DL_Mondays
This makes absolutely no sense. If the company was the one who fired you, they will need to give you severance pay. Unless you did something wrong which led to you being fired, it will not be 'seen as a negative mark' on your employment history. Otherwise, it can just be explained away in your job interviews. If you were to resign, you not only won't receive any severance pay, it would be even harder to explain in your future work as well. So no, deciding to quit instead of being fired is NOT a big brain move, in fact it's a really stupid decision. Either author really has no experience working in the real world or the companies they worked for are really screwed up for them to think this is normal.