How to leave your job?

Mistake I made in my career was being too passive. I'd been working my butt off, getting in early, doing weekends. Was asked one to work one weekend and told them I needed the break and had plans. On Monday I was told I should show more commitment. In my interview I specifically said I didn't want to travel, 6 months down the line I'm dumped at a client 4 hours commuting a day. In the year I worked there I barely got a thank you. Should have told them to stick it way before

Found a new job with 50% pay rise and an extra week holiday. When I handed in my notice the boss asked me to sleep on it. No offer of matching there, said we'd discuss tomorrow and he instead flew to Israel. I ended up resigning via email and dated letter in his absence that day. He audacity to say it wasn't official and demanded an additional 2 weeks notice to continue at the client. Needless to say he didn't get it. Wish I'd had the balls to just stand up for myself earlier rather than accepting rubbish pay and constant hassle.

Tell them how it is, you don't offer resignation it's your right contractually to quit. Best of luck in your new job.
 
1. tap your boss
2. tell her she was no good and you are leaving because the perk of sleeping with boss was not that great
3. Start new job
4. Profit..................
 
The Funktopus said:
I'm a proponent of the Chris Brown method.

No, not beating a woman so severely that she requires hospital treatment, but that you should leave by throwing a chair through a window, then storming out with your shirt off.

That's how mature business is conducted.
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I would say that this is certainly the way to proceed.
 
Would you stay if they price matched and altered your role to suit?

What you don't want to do is leave thinking the grass is always greener and the new job turns out worse than the one you just left. Just playing devils advocate.
 
tidusjar said:
Hey guys,

I've landed a job and it's my 3rd week in.

Basically i've been offered a better job (and better pay) by a different company that I want to take. I start on the 3rd Dec.

Earlier today I told my manager verbally that I would like to leave, she insisted that I sleep on it and come back to her in the morning with any suggestions to keep me here. She seems very keen on me staying.

I told her the job is not what I expected and is not for me. I wanted a more of an hands on IT role, she was asking for examples of the work I would like to do to see if she can incorporate it into my current job.

I find it quite awkward as i've kind of wasted their time with training and what not...


Any advice?


TL;DR just started job and want to leave for a better job. Advice please.
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No u did not waste their time......you did not like it and they failed to explain what your job was going be....lol
 
tidusjar said:
Hey guys,

I've landed a job and it's my 3rd week in.

Basically i've been offered a better job (and better pay) by a different company that I want to take. I start on the 3rd Dec.

Earlier today I told my manager verbally that I would like to leave, she insisted that I sleep on it and come back to her in the morning with any suggestions to keep me here. She seems very keen on me staying.

I told her the job is not what I expected and is not for me. I wanted a more of an hands on IT role, she was asking for examples of the work I would like to do to see if she can incorporate it into my current job.

I find it quite awkward as i've kind of wasted their time with training and what not...


Any advice?


TL;DR just started job and want to leave for a better job. Advice please.
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the highlighted part in my experience is corporate garbage that the boss sells workers in a vain attempt to make out they care about your development and career. The truth probably is that they can't afford for you to leave now as they would have a hard time selling the job to someone else if it is a dross filled experience and they likely had to miss represent it to actually get you in the first place.

As a previous poster said don't waste your time trying to explain what else you want to do, if you think its not for you and you have something better already in the pipe I would stick to your guns and move unless they offer you insane money, then take the offer stick it for as long as is bearable while lining yourself up for a move any way.

Corporate Britain is not like it used to be and employees are generally seen as 'blocks of resource' rather than actual people.
 
Stretch said:
It's highly unlikely they've sent him on expensive external training courses within 3 weeks of starting unless they're very stupid.
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company i work for gave me over £1k worth of ppe when i started (ppe is compulsory by law though) they sent me and 39 other guys on a 1 week adventure course for "team building" and since the start of october till present day i have lived during the week in a all expenses paid hotel and have had my travel costs paid for getting home at the weekends. oh and free food at the training center.

but the company i work for is a very wealthy multi national electrical distribution company :P
 
If you have only been there 3 weeks then I believe you have no notice period (correct me if I am wrong but I think you only have to give notice if you have been there longer than 1 month).

Whilst you may feel bad about it, don't, as unfortunate as it is it happens all the time, it happened to me a couple of months ago, I hired a staff member for a trainee position and he left after 3 weeks as he was offered a job more closely matched to his exact wants and a lot closer to home, whilst I was disappointed to see him go I understood his decision and wished him the best.

Just be polite and honest and don't worry about it.

PS - We let him leave the same day due to him not having a notice period to fulfil.
 
Go into work wearing nothing but a stratigically placed bit of tinsel. Run to your manager (not too fast, make sure eveyone can keep up to see what is going on) and yell "IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT <NAME>??? IS IT??". Then run from the room in tears.

Or you can be boring. Explain to your manager that you have been given an offer that is a lot closer to what you want to do with your career. Make it clear that you fully intend to work your notice.
 
You're under probation still no? So you can leave at any time (and like wise they can terminate your employment if you mess up without giving advance notice).

It's the real world, these things happen, as an employer you should not see them as the puppydog and feel bad about moving on to a better position with better pay!
 
@OP if she's keen for you to stay then that's positive but unless they're offering to match the salary and give you some other responsibilities then just leave. It sounds like the role wasn't made clear to you when you interviewed and you've found something else - tis probably better to move on now than remain stuck doing a job you don't like.

tres said:
Also, ensure you had no contractual obligations regarding training - some companies state that any money spent on training will have to be repaid (fully or partially) if you leave within X amount of months of said training.
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He's been there 3 weeks - the 'training' he's received is likely training that has been provided internally as part of his induction into the company and not likely some external course/qualification they've explicitly forked out for.
 
My advice would be to leave. I made the mistake of turning down an interview with a 'better' employer after two days in my first job (I'd had a few applications in the pipeline). Ended up doing a crap job for 4 years that was tough to get out of due to a lack of transferrable skills.

I wouldn't buy the lines from the employer in 3 weeks it will have been hard to make yourself indispensable, chances are they just don't want to go through the cost/hassle of rehiring and potentially you are being underpaid but I think it is unlikely they'd give you a raise after less than a month in the job unless you've blown their socks off, as whoever up the chain has to sign off the change in budget would likely have your card marked if you are looking to leave after less than a month.
 
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tidusjar said:
TL;DR just started job and want to leave for a better job. Advice please.
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Same thing happened to me with my previous job. Without really even looking for a new job, I ended up applying somewhere else and being offered the position. I told the folks at my then current job and they basically asked me whether there was anything else I would like to do there to get me to stay. In the end, though, the new job is a lot closer to home (I'm saving over £300 per month on travel expenses because I don't have to go to London every day) and pays a bit more, so as much as I liked the people there, it was a bit of a no-brainer really (I was only there for a month, but I still felt bad because of how nice they all were and the fact they put time into helping me get settled in).

Out of interest, OP, where do you work? I noticed in your profile that you live in Guildford. I live in Godalming :p
 
Leave for better job then slit wrists that you had to make such a pathetic thread. Seriously this **** and boss tells me not to swear threads ?? How do you weird sorts work out how to breathe?
 
wildman said:
the highlighted part in my experience is corporate garbage that the boss sells workers in a vain attempt to make out they care about your development and career. The truth probably is that they can't afford for you to leave now as they would have a hard time selling the job to someone else if it is a dross filled experience and they likely had to miss represent it to actually get you in the first place.

As a previous poster said don't waste your time trying to explain what else you want to do, if you think its not for you and you have something better already in the pipe I would stick to your guns and move unless they offer you insane money, then take the offer stick it for as long as is bearable while lining yourself up for a move any way.

Corporate Britain is not like it used to be and employees are generally seen as 'blocks of resource' rather than actual people.
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So true, i've seen it happen many times, telling people hoiw much they need them, then 6 months later they get the sack because they were not needed anymore.
If the other job pays more and has better future then go for it, you dont need to explain why.
 
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