Quit; extended one's employment (8)

I believe the answer is:

resigned

(Other definitions for resigned that I've seen before include "philosophical" , "Defeatist" , "Stopped working" , "Tolerating" , "Gave up (a post)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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