<prompt> Human: Hello personal finance I need some advice.My wife works as an executive assistantoffice admin for a solar company. She works over 10 hours a day when she is expected to only do 8. It is a very poisonous work environment and she has been contemplating to find another job. Today her boss came to her and said that she should quit because she is not aligned with their office culture She was hired to change the culture in the office. He said that he will give her time to look for another job. Which we arent exactly sure what that entails since it just happened. I feel they are doing this to avoid any unemployment payment issues? We are in California and any advice would be appreciated.Update: Hello guys, my wife and I are really appreciative of all the advice laid out in the responses. I moved to California from Canada so wasnt 100 sure how to proceed. And lurking on this board for a while I knew this would be a good avenue because the community at Personal Financial is amazing. Her boss had emailed her creating an action items list and if they cant be met to his specification then it will be termination. Problem is he is in 70s and has signs dementia. So everything involved in this culture change has been extremely difficult because he will love her ideas and sign off on them but at a later date be upset that she isnt doing things like how he expects citing the old ways they did things and forget he signed off on stuff. Her resume is updated and have started actively searching. Today she went in and will do the job to a T and when the first opportunity arises she will leave. If he brings up quiting again then she will ask for a severence package. Fingers crossed that she gets some hits on a job.Thanks again everyone with helping us deal with his unexpected situation.  <response>: She should immediately look for another job but she should not quit if she would benefit from receiving unemployment. If she would like to be able to collect unemployment she should let them fire her. 