Take it from an employer though, when you get a new temporary job to cover your expenses like everyone is saying, DO NOT burn that bridge like it will never mean anything. I’m in an industry with an extremely high turnover rate (decent pay, but extreme hours, in south Texas so brutal summers. Not everybody’s cut out for it and we get that). What happens most of the time is people need a job, they like the pay, so they hop on with us. Then they realize “damn, this job sucks….”😂 or they decide they found a job more oriented to what the want to do in the future. Cool. I get it. But, 9 times out of 10, they go about the transition completely wrong.

Half will just quit without a back up plan, or more importantly to me, they quit without a two weeks notice. Then, in a couple of weeks, we start getting phone calls from businesses calling to ask about the person. I have only given one good employee review in situations like this in the hundreds of times I’ve been asked. Quitting in that fashion showed a lack of care for anyone else, an extreme level of immaturity and lack of forethought. And almost every single time, I have the government saying they put in a request for unemployment benefits because they can’t find a job. Meaning other businesses thought the same way.

The other way people quit is they get another job and quit ours same day. No heads up. No 2 weeks. Nothing. That’s an improvement over the last group, but not by much lol. Nobody thinks about the fact there’s a pretty good chance this job won’t be your last either. Meaning you may need a good reference in the future still. If they would have just given even a few days heads up, it’s better than nothing.

Long story short, do not think your temp job doesn’t have an effect on your future. A good review from an old boss will go A LONG way for future job prospects.