Thinking of Resigning? here's how.......

WhiteWashMan

www.i-resign.com


good for some legal advice. if youre in the UK

WhiteWashMan

bloody useful site that

used it today!

zynaps

Did it go well?

WhiteWashMan

the resigning?

do they ever?

but at least i had a decent resignation letter

Hal1

Hi all,

I am having a bit of hassle with my boss who only recently was made the new boss. Anyway we have been very busy in work lately and we have been asked to work late every night, which I dont usually have a problem with unless I have plans or whatever. The thing is I was asked to work this weekend so I agreed to work today (sunday) get double time, cab paid for etc but I slept out this morning , I had my phone switched off to top it all off, so I get up around 10:30am switch on the phone and the missed calls start coming in and 1 voice message was in my inbox, which turned out to be my very pissed off boss who was a total w**ker on the phone I couldn't believe the shít he was coming out with an I wont accept this kind of abuse and threatining behaviour from anyone yes I said threatining, who the f**k does he think he is? lucky for me I will be leaving at the end of next week so good riddons to that c**t but I am not going to let this go. I am in a union and was thinking of getting some advise but as anyone ever had any trouble like this from an employer? thanks for reading this.

smuckers

I resigned from my job a few weeks ago, don't ya hate when you go into a job and after day 1 you know you'll hate it? I was fine at the computer work but I couldn't deal with some of the solicitors on the phone, also like all jobs, you're judged every moment, also discovered a girl talked to the boss of my section behind my back, could have said it to my face,the swarmy mare.

Norinoco

If only I read this thread on wednesday. Had to hand in my notice and my letter was terrible!

It letterly said:
"I have decided to leave my position in xx effective as of this day. My last day of employment will be the xx, 4 weeks from today, as per my contract.

Thank you for the opportunity to have worked with you and to have learned from you."

How boring is that!!!

CV Specialist

I've heard much worse. 'Goodbye and good riddance, you miserable !%&*@!' is a particular favourite.

WhiteWashMan

what a great site.
used it again today

pdunno

Well glad I looked through here, resigning later on this afternoon and glad for all the advice

Hal1

Its a vicious circle, I didn't think I was gonna be in here this soon lol. Its just a mixed bag of I hate my job, because of the pittance I recieve at the end of the week, and that this job is not, what I was told it would be like. My patence as been stretched to the max, and there are some dickheads at work too and I play along with that and its ok, but Im going nowhere fast in this place.

Reading up on a few evening technical courses and I have made enquiries about them, theres one in particular that starts at the end of the month so maybe it will lead onto something that will interest me.

pdunno

Resigned anyway, took on board a lot of things from the site and it went fairly well actually. Could've been a lot worse if I wasn't prepared!!

LegacyUser

Dear xxx,

Please accept my resignation effective from <insert date>.

I am leaving to fulfil a lifelong ambition working with the mentally retarded. In this new role, I look forward to meeting the following people shortly -

<insert names of co-workers who satisfy the above>

Yours etc...

mountainyman

I have decided that it is time to move on from ***. This was not an easy decision and took a lot of consideration. However, I am confident that this change will help me to achieve some of the goals I have for my career.
Please be assured that I will do all I can to assist in the smooth transfer of my responsibilities before leaving.

I wish both *** and you personally every good fortune and I would like to thank you for having me as part of your team.


I'm giving it in tomorrow.

MM

Hal1

So do you guys have another job lined up or are ya taking a nice long christmas holiday like meself lol

galwaydude

thanx WWM. I had to use the site today as immigrating to the good old US of A in march.

funk-you

Just resigned 2 minutes ago, been working nights for two years 5 nights a week. Starting a 9-5. I dont think i've ever been so happy.

-Funk:D

Amz

Possibly a question answered elsewhere, but if you got a job through an agency and are hoping to resign, do you submit the letter to the agency, or the company where you are working?

mox54

You are employed and paid by the agency so you tell them first, it's up to them to tell the employer! - and if you're moving onto bigger and better things then tell them to stuff their job up their ar$e:eek:

Big Tone

CV Specialist wrote:

I've heard much worse. 'Goodbye and good riddance, you miserable !%&*@!' is a particular favourite.

Cant imagine getting a great reference or any reference at all after that :eek:

i-resign.com

This domain name expired on 06/30/2006 and is pending renewal or deletion.

Hrm. I've just finished a job, but are there any other sites around detailing how to resign? Just for future use, I mean

Diddler82

I handed in my resignation yesterday and asked to finish up with immediate effect, in recruitment this is not uncommon and is the norm,

My question is though, my Boss has refused but I dont want to stay and want to leave today so anyone suggest what I can do?

elvis2002

I handed in my resignation yesterday. Nothing ever felt so good. The smug bastards wanted me to work 4 weeks notice, I told them they have 1 week and then I am off.

silverharp

I didn't realise people still wrote a letter, any job I have ever resigned from I have always done it face to face, funnily enough starting by saying "I'm handing in my notice....."

woodyg

used the site yesterday, frosty reception when i cam in today :rolleyes:
ah well

WhiteWashMan

silverharp wrote:

I didn't realise people still wrote a letter, any job I have ever resigned from I have always done it face to face, funnily enough starting by saying "I'm handing in my notice....."

its a legal and compliance issue i think.

every company needs to keep a documented record of you leaving, including your letter of resignation.

the only place you dont need one is where you dont pay tax

godtabh

Just handed in my notice. Thats something I hope I dont have to do for another while.

Site is very good for writing letters

OrlaM

When I saw that title, I thought it would contain the correct procedure for resigning but I couldn't find it anywhere. An old college friend of mine handed in his notice based on a verbal offer, and when he went back to the prospective employer looking for an offer letter they told him they had changed their minds (probably based on a high level decision to cut back on staff which HR didn't know about when they (verbally) offer him the job). He was unemployer for several months afterwards.

To avoid this and other pitfalls, proceed as follows (the order in which you do the following is very important);

1 Application interview blah blah.

2 Verbal offer.

3 Written offer.

4 Negotiate changes to any aspects of the offer which you are not happy with.

5 Satisfy any conditions of the offer ie if you have to undergo a medical, get it out of the way (if you hand in your notice and then fail the subsequent medical for the new job, your screwed).

6 If the new employer needs a reference from your present employer, then after you have been told that you have passed the medical and before you hand in your notice formally, you need to tell your current manager that you are "talking to <insert name of new employer> about an offer of employment. Remember your current employer won't take it too well if the first time they hear about you leaving is when their competitor rings looking for a reference. Don't be afraid of your present employer bad mouthing you - the prospective employer will be conscious of this possibility (especially if there is competition among employers for your skills) and anyway, in the current environment, they would be very foolish to say anything which they couldn't substantiate.

7 At this point your current employer may make a counter offer to retain you. Everyone has their own attitude to this but mine is that if your current employer will only give you the pay/conditions you deserve because you have a gun to their head, then you should leave for the better job.

8 Assuming you stick to your guns, you can then sign and return your contract of employment and put your managers name down as your referee (remember you still haven't actually given your notice to your current employer).

9 When your prospective employer confirms that your references check out, you can then hand in your notice in writing (which I see is dealt with on this site).

godtabh

OrlaM wrote:

When I saw that title, I thought it would contain the correct procedure for resigning but I couldn't find it anywhere. An old college friend of mine handed in his notice based on a verbal offer, and when he went back to the prospective employer looking for an offer letter they told him they had changed their minds (probably based on a high level decision to cut back on staff which HR didn't know about when they (verbally) offer him the job). He was unemployer for several months afterwards.

I would've thought that people wouldnt hand in their notice untill its 100% certain they have the job i.e a writen offer?

kluivert

Am resigning today and i have to say am felling nervous about it because I actually like where i am working.

The pay is not the best for me, so i have to work part time at the weekends, but working 7 days aweek for the last three years is starting to wear me out now.

Not looking forward to it, but i suppose we have to on some how at some stage.

gary the great

Is it best to ell your line mamager verbally first, then hand the officail written notice into HR after?

Anna23

I am looking to resign very soon as well, I just cant do this job anymore, I have been with the company almost 2 yrs, and in the last 2 weeks so many things have been changed, the bonus structure and everything else.

I have been going for interviews,, actually had one today, in the IFSC, the company and the job was lovely but when I got to the interview, well one of my friends friends from college was there( SHE WORKS IN HR).

I know her from going out while in college, she was in Griffith I was in UCD but as we had common friends we did hag out together, the interview was excellent so I thought, a few hours later I get a call to be told that I DIDNT get the job as I was not prepared, I didnt know a lot about the job itself, so she says.

Now I am lucky enough some of my friends say that I didnt get the job, as it would have been weird. But I really want to leave my current job, as its been driving me crazy lately. I just dont know how to resign as I still dont have a job to go to and I am afraid that if I leave and get a temp job, it will be very hard to get out of temp jobs.


I just dont know if I can stay until the end of this month, I want to stay until they pay me on the 20th but I dont know if I can manage to stay another 2 weeks. And the fact that I didnt get the job today and I WAS more than sure I would get it ( not because she works there) but because I did an excellent interview and I am very good at what I do, well so I like to think.

Kinetic^

Anna23 wrote:

Q: What would u do if u would be in "my shoes"

Learn about paragraphs.

Anna23

ITS LATE KENNY the last thing I want to think about are u dumb paragraphs!!!!

IF u dont have anything positive/negative to say dont say it at all, just keep the rest to urself!!!

I am not on this site to listen to some 2 year old give me grammer lessons!!!

But thanks for the comment !!!!

Kinetic^

There's paragraphs in all languages.

Anna23

Yes I know, God ur IQ MUST be very high that u noticed I didnt use paragraphs.

Was it really hard to read????

Like I said I just dont have time for this u can fight with some1 else over this silly thing, not me, sorry Im just not in a mood today.

If u want to give me advice about my prob, id love to hear it, but I dont need ur smart comments at 9.30 in the evening.

Next time ill be more aware of the use of paragraphs!!!

anonymousjunkie

HI Anna23. Personally I wouldn't leave a job without having another lined up no matter how much its beginning to get you down. It is easier to get yourself a new job when you already have one, I know people tend to say that a lot but I've learned that from personal experience. Plus a potential employer won't look too favourably on the fact that you left a job without having anything lined up. My advice, stick with it, keep on looking, keep doing interviews for as long as it takes, something will turn up.

Ruaidhri

Hi,
As I'm just about to hand in notice (feckin' boss, gone when you need him, there when you dont!) i'll outline my letter below

Dear <boss>,
As required by my contract of employment, I hereby give you <notice period> notice of my intention to leave my position of <job title> in <company name>, effective immediatly (<date>).
I wish both you <company/other ceo, whatever> every good fortune and I would like to thank you for having me as part of your company.
Yours sincerely,

________________
<name>

WhiteWashMan

ahhh, thanks you sticky.
once again i have used you today

cold_filter

Guys i need some advice, i'm in a situation where i have been offered 2 jobs, they are both eager for me to start right away. The company i work for are idiots and owe me about 1000 euro in wages, i've only been working here 3 months.
Anyway i would like to leave as i hate the job but tbh i'm not confident of seeing that money if i dont give 4 weeks notice, any suggestions??

Dubh Geannain

Cheers for the site. Handing in my months notice on Friday. No job lined up, but at least the weather is starting to take up

Dubh Geannain

Went okay anyway. No bad feelings. Boss wasn't the least bit surprised :rolleyes:

Anyway, hoping I won't be needin to use it again anytime soon.

Kinetic^

Thanks for that, really helped.

WWM, 3 times you've used this, good stuff!!

Antigone05

im planning on quitting tomorrow.

i made some mistakes in my position there which i have taken responcibility for.the 2 years ive worked there and i find that myself and the owner clash on personality.

i have nothing lined up, and my girlfriends dad passed away suddenly 10 weeks ago (she worked with him and now his partner is selling the business putting her out of a job).

were trying to find a place to rent but everything is crashing down around me.

a basic question really..i want to work where i would be happy. is it possible?

ninty9er

If only I'd seen this 2 weeks ago...anyhow that stuff was really mild compared to the letter I wrote and I'm only weekend staff.

Found that the company, though "sorry to lose" me couldn't be arsed looking at the fact that they'd accomodated me over the past 3 years with the patterns I could work, but now wanted me to work a set weekend every weekend just to get rid of me because they knew I couldn't do it.

I had a draft that was a total rant and named junior management causing the trouble and then had a 2nd draft after I entered negotiations with senior management. Still, I have a feeling I wouldn't have had to quit if the company hadn't changed hands recently.

fret_wimp

Antigone05 wrote:

im planning on quitting tomorrow.

i made some mistakes in my position there which i have taken responcibility for.the 2 years ive worked there and i find that myself and the owner clash on personality.

i have nothing lined up, and my girlfriends dad passed away suddenly 10 weeks ago (she worked with him and now his partner is selling the business putting her out of a job).

were trying to find a place to rent but everything is crashing down around me.

a basic question really..i want to work where i would be happy. is it possible?

Sorry to hear about your position. Right, to solve this you have to :

1. sit down and take stock of what job you want that will make you happy.

2.Once you know this, see if you have the necessary qualifications by searching the job sites and seeing what they want in a candidate for your chosen job

3. If you dont have the qualifications, see if you can start off lower and work your way up to that position, if thats a possibility, look for the position that will eventually allow you to gain your ideal job.

4.If you are really stuck, take any easy job to tie you over until you get your more permanent role. something that will not require too much brain power, will allow you to pay the rent and work on getting your ideal job.


You will not just go out there and in a week have your ideal job ( unless your really lucky) so create a plan and follow it, using the steps above. best of luck.

digitally-yours

Thanks for the Link

my wife is leaving job so printing letter for her

Will be printing soon one for my self at the end of this month

godtabh

kearnsr wrote: »

Just handed in my notice. Thats something I hope I dont have to do for another while.

Site is very good for writing letters

Doing it again tomorrow and got another letter of the website.

Its gona be a great Christmas party tomorrow

Serpentine

Hi!

If you haven't signed a contract, how much notice should you give? Please be serious & no "good riddance" replies!! I have met alot of decent contacts in this (horrible horrible) job & don't wanna piss off anyone I may meet later on in my career!

Victor

It is set out in legislation, so check that.

But absolute minimum 1 week. Add an extra week for each year up to about 4 weeks.

Zagorkagirl

Serpentine,

If you haven't got a contract, you are only obliged to give one weeks notice regardless of how long you've worked for the company.

See www.employmentrights.ie/en

Z