1 month and ......

StrongWork

melbi_uk wrote: »

I think you might find I am more sane than you, I'm not the one coming here and making personal attacks on people I don't know!

Have a nice weekend :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Asking whether you are 11 years old is a 'personal attack'?.

No doubt you'll be needing a sick note for that. :rotfl:

seven-day-weekend

melbi_uk wrote: »

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Yes I realised that after I posted the wrong advise and someone pointed it out to me. However, I do think the OP must have been getting herself in quite a state to come here and ask for help.

I do hope your husband is making a recovery. Mental illness is a terrible thing :-(

He is much better now he has no deadlines to keep to, no targets to reach and can do what he likes with his time. It was the constant worry about how he was going to cope with his daily commitments to his students (he was a teacher) that got to him most at the end. He carried for fifteen years with his mental health problems (and was still classed as an outstanding teacher by OFSTED) before it got the better of him. By this time he was old enough to take early retirement with a much reduced pension, so that is what he did.

Thanks for asking.

Sorry for going off-topic.

melbi_uk

StrongWork wrote: »

Asking whether you are 11 years old is a 'personal attack'?.

No doubt you'll be needing a sick note for that. :rotfl:

In the context of your post, yes I do actually and also very immature.

You may reply if you so wish but don't expect me to get into a cyber war with you.


I might suffer depression and anxiety but that doesn't make me an escape goat for your short comings :beer:

vroombroom

OH I hope you get sorted but I really think you should have stuck at the job and found a new one before leaving.

Everywhere where I have worked there have been bullying managers, b*tching colleagues etc - its part and parcel of working in an office!

My last job I hated because my manager made my life hell, thankfully I left yesterday for maternity leave, but I have bills/rent to pay and a baby on the way so leaving just simply wasn't an option. I was there 8.5 hours a day, not 4.

I hope I'm not being too harsh x

StrongWork

melbi_uk wrote: »

I might suffer depression and anxiety but that doesn't make me an escape goat for your short comings :beer:

This and the sick note suggestion to the OP tells me all I need to know.

Next.

SuzieSue

vroombroom wrote: »

Everywhere where I have worked there have been bullying managers, b*tching colleagues etc - its part and parcel of working in an office!

Very true unfortunately.

Sixer

Honestly, I can't understand why the focus of replies here is about how long a person should be reasonably required to keep their legs crossed whilst at work.

The OP has stated she is required to start early and finish late and also that she is being paid 7p per hour more than NMW. She has also stated she finds the workplace atmosphere intimidating and that toilet breaks are frowned upon.

The PURPOSE of her post was to find out whether or not DWP would sanction a future claim if she left the job of her own volition.

Yes - the DWP probably would sanction a claim on the basis that a claimant left her job because toilet breaks were frowned on over a four hour shift in a customer-facing role.

But that, surely, is the least of the OP's worries. If she is being asked to be at her desk (excluding any taking-off-coat, having-a-wee, making-a-cuppa preparation time) for more time than she is being paid, and if that extra time takes her below NMW, then her employer is behaving illegally.

I cannot see that the DWP would be able to sanction a claim if someone has left a job because the employer wouldn't pay them NMW.

The OP has been given a bum steer by most of the posts in this thread, I fear. She needed to approach someone senior at the practice, ask to be paid at least £5.93 per hour for the time she spent working, and then if that was refused, call the DWP or see her advisor at the Jobcentre to let them know a) the employer was behaving illegally and b) to confirm that she wouldn't be sanctioned for leaving a job in these circumstances.

melbi_uk

vroombroom wrote: »

OH I hope you get sorted but I really think you should have stuck at the job and found a new one before leaving.

Everywhere where I have worked there have been bullying managers, b*tching colleagues etc - its part and parcel of working in an office!

My last job I hated because my manager made my life hell, thankfully I left yesterday for maternity leave, but I have bills/rent to pay and a baby on the way so leaving just simply wasn't an option. I was there 8.5 hours a day, not 4.

I hope I'm not being too harsh x

Congratulations on your pregnancy.

Now you have left for maternity leave you can start looking forward to the birth :T

melbi_uk

Sixer wrote: »

Honestly, I can't understand why the focus of replies here is about how long a person should be reasonably required to keep their legs crossed whilst at work.

The OP has stated she is required to start early and finish late and also that she is being paid 7p per hour more than NMW. She has also stated she finds the workplace atmosphere intimidating and that toilet breaks are frowned upon.

The PURPOSE of her post was to find out whether or not DWP would sanction a future claim if she left the job of her own volition.

Yes - the DWP probably would sanction a claim on the basis that a claimant left her job because toilet breaks were frowned on over a four hour shift in a customer-facing role.

But that, surely, is the least of the OP's worries. If she is being asked to be at her desk (excluding any taking-off-coat, having-a-wee, making-a-cuppa preparation time) for more time than she is being paid, and if that extra time takes her below NMW, then her employer is behaving illegally.

I cannot see that the DWP would be able to sanction a claim if someone has left a job because the employer wouldn't pay them NMW.

The OP has been given a bum steer by most of the posts in this thread, I fear. She needed to approach someone senior at the practice, ask to be paid at least £5.93 per hour for the time she spent working, and then if that was refused, call the DWP or see her advisor at the Jobcentre to let them know a) the employer was behaving illegally and b) to confirm that she wouldn't be sanctioned for leaving a job in these circumstances.

I'm wondering if the OP was directed to this job through the JC? If so, and staff are coming and going at the speed of lightning, would the JC not have a record of this?

harborjenny

So it seems when I wanted a bit of advice, I am now having to read between the lines to get an answer.

Well guess what I have resigned and to hell with the consequences, but now I have been told I have not given enough notice and I owe them..... holiday pay ... and notice.... I went on a Direct Gov website re the holiday pay and according to that I am quits.

They want me to work this pm ... so they trust me or they think they are not going to pay me ..

So it was OK for them to tell me on a Thursday I was on leave the following week... then they were going to reduce my hours .... but when I had to go and collect my cheque and I challenged this and asked how I was supposed to manage on the equivilent of entitlement for 1 month at work... it was denied they said I was to have my hours reduced, this was the day I collected my cheque, book and appointment to collect my money and talk to them!.

So I came here to seek advice.

Enough is enough... then when I try and speak my piece over the phone to them, get told I should have booked an appointment (when I came in to collect cheque) to discuss it.... I was on holiday. Then get told I sent something to the wrong place on my last day. Apart from the fact I did not send anything anywhere .. How long am I supposed to put up with 'nit picking'

By the way, there is no way this is going on the CV.

I have had some difficult situations in the past and do not like to fail, but this is an occassion where I just do not need the hassle.

My son is 18 and works part time in a kitchen for £5.93 per hour, think I might go and join him!, certainly is friendlier and he gets paid if he has to stay behind.