I worked a factory job for 12hr night shifts, 4 days on 4 days off. Absolute torture to the body and it tell within the first few weeks, I probably ate through my wages in food and coffee payments.
One night, just before 'lunch' break I just upped and off'ed, it wasn't healthy for me mentally. Got an e-mail a few days later saying I'd been let off the job for it, got paid what I got paid and moved on with my life. If you worry about the consequences of everything you do in life you won't do a thing, another person actually walked with me at the same time, he's currently travelling the world and doing well for himself, as am I.
It doesn't make you a quitter or anything like that, it's your own life so you do what you feel is right for you. The sleep I had that night and the normal day I had with my friends the next day was worth more than any money I needed at the time.
I've actually got an exit interview with a bird from HR today and I'm trying to work out the best way to kick off so I can add a decent tale to this thread.
I've actually got an exit interview with a bird from HR today and I'm trying to work out the best way to kick off so I can add a decent tale to this thread.
I've actually got an exit interview with a bird from HR today and I'm trying to work out the best way to kick off so I can add a decent tale to this thread.
I've actually got an exit interview with a bird from HR today and I'm trying to work out the best way to kick off so I can add a decent tale to this thread.
When she asks what you didn't like about the job, say "that bird from HR, horrible woman" and describe her, then carry on he conversation as if that isn't her.
I've actually got an exit interview with a bird from HR today and I'm trying to work out the best way to kick off so I can add a decent tale to this thread.
Turn round and say to her that your only obeying the voices in your head and then in the brief silence shout out: I'M FUCKING TELLING HER!!
I've actually got an exit interview with a bird from HR today and I'm trying to work out the best way to kick off so I can add a decent tale to this thread.
Take a piece of clothing off for each minute that passes. You never know, it may end with a better job..
I worked a factory job for 12hr night shifts, 4 days on 4 days off. Absolute torture to the body and it tell within the first few weeks, I probably ate through my wages in food and coffee payments.
One night, just before 'lunch' break I just upped and off'ed, it wasn't healthy for me mentally. Got an e-mail a few days later saying I'd been let off the job for it, got paid what I got paid and moved on with my life. If you worry about the consequences of everything you do in life you won't do a thing, another person actually walked with me at the same time, he's currently travelling the world and doing well for himself, as am I.
It doesn't make you a quitter or anything like that, it's your own life so you do what you feel is right for you. The sleep I had that night and the normal day I had with my friends the next day was worth more than any money I needed at the time.
Genuinely how I felt at the time and feel now. It's something I've never done before and not something I would ever do on a whim, I just don't have the balls to do it for one, but I just ended up doing it and don't regret a thing.
I've actually got an exit interview with a bird from HR today and I'm trying to work out the best way to kick off so I can add a decent tale to this thread.
Do a 'Leroy at the fishmongers' but leave the mag on her desk before the interview begins.
Old job behind the bar in a cocktail bar I managed to get in the head waitress' knickers within about three weeks of starting. The deputy manager was a proper jack the lad type and obviously wanted to assert his dominance after this, proceeding to be a monumental cock to me going forward and trying to mug me off whenever he could. I wasn't paid one month due to a fuckup with payroll and later in the month he called me saying that he'd had four people call in sick and needed me to work as there was only one other person in. I was busy and said no... He said that if I didn't come in he would make sure my money was delayed again/not paid so I agreed to come in. I emailed him one minute before I was due to start saying that I wouldn't be coming in, that I was quitting and that I wouldn't be working my notice as i didn't appreciate being blackmailed into working, copying in his manager, payroll and head office.
Got paid the money I was owed and for the 2 weeks notice I didn't work.
I have walked out of a few jobs but in this day and age I'd never leave an email saying why. Real hostage to fortune that. But gòod luck and I hope the next job is the one that ticks your boxes.
Thank you! Like I said I have never walked out of anything before, but for the first time I am in a position where I have enough money to be able to afford a couple of months off if it comes to it. The email was well received by the company and we have had a friendly dialogue, effectively agreeing I shouldn't have to work my weeks notice etc.
I just want a friendly place where I can work as an accountant. I really struggle with the stereotypical idea of accountants, it is completely true, I just want to work in a place where people care about how you are doing and want a chat occasionally. I was told it was sociable before I joined, when I joined and then for the 3 weeks, but I think about 3 people talked to me. Because of the structure I only ever had cause to talk to one person in my job. It was very, very lonely...
The other thing you can tell your next prospective employer is, should it ever come up, "I was there three weeks, I got no direction, felt like I was going nowhere, and left." I come from a different work culture working in tech in the states, but I think a lot more people would respect that than you imagine. I think there's something to be said for being able to say "you know, it just wasn't for me."
I have walked out of a few jobs but in this day and age I'd never leave an email saying why. Real hostage to fortune that. But gòod luck and I hope the next job is the one that ticks your boxes.
Thank you! Like I said I have never walked out of anything before, but for the first time I am in a position where I have enough money to be able to afford a couple of months off if it comes to it. The email was well received by the company and we have had a friendly dialogue, effectively agreeing I shouldn't have to work my weeks notice etc.
I just want a friendly place where I can work as an accountant. I really struggle with the stereotypical idea of accountants, it is completely true, I just want to work in a place where people care about how you are doing and want a chat occasionally. I was told it was sociable before I joined, when I joined and then for the 3 weeks, but I think about 3 people talked to me. Because of the structure I only ever had cause to talk to one person in my job. It was very, very lonely...
Is it a firm of accountants or a firm doing something else where you are the accountant?
I have walked out of a few jobs but in this day and age I'd never leave an email saying why. Real hostage to fortune that. But gòod luck and I hope the next job is the one that ticks your boxes.
Thank you! Like I said I have never walked out of anything before, but for the first time I am in a position where I have enough money to be able to afford a couple of months off if it comes to it. The email was well received by the company and we have had a friendly dialogue, effectively agreeing I shouldn't have to work my weeks notice etc.
I just want a friendly place where I can work as an accountant. I really struggle with the stereotypical idea of accountants, it is completely true, I just want to work in a place where people care about how you are doing and want a chat occasionally. I was told it was sociable before I joined, when I joined and then for the 3 weeks, but I think about 3 people talked to me. Because of the structure I only ever had cause to talk to one person in my job. It was very, very lonely...
Is it a firm of accountants or a firm doing something else where you are the accountant?
A firm where I was one of the accountants in a company big enough to have a full finance support department so there were quite a few of us
I've actually got an exit interview with a bird from HR today and I'm trying to work out the best way to kick off so I can add a decent tale to this thread.
Or do it properly and then make up a story.
I think the story should involve her being gorgeous and and offering you anything to stay and you ending up having sex with her on the table and then afterwards you say that you'll leaving anyway, but I'll leave you to make up the details.
If you are stuck for inspiration just search for @valleygary I'm sure one of his threads will give you all the info you'll need!
If accountants had any social skills, they wouldnt be accountants.
I know this to be true.
I'm an accountant.
That's what I am kind of thinking. I'm thinking of doing something more exciting and considering going into the civil service, which probably let's you know the upper level to which I like excitement.
I have walked out of a few jobs but in this day and age I'd never leave an email saying why. Real hostage to fortune that. But gòod luck and I hope the next job is the one that ticks your boxes.
Thank you! Like I said I have never walked out of anything before, but for the first time I am in a position where I have enough money to be able to afford a couple of months off if it comes to it. The email was well received by the company and we have had a friendly dialogue, effectively agreeing I shouldn't have to work my weeks notice etc.
I just want a friendly place where I can work as an accountant. I really struggle with the stereotypical idea of accountants, it is completely true, I just want to work in a place where people care about how you are doing and want a chat occasionally. I was told it was sociable before I joined, when I joined and then for the 3 weeks, but I think about 3 people talked to me. Because of the structure I only ever had cause to talk to one person in my job. It was very, very lonely...
The other thing you can tell your next prospective employer is, should it ever come up, "I was there three weeks, I got no direction, felt like I was going nowhere, and left." I come from a different work culture working in tech in the states, but I think a lot more people would respect that than you imagine. I think there's something to be said for being able to say "you know, it just wasn't for me."
It's a gamble, but I would respect someone who said that a lot. If someone told me that they stayed in a job and were a martyr even though they were unhappy, I would question their (a) ambition, (b) social skills and (c) ability to work in a team. I'd much prefer to have someone who came out and said something like:
"One of the key things I look for in a job is a stable social life, with dependable colleagues who are able to provide assistance to each other when required. Sadly, I found myself in a role whereby people were quite isolated and working in their own individual silos, there was a severe lack of communication and ultimately I found it frustrating and not really conducive to a productive work environment. Simply put I felt lonely! With that in mind I resigned as soon as I realised I wasn't really the right fit, so as to minimize disruption to the team there.".
I've bolded the last bit, because you genuinely did do the right thing by the company you were placed with: there's nothing worse than someone leaving just as they're getting productive and have learnt the ropes of their role.
That said, the best interview I ever conducted involved the candidate taking the piss out of me when I told him I got lost on the way to my first interview there. ("Oh, I'm doing better than you already then! I take it I was a shoo-in when I walked through the door then?") So maybe my interviewing advice might not be the wisest..
To be fair to my profession, it very much depends on the kind of company you're in. I've worked in video games, fashion, retail, marketing, internet and promotional product businesses, and all of them were lively, social places where even the finance people were engaging, enthusiastic, and always up for a night out.
By the same token, I've worked in one or two finance teams where there was no spirit at all. I never lasted long in those places. I think it mostly just depends where you are, and it's one thing I try to etablish at the interview stage. Asking for a tour of the office at your interview will give you a clue as to whether it's the right kind of place for you.
To be fair to my profession, it very much depends on the kind of company you're in. I've worked in video games, fashion, retail, marketing, internet and promotional product businesses, and all of them were lively, social places where even the finance people were engaging, enthusiastic, and always up for a night out.
By the same token, I've worked in one or two finance teams where there was no spirit at all. I never lasted long in those places. I think it mostly just depends where you are, and it's one thing I try to etablish at the interview stage. Asking for a tour of the office at your interview will give you a clue as to whether it's the right kind of place for you.
That's the point I was trying to make when I asked whether it was a firm of accountants or a firm doing something else where he was the (an) accountant.
In my experience the ethos is very different between the two scenarios.
I’d finished my CSEs at school (for what they were worth) and Dad asked me my plans. I had my job lined up starting in August and planned that the interim months would be spent popping into school, playing a bit of cricket and general relaxation.
This seemed to turn Dad (who hitherto had a perfect record of being a wonderful, perfect human being), into a raging bull. He delicately pointed out that if he was sweating his arse off to put food on the table, the least he expected of me was to get an effing job. Dad also shocked me when he called me a name (lazy *) that questioned his own fatherhood.
Two days later I found myself working in Woolworths, manhandling about a ton of the gardening product ‘dried blood’. from the back of a lorry up to the stockroom. This was hardly what I’d planned, as the dust from the product choked the hell out of me and removed all moisture from my mouth for the following three days..
On day two I was told in no uncertain terms by a young couple in the stockroom to get lost for twenty minutes. I was a very naive 16 year old and wondered why they didn’t require my help. Very strange.
Midday day three. The smarmy manager handed me a bucket, a brillo pad and a pair of pink rubber gloves. I was shocked to learn that he expected me to remove the black deposit that gathers at the base of the counters. He seemed equally shocked when I told him that I had no intention of doing it. There followed a frank exchange of views. It ended in me requesting that he made my cards be made up. I recall wondering if that was the correct terminology as the words left my mouth. Either way I was on a roll now and demanded that he should do it forthwith as I dramatically headed for the door.
Phew, the blast of cold air on my face as I left the cauldron of the shop was pure heaven.
I cut a forlorn character on the bus home though as I considered the less than spectacular start to my working life. Maybe God had made a mistake, placing me in a lifestyle that wasn’t really my bag? And then there was Dad, what was I going to tell him?
What happened with your dad as a result of all this?!?!!
It was meant as a rhetorical question @Huskaris It was all OK though he thought I’d done the right thing and in any case I picked up another job in a couple of days. Ir was 1970 and casual work was always available - if you wasn’t too fussy.
I heard a story about a French bloke working in London for a fantastic firm, but it was being driven into the ground by the incompetent owners and senior management team. Cracking bloke and an experienced and valued employee. He went in to see the SMT because he didn't want to be there anymore as the firm was in such a state although he believed in the good name of the firm, respected his close colleagues and felt he got excellent support. However, rather than slag the SMT off to their face, he told them he wanted to go back to France and braced himself for a showdown. He got a surprisingly respectful farewell in the end. I believe he felt at home at the firm, but just couldn't swallow the disastrous leadership. Anyway, he ended up walking straight into another job in France. In Nancy, I believe...
I've actually got an exit interview with a bird from HR today and I'm trying to work out the best way to kick off so I can add a decent tale to this thread.
Turn round and say to her that your only obeying the voices in your head and then in the brief silence shout out: I'M FUCKING TELLING HER!!
I've actually got an exit interview with a bird from HR today and I'm trying to work out the best way to kick off so I can add a decent tale to this thread.
Turn round and say to her that your only obeying the voices in your head and then in the brief silence shout out: I'M FUCKING TELLING HER!!
Some years ago I worked at a large firm and at the start of my career .It was owned and run in the main by middle aged ,middle classed white men who had been to " school ,school and Oxbridge " - prep school , public school and either an Oxford or Cambridge College - and to the extent that there were any women in control they were the same only they suffered worse dandruff .They played lip service to concepts of social mobility ,anti- elitism and discrimination but generally they were odious "Class Nazis ". None more so than one person in particular - let's call him Clark as funnily enough that was his name - whom I had the misfortune to work for directly for six months on a big " action " and who could be fairly described as a rude ,bullying and anatomically repulsive institutionalised monster. Relations with him were made worse because his very attractive PSG ( public school girl ) girl friend flirted with me at a firm Christmas Party to such an extent ,and to his jaw dropping horror and public humiliation that my career there was in consequence pretty much over before it had really begun .So I had to get another job with a rival firm quite quickly as he made my life a misery afterwards from New Year to the Spring when my notice expired .On the Friday that I departed - he was not in the office - I went down to see the guys in the general office responsible for internal mail deliveries and who hated this bloke almost as much as me .I had picked up one of those orange internal mail packets that you can write people's initials on and that ,given the number of boxes printed on the exterior ,gets circulated about thirty times together with its contents before it is binned .I had written his initials on it and marked it " strictly private and confidential to be opened by addressee only" . I had also defecated into a small plasic bag placed inside it .They made sure that it was hand delivered to him on the Monday after sitting in the sun on a window ledge in the general office and after a long hot weekend .whilst my leaving do had occured ,and I had long gone by then ,I received numerous reports from people about his tirades and threats after having placed his hand deep into the contents to scoop out what had been presented to him to open that Monday morning .He must have been cleaning out his finger nails with a bent paper clip for days afterwards ! Despite his suspicions no one ever dropped me in it - despite what I had dropped myself - and one further unexpected and welcome twist was that his girlfriend ( soon to become ex girlfriend ) turned out a while later to be a rattlingly good shag .All's well that ends well I suppose .
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One night, just before 'lunch' break I just upped and off'ed, it wasn't healthy for me mentally. Got an e-mail a few days later saying I'd been let off the job for it, got paid what I got paid and moved on with my life. If you worry about the consequences of everything you do in life you won't do a thing, another person actually walked with me at the same time, he's currently travelling the world and doing well for himself, as am I.
It doesn't make you a quitter or anything like that, it's your own life so you do what you feel is right for you. The sleep I had that night and the normal day I had with my friends the next day was worth more than any money I needed at the time.
"Congratulations, that's a great move"
"Thank you"
"Everything ok with working out your notice period?"
"Yep, no problem."
"Great. Congratulations again."
FUCKING MENTAL - shit went down...
Got paid the money I was owed and for the 2 weeks notice I didn't work.
I think the story should involve her being gorgeous and and offering you anything to stay and you ending up having sex with her on the table and then afterwards you say that you'll leaving anyway, but I'll leave you to make up the details.
If you are stuck for inspiration just search for @valleygary I'm sure one of his threads will give you all the info you'll need!
I know this to be true.
I'm an accountant.
"One of the key things I look for in a job is a stable social life, with dependable colleagues who are able to provide assistance to each other when required. Sadly, I found myself in a role whereby people were quite isolated and working in their own individual silos, there was a severe lack of communication and ultimately I found it frustrating and not really conducive to a productive work environment. Simply put I felt lonely! With that in mind I resigned as soon as I realised I wasn't really the right fit, so as to minimize disruption to the team there.".
I've bolded the last bit, because you genuinely did do the right thing by the company you were placed with: there's nothing worse than someone leaving just as they're getting productive and have learnt the ropes of their role.
That said, the best interview I ever conducted involved the candidate taking the piss out of me when I told him I got lost on the way to my first interview there. ("Oh, I'm doing better than you already then! I take it I was a shoo-in when I walked through the door then?") So maybe my interviewing advice might not be the wisest..
I've worked in video games, fashion, retail, marketing, internet and promotional product businesses, and all of them were lively, social places where even the finance people were engaging, enthusiastic, and always up for a night out.
By the same token, I've worked in one or two finance teams where there was no spirit at all. I never lasted long in those places. I think it mostly just depends where you are, and it's one thing I try to etablish at the interview stage. Asking for a tour of the office at your interview will give you a clue as to whether it's the right kind of place for you.
In my experience the ethos is very different between the two scenarios.
He went in to see the SMT because he didn't want to be there anymore as the firm was in such a state although he believed in the good name of the firm, respected his close colleagues and felt he got excellent support.
However, rather than slag the SMT off to their face, he told them he wanted to go back to France and braced himself for a showdown.
He got a surprisingly respectful farewell in the end. I believe he felt at home at the firm, but just couldn't swallow the disastrous leadership.
Anyway, he ended up walking straight into another job in France.
In Nancy, I believe...