Top 7 Excuses to Quit Your Job Without Notice

At-will employment means you or the employer don’t have to give notice to terminate the employment agreement.

Annette Harris
Career Focus
Published in
5 min readSep 24, 2022

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What’s the best excuse to quit a job without notice?

Sometimes a work environment just doesn’t feel right, and you realize in your heart that it’s time to move on. Whether you’ve been in the job for three months or three years, sometimes you have to quit for a multitude of reasons. To help you identify excuses that make it appropriate to quit your job without notice, I talked to HR managers and business leaders and asked them for some reasons people might quit their job without notice. From being asked to perform an illegal act to when your safety or well-being is threatened, there are several circumstances under which an employee could quit their job without any prior notice.

Here are seven excuses these leaders find appropriate for you to quit your job without notice:

If Asked to Perform An Illegal Act

Certain responsibilities come with a job, but doing something illegal or unethical should never be one of them, and if you are asked to do so, you have a valid excuse to quit without notice. Some jobs…

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Annette Harris
Career Focus

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