I was told last night that I'm up for a termination review. I was told I had two options, either wait for the outcome of the review, in which case I might get fired, or voluntarily resign before the review concludes. Based on interactions with my supervisor I think it's very likely that if I wait for the review to conclude I will be fired. My supervisor suggested that it would be better for me to voluntarily resign since in the future if potential employers asked me if I had ever been fired from a previous position, I could say no. But of course she's not exactly a neutral 3rd party in this, so I'm looking for alternative opinions. How much do employers care about previous terminations? Is it really better to resign voluntarily than to be fired?
*Note: I believe I'm not eligible for unemployment benefits. I was an RA for a college dorm, so I wasn't really getting paid, I just got compensated with free housing and meal plan. So I wasn't really earning a wage. And, I have to be actively looking for a job (3 work search attempts made on 3 separate days), which I won't be doing since I'm a college student with a full load of classes, and I'm not able to balance that with work off campus. One of the reasons I applied for an RA position is because I could do it while on campus, while I studied or did homework.
Submitted December 22, 2018 at 08:00AM by Jyamira http://bit.ly/2EL3nYi