  R-symmetries, which are needed for supersymmetry (SUSY) breaking in
O'Raifeartaigh models, often lead to SUSY runaway directions trough a
complexified R-transformation. Non-R symmetries also lead to runaway directions
in a similar way. This work investigates the occurrence of runaway directions
of both SUSY and SUSY breaking types. We clarify previous issues on fractional
charges and genericness, and make a refined statement on conditions for runaway
directions related to either R-symmetries or non-R symmetries. We present a
generic and anomaly-free model to show the existence of runaway directions
related to non-R symmetries. We also comment on the possibility to combine the
non-R symmetry case to the R-symmetry case by an R-charge redefinition.
