Ever walked out of a job?

[RDM]

Are there actually any legal consequences for not working your notice period?

e.g. if you're in critical position and just walk out is there any possible comeback other than a lack of a reference? I know if I just walked out of my job that my company be fined until they replace me, so I have a 3 month notice period

Technically they could go for breach of contract, but it is rarely worth the effort for the average bod. However if they had done that for me I would probably have then went for constructive dismissal.

 

[Rameses]

I've felt so low at a few times in my last job I was so close to just leaving and never coming back, then I decided to hand in my noticed and work off the time.

Never. Burn. Bridges.

 

[Combat squirrel]

Came within a nats hair this morning, work in a truly awful place, the actual jobs ok, its the idiot power hungry stupid morons I work with, grow some common sense pls !, suffice to say im on the hunt for another job and as soon as I get it I may just walk out of this one at the slightest thing, I almost WANT TO now.

 

[Lunatic Dreyfus]

I ran out of a job once. I was there for a full 38 minutes before I discovered that even on a temporary basis, food preparation was not my bag.

 

[Scania]

Yes, told by a previous employer to exceed my drivers hours, told him where to go & left the keys to the truck with Barnet Police & the truck on South Mimms services!

Bit of a pita getting back to Stoke mind....

 

[Lysander]

I did it in one of my old jobs. I sent them an email one morning telling them I wasn't coming in ever again. They called me three times that day and left three voicemails, I didn't even call them back.

 

[Pestilence]

I've felt like it on numerous occasions with different jobs, but never followed it through. Closest was working one introductory shift at a petrol station in a rough part of Belfast. When I found out the wages were illegally low but the employees were all too scared/dumb to question it, I finished the shift and never went back. Never did get paid for it, either.

 

[Eddie]

Walked out of more jobs than I care to remember.

One job I had about 15 years ago was working in a factory that made chicken flavour dog and cat food, the smell was truley awful and watching chickens (some actually still alive!) going into a big masher thing turned my stomach.

The lads that were there said that if you stay long enough you get used to the smell but that most people just leave after an hour or so. I lasted a morning. Worst job I've ever had.

 

[DAIR]

Walked out of a Bar Job over 5 years ago.

Used to work for O'Neils bar at stanstard Airport. One day I got into an argument with the supervisor (found out that shed told a lie to the manager about me). Manager took her side. So I said bye. Havent looked back since

A year before that I used to work for Toys R Us lol! Called up one evening and told them I was leaving. They replied "Okay, please make sure you give us written notice"...... I never returned.

 

[PiKe]

Worked at a Weatherspoons, walked out after 6 weeks. Long hours and lack of care for staff was enough for me..

They microwave all their food right?

 

[Salsa]

Left my job as a bar manager for a small edinburgh company after the owner of the chain sacked my entire staff (except my assistant manager) while I was working in another venue covering someones holiday. Aparrently for not following company procedure when serving drinks.

Speaking to the staff what actually happened was the owner turned up steaming drunk and they refused to serve him.

Since it was the week before freshers week and set to be our busiest of the year I was more than a little ****ed.

Was called to a meeting to discuss things which turned into me being bollocked for around an hour. I politely explained that due to obvious differences in opinion about how to treat staff and how I was expected to run the place I handed my keys over and left.

Called my assistant manager to apologise for leaving him in the **** and then called a friend who ran another bar in town. He offered me a job on the spot and I started 2 hours later.

Was a huge pay cut, 22k pa > £6 per hr, but i diddnt really care. Helped me put things in perspective and gave me the kick up the arse to go back into education.

As an added bonus all my staff took the owner to court for unfair dismissal and took him for just under 12k each.

 

[LizardKing]

They microwave all their food right?

All high street pub chains microwave there food

 

[R0B75]

i quit once with no-where to go if that what you mean. Worked my time and finished with no job to move on to.
Ended up getting some contracting and then moved into my current role worked out really well for me but to be honest it got a bit touch and go money wise at points...

Pretty much what I did just over a year ago. Contracting myself at the moment and like you said its touch and go money wise at times. Hoping to secure some permanent work soon but contracting is decent as you tend to get exposed to more and gain valuable experience.

 

[No-One]

Am I the only one reading this thread and thinking of this video?

 

[RomanNose]

Kind of yes.
I worked in a well known, well hated PC shop purely to fill the gap between other jobs. We were being pushed to sell anti virus software (Norton) and if needs be, to give the anti virus away as the days sales figures on that product were low.

I was then tasked with selling a laptop to a customer and little did I know that as the shop was quiet, I was being watched. As we got chatting, it turned out the customer and myself had worked at the same place and knew the same people.
Anyway, laptop sold, no extended warranty but threw in the software to raise the days figures (software price deducted from laptop itself).
Next thing I know, I'm pulled to one side and questioned as to why I am giving products away to 'friends'. Regardless of my protests, I was suspended and sent home pending investigation.

Now luckily, as the group in question provide a helpline number to staff who require advice, I did of course call and speak to someone who promised me a call back. That call never came so I posted on here asking for advice.
Fast forward a couple of weeks and I'm called in for my telling off. All charges dropped as such but now for something completely different.

I then, to my disbelief, had the entire OcUK thread pushed in front of me on paper and was asked if I went by the name of Charlie Bravo. I'm an honest person so of course said yes. I was then asked as to why I had bought the company name into disrepute as although I had not mentioned the name itself, I had stated the purple shirt brigade.
Off home I went, suspended again pending investigation.

A week or so later, I'm back. Within minutes of them starting, I announced you can stop there, here is my resignation. I then tore into them, highlighted all the faults of the hearings etc and they just sat there stunned. They had to call HR to ask for advice on what to do


Anyway, sorry for the long story folks but I would just like to thank whoever it was on here that took it upon themselves to highlight my thread to the management. I had no job to go to but damn did that feel good telling them what they could do with their job!

I bet they are watching your every post on here.

 

[nydryl]

Walked out of a part-time job with GAME. Loved working in the store I was at originally but when I transferred store the new manager was an idiot who gave you absolutely no freedom to just get things done.

 

[Charlie Bravo]

I bet they are watching your every post on here.

Na, they're prob too busy trying to sell Belkin surge protectors

 

[metbandit1]

my current situation with work is not that i have walked out (but that i have been unfairly dismissed) but because i was part time the told me to not come back to work as budgets have been cut. 5 weeks later after asking for work from them, i had a meeting with my boss and told him whats what and that if he thinks that im a stupid 18 year old he can go **** himself. currently in court. sueing for unfair dismissal.

anyways. ok i didnt walk out. but at least its "sticking it to the man"

 

[.Lethal]

Anyway, sorry for the long story folks but I would just like to thank whoever it was on here that took it upon themselves to highlight my thread to the management. I had no job to go to but damn did that feel good telling them what they could do with their job!

Then again, you should know not to do things like that; Especially here.

 

[Bigpops]

One of my mates walked out of HSBC and never went back.

He'd been off sick for a week. He got back to work and they dumped a pile of work on him which he wasn't 100% sure how to do (He'd only had the job a couple of months). He asked for someone to help him. They said no, so he went to the loo, wrote his resignation, walked out and went to the pub. This was about 10AM on a Monday morning. Needless to say he never went back.

Since then (2005) he's been to Uni, got a first class degree with honours, and now works for for a game developer as a 3D environment artist. He loves it so much he works about 20 hours a week more than he's paid for.

I have a cousin who's an Electrician, and he walks out on jobs all the time. If he doesn't like the job, or the hours are too long, or the pay isn't good enough, he just jacks it in and waits for the next job. With the recession, those gaps are now sometimes months rather than days as they used to be.