Hi. I recently started a new job and immediately realized that the job was completely wrong for me. I therefore handed in a resignation and now have to work until September following agreements in the job contract. So to the problem. My boss doesn't want to accept my resignation. Even though I keep telling him that I have made up my mind about this. He instead insists that I work until they find someone else to take over. Or until I find a new job. However the thing is this work place were already struggling to hire new employees (probably because of lousy conditions and pay). It can therefore take a while before they hire anyone else. In addition, I also managed to reveal that I haven't gotten a new job. So according to my boss, I should continue working there since there's no new job waiting for me. The thing is, I've gotten sick and tired of working at this place. So I really want to take a break from working generally for the time being. Since my boss doesn't seem to understand this, it's hard for me to come up with good arguments when communicating with him. He also threatened to give me a bad reference if I decide to follow trough with my resignation. My question is how can I quit and still be in somewhat good terms with my boss? And is there anything I can say to get him to stop nagging me to continue?