Key

I tried to give my two weeks at a job I used to work at and they didn't let me. Then forced me to work overtime when I wasn't available. The last thing I'm giving them is courtesy.

My point? Sometimes you have to pull out with no notice in order to save your sanity.

Paedantic Basterd

There's an adult way to handle every situation, even one such as yours.

I should put that on a motivational poster of somebody eating a whole cheesecake for breakfast.

Black Francis

Make that somebody a cute little cat and you're on to something.

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Key

I agree to an extent, but at the same time, when I told them I wanted to give my 2 weeks, they refused to allow it. Then they proceeded to treat me like **** so I left. 99% of the time I would give them the respect of giving them my 2 weeks, but when a company doesn't treat you like an adult or with respect, I'm not giving it back.

Paedantic Basterd

Do they actually treat you like ass, or are your expectations out of line with reality?

I'm not trying to rail on you, but I worked in a gas station for eight years, and I'm imagining if my co-worker cut and run how ****ed over I'd be. No hard feelings, just trying to offer another perspective.

Key

Sounds exactly like my old job was. I'm on your side when you want to just walk out. I completely understand what this is like.

Chula Vista

Twas a sad day. For my 50th birthday I had this guy: Ron Kirn Signature build me a custom telecaster from the ground up.
I chose the body blank and all of the specs. It turned out spectacular.



Because of our situation I'm having to sell off a ton of prized gear. Fortunately this one is going to a really good friend back east. He's already told me that if things turn around I can buy it back in a heartbeat.

*sniff*

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on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

Paedantic Basterd

Frankly that sounds like... having a job. :|

Key

Yeah, but that's not the attitude to go about it. If employers can just get away with treating employees like crap, there's no wonder people are so up their asses these days.

I don't disagree, but that's an awfully cynical way to look at it.

Paedantic Basterd

Eh, I don't agree that anything yet stated constitutes crappy treatment, so much as "aspects of a job that you don't like", and for any job you could do those things will be present.

I'm not saying neither of you is right to leave if you're truly unhappy, merely that there are ways to handle these sorts of situations professionally and that it's important to examine one's own behaviour critically.

God knows I recently left an employer for similar reasons so I'm not advocating the "suck it up" approach, but I definitely had to weigh the severity of my unhappiness against the responsibility I owed to my employer as part of our social contract and come up with an exit strategy that respected her needs as well as mine.