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If it is only one day a week, I would give notice and ask if they would like you to work the next two weeks. They might just say no. I really believe in not burning any bridges because life can change so quickly, it is always nice to leave people thinking positive things about you.

Only once, because I was being sexually harassed constantly by the owner's son.

I never have...I usually give more than 2 weeks because I am a sucker! In your case I'd give 2 weeks notice, just because it's the nice thing to do and I think it's better to not burn bridges--you never know what the future will hold!

I have. I worked at a dept store for only a month in between college and my current job. I got my current job and out right quit the dept store. I didn't want to work anymore weekends! I got put on their naughty list and can never work there again. Lol doesn't bother me.

@Arden: I'm sorry you had to go through it. She was actually mad that i quit b/c she vouched for me to get the job. whatever.

i did, but for a job that i had literally just started training for. i got a job in my field and then quit the other job the same day i was scheduled to go in for a training session. they didn't seem to care at all.

I did once, my high school job. I just followed what my friends did. There were lots of people to work there and a couple of us were done so we just never showed up again. Never called nothing, just didn't go back. Probably stupid at the time but that's what we did.

I did once, but it was kind of a weird situation. I got a part-time job waitressing at a Chinese restaurant in college, but I only worked one night there and never went back. The owner was the chef's son-in-law and they did NOT get along, and the chef was very temperamental so people were calling to order Chinese food and being told it would take 2 hours, and by the end of the night, the owner just gave me cash and told me he would understand if he didn't see me the next night lol. I think he was used to people just never coming back. So I didn't -- but even in that situation, I felt terrible! I think I would just feel too guilty not to at least give them the option.

I walked out on the job, two different times, at two different waitressing jobs when I was in college. They were both TERRIBLE restaurants with terrible managers though. One tried to short me money at the end of my shift to pay for a mistake the guy counting out tips at the end of the night made, so I quit (I hated the job anyway and found another job the same week). The second job was at the Olive Garden (omg) with another worst manager ever. I was really sick with a stomach bug the morning of a double shift on a Sunday, but when I called in, the manager said I would be fired if I didn't show. So I went, and threw up right at the entrance of the back door on my way in. I told him I'd just thrown up and he told me to work. I made it about 3 hours before I just quit and went home. JERK!

Anyway, I lived in a city, so there was no shortage of places to find a waitressing job, and those types of jobs don't tend to ask for work references anyway--you can just write your friend's names on the applications and they don't call them anyway. It didn't make finding a new job any harder, but I would give my two weeks if the managers were nice (I gave notice at all my other part time jobs, and I had many).

I've never done it at a professional job though.

I walked out of my last job in hospitality. I was in management too, eek. I had already found a new position outside of the industry and was planning on putting in my notice in about a week when my boss called me stupid. So I got up, wrote I quit on a sticky note and walked out. Then cried the entire ride home. Things had gotten really terrible there and the 6 months I was there were longer than anyone else who'd ever held that position.

Do I regret it? Maybe. I love my job now, would not list that job as a reference, but wish I could have handled in more professionally.

Did it feel a little awesome? Yep.

@runnerd: I completely agree. If I hadn't already found a new job in a completely different industry I would have NEVER done it! I had only been there a few months so I certainly wasn't attached. Wish I would have been more adult about it, but live and learn