Tue effects of job satisfaction on the intention to quit are often measured with global measurements, therefore results often show weak: effects. Tue cybemetic model of job satisfaction of Jimenez looks on job satisfaction as a process in time: People with higher personal aspirations and higher dissatisfaction should be found in groups with higher intention to quit. In two independent studies (N= 987 and N= 993) the intention to quit was measured with three items and job satisfaction was measured with the Profile Analysis of Job Satisfaction by Jimenez. Results show highly significant differences in all dimensions of job satisfaction, discriminant analyses show consistently important facets of job satisfaction which split up the groups by intention to quit.