Please help - Resignation - Notice Period

dontknowwhat

Hello,

I am in a job and I desperately want to quit, I hate the work I do, and my boss is an extremely difficult person to work for. I am there 14 weeks so my notice period is 1 week. Although I dont want to serve this notice period as I am not in need of a reference as I am going in to business on my own.

In my contract it states I need to to give 1 week notice in first 6 months. The reason why I dont want to serve the notice is because I work in an extremely small office with the boss and another girl. I know for a fact my boss will go mental if I resign and it would make working the 1 week notice period complete hell. Not to mention the other person I work with, she is going on holiday in March and all my workload will be lumped on her. So working in the office will be seriously difficult next week. Can someone please advise me on what to do here , as I am lost at what to do here.

I just want to walk out.

Thank you people,

MD

tatli_lokma

if you want to resign, then I'm afraid there is no way around it other than to actually put it in writing and resign. As for the notice period, I would suggest that you request to use your accrued AL in lieu of it (if you have enough). Write the request into your resignation letter, for eg:

"blah blah blah, I hereby submit my resignation, with a notice period of 1 week, with my last day of employment being xx/xx/xx. I would appreciate it if you would allow me to use my remaining AL in lieu of this date'.

If you think the boss would not allow you to take your AL this way, then the sneaky way around it would be to put in for AL, and the day before you go on AL hand in your notice. That way you are playing by the rules.

The other option is to resign on a Friday afternoon, and then just not come back on Monday. But bear in mind, you could get your final pay docked for this and it is not something I would recommend, but since you say you are not worried about a reference it is up to you. Or you could call in sick, but again this pay could be docked from your salary. They could also with hold your final wage for 'breaking' your contract, so you need to be very careful.

TBH, if it were me I would just be straight up honest with my boss. Without being rude or cheeky I would resign and there and then say that you feel it would be detrimental to the overall atmosphere in the office and that you think it would be uncomfortable, so you would prefer not to work your notice and instead take your annual leave (again if you have any).

Having said all that, it is quite unfair to walk out if you have work to handover to others or if others will be left picking up the pieces - I doubt you would like that done to you. Fair enough it will be difficult being there for another week, but just resign yourself to it and get on with it, knowing that its only for a few more days. Personally I think that is the responsible thing to do - fair enough you don't like the boss, but its the other girl who will suffer more than him. At least give them a chance to get a temp in and tie up any loose ends with your workload etc.

dontknowwhat

Cincikchick wrote: »

if you want to resign, then I'm afraid there is no way around it other than to actually put it in writing and resign. As for the notice period, I would suggest that you request to use your accrued AL in lieu of it (if you have enough). Write the request into your resignation letter, for eg:

"blah blah blah, I hereby submit my resignation, with a notice period of 1 week, with my last day of employment being xx/xx/xx. I would appreciate it if you would allow me to use my remaining AL in lieu of this date'.

If you think the boss would not allow you to take your AL this way, then the sneaky way around it would be to put in for AL, and the day before you go on AL hand in your notice. That way you are playing by the rules.

The other option is to resign on a Friday afternoon, and then just not come back on Monday. But bear in mind, you could get your final pay docked for this and it is not something I would recommend, but since you say you are not worried about a reference it is up to you. Or you could call in sick, but again this pay could be docked from your salary. They could also with hold your final wage for 'breaking' your contract, so you need to be very careful.

TBH, if it were me I would just be straight up honest with my boss. Without being rude or cheeky I would resign and there and then say that you feel it would be detrimental to the overall atmosphere in the office and that you think it would be uncomfortable, so you would prefer not to work your notice and instead take your annual leave (again if you have any).

Having said all that, it is quite unfair to walk out if you have work to handover to others or if others will be left picking up the pieces - I doubt you would like that done to you. Fair enough it will be difficult being there for another week, but just resign yourself to it and get on with it, knowing that its only for a few more days. Personally I think that is the responsible thing to do - fair enough you don't like the boss, but its the other girl who will suffer more than him. At least give them a chance to get a temp in and tie up any loose ends with your workload etc.

Firstly thank you for your reply.

I have annual leave I suppose, but I am not sure it can be used in this manner, as in I may have not enough build up in the time period I have worked so far you know what I mean. I am actually paid at the end of the month for the previous month worked per se, so I will be paid this Friday, and had intended on Resigning Monday morning. Working next week will mean he will owe me money , which I doubt I will ever see.

I have no problem working the notice, but I just know the reaction I am gonna recieve will most likely be vicious from both the boss and the other person. The work load handover is nothing at the end of the day , I am the trainee and I have been doing the donkey work the other girl gives me basically. I am trying to be as responsible as I possible can be, but I dont want to spend a week being abused for a week.

tatli_lokma

dontknowwhat wrote: »

I have annual leave I suppose, but I am not sure it can be used in this manner, as in I may have not enough build up in the time period I have worked so far you know what I mean. I am actually paid at the end of the month for the previous month

You can use AL in lieu of notice, but it must be at the agreement of the boss. However, its kind of moot anyway - if you resign on Fri, basically TELL him you won't be back as you have holidays due and don't turn up on Monday. You are entitled to be paid for any outstanding unused AL, so he has to pay you for it regardless.

As for your AL, if you are on the standard 20 days per annum, and have worked 14 weeks, then you would be due aprox 5 days leave. Bear in mind that some companies request that AL be taken within that calendar year, or you loose it. What I mean is, if you accrued this leave last year and did not take it before the end of Dec you may have forfeited it. Check your contract. If there is any possibility in the contract of carrying days over to end of Jan, then straight away put in for your leave, get it approved. As soon as you get confirmed approval of the time due, then hand in your notice. He will not have been expecting you to work those days anyway, and he cannot make you come back in after it as your contractual notice period will have been adhered to.