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Should I fight a forced resignation?

#1
I was offered a resignation today in my role with a State Government organization. Should I fight it?

The facts: 1. The role is 5 hours away. I was commuting on a weekly basis to the office, every Tue-Thur and did 10 hours a day on site. 2. I was remote on Mondays, and off on Fridays. 3. I was still in my state-mandated probation of 1 year. 4. There has not been a documented issue. IE: there was never anything that I signed that said I was deficient in an area of my job. 5. There was one undocumented issue about 7 months in that I received a verbal counseling for. Again, nothing formal, and it was a personality conflict between myself and another manager/supervisor.

I have already been interviewing for other roles and had a final interview that I thought went well, but am waiting for the offer.

On one hand, it doesn’t really seem worth it to “fight” it, but on the other hand, I haven’t ever been formally counseld/written up.

Look forward to hearing everyone’s thoughts.

Thank you.

Re: Should I fight a forced resignation?

#2
They actually can't force you to sign anything, if there were no wrongdoing from your side. But for some reason you have to do that, probably not worth to fight it. Because, first it will cost you your time and of course money to hire a lawyer (otherwise things get tricky down on the road).

Especially since the worksite is far away from your home.

Re: Should I fight a forced resignation?

#7
You might want to mention which country you're in. In some countries reasons need to be given for dismissal. In some countries you can be dismissed without cause. In some countries when you are dismissed without cause you are eligible for more benefits than if you resign.

Re: Should I fight a forced resignation?

#8

How does this work again? "Sign here that you are resigning" "No thanks, you'll have to fire me if that's what you are trying to do"

That’s literally the option I was presented. Thankfully since, it’s a State government organization, I have “time”. But the more I reflect, and the more feedback I get here here, I may go this route.

Re: Should I fight a forced resignation?

#9

They actually can't force you to sign anything, if there were no wrongdoing from your side. But for some reason you have to do that, probably not worth to fight it. Because, first it will cost you your time and of course money to hire a lawyer (otherwise things get tricky down on the road). Especially since the worksite is far away from your home.

Agreed. That’s kind of why I’m not super invested in fighting it.
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