How to get fired from a public accounting job without legal consequences
Public accounting employees looking to leave their jobs sometimes consider getting fired rather than resigning to see if they can qualify for unemployment benefits. Navigating this transition raises questions about how to part ways with an employer legally and whether termination affects unemployment eligibility compared to quitting.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Quit the old fashioned way
- 2Researching specific state unemployment rules regarding termination versus voluntary resignation
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Any ideas? How to get fired without getting any legal consequences?”source ↗
“Can you get unemployment if you’re fired? I’m wondering if getting fired is better or resigning.”source ↗