Last day at work.....What to do...

BringTheRain

BringTheRain

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Okay i have been working for xxxx company for nearly 4 years. And half my team are leaving or thinking or leaving. The company in question has been very harsh indeed and become very strict over the last year or so.

Example 1

If i take ONE minute extra over a break, I have to make it up.

Example 2

If you are late TWICE in one month, you loose a 3rd of your bonus. And by late, I mean ONE minute.

Example 3

I have to read a 50 word legal statement 50 times a day, one word wrong. Yup 3rd of my bonus gone.

I could go on and on and on.

Right I have two options

Option 1

FLAME EMAIL TO THE WHOLE WORK PLACE - 500 PEOPLE and then post on here of course ;)

OR

Option 2

Keep quiet wave and say goodbye.

Now I know some users are going to say, pointless thread. Everyone will say FLAME. But I need some input. If I flame everyone I blow a reference and i could never work there again. Not that I would want to anyway ;)

I would like some advice or maybe even what to put into the email ;)

BEFORE you post remember the rules, no major swearys or insults !
 
Keep quiet. As much fun as it would be to flame and the like, it's not worth losing a reference, or potential job over.

Yeah, I know, I'm boring. I would only ever flame and the like if I were being dismissed/fired unfairly and any chances of a reference were gone.
 
Gackt said:
Keep quiet. As much fun as it would be to flame and the like, it's not worth losing a reference, or potential job over.

Yeah, I know, I'm boring. I would only ever flame and the like if I were being dismissed/fired unfairly and any chances of a reference were gone.
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I agree.
Strict job are a pain if you need it for finance.
If you've found a better work place, wave silently goodbye and forget the bad experiences.
 
Gackt said:
Keep quiet. As much fun as it would be to flame and the like, it's not worth losing a reference, or potential job over.

Yeah, I know, I'm boring. I would only ever flame and the like if I were being dismissed/fired unfairly and any chances of a reference were gone.
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Okay so that one for keeping quite :)

neoboy said:
What, not even "raw fish under floorboards" option?
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LOL possible
 
I don't think your bonus terms are particularly harsh. It's a bonus remember, meaning you have to do something well to achieve it.
 
Keep quiet, wave goodbye and walk out with a smile. Don’t burn bridges you never know when you might need to cross them again.
 
simulatorman said:
Keep quiet, wave goodbye and walk out with a smile. Don’t burn bridges you never know when you might need to cross them again.
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I've had to go back to a job that I despised (once, years ago), and the only reason I was able to is because I smiled and played nice...

Also worth remembering that whole six degree's of separation rubbish, you never know who may know whom...

I still vote for option 1, as it's not my life :p

Andy.
 
Boring answer, but keep the reference! I just had a hard time landing a new job because I burned my bridges with a previous employer.

Of course you could do something subtle that they might not discover for a while and couldn't pin on you...
 
Option 2.

In fact I wouldn't email a goodbye at all. Just pack up your things and leave. Those you socialise with or regard as friends will already know you are leaving (or should) and that way there is no offence to anyone or to any future reference you may need.


What did you do? Why do you need to read a legal statement 50 times a day. That would drive me batty.
 
I would just walk up to the boss, say
"I wish I could say it has been a pleasure, but I would be lieing"
Then go to shake his hand, but at the last second bring hand up to face, thumb on nose, stick your tongue out and raspberry.

Then leave. Taking your chair and stapler with you.
 
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