Resignation - HR Issue

mg3091 · 27 Oct 2022 at 08:30

Hi all, hopefully there’s some clued up HR folk in here.

Simply put, I’m required to give 4 weeks notice for my job, this was given at 18:44 on Thursday 29th September.

In theory this makes today, Thursday 27th October my final working day…

Correct? If so, why?
Incorrect? If not, why?

Basically my boss is claiming I have to work tomorrow too but I’m not convinced, I think he’s just trying his luck to get an extra days work out of me since he has nobody else that can work tomorrow.

mg3091 · 27 Oct 2022 at 08:40

SPG said:
First check your bank account have you been paid up, if so then don't worry about it.

No, I don’t get paid until the final calendar day of the month, I don’t have an issue with losing a day’s pay tbh

mg3091 · 27 Oct 2022 at 08:44

Rroff said:
Did you specify the final day you'd be working in the letter?

Yes I did, this was what I wrote:-

“I understand I am obligated to give four weeks notice, so as of today’s date this will make my final working day Thursday 27th October 2022”

mg3091 · 27 Oct 2022 at 08:55

Rroff said:
Indeed that is what we'd have done - if we had any objection to the final day they were expecting to work to we'd have sat down with them within a reasonable time post the resignation being tendered.

Exactly, my hours are 6-2 but he didn’t even acknowledge my email until the Tuesday after I’d sent it, then has made no indication that my notice was not sufficient.

mg3091 · 27 Oct 2022 at 08:57

Kill_Phil said:
This tbf. To flip parties here, as an employer I'd be treating this as being received the following working day

Why did you leave it to nearly 7pm to give notice?

I’d worked some overtime that day so I did it after I’d sat down, had dinner and made my final decision that I was definitely going to give the resignation

mg3091 · 27 Oct 2022 at 19:05

I appreciate all of your replies, I'm just going to work the Friday, do as little as possible and bugger off early lol, have a good laugh with colleagues on the last time of seeing them.

I feel I'm correct, boss feels he's correct, so it just ended up being one massive argument, eventually though as per usual, I roll over and just say I'll work it (but under protest) because I'm a good natured guy and let myself get walked over.

In response to a few of the replies, HR don't "expect" anything as there's technically no HR department, we are a sub contractor based at a specific site, the head of their HR dept agreed with me though that today should have been my final day.

Hey ho, it's technically dealt with now, appreciate the replies, some really good info

mg3091 · 5 Nov 2022 at 18:52

Black Noir said:
How did the final day go?

I'm amazed you went in after a massive argument particularly as you're aware that he's taking advantage of your good nature

Thinking about it further, does any employer truly expect any meaningful output on an employee's final day? In my experience, the last day is normally an early finish and an opportunity to give a gift (if they're ending with a decent stint or long service) plus some nibbles.

It all seems incredibly bizarre to have a shouting match with an outgoing employee and trust they'll turn up to do a job on the last day. The boss sounds like an idiot.

The final day was easy, I got another guy in to help me finish sooner, then I just left.

Yeah I know I'm a good natured person, I always give in in the end, whether I'm right or wrong.

Early finish was a definite there! Start at 6, finish at 2 usually, I finished my tasks by 7:30 lol then left at 9:30, just spent a couple hours walking round the factories talking to people and wishing them well for the future etc, boss didn't even come in to see me or to say goodbye or thanks for my work over the past two years.

It was certainly bizarre, he claimed I got my final date wrong, simply so I'd be on site, I called him out on it but he never admitted that's what the case was.

Anyhoo, I'm outta that job now and got a new start on Monday, so time to write the next chapter in life!