Im smiling

[Seahorse]

Just told my parents whats been going on at work and betwixt my tears we managed to compile a letter of resignation.This letter was alot more polite than the letter I compiled on Friday night after having a little drinky.
Maybe theyl want me to leave, maybe they will realise they actually need me.
Who knows.
The saga continues.

[icecreamgirl]

awww, that's what mum's and dad's are for!!
Glad you are feeling better.
Of course they will realise they need you... the question you need to ask yourself is, do you need them?
And i think you know what the answer is to that one!!
Good luck, :)

[Katianne]

Wel done! I would take al that leave you've built up first though, THEN hand in the letter :p

[Peter]

The last time I worked for three bosses who didn't get on, the company lasted about 5 years. :) Good luck horsey, and don't take any crap! :horse:

[Rodeo Lady]

Hooray:mf:Hooray:mf:Hooray:mf:

Take the holiday's first !!!! Use it to look for a new job plus lots of crafting of course.

Really proud of you. It takes guts. Knew you had it in there somewhere.

Well done
Janice.

[caketopper]

Glad you have worked something out, they will see that they need you.

[candles by lisa]

Good you can give them 4 weeks notice and use your 4 weeks holiday up and don't have to go back.

It's great having your parents behind you, they must have been really annoyed with your bosses to help draught up a letter.

Good luck,

Lisa

[Seahorse]

Thanks guys.

The way I see it is that Im giving them 6 weeks notice, 2 more weeks work here then 4 weeks made up of holiday, then I wont ever have to come back again.

For some reason I feel really sick today(I suppose as I have done the last few days)but surely today should be a happy day.Its like an adventure.Im scared witless of the future, especially if I leave, also if they try to make me stay.
If they offer me more money the senior members of staff arnt going to improve so the pooh is gona hit the fan if I address that issue.
So I think Im definately leaving.

[candles by lisa]

Would you be happy if you stayed on and they offered more money? Don't think you would because the fiasco the other week could (and more likely would happen) because nothing would have changed your bosses would still be the same.

You are young and it is surprising what you can do when you really need to. You can get stuck in a rut in one job and it's not until you need to leave you realise what you can achieve.

Good luck and I am sure you will get an absolutely fantastic new job.

Cheers.

Lisa

:D

[Seahorse]

Thanks Lisa.

Nope, I reckon deep down Il be miserable if I stayed on even with extra money.
As you say, my bosses wont change.It may be good for a while but they always resort back to crudness.

[fragg1es]

I hope it works out for you, good luck in your next adventure :)

[Pebbles]

Well done! You go girl!

When I left my last job I was owed 2 weeks holiday, so I worked my 4 weeks notice finished work at the end of the month and started my new job about a week later. You don't actually have to take the holiday, they have to pay you for it, unless you want a month off I suppose.

I s'pose what I am getting at is that until your notice period is served you are still officially employed by your company, some contracts specify that you cannot work for anyone else whilst employed for that company, so if you take four weeks leave as your notice period you cannot start work until that four weeks is up.

I would call the citizens advice bureau if I were you, there may be some way of getting a severance package as you are leaving, not because you found a new job, but because you can't work there any longer due to the way they treat you.

See me? Empowered when other lovely ladies are being treated poorly at work!:D

[Seahorse]

Have to admit im in no rush to get a new job(partly too lazy, partly too scared).Said to parents i need some 'me' time so I may take 6 months off and do nothing, I may go travelling for a year.
But Im going to enjoy my holiday until the new year and then sort my life out.

[Seahorse]

My evil side is really taking over.
When I leave they will have to get someone else and I wont be here to train them.So my bosses will have to train them.Mwohahahahha.
Then again if im so rubbish at my job, makes sense for me not to train them.

[Sommerwood]

Well done Seahorse on taking the bull by the horns and making such a big decision, very brave and am sure will be a huge relief when it is done. I was in a job I absolutely hated a couple of years back as a Sales manager, I had been with the company for about 6 years, was in the Barnstaple branch to start with which I loved, then moved back up to Essex and transferred to one of the branches up here, they were threatened with closure so moved to another branch up here in Chelmsford, and I hated every minute of it. It was so stressful and the management were absolute pooh, added to that it was a good hours drive there and back every day down the A12, I used to get home every night in tears and was such a stressed out miserable bitch to live with. So me and hubby sat down and worked out our finances and decided I could just chuck it in, and I did!! They offered me more money to stay and made all sorts of promises, but it was sooooo good being able to tell them were to stick it!! I took a month off and then started looking for another job and and immediately got the one I am in now, which I love so much, and am soooo happy and a completely different person, no stress, lots of support and good money, plus its part-time so I get to run my little craft business too. So good luck Seahorse and hope it turns out as good for you, which I am sure it will.:D

[Seahorse]

What a fabbo story!!

Annoyingly (in a strange way)no one has been nasty to me today, so for some stupid reason I feel stupid about leaving!

[Rodeo Lady]

Dont you DARE back down.:mf:

Use this chance to realise your full potential. I was thinking a comedy script writer if your posts on here are anything to go by :p

Cheers Janice

[Seahorse]

Dont you DARE back down.:mf:

Use this chance to realise your full potential. I was thinking a comedy script writer if your posts on here are anything to go by :p

Cheers Janice

Ahhh, how sweet.Id love to be the next Ronnie Barker.

I wont back down.Just trying to time it right.Dont really want to be here when my boss reads it so need to hand it to him before I leave or he leaves for the day.

[Seahorse]

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!! I hate myself.Just had a general chat with my cruddy boss, he invited me to a house party and chatted about his new baby, and I even told him I was going to be any auntie.Stuff I didnt want to talk to him about.

Maybe my breakdown and knowing Im leaving means Im ok with things in my head now.

Still blooming annoying.I HAVE to remember how angry/upset they made me!!!

[icecreamgirl]

Do not back down now!!
If you need to remember how badly they treated you just look at your old posts about it!!!!
Hand the letter in now.
Quickly before he gets going with the chit chat again....

[swirlyarts]

We will remind you how nasty they were - don't worry about that! Well done for getting up the courage to do something about it :)

[Seahorse]

I was such a chicken, I threw the letter in a blind panic on my bosses desk as I left so he'd find it when he left.
I spoke to him about other work this morning, he didnt say anything and neither did I.
My top nasty boss hasnt said anything.
I feel sick.

[nattynetty]

Ooooh I missed all this yesterday!!!!! So, so, so ,so pleased for you - big well done for not backing down, once the sicky feeling has passed you'll feel like a huge weight has lifted :)

Maybe you could casually ask your boss if he got your letter you left for him last night.

[Seahorse]

Seems everybody knows, there is a pleasent atmosphere and the son of my top boss who doesnt even work here is the only person to have spoken to me about it.

[nattynetty]

Am I allowed to laugh at how poop your bosses are? Professional to the end - rather than call you in to discuss it they're not even mentioning it, fantastic!

[Seahorse]

Heheeh, suppose its better than them laying into me.
They also havnt said that there are any disputes with my letter so I can only assume im good to go.

Everybody is being unnaturally nice.Not one bad word today from/too anyone,very odd.

Im currently sat here in silence with my boss who gave me the verbal warning, he is being nice but Im waiting for a comment.

[Debeadz]

So when are you leaving?

You must feel so much better now :D

[Seahorse]

Last day is 3rd Dec.Offically leave at end of year as the months notice covers my holidays which im owed.

Erm I kind of feel stress free as I dont have to stay here and had a chat with parents, they obviously want me to get a job which I know il have to get but I also said I need to sort my head out and i said if I want to take a few months off I will(I have savings to live on).Dont think they were too keen but they understood.My mum even said 'if you want to go to America and ride a horse across it then do it!' so she wants me to grab life.

So I feel good, as for the immediate future im just going to kick back, but also feel very sick as I need to get a job that pays 30 grand, I have no skills and no confidence.Not ideal.

[Seahorse]

Everybody is being unnaturally nice.Not one bad word today from/too anyone,very odd.

.

Just realised they may all be happy coz Im leaving!!B*gg*rs.

[Rodeo Lady]

I went to Canada this year to ride a horse. I went on my 46th birthday had saved up for two years solid and had a ball.

It had been a long held ambition going back about forty years (wanted to be Calamity Jane when I was about six !!)

If I had been your age with no ties I would never have came back !!!!!

It gives you a true propective on life and total freedom. I really mean it if you need the company web-site we used please get in touch.

Will tell you it's the best holiday experiance I have ever had.

And by the way I can give you loads of contacts for massive craft fairs over there.

Cheers Janice.

Go on be a cowgirl;)

[nattynetty]

About 10 years ago I went to America by myself for a month - it was a really liberating experience. I'd just finished uni, broken up with my ex (who had said something about how I was always too scared to do anything) and thought s*d it before I get stuck in a job rut I'm gonna do something I wouldn't normally. Bought a flight, a rough guides book, a rucksack and went. Had my first night's hotel booked but after that it was getting something on the night where-ever I may be. Ended up in Maine first as the greyhound bus did an overnight bus there and then just went where I fancied (and where Greyhound went).

Got talking to some very interesting people and also learnt how to avoid weirdos at the bus stations etc - was a fab time and as you have no ties at the mo might be worth thinking about a little bit of travelling. BTW hubby was very impressed about this when we met and still feels the need to tell people about it - think it's cos it's SOOOOOOO unlike me normally :D

[Seahorse]

Well done guys.

I feel Ive done so little travelling that Id get lost.Dont even know what to do or where to go at an airport.
But at least traveliing is an option, if I want to spend £5,000 of my own money going to a foreign country then I will, (stamps foot firmly on the floor).

I am thinking of spending a few nights in londo, just roaming around, eating out, seeing shows (ahem, buyingbeads)etc but I think thats as brave as I can be.

Can you believe I was told by my boss to have an early lunch coz they have to go out to do jobs, ive comeback and neither are rushing out the door.God that winds me up.Makes my afternoon alot longer!!

[Seahorse]

An hour later and they are still here...somebody get me some valium.

[candles by lisa]

I have a couple of matchsticks I can give you to keep your eyes open!!!

Not long to go, not long to go, just keep chanting that and you will be fine. Rocking backwards and forwards on your seat whilst chanting will help too.

Hehe.

Lisa

:mf:

[Seahorse]

Not long to go, not long to go, just keep chanting that and you will be fine. Rocking backwards and forwards on your seat whilst chanting will help too.



hehehe, I do have that going round my head.The things that niggle me are eventually being washed away as I realise its not for much longer.

Can you believe they are still here and no ones mentioned anything to me.
Im daydreaming about my multi million pound jewellery company, its quite a nice way to spend my time.

[Pebbles]

Well done guys.

I am thinking of spending a few nights in londo, just roaming around, eating out, seeing shows (ahem, buyingbeads)etc but I think thats as brave as I can be.



I think that is quite brave enough for now, I am a big jessie and I don't do anything like that..... I wish I could but I am too scared (especially London, it's very scary).

So you go, and report back which are the best bead shops!

[swirlyarts]

Go Seahorse, Go Seahorse, Go Seahorse. I'm doing a special dance for you in my front room that corresponds with the song!

[Seahorse]

Go Seahorse, Go Seahorse, Go Seahorse. I'm doing a special dance for you in my front room that corresponds with the song!

...and when exactly do you get your new straightjacket?hehe

[swirlyarts]

...and when exactly do you get your new straightjacket?hehe

Cheeky ;) It was a good dance too!

[Seahorse]

Cheeky ;) It was a good dance too!


hehe, I was only kidding with ya.

[Tip Top]

Aaaagggghhhhhhhhhhh!!

Look what happens when I'm not at work and can look at the forum at any time!!!:o

Good luck Seahorse!! Just think of all the crafting you can do!!!!:mf:

[Apple Tree Crafts]

I'm sorry Seahorse, I missed this thread.

Must have been far too wrapped up in myself.

I bet you never regret leaving that job, but they'll regret you leaving.

As everyone else had said, this could be just what you need!

Spread those wings & fly!

Start by visiting us at Reading. I'll put my sign up...not that you'll miss my Apple Tree Crafts table cover....

Jules

[beadsbydesign]

I too am guilty of missing this. Just saw it somewhere else so I thought I'd better come hunting on here!
Well done you.... big move.

[Katianne]

I found myself in limbo a few years ago and decided, stuff it, if I don't do it now I might never get the opportunity again. My BF and I went for 6 months - we did Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Oz, New Zealand, Fiji and the USA. Bets decision I ever made. Go for it!

[Seahorse]

Thanks guys, Im so worried about the money aspect.
I have savings to live on for a fair while but dont really want to spend it if I can help it.

Had a dream last night that I had to be out of where I lived by Christmas.Felt very real for a while.

[Seahorse]

My approachable boss just talked to me about 'the letter' he checked on my last day and said he'd try to get all my payment to me for then.

He asked'Have you got another job?' I replied 'No, I just had to go' with a mini chuckle, then quickly followed it up with 'I just need more money really'.

They dont seem too bothered.Neither bosses that picked on me have said anything.

[Apple Tree Crafts]

...you will be so much better without that place and it's attendant fools.

I know it's not a pleasant thought, but if you need cash then sign on to benefits. You've paid tax, you're entitled to them. I know the process sucks, but it'll help you out in a crisis.

I've pm'd you about something....

Jules

[Seahorse]

Got your pm, thanks.

Have ot admit I hate the idea of signing on.

I need to ask a question re jewellery business and national insurance but need to work out how to write it so it makes sense.

[Pebbles]

Hey, if needs must, sign on! When I returned home after travelling for a year (a fully employed year of travelling, supporting myself), I found it difficult to get a job, even a temporary job. So I signed on.... had no money, so I had to

There's no shame in it

[nattynetty]

Not sure if things have changed or not but I don't think you will be able to sign on until 6 months after you leave as you left your job voluntarily. Soz.

[Seahorse]

I have to laugh at this or il cry.

My boss packaged something up, put the company name on it and someones christian name and apparently its going to get to its destination!!!

[icecreamgirl]

Haha...
Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeese dont tell him!!:p

[Pebbles]

You know what? Royal Mail works in mysterious ways, I bet it will get to it's destination, and mores to the point, it will get there by tommorrow!

You know how I know this?

I get NOTHING delivered to my flat with my name on it, however, if I put half the address and boyf's name on a package, it'll get here, and it will be delivered next day!

My mum sent me a package from Australis, addressed correctly, but to my old flat, luckily I knew the people that stayed there so I called them and asked for it to be sent on when it arrived. It never arrived, but over four months later, it ended up at my parents house with "Non-existent address" printed all over it!

So, I am soon to recieve the most well travelled books in the entire world for one of the books is a bead book, published in UK, obviously exported to Australia - bought by my mum, posted to UK, sent back to Australia as undeliverable, THEN finally, packed into a relatives suitcase and is now in England, where I am driving tommorrow for the weekend, and I will bring it back to Glasgow.... I am going to Orkney in January, migt have to take the book with me just so it can continue it's travels

Sorry, a bit off topic there, but should amuse someone!