Resignation Meeting

Undervalued

johnsmithy wrote: »

Work have stressed already I do not need to work my notice, due to the considerable amount of holiday leave I have built up. I assume that if you do use leave during your notice, you would still get paid for it? (Sorry if I have asked this already - my mind is all over the place right now).

Yes, I answered that point in detail in your other thread yesterday.

One other point.......

Technically notice begins the day after it is issued so, if you hand it to them tomorrow (19th) it starts on 20th. However, I can't see it being a problem.

ohreally

johnsmithy wrote: »

Advice welcomed.

Become more adept at handling situations as they arise or your going to continually find these aspects of life become more frequent.

johnsmithy

Undervalued wrote: »

Yes, I answered that point in detail in your other thread yesterday.

One other point.......

Technically notice begins the day after it is issued so, if you hand it to them tomorrow (19th) it starts on 20th. However, I can't see it being a problem.

Don't mind working one last day to be honest, since I know that'd be my last day and as I would get paid for the notice period, it isn't an issue. life's too short and there would be other jobs out there, so I can't see how I'm disadvantaging myself

hcb42

letter looks fine to me, good luck tomorrow

johnsmithy

ohreally wrote: »

Become more adept at handling situations as they arise or your going to continually find these aspects of life become more frequent.

Unfortunately that's easier said than done. It wouldn't matter if it was a once in a while situation where you find yourself in confrontation with colleagues, but it's very regular and after a while, it drags you down. Add to that I've been off on sick for a year, these situations don't help and I myself am not a confrontational person.

It would be foolish to quit any job because of difficult colleagues, but it's not just colleagues. I resent the fact I worked so hard on an admin project and got limited support in return and because of that, the system is in a mess. It's ok to say it's not your fault but it just shows that there is a serious issue with non-productiveness and no system to work to.

Also, I have been left to take sole charge of the office again for a long term period and this would be about the third time I've had to do it and I am not recompensed for it. I could understand if it was for a short period of time, but this could be another case of waiting months, maybe even up to a year, for the post to be filled. Also, I prefer to work as part of a team, rather than being a leader. Having little social contact with colleagues makes your job that much more difficult, too.

I also feel I've really taken the job as far as I can, anyway and I feel I can expand now and have skills I can put to good use elsewhere and potentially better benefits as a result.

McKneff

Im getting an awful lot of 'poor me' coming over to be honest.


You seem as if you want to be appreciated and thanked profusely for doing your job, ie they didn't welcome me back with open arms. I thought this was a very strange thing to say. Why on earth would they? And you don't have to have social contact to make your job less difficult.


I would suggest that some of the problem is you yourself and you just don't see it.


Good luck in finding some suitable employment.

johnsmithy

McKneff wrote: »

Im getting an awful lot of 'poor me' coming over to be honest.


You seem as if you want to be appreciated and thanked profusely for doing your job, ie they didn't welcome me back with open arms. I thought this was a very strange thing to say. Why on earth would they? And you don't have to have social contact to make your job less difficult.


I would suggest that some of the problem is you yourself and you just don't see it.


Good luck in finding some suitable employment.

It's been bad in my job for a long while, to be honest. I think there is no harm in wanting to be appreciated and recognised for doing a good job. However, I wouldn't expect it profusely. That would be daft.

When I say welcome me back with open arms, or words to that effect, what I mean was, it would have been nice to have been made to feel that in the very least, you had been missed when on long term sick, to make the employee feel wanted and valued and encourage them.

I agree that social contact doesn't necessarily make a job less difficult, since social contact is simply that, but when you are working daily with colleagues who are difficult and generally unsupportive, it doesn't make for a happy, working environment.

Furthermore, I don't expect everything in the workplace tailor made to meet my wishes. That's daft as that's not realistic.

Whilst a lot of what I say may be deemed as poor me, but I am not the only one who has taken a stance against working under poor working conditions and they've been poor for some while, now. I've tried to make things better and do a good job, but truthfully, it is dead end now and going nowhere. What's the point of staying in a job that has no future, as I want to work in a job that is rewarding.

ACG

I think your doing it the wrong way round.
In the letter say this is a letter of resignation, your notice period is xx/xx/xxxx and so in line with your contract your last date will be xx/xx/xxxx.

Then discuss the reasons with your manager.

If its in writing it will be kept on file and when you come to leave, if you do want to come back it will be on file. If its an informal discussion it will not be held on file.

Marktheshark

In this day and age they wont care, it is often an opportunity to get someone else on lower pay to do the same job.
Unless its minimum wage there is only one winner with millions unemployed.

pleasedelete

If anybody asks either say "personal reasons" or that you have been offered an interesting new opportunity.


never say personal reasons- they might put it on the reference and it implies that you either had a compromise agreement/were sacked or that you had significant MH issues.