App lets you quit job via text
App lets users to determine why they are leaving and crafts message to be sent to their boss.
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2014-01-14 08:59 GMT
Toronto: Thinking about quitting your job? A humorous new app aims to relieve the stress and anxiety of confronting the boss with the news by sending a text message instead.
Although the new iPhone app is meant to be funny, its creators are hoping it will take off and people will use it to leave jobs.
The Quit Your Job app takes users through a series of steps to determine why they are leaving and then crafts a text message that is sent directly to their boss.
“Despite all the advances in technology we still quit our jobs the same way we did hundreds of year ago,” said Alex Douzet, chief executive officer of The-Ladders, a New York-based employment company that produces the app.
“There’s a lot of anxiety around the resignation process, so we used technology to ease the pain in that moment and make it seamless to breakup with your boss,” he added.
About 2.3 million Americans left their jobs last October, citing reasons such as dissatisfaction with career growth, compensation or simply feeling unrecognised, according to the most recent figures from US department of Labour.
Mr Douzet said the first few months of a new year are the busiest time for job searches. Many people wait for their end-of-year bonuses before making a move to a new position.
Quit Your Job was inspired by another app called BreakupText. Its designers teamed up with the TheLadders to create the new app.