Resignation

[Vanden Crash]

What a huge sense of weight lifted

[Super Sonic]

Vanden Crash said:

What a huge sense of weight lifted

Good luck in your next job., hope it goes better.

[Vanden Crash]

Cheers

This place has ground me down. After having to take sick leave they piled on even more but it’s in the past and off to new place right at the start of a deep recession

What can go wrong?

[The spinner of plates]

As Benjamin Franklin once said, “out of adversity comes opportunity”

[grumbledoak]

Well done.

There are few better feelings than walking away from a crap job.

Don't look back.

[Vanden Crash]

Offered a a nice pay rise. I said I’m leaving for less than I’m in now

[21TonyK]

Vanden Crash said:

What a huge sense of weight lifted

Know exactly how you feel. Resigned on Monday from a job I genuinely loved for the first 6 years, less so the last two.

Enjoying my first Saturday morning without thinking about the following week (too much )

[hepy]

grumbledoak said:

Well done.

There are few better feelings than walking away from a crap job.

Don't look back.

Great moments in life!

[triplecrownjockey]

Well done OP.

[67Dino]

Well done OP.

If it’s helpful for anyone else, some years back I came up with this job satisfaction scale for coaching. Everyone is different, but my view is a good job should be 7 or above. Time to leave if it if is below 5 for more than a few months, below 4 for more than a few weeks, or below 3 for more than a few days.


1. Damaging mental/physical well-being
2. Hate this. Got to get out
3. Not enjoying it.  Rather be elsewhere
4. Bored, irritated, but coping
5. Ok, but uncommitted either way
6. Going ok.  Could be a lot worse
7. Enjoying it.  Potential here
8. Loving it.  Real opportunities
9. Absolutely loving it.  Huge opportunity
10. Smashing it, time of your life

Edited by 67Dino on Saturday 14th January 19:09

[Vanden Crash]

Last year I had to take a break for stress at work plus personal bad news

Whilst in this break they called as st had hit the fan for my client

I wasn’t in the correct pls e to be robust enough to push back, despite them recognising that everything wasn’t reliant on me they created multiple work streams to help, but all had conflicting priorities and required my bloody input

I waited until the correct opportunity arose and got it.

I was a massive advocate for my organisation but it’s transformed to be so unrecognisable from the place I joined.

It’s hat horoscope sign.

[Vanden Crash]

67Dino said:

Well done OP.

If it’s helpful for anyone else, some years back I came up with this job satisfaction scale for coaching. Everyone is different, but my view is a good job should be 7 or above. Time to leave if it if is below 5 for more than a few months, below 4 for more than a few weeks, or below 3 for more than a few days.


1. Damaging mental/physical well-being
2. Hate this. Got to get out
3. Not enjoying it.  Rather be elsewhere
4. Bored, irritated, but coping
5. Ok, but uncommitted either way
6. Going ok.  Could be a lot worse
7. Enjoying it.  Potential here
8. Loving it.  Real opportunities
9. Absolutely loving it.  Huge opportunity
10. Smashing it, time of your life

Edited by 67Dino on Saturday 14th January 19:09

Good post

[Vanden Crash]

21TonyK said:

Know exactly how you feel. Resigned on Monday from a job I genuinely loved for the first 6 years, less so the last two.

Enjoying my first Saturday morning without thinking about the following week (too much )

Same! Next week I’ll be painting the hallway instead of worrying about managing the next fk up

[PartsMonkey]

67Dino said:

Well done OP.

If it’s helpful for anyone else, some years back I came up with this job satisfaction scale for coaching. Everyone is different, but my view is a good job should be 7 or above. Time to leave if it if is below 5 for more than a few months, below 4 for more than a few weeks, or below 3 for more than a few days.


1. Damaging mental/physical well-being
2. Hate this. Got to get out
3. Not enjoying it.  Rather be elsewhere
4. Bored, irritated, but coping
5. Ok, but uncommitted either way
6. Going ok.  Could be a lot worse
7. Enjoying it.  Potential here
8. Loving it.  Real opportunities
9. Absolutely loving it.  Huge opportunity
10. Smashing it, time of your life

Edited by 67Dino on Saturday 14th January 19:09

Such a good scale. I've been guilty of letting myself get to either a 2 or 1 before leaving though one job probably pushed me to 0.5.

[67Dino]

PartsMonkey said:

67Dino said:

Well done OP.

If it’s helpful for anyone else, some years back I came up with this job satisfaction scale for coaching. Everyone is different, but my view is a good job should be 7 or above. Time to leave if it if is below 5 for more than a few months, below 4 for more than a few weeks, or below 3 for more than a few days.


1. Damaging mental/physical well-being
2. Hate this. Got to get out
3. Not enjoying it.  Rather be elsewhere
4. Bored, irritated, but coping
5. Ok, but uncommitted either way
6. Going ok.  Could be a lot worse
7. Enjoying it.  Potential here
8. Loving it.  Real opportunities
9. Absolutely loving it.  Huge opportunity
10. Smashing it, time of your life

Edited by 67Dino on Saturday 14th January 19:09

Such a good scale. I've been guilty of letting myself get to either a 2 or 1 before leaving though one job probably pushed me to 0.5.

Thanks, glad it’d useful. Yes, I’ve been there too and know many others too who left it far too long to move on from a bad job. I think the challenge is that there are lots of seemingly reasonable reasons to hang around at the very low end, including:

- need the job
- waiting for an event that will change it
- not a quitter, feel ought to be able to cope
- believe they can make it better
- feel committed/responsible
- concern about the response at home.
- etc.

However, these are perceptions rather than real barriers. Unfortunately, in the depleted mental state caused by a bad job, they can seem overwhelming. The challenge is therefore to recoup enough strength to see the picture clearly and be able to form and carry out a plan to resolve the situation. A good break, a chat with a supportive friend or even some counselling may be the best thing.

[Downward]

Another here who’s just handed in their notice.
Probably the best job and opportunities i’ve ever had.
Sadly if the managers and the culture is bad it’s not worth it.
We have an excellent health and well-being policy with help at hand. And probably because it’s really needed.
It shouldn’t come to that though but you get pointed towards it as some kind of reasoning or the managers trying to put the blame onto the staff.

No more picking up emails at 10pm when the managers for some reason decide to send out all the days anger.

[E63eeeeee...]

Good luck with the new job.

I've worked with people from hat on a number of different contracts over the years and they always had a slightly different vibe from the competitors, and really good people. It's a shame if that's all gone south, but work shouldn't make you ill, so sounds like you've made the right move.

[ATG]

grumbledoak said:

Well done.

There are few better feelings than walking away from a crap job.

Don't look back.

100%

[ATG]

The spinner of plates said:

As Benjamin Franklin once said, “out of adversity comes opportunity”

Franklin's achievements are astounding ... but .. this is the chap who decided to fly a kite during a thunderstorm to try to gather some electric charge in a bottle.

[Vanden Crash]

E63eeeeee... said:

Good luck with the new job.

I've worked with people from hat on a number of different contracts over the years and they always had a slightly different vibe from the competitors, and really good people. It's a shame if that's all gone south, but work shouldn't make you ill, so sounds like you've made the right move.

It’s why I joined them.

Amazing change it’s actually quite tragic.

Morse, Atos, CGI used to mock us for not charging as much and putting quality ahead of major margins

Now it’s all ran by a poor chap in Bangalore