HELP REQUIRE: Thinking of resigning!!

laoisfan

Hi

I am reading the sticky but thought I would ask for general feedback as well.

I recently started a new job (about 3 months ago). The job has not lived up to my expectations (what was specified in the job spec and what I am doing are completely different things).

Anyhow, I may be in a position to start a new job soon with the kinda work I like doing (IT industry).

My question for you folks....How do I resign (after only 3 months) without pi**ing the company off?

I have 6 months probation as well (3 more to go).

Thanks - laoisfan

oxygen_old

I wouldnt worry too much about pi**in the organisation off. There organisations, they can take it.
Just write a very simple resignation letter, no explanation required. and inform your boss/supervisor. I wouldnt resign untill u have another job lined up tho.

Civilian_Target

Yeah - just go to your boss and say that the job isn't what you thought it would be - if you get along well with him/her you could even mention that it wasn't really what they specified. Explain that, unless they plan to offer you a more interesting position in the organisation, you plan to leave. I've done it before - it seemed like a better alternative than straight-up resignation, and I ended up with a much better job in the same company, so I can only recommend it (Your milage may vary though...)

whiskeyman

you're totally within your rights to resign - all you have to do from a legal point of view is serve out your notice.
However, you may come to an agreement to waiver that notice with your employers.

Actually, I just noticed that since you're on probationary.
All you have to give is one week - that all the company would have to give you if they decided to get rid of you during probationary period also. (After six months they'd usually do a new contract with longer notice).
Are you on good terms with your management? If so, I'd approach them first informally and tell them you are going to resign as you wish to change your career and this job isnt what you expected.
Then hand in your resignation letter formally.
If they ask for an exit interview / reasons why you left, just say its not what you expected and you feel the need to change your career - but be sure and thank them for working with them etc...


Best of luck!

laoisfan

Thanks for all the feedback guys - much appreciated!! --laoisfan

Tom Dunne

Be careful! The company you (we ) work for tends to have a watertight contract. Depsite what others say, I would be very surprised if you get away with one weeks notice.

Just out of interest, what is your background? I have a theory on the company that they haven't a clue how to match people up with the job. One example - one of the lads I work with was a web deveoper, Javascript, ASP, IIS, VB .net and the like. This is exactly what we do in my group. When he was hired, he was put not in my group, as you would expect, but in the group that deals with shop floor controls and process control systems (e.g. legacy systems, Unix and the like). Complete opposite of what he is good at. I suspect this has happened in your case.

Unfortunately, the company is plagued by managers who are nice people, generally good managers, but technically incompetent.

leeroybrown

I was stuck in a pointless facile boring (previous) job for the best part of a year and my advice would be to get out a lot quicker than I did. I stuck around far too long as ultimately have lost a lot of the interest/motivation I had in my work as a result. Ironically, this is in the same place of employement as you both share and I vaguely remember contributing to a common thread about the place months ago.

As for quitting, type up a nice succinct resignation letter and hand it your manager at the first suitable opportunity. In my case, just after my manager came back from holidays by stating that I had 'good news and bad news' - shopping vouchers in one hand and my letter in the other. I was officially contracted to one weeks notice but we agreed a figure of 12 and a half days.

If you leave savour and remember the feeling you have as you walk through the carpark for the last time.

tom dunne: snap?

laoisfan

Thanks guys

Yeah - might have a few things in the pipeline but nothing concrete.

The main problem is that I am being pulled into meetings and I have not a clue what is going half the time!! I realise I will pick it up over a period of time but you have to be interested as well (which I am not).

Ah well.....I think I was sold a lemon at the interview (but I am not going to start slagging, my eyes were open at the time so I take my share of responsibility as well).

Will keep you informed....

Victor

How about talking to your boss and/or HR and asking to do the work you want to do?

Tom Dunne

There aren't many positions in laoisfan's field in the company we work for (if there were, I'd be in there).

The company we work for, multinational and all that, isn't a development site. Most IT positions are support.