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I have always wondered if you see a termination in the future can you trump it by submitting a 6 month resignation...

I would bet it depends on just how much the company wants to get rid of you. If they're on the fence, they might just wait out the 6 months. If they want you gone immediately, the trick isn't going to work.

And if they have a policy of locking you out as soon as you give notice, it's not going to matter either way.

Of course you can tell them that you're leaving in 6 months. Whether or not they accept that is really up to them... I'm also not sure what resigning to avoid being terminated would get you, since, depending upon the termination reason, you would be eligible for unemployment benefits but those wouldn't apply at all if you were to resign.

Resigning allows you to answer no to "Have you ever been fired or asked to resign from any past position?" on future job applications.

I've been fired before. I'm up front about it when people ask. It's never been a problem. Not sure why this is considered a stigma unless you were really doing something wrong.

Because being fired is associated with incompetence, no?

I don't know that I've ever been asked that before, but similar to giving more than 2 weeks notice... why would you ever answer yes to that?

If you were fired from a job they can check and find out. This is bad, they may have to fire you for lieing on your application, even if they would have hired you for a yes.

Note that they have no way to know you were asked to resign. When you are asked to leave company records will show "left for personal reasons": it is illegal for them to ask what they were.

umm... weren't you "asked to resign"?

Quite possibly.

I'm a line manager and amicable resignations are much cheaper than terminations when you add up goodwill, management time, and direct costs.

Why would you do that?

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