance. If external forces aren't allowing us to do the things we need to do, then it's easy to get discouraged. We don't want to have to keep explaining ourselves day after day. We just want to proceed with our plans and live our lives. We're not always allowed to do that, though, and it can be frustrating. That's what happened to the employee in this story, who found himself in a strange situation at work.

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Resignation not being accepted. What should I do?

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When you quit a job, you usually expect to just be able to leave. Maybe you're giving them a grace period and plan to work for a few more months, but you don't expect them to reject your resignation. That's not really what resignations are for. They're not the employee asking permission to quit. They're for letting their bosses know that they're not coming back. You don't usually go back on your word when it comes to quitting. Usually, by the time you've gotten there, you've already made up your mind. But this employee wasn't being set free, and he didn't know what to do about that. Keep reading to see what happened here and see what you think about it.
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