COMPANY WILL QUIT YOUR JOB FOR YOU

Stressed out, overworked workers in Japan who want to leave their jobs – but don’t want to face the stress of quitting in person – are paying a company called Exit to tell their bosses that they won’t be back. You pay Exit $450 to help you quit your full-time job. If you need to quit a part-time job you pay around $360. Repeat clients get a $90 discount. Based in Tokyo, Exit began as a startup last year, and it is reportedly turning a profit. Japanese tradition compels many employees to give at least a month’s notice and to tell their manager about their plans in a face-to-face meeting. Etiquette also calls for a formal letter of resignation – and for departing employees to dole out an assortment of small gifts on their last day, to show their appreciation to their co-workers. With Exit, you bypass all that. There’s definitely demand out there, says co-owner Yuichiro Okazaki, adding, “Personally, I’m perplexed as to why people find it hard to quit, but I do sense that this atmosphere is prevalent in Japan.”
* Of course they’re making a profit – there’s no overhead. These guys are working on their phones from their lounge chairs next to their pools.
* $450 to tell your boss you’re quitting; an extra 50 bucks if you want a cream pie involved.
* Sounds like it would be easier to just fake your own death.
* Better yet, for $50 I’ll call your boss in Japan and tell them you got run over by the bullet train.