19 really dumb ways to quit a job

Forget giving at least two weeks notice, finessing an exit interview, and tactfully networking your way out the door. Some people are in too big a hurry for any of that.

Others have come up with some, um, creative ways to say sayonara. When staffing firm OfficeTeam asked about 600 U.S. human resources managers to describe the weirdest ways they’ve seen or heard people resign lately, here’s what they said:

“An employee baked a cake with her resignation letter written on top.”

“One guy hired a marching band to accompany his announcement.”

“The worker threw a brick through the window with the words ‘I quit’ written on it.”

“An employee left a sticky note saying that he was quitting.”

“The individual sent an email blast to the entire staff.”

“One employee threw a cup of coffee and walked out.”

“An employee bragged to all his colleagues that it was his last day, but failed to let his boss or the HR manager know.”

A few people took advantage of technology:

“An employee sent his boss a text message to say he was leaving.”

“One person quit on Facebook.”

“The employee submitted a message through the company web site.”

“Someone resigned via a video conference call.”

Some delegated the task:

“One person had his wife call to tell his boss he was not coming back.”

“A worker sent a text to a colleague saying he was quitting and asked her to forward it to management.”

“One employee’s parents contacted the company to let us know their son was resigning.

And others simply disappeared:

“One person said he was going to the men’s room and didn’t return.”

“An employee packed up her belongings and walked out without a word.”

“Someone left for lunch and never came back.”

“An employee stormed out in the middle of a meeting, without explanation.”

“The employee said she was going out to buy boots, but was never seen again.”

“How you leave a position can make a lasting impression,” notes OfficeTeam executive director Robert Hosking. That’s for sure. Most (86%) of the HR managers in the survey said that how someone quits a job “affects their future career opportunities.” Word gets around.

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How Ikea took over the world

It took some time to figure out just the right shopping complex, off just the right highway interchange and just the right distance from Seoul, that could accommodate a 624,000-square-foot store—that is to say, one more than three times the size of the average Wal-Mart Supercenter. It took more time to solve certain mysteries, like how big to make the store’s children’s section in a country where kids are often given ample space in the family living quarters. It took more time to figure out how to showcase kitchens that incorporate kimchi refrigerators, a uniquely Korean appliance—and even more time to untangle nuances of the market, like the South Korean’s preference for metal chopsticks.

In all, it took about six years for Ikea to unveil its inaugural store in South Korea, in Gwangmyeong, starting from the first scouting trip. Ikea celebrated the opening in December with a tree planting rather than ribbon cutting. (Chalk that up to Ikea tradition rather than to South Korean custom.)

The lag was quintessentially Ikean. “They are ferocious about not expanding too rapidly,” says David Marcotte of consulting firm Kantar Retail. But six years? “The more global, the more complex it gets,” replies Mikael Palmquist, the regional manager of retail for Asia Pacific. “We need to get these things right or we will never be taken seriously.”

Even with all that careful planning, Ikea managed to get a few things wrong. It misjudged the number of parking spaces needed, and a seemingly benign map for sale upset some customers: The body of water east of Korea was labeled the Sea of Japan rather than the East Sea, as South Koreans prefer.

But the Koreans seem, for the most part, to have forgiven the Swedes. Today the Gwangmyeong store, which is the company’s largest in the world by shopping area, is on track to become one of Ikea’s top-performing outlets for 2015.

The success is hardly a fluke. Ikea, it seems, is a genius at selling Ikea—flat packing, transporting, and reassembling its quirky Swedish styling all across the planet. The furniture and furnishings brand is in more countries than Wal-Mart, Carrefour, and Toys “R” Us. China, where Ikea has eight of its 10 biggest stores, is the company’s fastest-growing market. An outlet in Morocco is coming soon, and there are hints that Brazil may not be far off. Meanwhile, Ikea is going meatballs out in India, where it plans to invest about $2 billion over a decade to open 10 stores.

Getting it right in emerging markets like China and India, where Ikea is well-positioned to capitalize on a growing middle class, is a key factor in its goal of hitting €50 billion in sales by 2020. That’s up from €28.7 billion in its fiscal 2014 ($39 billion based on the average exchange rate for Ikea’s fiscal year) and almost double its 2005 sales level. Today the Ikea Group has 318 stores, not including the brand’s some four dozen franchised locations; it’s aiming for around 500 by 2020.

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2014年10月21-25日，第23届欧洲国际金属板材加工技术展览会(Euroblech 2014)在德国汉诺威展览中心举办，《锻造与冲压》杂志社作为中国唯一一家专业媒体参展，并对这一业内最具影响力的国际性展览会进行报道。

本届展会展商数量共计1576家，来自38个国家，占据汉诺威展览中心8个展馆，其中11、12、14号馆为钣金设备馆，13号馆为厚板及管材加工（焊接）设备馆，15号馆为模具馆，16、17号馆为钣金件及原材料馆，第27号馆为冲压设备馆，基本涵盖了金属板材及管材加工的方方面面，产业链非常完整。

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钣金设备国际巨头全部惊艳亮相本届展会，其中通快、天田、百超、博利玛、普瑞玛、萨瓦尼尼等企业展位面积都达到了数百上千平米，展台设计非常豪华，服务细节非常到位，展示了其最新最先进的产品。如通快的机器人焊接单元，天田的自动化生产线，博利玛的柔性化管材加工线，普瑞玛的三维激光切割机，萨瓦尼尼的P1到P4折弯中心等，均代表了国际最先进水平。

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此外，一些在国内不常见到的钣金设备品牌层出不穷，其产品无论从外观设计，还是性能表现方面都不输于国际著名品牌，其在本届展会的展位面积也很大，展现出其较强的实力，但在中国的知名度还不高，如SAFAN、WEMO、DURMA、BAYKAL、SCHRODER等。这也是要参观国际性展会的主要原因之一，因为这里有世界上最新、最全、最先进的设备，您可以尽情挑选。

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土耳其BAYKAL激光切割机	德国SCHRODER折边机

本次参展的中国展商有81家，是仅次于德国、意大利的第三大展商来源国，如大族激光、江苏扬力、葛氏国际、金运激光、大连华工等拥有面积较大的展台，在国际竞争舞台上展示了较强的实力，也将精彩的中国元素展现给世界同行。此外，还有两家国内组展机构组织了近40家企业以展团形式参展，多以标准展位展示，主要为模具及标准件生产企业，这些企业主要为外向出口型，很多都没有国内业务。

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