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What would happen if I just walked out?

  • 10-01-2016 11:23pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭


    What would happen if I just got up and walked out of my job without a word and didn't go back?

    I work through an agency for a fairly large company. I get paid weekly. I entered the company in June to do one role and over the last month that role has changed completely, the people I work with has changed and it has gotten to the the stage where it is insufferable. Not enough training was given for the new position and deadlines are now coming up which I am not going to hit. New colleagues treat me like dirt and the management are unapproachable. I could go on and on about other factors but I'm sure you get the jist.

    I can't give much more detail for obvious reasons. Am I right in thinking that because I get paid weekly that means they only require one weeks notice? I had a read of my contract and couldn't see anything about it. Even if it is a weeks notice there is a fairly high chance that I may just crack and just walk out the front door any day now. What would happen in that case? I'd imagine I wouldn't get a reference and the agency would not deal with me again. But other than that?


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  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    I don't know the timelines off hand, but there is a notice period to give. It's based on length of employment, not how regularly you've been paid.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,514 ✭✭✭TheChizler


    Talk to the agency and maybe try to get transferred? Don't burn your bridges and do something you'll regret later.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,346 ✭✭✭✭homerjay2005


    walkingout wrote: »
    What would happen in that case? I'd imagine I wouldn't get a reference and the agency would not deal with me again. But other than that?

    why dont you speak to the agency first and explain that things have changed?

    there is nothing to be gained from walking out. get a new job, then leave in normal circumstances.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭rizzee


    With the agency I worked for before I got a contract off the company they had no notice period, there were lads texting the night before work saying they quit!

    Obviously talk to them first about a solution


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,768 ✭✭✭✭tomwaterford


    You may find it difficult to get work/references (??) off the agency


    But as for other than that....realistically nothing,...the job was there before you came and will be still there at any stage in the future if you leave.


    Though a 6+ month gap on cv could take some explaining


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,030 ✭✭✭njs030


    Generally your pay structure determines how much notice you should give if it's not written into a contract. Length of service doesn't come into it- thats for if you're made redundant (again unless it's in your contract)
    1 weeks notice should suffice as you're paid weekly though I agree talking to the agency first is your best idea.

    In terms of what could happen- it's a small country and people know other people and will talk about you within your chosen industry so it could have long reaching consequences.
    You can imagine the gossip "working in x is so bad people just walk out!" "No way" "yeah Mary Sweeny left last week without a word can you believe it" type thing!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,576 ✭✭✭Keane2baMused



    In terms of what could happen- it's a small country and people know other people and will talk about you within your chosen industry so it could have long reaching consequences.
    You can imagine the gossip "working in x is so bad people just walk out!" "No way" "yeah Mary Sweeny left last week without a word can you believe it" type thing!


    Unless you're a doctor or legal professional, etc please take this with a pinch of salt.

    You will be forgotten about tomorrow and replaced and nobody will care. If you're miserable either talk to the agency or just leave but I would call the agency first. Nothing can happen if you just leave it's not worth their while trying to get you to fulfill notice.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,030 ✭✭✭njs030


    Unless you're a doctor or legal professional, etc please take this with a pinch of salt.

    You will be forgotten about tomorrow and replaced and nobody will care. If you're miserable either talk to the agency or just leave but I would call the agency first. Nothing can happen if you just leave it's not worth their while trying to get you to fulfill notice.

    Not necessarily, I worked in retail and interviewed hundreds of people over the years. I remember an occasion where I had intervied someone for a managers job (and was impressed by them) on y to be told by my boss that said person had recently been sacked by another company and of course it wasn't on their cv.
    Of course it depends on their profession of choice but it's always worth remembering people talk!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    There is no point in staying in a job you are unhappy in, but because you are employed by the agency and not directly by the company you need to talk to the agency first. They are your employers and it is them you need to deal with.

    Explain the situation to them and ask if they can assign you to another job somewhere else. If they cant do that straight away, give your notice to them for the job you are in (1 week is enough) and ask them to keep you on file for future positions that may arise.

    That way you are not burning any boats and still getting out of the job. You may have to wait for social welfare payments due to leaving the job yourself however if you are that unhappy and can survive for a few weeks, it will be worth it.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,168 ✭✭✭Ursus Horribilis


    It never ceases to amaze me how small ireland is and who knows who. I've also been occasionally surprised how people you never thought you'd meet again can resurface in the unlikeliest of places. For your own sake you'd be better off quitting the job properly and keeping your nose clean. This way you'll be able to have them on your CV and chalk it up as work experience. Also, who's your employer? If it's the company you're still going to have to get a P45 out of them. They're legally obliged to give you one but it could take a bit of chasing up.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,095 ✭✭✭Rubberchikken


    can you speak to someone at the agency?
    it's the most miserable thing to be doing a job you don't want to do but burning your bridges isn't good.
    you need to look at this in a calm way. find out whatever you can and then decide.

    it's better to leave a place properly, you might get a reference, than leaving suddenly and putting peoples' backs up.

    good luck


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,175 ✭✭✭intheclouds


    Why not just hand in your notice and leave normally?

    Or hand in your notice and then go to your GP and develop something that lasts most of the notice period, come back in for the last few days and off you go.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 16,663 CMod ✭✭✭✭faceman


    805 wrote: »
    There is no point in staying in a job you are unhappy in, but because you are employed by the agency and not directly by the company you need to talk to the agency first. They are your employers and it is them you need to deal with.

    Explain the situation to them and ask if they can assign you to another job somewhere else. If they cant do that straight away, give your notice to them for the job you are in (1 week is enough) and ask them to keep you on file for future positions that may arise.

    That way you are not burning any boats and still getting out of the job. You may have to wait for social welfare payments due to leaving the job yourself however if you are that unhappy and can survive for a few weeks, it will be worth it.

    This. Don't burn your bridges. The agency are your employer so talk to them first.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 109 ✭✭shafty100


    the problem with these agencies is that they keep records of any employee that lets them down and will not job you in the future ,its like a blacklist, also they would swap lists and you would find it very hard to get a job. as already said talk to them and demand a transfer to another job


  • Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Hand in your notice and go visit the doc and tell them about the stress of it all and how you wanted to just leave without notice, and they'll almost certainly agree you're suffering from stress and give you a few days hiatus.

    Don't just walk away and leave the company in the lurch, that kind of thing can come back and bite you on the as$. Ireland is a tiny country, don't let yourself get a rep as a bad employee for the sake of your own future.


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