I need more information to say... Why are you quitting? What are you hoping to move into? What are your finances and savings like. Generally, I vote to do it, but timing is the question.

Nope, I am hanging on to my job as long as I can. My manager and I have decided I am not working out, so she is going to see what is available in the company that I can move to. They do want to keep me and it is a big company. If nothing is available they will give me a few weeks to find something else. I could end up unemployed in a few weeks. I do have some savings and I'm over 60 so could hit my retirement savings. But it is scary as hell.

Hell yes!
Given that you've already decided to quit, despite not having another position
lined up, why the hell not?
It's not often that we get a chance to tell a boss why we are leaving.
You know you have a rare opportunity.
Absolutely take advantage of it!!! Just remember, depending upon how that
meeting goes, you may not be able to use that individual as a future reference.
Good luck to you, hope you find another/better job soon!

Maybe in a few years but most people call it retirement at that point.

I did this at the beginning of the year. I put my notice in in January had to work 3 months notice and had no job to go to. I have work now but on my own terms and
I am growing self-employment work. It's a wild ride. Best thing I ever did ?

Hustle and get your exit plan tight pre-seeing the boss. If you are going to adhere to a principle of doing it face to face, then make sure your exit plan is square prior. Otherwise, I'd go 21st century and exit via email or phone call.

Absolutely not. Never ever ever.

I'm telling you from experience not to do it. It's much easier to find a job when you have one plus if for some reason it takes an extended period of time for you to find one you'll have to answer for that gap on your resume. You should be prepared for your boss to, assuming you're a good worker, offer you more money, say he'll change things, and you should be open to those things. Having lived through it and currently in it, you can always quit once you get a job, there's no reason to quit before you get the other job. No matter how bad it is. I was in a job for six and a half years and thought I'd get fired every day of that six and a half years so I saved money which has allowed me to live for four years without any income. If you can afford to do it then you can do it but I'm telling you that the hole in your resume will haunt you forever..

I wouldn't, but if the job was bad enough and morally questionable, I very well might.

Actually I always quit my jobs without having another lined up.

Imagine the Pope … Despite affirmations to the contrary he never meets with his boss!!!

I probably would not. I'm risk adverse to that situation. In my experience it's easier to find a job when you already have one. I have the impression that the unemployed job seeker can have a certain air of desperation about them,, like actors auditioning.. especially the longer you are on your job search. I absolutely applaud your desire to be respectful and I understand that the opportunity to have a face to face is in front of you.. but ask yourself.. if your boss was considering terminating you in the next month or so do you think he would mention it in your meeting? Save yourself the stress of no money coming in with payments piling up. Good Luck!!

Not unless you have a sick nest egg

i don't know whether or not it's a good idea, but i've done it more than once! some things are just that important.

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I did it a couple of times when I was in my twenties. I had no debt, didn't need much, and knew I could get a job waiting tables (side job since high school) if I needed the money. I never regretted it.
Now, no. Too many responsibilities, a mortgage, and a fairly comfortable lifestyle that I'd like to keep.

And don't sweat the 'gap' in employment. You were travelling OS, finding yourself, in prison, (maybe not that one) plenty of legit reasons why you were not working.

But in answer to your question. I have done it many times, but only when I had sufficient 'fuck you' money to carry me. <- thanks to Yanya for that gem. I work in an industry that has plenty of opportunity for moving elsewhere. Even around the world.

Only once in my working life have I had the perfect opportunity to tell a boss "Take this job and shove it (up your arse)" Woulda Shoulda Coulda. Well, I did quit to his face but I didn't use those exact words. Missed chances in life.....