How do I avoid redirection after Ajax failed request?

I have the following Ajax request that is supposed to retrieve some data to insert inside a div:

$.ajax({
    url: "work/mywork.php",
    data: { data_string: JSON.stringify({pages_count: 2, page: 1}) },
    method: "GET",
    complete: function (response) {
        $("#slider").append(response.responseText);
        $("#slider").css({width:(2*100)+'%'});
        register_visualizers();
        pages_count = 2;
        low_end = 0;
        high_end = 1;
    },
    error: function(jqHXR,textStatus,errorThrown){
        console.log(errorThrown);
    }
});

But if it somehow fails to retrieve such data, it redirects me to work/mywork.php. I believe it has something to do with headers, but I don't know how to avoid such header being set or if It's something completly different.

I would appreciate some insight on this, I've already search the web for about 2 days and I coulnd't find anything usefull.

Thanks in advance.