Voluntary Termination

Kyra observes in her Notes from the Cube . . .

"Voluntary Termination."

I saw this written for the first time a few weeks ago. I saw it on a form. I thought, logically, it was meant for someone who resigns - but, no, we have a "Resignation" form, too.

Voluntary Termination. The person is called to Human Resources and offered a choice: get fired "voluntarily" - or anyway. Somewhat like Assisted Suicide for the terminally ill, I suppose: you are going away, one way or another, so why not help the process along - with our help.

Apparently there are benefits to voluntarily terminating your own job. I don't know what those benefits are. To tell the truth, I don't want to find out first-hand, either.