Advice on serving no notice period

xBuNn

Hi,
I am after a bit of advice.

I have been working for a company for just over a year now, and really enjoyed the job. It's a weekend job working sat & sun, with a base rate of £10p/h and £14p/h if hit target.

I have just this week (5th dec) started a new job full time working mon-fri, at a base rate of £10p/h aswell. I was planning on initially keeping on both jobs, however this week have found out unltd. overtime is available in new job at £20p/h sat & £30p/h sun.

The notice period for my job however is 4 weeks. After a year they increased targets from 4 to 6 sales p/day based on yearly performance without any pay rise or bonus. It is a sales/target based job, however I have just found out that a colleague that was upset over the target being increased, that our regional manager has informed them to start the day with 2/3 sales recorded. i.e. bringing the target alot closer, without selling anything.

This has really got to me, especially now with knowing my new job i can be earning double my base rate on a saturday, and triple on a sunday. I would of been happy to stay, but now based on these grounds I want out the company now!

I don't even want to work for them again after just finding out this information. This information was told directly from my sales colleague that I get along with, and they were just wondering if I had been told to do the same.

Really after some advice as I am sat tearing my hair out :mad:

Thanks,
xBuNn

hcb42

just give notice and quit if you dont want to be there, it is not worth worrying over.

Annisele

What's the notice period in your contract for your weekend job? If it's a week, just give notice, work your two days and then forget about it.

If it's three months, you'll want to think about your employer's likely response if you just walk (in breach of contract).

xBuNn

hcb42 wrote: »

just give notice and quit if you dont want to be there, it is not worth worrying over.

I can give the notice, but it is 4 weeks, leading over the whole of xmas/new year. They want me to work all bank holidays at £10p/h.

My other job, i get bank holidays at £20p/h. I also get sunday rate of £30p/h.

It's not all about the wage, its more the principal I have been working hard for over a year to try meet my targets, and I find out a colleague is getting told to falsify her stats to allow her to get commission more often.

xBuNn

Annisele wrote: »

What's the notice period in your contract for your weekend job? If it's a week, just give notice, work your two days and then forget about it.

If it's three months, you'll want to think about your employer's likely response if you just walk (in breach of contract).

As above, the notice period is four weeks. So in terms of lost wages, it could be a difference of £520 to £1300. So we are talking an extra £780 over four weeks.

Googlewhacker

Good for your colleague to complain about the increase, you should have done something about the increase yourself.

Some points to think about....

1) You could be sued if you give no notice but the employer has to minimise their losses and unless its a high ranked job it is unlikely this will occur but not impossible
2) You should try and leave on good terms, what if you need a reference from them in the future?
3) Overtime is hardly ever guaranteed and yours doesn't sound like it is so whilst at the moment it is there is can be pulled just like that.

Personally suck it up and work your notice.

lollipopsarah

Have you any holidays left to take in leu of notice?
Are you paid weekly or monthly? that can make a difference.
However just a thought, maybe give both jobs a go for a few more weeks (tough I know) to make sure you like your new job, just in case you hate it, then at least you will still have your original one to keep.
Good luck.
xx

xBuNn

The new job, i was working there part time for 5 years, and only now has a full time position became available. I know how regular overtime is, its working on PPI/Complaints, so the work load is very very big hence all the overtime at high rates.

I did make a complaint about the increase in targets without any recognition/bonus/pay increase, and was simply told "you are a victim of your own success"

getmore4less

DVardysShadow wrote: »

Base rate of 10p/h? It is not even Minimum Wage. If you were paid that in the 3rd world, the TV cameras would be all over you as exploited child labour. Get a paper round. Or do you need to clarify?

where do you get that from OP said £10p/h which is £10 per hour



Give notice and try to negotiate an early departure or use outstanding holiday

Uncertain

getmore4less wrote: »

where do you get that from OP said £10p/h which is £10 per hour

Originally there were no £ symbols in the OP making it read as 10 pence!

If you look the OP gives that as the reason for an edit!

LittleVoice

lollipopsarah wrote: »

Have you any holidays left to take in leu of notice?
Are you paid weekly or monthly? that can make a difference.
However just a thought, maybe give both jobs a go for a few more weeks (tough I know) to make sure you like your new job, just in case you hate it, then at least you will still have your original one to keep.
Good luck.
xx

What sort of difference?