How to Quit your Job like a Boss
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ค. 2024
- Quitting your job professionally is never an easy thing to do. In fact it can be absolutely terrifying, especially when your boss is being completely unreasonable about the whole thing.
In this video we go into the specifics of a story of someone who tried to quit and whose boss was so unreasonable about the whole thing.
I go into how a company should act but also provide my tips on how to quit properly and the best way to do it in the most professional way possible even if your manager is being beyond useless about the whole thing.
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I worked for a manager who cancelled my holiday week (3weeks before) so she could take her time off. I took this higher and was told to work half of it and my manager would work half. I didn’t agree with it, my holiday was signed off months before. So I decided to apply for other jobs and within the week had a new job offer. I put in my 2 weeks notice which ended the week before the holiday. This meant that the manager had to cancel her holiday plans because the business was short staffed for that week 😂😂 Karma
HA! Cop that ya silly tart! Well played sir
This show HR give now shits about the employee and are only there to protect the business. HR should of told the manager no.
Reminds me of a story on one of those text-to-voice channels about somebody at a crazily busy fast-food place who was told "do *petty job here* or you're fired!" said "OK" and walked out... to join the qeue of customers.
When Iresigned, my toxic boss accused me of negatively influencing the new hire because she also resigned to go the same company as me. They also had my access blocked to certain network drives. That lasted less than a day after I emailed to ask who was taking over my projects immediately because all the resources were now not accessible by me. Hated that place. So many reasons to leave but the straw that broke the camels back was being told off for moving a chair in the atrium lunch area to eat with my team - because the big boss didn’t want the chairs to fade in the sun…for the 30 mins I was sitting on it. Showed what they valued which wasn’t staff.
It's kind of a truism that managers who demand the most loyalty give the least.
Or the ones that demand respect the most give next to none (currently have a manager like this but am waiting till I have another job lined up before I do anything)
Worked for a company manager who was actually great to work for. There was one employee who had kids in school with a lot of extracurricular activities. The position was a night shift and the guy had worked for the company quite a few years and was good at his job. He resigned because he was missing his kids' games, recitals, etc. and it was making his family life difficult. The manager understood and told him that if for any reason things didn't work out he would be welcome back, no questions. Not all managers are horrible.
We know that. This channel is for the ones who are🙄
There are good ones out there, just very few.
I was called into a meeting an basically ambushed with a load of BS, I asked for a break in the meeting and used the time to grab some paper and wrote my notice out and returned to the meeting. I immediately handed my boss the notice, She panicked and tried to talk me out of it saying i didn't need to go etc. So nice to be able to stand my ground and say i'm going and that was that. worked for the rest off my notice basically immune to her BS as at that point she was powerless.
I got a job offer on Monday morning and immediately accepted. I opened my My Documents folder, then printed and signed the already prepared resignation letter. I handed it to my boss. She said you are not giving me two weeks? I said I have never seen you give anyone two weeks when you fire them.
You’re the man!
I once had a bully as a boss. He often said "there are at least 10 out there who would love to do your job" or "a monkey could do your job better."
When I handed in my resignation, he came at me with loyalty to him and the company...and yada yada....and, at the moment there is no one who can do my job, who should he hire?
I told him he should hire the 10 people he always talked about or maybe hire that monkey.
I use to be a “tax preparer “ from 18 to 21 and the company didn’t pay me for all the overtime I did all those three years and on that last day April 15 I just asked for all that money and since they couldn’t hand a me my money I left them hanging dry with nobody else to do it with about 20 people already waiting by 9 am
Legend :)
Many companies don't want you to work your notice. Your heart isn't in it, your head is in the next job, if the relationship has broken down you could do a lot of damage. Very unprofessional to demand working out notice with few exceptions.
If the boss is so toxic you have to leave become of them it may be better to talk to HR and offer your Resignation to them with your reasoning why you didn't feel like you could discuss it with your boss without support. Then offer to meet with the boss with HR present... that will take the edge off their behavior... remember it's not your job to make your boss comfortable or to put them in a place where they can vent or act out.
I congratulated the last direct report of mine who left... he got a HUGE pay raise that we couldn't match and I was truly happy for him.
HR is there to protect the company from lawsuits. From personal experience nothing that you tell them or ask them is confidential. Your supervisor will know about it before you get back to your desk.
As a boss I considered it my duty to prepare my staff to get a higher paying position, so I was never upset when they left. Just the opposite I was happy for them.
@bigdaddio1959 me too! I could have written the exact same myself, and I bet, like me, you get so much more satisfaction out of it than acting like an arse!!
One of my guys called me (I manage a team of people internationally and she was based in another country) this personal said they would resign today, and I wanted to call me and tell me before hand the Job they had was the step up we couldn't provide (we are a small company) I simple said professionally I was confident she would smash it and be fantastic and personally I would miss her. From my point of view the way we left it was great.
@@hopkinsonebm3692 that's exactly as it should be!!
Right because it showed you did a good job
Me too
if u quit ur job because of the manager, the manager should absolutely take it personally. he is the reason, most likely for more than one worker leaving. so in the end he should reflect on himself, to become a better leader.
My boss does not give a fig about my career or learning. She is only interested in digging around for my personal information. I will be quitting as soon as I can find something else. I have had it with a company that lies about the position, lies about the hours, lies about the opportunities (none), and lies about their benefits. I have made a serious mistake staying for 5 years thinking that I would qualify for a promotion. They have just made it very clear in the last week that there will never be any opportunities for me because of my age (60's) without actually saying it, which would be illegal. I have had 7 managers, 4 directors, and 2 VPs managing me over the last 5 years, and not one of those people could be bothered to look at my CV or act on my repeated requests for promotion, learning, or any sort of advancement. Screw them. I am so done with lying companies.
You deserve better
03:50 get copies of everything before the meeting. You might be locked out of the system as soon as you resign.
I saw this happen to a higher level manager. She was so good to others. She told us (her staff) she was leaving; we were sad, it was a nice meeting. She then drove the 20 mins or so to the corporate building to meet with them and our understanding was, her two weeks notice was accepted by them but by the time she drove back to her office, she was greeted by security and was being escorted out of the building. It was demoralizing. I hurt for her.
Ive just walked out, its very easy.......and you feel great
I’ve been living in the UK for 5 years now. No is a very powerful word here and upper management goes berserk when you tell them no. I had one manager tell me as soon as I’m off the clock i could care less about this company. And I said you’re absolutely correct. You’re paying me 40,000 a year what do you expect….
As a Brit I’ve never had the ‘No’ experience so directly, but they do hate not being able to get a more personal view into your life. I keep things very formal, professional and do not blend work and my personal life at all. I also don’t justify my answers. If someone requests something and I don’t wish to or am unable to I simply say “I’m afraid that’s not possible” and if they pry, I simply repeat it but less courteously so they are aware they’re trying to patience & any further infringement will become a problem.
After 13 years at a place i got covid - admitted to hospital twice, spent a month on oxygen, first day back i handed in my notice. Whilst in hospital i was asked to support work as my manager didn't know what to do.
Best decision in my life was to leave.
I had one super-toxic boss who refused to accept me resignation. So I high-tailed it straight to HR and resigned there. HR knew he was bad (he broke the last one who worked for him) and they asked me if I wanted to leave straight away. I said, "it's okay, I will work until the end of the week and tidy up the loose ends".
Oh the stories I had, just from three months of enduring him! The last woman had been with the company for 15 years or more, and left after about six months of him. He was utterly horrendous.
And you wonder why he was still there over a long term employee.
@@blktauna Corporate culture (multi-national company). He was the 'executive', she and I, only the 'staff' (aka unimportant pond dwellers).
Here was the prime example. He jetted around the world, first class on British Airways (about the most expensive). I could not get him a flight on BA, got him 1st on Qantas with a standby on BA 1st. He came out to the secretarial area, yelled at me that "you of all people should know the difference between first class BA and first class Qantas". My reply was honest "I have never flown first class in my life, so no". After he left, all the other secretaries gave me a silent clap. He was an utter monster.
They can't refuse you to quit it's not there choice who you work for
I have always been amazed that so many bosses/managers expect absolute loyalty from an employee, but do not return that loyalty to them. As a former manager, I have always looked at my staff as a team. I have found that if they know that you have their backs, they will have yours; they will go to the wall for you because they know that you will do the same for them. Just treat your employees as decent human beings and do what you can to help them suceed. I was fortunate to be an assistant to a great mentor. I learned so much and it made me a better manager.
I have never ever cared about quitting and a manager caring
I have never understood why people found it difficult to hand in their notice.
I have been retired for 12 years. I started work at age 15 and retired at age 63. In that time I worked mainly in construction and industrial maintenance as an apprentice, tradesman, foreman and supervisor. I worked all over the UK, in New Zealand and, for the last 36 years of my working life, in Australia. In the 48 years of my working life I must have had at least 25 different employers.
I used to love handing in my notice, especially if I had a shit boss. Handing in my notice gave me a great feeling of satisfaction and meant a new start to keep the interest going in my job. I never had trouble finding a new job and actually left some employers only to return to the same employer a couple of years later.
One thing I always tried to do was to leave on good terms. This was not always possible, especially on a couple of occasions when I was fired, (of course it was never my fault, and I'm sticking to that).
Worked for an production-by-acquisition tech company for 20 years. The company was once one of the leading security companies on earth; now they're barely a blip on the radar, and over the last 6 years have been passed around more than blunt at a frat party.
For those that don't know what a production-by-acquisition company is is, the entire business model of such a company is to (a) buy some new, smaller company X, (b) rebrand all X products to be made by the buying company, (c) market the crap out of their tech to your existing customer base, and (d) market the crap out of your already-existing products to the customer base of company X (whom you just acquired). Everyone (supposedly) becomes one big happy family, and the process is repeated, over and over again.
The problem with that model, beyond the fact it is completely unsustainable, is there is a LOT of attrition and very little actual innovation. You're constantly buying technology; not building it. Very little actual in-house innovation transpires. And a LOT of brilliant people are either shelved, or outright sent packing over time.
The business model is literally designed to promote near-no-one except executives, management, and yes-man ass-kissers, so getting one based on merit is near-impossible, but I managed it... twice. I've had 13 managers (12 of which are no longer present due to attrition or layoff) survived 17 layoffs ranging in size from a few dozen to as much as 20% of the entire workforce, and witnessed seven different full-clearances of the executive C-suite. The last few years my leading annual 'goal' on my career path is always the same: have a job one year from now, surviving the 2-3 upcoming semi-annual layoffs that are surely coming.
Quitting was easy, and I gave as much notice as they gave the *thousands* of people I've seen them send packing for no fault whatsoever, rather only to keep their gross margins above 40% for two decades; *none*. I called my boss (who has lived through much of this with me, though not as my boss until recently) and told him, "F'ck this. I'm outta here. Good luck." His response: "It's about f'ing time. Wish you well, man."
I would have my letter of resignation ready to go BEFORE I go to talk to my boss.
Number one - get your data and personal items in order, quietly. Because they 99% of the time will delete your access within minutes.
I only gave notice if I was respected and treated well. It was rare. Since I have direct deposit, I usually pack my stuff on Friday and just don’t call or show up on Monday. I enjoy the voicemails but never return any. I was threatened with with holding a final paycheck once so I called the secretary and gave her the name and number of the state labor board rep that I spoke with and told her he wanted to speak to them (small company with no HR) and I saw my check hit the bank an hour later.
How I resign. Decide I want to leave. Never go back another day.
I'll quit face to face when i get laid off face to face as well
Told my boss i was leaving
He asked for it in writing
I took a post it note off his pad his pen out of his hand
Wrote :-
I quit
luv chris.
Handed it all back
Done and dusted...
A petty boss like this is the worst, quitting is difficult enough as it is! Great advice Ben
Love to see you supporting this channel, as your content is so similar. Rising tide lifts all ships, and whatnot.
I had just resigned from a job and my ex-boss did the exact same thing. He didn't even try to talk to me about it and canceled every non-client facing meeting that I part of for an entire month.
I had a boss who didn't speak one word to me during my last 2 weeks, even though our desks were 2 ft from each other.
Same. She was so weak, childish, and unprofessional, it's stunning. I still have friends there and hear she's still had no management training after two years of making a once-great department a revolving door of chaos. I loved it there before she took over the department... *I* should be there and *she* should be gone. It's so infuriating.
A boss pouting like a child? Sounds legit.
What an infant 😂
I love how crappy the management treat anyone prepping to retire. Seen it happen over and over. My own manager canceled meetings, refused to start the hire process for my replacement. On the last day I got a list of demands before "I could leave the building". I forwarded the message to all of HR and all managers at his level and higher in the department. Then left with comp time at noon. Simply amazing that he thought he still had power over me.
Another fantastic video, feel sorry for this guy, handing in your notice is really scary!
on of my jobs is as a manager and tell you what I never had to force / bully / blackmail any of my colleagues into staying longer. We are a team, I work any job at the venue if we're undersaffed and they like me so if possible they ALWAYS help me out. they dont do it for the owner they do it for me and their colleagues.
I had a toxic boss who extended my probation period meaning that I only had to give a week's notice. So I waited until he left on a Friday for a weeks holiday and I left my letter of resignation on his desk, so I was gone when he returned from leave.
very well presented and all good points, excellent advice to have it all sorted in your mind of how you want to handle each phase of the resignation.
If you're an at will employee it makes absolutely no sense to give notice. Quit and move on. Obviously, laws in the UK differ than the US
If the boss does not want to listen to the reasons, then there is no point in forcing them. I have personally sent my resignation via email to leave a digital footprint. I will explain face to face if they want to hear it of course. It wasn't difficult for me to explain it to my boss, but it was to other colleagues. Some of them took it as if I had betrayed them or abandoned them. 😔
I just started my new job about a month ago.
At my old job, I absolutely loved my colleagues and enjoyed the work but the GM was awful to work for.
When I told my colleagues about my resignation, they were upset BUT when I told them it was because of the GM, they understood completely.
On my last day, one of the senior engineers had drafted a document listing all the faults of the GM (and that ultimately the company was in danger). I found out later that he had sent the document to the chairman after getting everyone to review it. 😂
I’ve been a manager in my field for a long time. I figure that a huge part of my job is to find and train my replacement. That part of the job starts day one. I also enjoy helping my staff grow professionally. Most of the folks are college age and it’s neat to be able to help shape their job outlook.
Why even offer a notice with a boss like that? Just walk out.
I would like this channel to read out exchanges in one longer video rather than 3 Tiktoks. I would also like to hear stories that come with updates (prefereably comuppances!).
I asked Ben to make this video and I can say I'm now at a place that respects me! Never stay in these toxic places longer than you need to. GTFO.
A few notes on this:
- it’s even worse when it’s the CEO
- there’s often little ability to ensure payment (for example, outstanding entitlements) without resorting to legal action (YMMV based on jurisdiction)
I'm in exactly this situation right now. CEO hasn't responded to my communications for months. Won't acknowledge anything (including my resignation) despite me having read receipts on the messages. I literally have no idea why he's doing it, but it's blocking my access to my retirement account that I unfortunately need to use as emergency funds. I'm having to get the government involved. Wild, and wildly unexpected.
@@kimball_stone good lord that's AWFUL. Hope you have relief soon. What an ASSHOLE!
I gave 4 hours notice on a Friday when I left one job at a physicians' office. The month before, I had seen a co-worker coerced into staying on the job despite medical recommendations to take 6 months off due to her _high-risk-pregnancy!_ I refused to risk such an ordeal, especially since, after three years, not one of the promised improvements (computer to replace electric typewriter, actual desk in the office instead of a literal closet to work from) had ever taken place. Before the end of the day, a memo was circulating asking all staff to help fill the _two_ openings needed to pick up my workload. Best decision I ever made.
if they don't give me 2 weeks why should i give them?
If you handle it professionally, you are more likely that they won't give you terrible reviews when new employers contact them. I've had that happen once, when I was about 30 years old. The manager basically black-listed me for the next three years in the field as every place you apply for will contact your old managers. And from what I found out, he would talk crap about me, simply because he was petty.
That’s illegal they can refuse to give you a reference but they cannot badmouth you.
@@megfreeth4377fact
I am 63 years old, I remember my Mam telling me when I was young if you see an employer regularly advertising for employees they have a high turn over off staff which means they aren't good employers who treat their staff with respect so never apply for a job with them. Of course this was before the internet but word would get around, these days due to the internet you are able to see the companies that are always advertising for staff. Words of wisdom from my Mam these are companies you don't want to work for. Good employers don't have a high turnover of staff, their staff remain loyal and they only advertise positions when a staff member leaves either due to retirement/ family reasons or have moved on to a higher position. Nor do they include ridiculous requirements for what is likely to be an entry level position.
My employers were bought out. New management told everyone we still had jobs just after Thanksgiving. Just before Christmas, 90% of the people were let go with no warning.
Manager asked me if I would go to the new facility and teach my job before I was let go. I said, "Do I have 'F *** me' written on my forehead?" and walked out.
Found a better job less than a week later.
Your videos have toughed some nerves from working with some crap supervisors and colleagues. I'm from a trade and construction background
The point about grievances is very well made actually. In the case of opportunities to raise any potential grievances after you hand in your notice, I would also encourage people to actually write down their grievances. This is mainly so you can actually review your own words, and word your grievances in such a way that you won't get burnt with an "all you ever did was complain, and you're still doing it!" from your boss. In the moment itself, emotions can make wording grievances in such a way they don't tread on people's toes quite difficult. Be aware of any confidentiality requirements of certain meetings. If there's no requirement for things to be confidential, don't assume they will be. Be aware of the power of words, and above all leave the pettiness outside. The more petty you are, the easier you make it for others to paint you as immature and peevish, thereby negating your entire grievance and consigning it to the bin to be ignored. There's no need to compliment people who in your eyes definitely don't deserve any, but don't unload a heap of crap on them, stick to the facts, so rather than "I hate , he/she was an out and out bastard the whole time I was there, the flippin b*tch." reword it in neutral terms, such as "I cannot speak for everyone, but I found rather difficult to work with. I think it is mostly a matter of a conflict of personalities, in that our personalities don't mix." Above all I would say be honest with them, as well as straight to the point.
Dude was disciplined for not being on his computer during annual leave? Working from home is still working!
Ok maybe I am weird but I have never been scared in the slightest of telling my manager I am leaving.
I quit a job, (new company bought the one i worked for) by asking my boss, the director, if we could meet. When we met I explained I was leaving, I'd had 3 job offers. He was genuinely shocked, but not shocked that I was going but that I'd taken him to one side and resigned in person! Made me wonder just what had gone on before!!
It's the same with customers. A satisfied customer/employee will tell 4 people. A mistreated one will tell 10. In most businesses reputation is key.
Don't do it in person. Unfortunately you need a paper trail for everything
You can still do it in person, just take a copy of your resignation letter to the meeting for their records, and send a follow-up email afterwards including the right persons with that same resignation letter attached. Mission accomplished!
Probably also worth noting: be very careful about what documents you sign as you leave the company. One of my former employers wanted me to sign a severance contract that would place additional non-disclosure burden on me and limit their liability with zero upside for me. I took a lawyer (it cost about $250) and she pointed out the issues in that contract and I just ended up not signing it. Other than that it was done you suggested, very professional, but that didn't mean that higher-ups/legal did not want to force their "standard procedure".
So if any significant amount of money is involved (like potential severance payment or bonus not yet paid out) it's likely worth getting professional legal advice for a few hundred bucks.
Your tip #3 -get to the point right off made me laugh. It just reminded me of when you go to the shop and buy something embarrassing, so you pick up a bunch of normal stuff for camouflage 😂
My addition, do not do exit interviews. It can not benefit you. It is waste of your time, and only can cut you off from future options.
If you have a mandatory notice, be sure to follow up the meeting with an email copied to your personal mail to prove that you handed your notice at a certain date in case they try pretend you did not resign and to sue you for not delivering the required notice
When I resigned from my first job, in banking, the office director took me out for meals to try to convince me to stay. When that didn't work the CEO took me to his Mayfair club for lunch and a very expensive wine. That didn't work.
A week after I left my (ex) boss was fired for losing me.
My friend worked in the business office of her good friend from church, a family dentist. When after many years she left to take a position at a school near her home, which had all kinds of positives for her, the dentist reacted as if it were a betrayal and would not work with her at church or even speak to her forever after.
Worked for a place with a toxic boss. I desperately meeded help and they hired a nice woman. She was doing this job part time on the side. Her main job gave her a raise and she quit where i worked. I was happy for her. BUt my boss and the bosses boss were pissed. Saying how they helped her and she stabbed them in the back by only working there for a month. I lost all respect for those guys
I was out Friday due to a sick feeling stomach, Sunday night mothers day, I had finally decided to give my notice on Monday since I have a replacement that I have tried to train for 4 weeks. But when I was out Friday, my replacement quit because she was not understanding the job. I guess God wants me to stay longer. I have been at this job 15 years and I want early retirement
I work on the road and have minimal contact with my bosses. I don't have a personal relationship with any of my bosses only a professional relationship. I might get mad about business decisions my bosses make from a money perspective but I never take it personally. I expect my bosses to respect any financial decisions I make about my career with the same professional detachment.
Hi Ben, great videos as always. I've a question about notice periods.... In my contract it states 3 months. Is this normal? Do you think there'd be any way around this. I'm in Ireland by the way. I'm currently about to finish a honours degree in something completely different to my job. It's a big career change. My concern is the notice period of 3 months. I've no issue of finishing up and helping the company but 3 months seems excessive. Thank you.
3 months is common in more senior roles or roles that are especially hard to replace. It would be unusual for a junior role. You can be sued for breach of contract if you give less than your notice period, but it's expensive, doesn't stop you leaving and the employer has to prove that a loss was suffered due to you leaving early before they're awarded any damages. The best route is compromise - agreeing a shorter period with the current company, and if possible trading untaken holiday to shorten notice.
I appreciate all these suggestions, and think they're worth considering, but want to emphasize that you are in this for you, not your boss and absolutely not for the company/organization. As such, don't spend a lot of time trying to keep your employer happy or serving them. This is the time for you to think about what you can accomplish over the notice period to further advance your career. As soon as you tender your resignation, your employer will treat you as it always has, as a resource for it to benefit from. You need to treat your former employer the same way.
I worked for a somewhat small OEM. Whenever someone put in their 2 weeks, especially if they were in a leadership or vital position, one of the two owners would go out of her way to make that employee's life hell for their remaining time. She actively bragged about it, as if she thought she was fixing the company's high turnover (roughly 30% a year when I was there).
While a 2 weeks' notice was expected, there was no legal obligation to do that.
When it was my time to move on, I made a decision that was increasingly popular. I chose to leave at the end of my last day and call hr on my way home.
I would have been happy to ease the transition for my replacement, even spend more than 2 weeks on it, but I already had my fill of threats, other verbal abuse, and reckless ego.
I had a boss which cancelled meeting for me to give my notice to him like 3 times or so. Then was surprised when i gave him a very short notice period.
I was told to train my new boss… 6 months in and he is still only doing one of those 6 tasks. He’s out of the office as much as in. This is a repair shop and he doesn’t know anything about repairs. Once I find a new job I’ll give 8 hours notice. It’s a little different for hourly vs salary.
Turning in my keys and passwords the day before I left was incredibly freeing. I spent a couple of days taking my personal certifications file and copies of important work documents home just in case they “disappeared “ later.
I quit a job where a manager literally forbade my colleagues from talking to me. Made handing over project quite "interesting", with my collegues planning meetings with me when the manager was out of house on in a long meeting. And proper handover was needed as I was doing regulatory compliance tasks...
At one of my past jobs which I've been there for almost 4 years I actually had a supervisor who started a year after I started working there I'm pretty sure she didn't like me honestly made me hate the job in the first place. I've been at this job since the day, month, and year the store opened. She didn't make my job any better and I was actually getting paid less then I should be. Only took one full vacation at this job. This company and a few others went out of business I had till the end of the following January to leave and find another one the following year I'm glad I left that job 4 months before I was told. Luckily a month after I was suppose to leave that job I found a better one. No resign letter or anything but I wouldn't even dare staying another 4 months of how much I was unhappy at this job. Though I did have a talk with my supervisors meaning I had more but the rest were at least nicer and I was let go. I don't think I was even appreciated at the job anyways.
Do you explore the link between bad boss's and narcissism, seems like they are very connected.
In terms of why quitting, I get it, but at one job, I was so frustrated with HR, who had no idea who anyone was or whst they did, asking unanswerable or asinine questions (and no, it wasn't some sort of clever technique). I really, really laid into how incompetent HR was and how much everyone hated our brown nosing deputy CEO.it was incredibly cathartic. I'd been denied a promotion twice to a position I was eminently qualified for, so when the opportunity for making literally five times as much (25k turning to 132k), I felt no compunction to make them feel better about being a bad employer.
Generally in the UK you do not owe money on holiday pay - never on the statutory amount - even if it is Feb and you have taken 20 days
The managers take it personally because they are often incentivised to retain people who work harder for less money, when those people quit it there is a cost of rehiring and retraining, there is not usually an opportunity for unlimited stages of progressions within companies, managers do have the responsibility of maintaining entry level staff, limiting their training and having them work the same jobs, for the same pay, forever.
Don't get attached to your job, you're just a number and even if you are extremely good at your job they don't care at all.
Learned this the hard way and leaving made me get a 20% increase + better overall benefits from performance based pay
its easy hand your notice in be polite, record everything they say to you! Ignore out of hours calls!
If I'm going to quit a job I quit a job my notice is when I'm walking out the door. My reason is the only one that counts to me and I could care less about what my manager thinks if he wants the work done do it himself
My boss told me that he once interviewed a candidate, made an offer, candidate accepted and when it was almost time for their first day, they ghosted my boss. Turns out, the candidate accepted multiple offers and didn't tell the managers. So, verbal stuff goes both ways.
I keep it simple. It's about 3 sentences and I copy HR.
Is it okay to air your grievances when you resign/quit, if the reason you're resigning/quitting is because you are sexually assaulted by a customer with your manager standing right next to you literallyin arms reach? And when you look to them for support, they said this is customer service you need to get used to that, then upon taking it to HR, they told you to either quit or deal with it because he is the GM what he says goes.
Even though it was all on video with audio.
Assault and harrassment in the workplace is not something that anyone should " Get used to" regardless of the industry. I've worked in hospitality and so has my daughter. Both of us have had bosses that have told us to "Get used to it" when male customers have tried to get "Too friendly". Both of us were fed up with the unwanted attention & told them very loudly that "We are NOT on the menu. So hands off". The bosses were terrible and seemed to ignore what was happening.
That's not resignation, that's call the cops. If they did it once, they'll do it again
hey Ben. in the past, i just kept on working for asshole boss after asshole boss. It has put me off working at a company or business, and refuse to do so in the future. im working for myself atm and happier this way.
Always record all interactions.. Constructive dismissal is a thing that can cost the company thousands.
This might be very proffesional, but tbh i never quit at this point because second offer was as better, i only quitted up to this point, when workplace was getting to toxic, and in my prev working place i should start looking for new opportunity 3y before i changed. Funny thing is that what was point of no return is that i could not bind permanently power button to hibernate which made me lose work. And no 9mo raise decision, no revoking permissions, not even using meaningless system additionally added to work on was point of breaking. But power button was as they say rice grain which tip the scale.
Tho those reasons over here will be nice, because i dont see leaving current place because it will become toxic.
I had a boss years ago that was by far the most arrogant person I've ever met. In meetings he'd say something utterly ridiculous. I'd think he was joking until I realised no-one else was laughing. I managed to stay for 2 years before getting sacked. Luckily I'd just finished my electrical qualification.
That was 20 years ago and I've haven't met anyone that comes close 😂
I had a manager who told me I needed to wear red lipstick and heels to feel confident. I have Plantar Fasciitis and am allergic to lipstick.
It was for a social work job with poor, single mothers....After my training said I should make my clients feel comfortable and mirror them.
NEVER did I EVER have a client who wore heels or even lip balm.
They fired me after telling me I needed to get my meds changed after being overworked for 2+ years. Day after I came back from taking my vacation to let new meds kick in...and they fired me three days before Thanksgiving.
Yeah. They SUCKED.
I hate to say this, but sometimes it IS personal. I had a boss I realized I could NOT work with. I table flipped and walked away after one final conversation (wasn't a disciplinary or anything) where she said things that went beyond the pale. I will not go into it, but every friend and family member I had as well as my husband who has a degree in law, agreed with my quitting. She WAS the reason, and it was personal! Edited; in case anyone wondered, I found another job fairly easily. I hadn't been there long and I used previous jobs for references.
I think the reason these managers do this is because they are narcissists. They get "fuel" from people's reactions to their annoying behaviour and they also don't like to feel they are losing the upper hand. So they would rather shoot themselves in the foot rather than lose control over you. A narcissist's worst enemy is his ego. The fact that they are narcissists is also the reason why they treated their employees like crap in the first place. They just need to constantly berate others (when they are not manipulating them with charm) in order to feel superior.
I've never understood why people might be afraid to tell their boss they are quitting. What are they actually afraid of, being yelled at? Attempts to make you feel bad? Who cares? Maybe it's just me, maybe I'm a jerk but if I'm quitting, especially if it's due to a manager that's a butthole then I'm not that worried about what they have to say about it. Unless they might physically attack you then why be afraid?
I've had a couple of bosses whose reaction to someone quitting was "you can't do this TO ME!!!" I'm not doing it to you, I'm doing it for me 😛
Usually, it's great advice. However, that works IF the company behaves, many can't and don't want to "learn" anything, see the reviews from many websites never had ANY washup meetings (major oil companies) and still like their product tocic
It's when they say theyll give you a reference then don't worked with a guy are boss said she would give a reference as the new job was dependent 2 reference 1 being from the current job the boss just kept putting it off so he contacted hr to be told the company doesn't give references for anyone but good luck luckily us older employees knew he didn't need 1 from the boss 1 of us colleagues could give him 1 and pretend we where the boss so that's what we did.. I quit a couple months later handed my notice in and made I clear to my manger I was quiting because of her and I wouldnt be working my notice period as I value my mental health over the job
How to quit: grab your tool box and walk out the door.
It takes time to train a new person, which takes another team member away from their work. That’s 2 people down replaced by half a person.
Point 4. People leave Jobs due to the negatives and bad management. I can only see leaving while having positives if it was a career because they are on a career path and nothing about it was leaving over friction or toxicity.
In my experience it takes a type A personality to make it into upper management or as a business owner. Some lower managers or middle managers think that being a bully makes them a type A and will make them look good for promotion. In the short term you can get more work out of an employee by barking and threatening and scaring them into free overtime or whatever. Nobody in upper management looks at short term achievements. When the employees start getting burnt out or quitting they will notice the cost to retrain and retrain and retrain for the same positions. Type A stands for assertive and confident not Ahole.
I did two extra weeks than the usual two. I regretted doing that with how the last two weeks of the four were lol
Would you ever consider with blue collar issues or do you not opinion as you have no experience? I only ask because the manual labour market has toxicity as well and you seem to understand management and the labour market in a way that would be conducive to new contractors.
in america bosses can fire you for nearly any reason without notice. If your working an at will job, just give notice the day you quit, no boss will give you a two weeks notice
Been looking to leave my current job, but I have a question: what can I do to ensure I have money for things like insurance, medical visits, and so on? My insurance benefits expire the moment I leave the company.
This is why you always line up another job first. Find a new job and then simply give notice and start the new job on Monday.
Good lord I just dropped off my resignation letter with a great big smile. Company really didnt care so why should I. My notice period was Im leaving next week, they dont give you a notice period if they fire you.
I worked for a horrible boss. Overworked, never gave anyone any credit or praise, never told us what was going on, lied to clients, lied to us, never fixed our tools when they broke and got angry with us when we couldn’t do a job which needed the tool which was broken us and of course, massively underpaid. Yet I was a nervous wreck when I gave my notice. As expected he was a dick about it of course. "How the fuck does that help me?" was one message he sent me.
Can an American help me out here ???
4:10 you might OWE the company you are working for, because of holidays ???? what does that even mean ? Here in Canada you accrue time off, and then can use that time for vacation and get paid for it, are you taking time off that you dont have and getting paid for it before you have that much time off ? im so confused
take 6 months sick at full pay (great perk) over the busy season at xmas (so they cant replace me permanently but have to use agency staff which cost more money) then send a letter in at the end of 6 months that says "I quit" lol
ps i wasnt allowed back on site unless i was coming back to work, i had been there for more than 10 years but recently had a management change from someone who wasnt an arsehole to somebody who was a complete jobsworth who tried to sack me multiple times for trumped up crap and failed, the company and the union didnt have my back either.
Given the behaviour of bosses you describe, wouldn't it be better to "Quit like a human being"?