She dances a lot better than I'd expect and this is a good video. But don't do this. Just state the reason you're leaving in the most non-insulting way you can. In the world of the never-forgetting interwebz, these things can come back to haunt you at the worse & most unexpected times; you won't even believe it. When it happens, you'll feel like the whole world is against you because it'll happen in a way that seems entirely improbable; the chain of events that leads you to the consequences will make you feel like you're in a book and the author wants your character to suffer. You'll be thinking "How the ?@$&!# did they find out about that?" as you watch some amazing opportunity slip right through your fingers. If you didn't believe in karma before, you'll start to wonder afterwards.
>Real karma would be something bad happening the employer
I think she did something bad to the employer by making this video public. I now have the impression of an employee who was just a bad fit, but didn't realize it and ended up taking it out on the employer who had to defend himself on Gawker.
And this is impressive. No "we're not that bad". No trying to take down the original with DCMA / whatever unsuitable method. Just riding the popularity and advertising on their own. I wish this way was a more frequent for companies to react to things...
sorry for the meta discussion: really wondering about the quality of the hacker news front page posts recently. Yesterday, there was a spam post about a fictitious iOS Hackathon from Google. Today this ... It's not even news, already old, and a very stupid way to quit your job ...
It's pure self-promotion (I would not hire her for any job, if I saw the video ... ok,ok working for academia).
Future employers don't care how your previous employers treated you. They care how you react to bad situations. If you react with grace you're a better bet than if you burn your bridges.
I thought I would read some ideas to plan your way out, but I get this. What to say? The fact that you hated/hate your job is a very bad signal for new potential employers and, in general, people around you. If you do change or want to change your job, do find a good story and stay away from pure complaining.
Why? Given the company's graceful response she has probably done them a huge favour with all the extra publicity.
> If it is, it's pretty stupid - I'd never hire her for anything that entails responsibility after seeing this.
To be honest, I hate this attitude. Therein lies the expectation that my whole life and every public statement has to be optimized for my next job. And as so many people now live huge parts of their life on the internet, for them it is only natural to talk about their work life publicly. If you don't complain about being praised by a happy employee publicly then you should not get the right to complain a about honest criticism online (and she even praised them in the same video).
EDIT: http://gawker.com/next-media-animation-responds-to-the-quit-...
After reading the NWA-exec's comments, now I'm pretty sure this was a mistake on her part.