Left Job After a Week and Haven't Been Paid

McKneff

As far as I am aware, they have to pay you for the hours worked.

What I find funny in your post is you said that you left with out any notice, left them in the lurch, someone having to do the work that was set out for you and you think you did them a favour :rotfl::rotfl:

If I was your employer I would hang on to your wages for months, then only send them when I really really had to.

Do you not realise how irresponsible your actions were. Well hopefully you will learn from it,I certainly hope so.

Mulder00

HoldOrFold wrote: »

Ok... I think I better go somewhere else for advice. I'm seeing much more helpful responses elsewhere on the net, where it seems there are ways to get the money for the time I've worked.

Thanks to InsideInsurance and Notmyrealname though as there was some helpful nuggets in there.

You mean, you want to go somewhere where someone will tell you what you want to hear? YOU are in the wrong here, going somewhere else isn't going to change the law or the fact that you did something wrong.

Here's a link for you: http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/notice-and-notice-pay

byjimini

If you walk out without giving notice, then you take the consequences, me ol' china.

HoldOrFold

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McKneff

You are blaming everyone but yourself.

And you my friend, once you realise that you are the instigator of the mess you are in, will hopefully get your money, learn a lesson and move on.

1940sGal

HoldOrFold wrote: »

It's a sales campaign, they hired me because they wanted to expand doing extra sales. I haven't left them in a bad position. Infact they hired me on the spot when they were planning on interview more people over a couple of weeks. So had they not hired me, they probably wouldn't have had someone filled in my position anyway.

I'm already upset because I'm £500 short, no money. I come on here, and it's stupid I know, but the responses I get have !!!!ed me off to the point of punching the ****ing wall.

I really do fail to see how you've got anyone to blame but yourself. What if you were the employer and someone quit having given ONE HOURS notice? You'd be pretty peeved off. One weeks notice was all you had to give. Contracts are there for a reason. It's really quite simple.

getmore4less

They havn't said they won't pay yet just they are refereing you to a higher up.

A claim for wages and accrued untaken holidays will be fairly easy and they will most likely pay up.

A counter claim will be limited to actual losses, so they have to take off the wages they would have paid you for the notice and mitigate as much as possible.

The cost in time and effort to claim will most likley not be worth them bothering but they may take a stance and go for it.


It is not a good idea to just walk out, best to give notice and try to negotiate an early release first then you can decide if walking out is still needed.

timbo58

I would calm down before you talk to anyone higher up.
It may well be his mindset he'll pay up and get shot of you rather than waste his time any further, however if you're stroppy/rude he may well decide to make you wait as long as he possibly legally can and ensure deductions that can be argued are all taken.

As others have said: it's a contract: they work both ways.
I would be surprised if your contract states that you could go off (paid or unpaid) sick for a week in any case without at the very least supplying a doctors note at your own expense (if any is levied by your doctor), if you had come in and not performed satisfactorily also thats probably covered by another clause.

Sorry if this isn't what you really want to hear either: however it's definitely worth putting yourself firmly in your ex employers shoes before deciding you're being (or going to be) hard done by.

bargainbetty

You are owed money, but asking nicely won't hurt. You behaved rather badly, so getting on your high horse isn't going to help matters.

A polite email, asking when you might expect the money due for the week you worked would be sufficient and possibly avoid confrontation. If you get their backs up any more, they might well decide to dawdle. Or tell you that the person doing it has rung in sick for a week....

Reign it in, play nice. You might find you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

colino

I have no doubt they will pay you for the hours worked, when? Well you know how it is nowadays, people in accounts just don't turn up, hours have to be checked etc., as you really can't trust anyone. I'd guess that when they accidentally miss the monthly deadline, your pay will be rolled into the next cycle. Best of luck with the reference too.