u/Accurate_Corner9714

Guys, I just heard the weirdest story about how my best friend from my old job quit. He didn't send his manager a message or an email. Nothing. He literally woke up one day, logged into the company's HR portal, clicked the 'Submit Resignation' button, and disappeared.
This is someone I worked alongside for about 5 years. We were very close friends, and we were pretty much the only two in the office who were into D&D and board games. Our whole world turned upside down last year around July when a bigger company bought our department. I moved to the new company, but he stayed there in a completely different role and ended up hating it.
I was talking to him a few days ago and he told me he left the company three weeks ago because he had reached his limit and hated the new job. But he didn't tell me how he quit. I found that part out from my manager, who still talks to people at the old place. HR blew up his phone for 3 days straight, trying to find out if he was okay. They thought he must have clicked the button by mistake or something, because who leaves a 5-year job at a Fortune 100 company like that without any notice?
I was trying to set him up with an interview here because our old jobs were similar and this place is much better. But honestly, this whole thing has made me think twice about recommending him for a job at my new place. What if he pulls a move like this again? It's completely unprofessional.
I still can't wrap my head around it. Who just torches their professional future like that, especially with the state of the job market right now?