As mentioned previously, my job is garbage. I quit today! So it’s gonna be extra garbage for two weeks.
Last week I was asked to take on the responsibilities of two people, with no increase in pay or hours, and given a team of people to delegate to in case I get overwhelmed (all of whom I’m expected to train on various tasks, so it’s still a bit overwhelming). I was mostly offended by this because all three people assigned to work “under” me are full-time with benefits. Just seems kind of shitty to give me a fake promotion and make me manage people who are clearly more valued at the company than me.
Also I got a little angry hearing the entire sales team carve out their summer vacation plans (”I’m taking next week off, so you can have the following week and he can take time in June”) considering I’ve been requesting time off for a while TO HEAL FROM THE WORKPLACE INJURY THEY GAVE ME and have never gotten it.
Anyway, so the other company I interviewed with gave me an offer I couldn’t refuse, as they say, by which I mean about twice what I’m making now. So I have decided to deal with the commute and take it because I have been so broke for so long now and it seems like a fine job in general so sure, might as well for that salary.
So I sent in my resignation to my boss with 2 weeks notice and he is PISSED! He sent a passive-aggressive (mostly aggressive email) saying my departure is a stunning blow and a big surprise and he’s heartbroken I didn’t think to inform him I was interviewing for other jobs. And he wouldn’t be in the office that day but “others on the management team may wish to talk with you now about your ideas or possible help through a transitional period, as it will be almost impossible to identify candidates, interview and get a replacement hired within this short a period.”
I think this was supposed to be a threat, like he was expecting everyone to come in and yell at me in his stead. What actually happened was FOUR people in management pulling me aside to say congratulations and they totally understood why I was leaving. One confessed he was jealous he couldn’t jump ship. Two said if anyone deserves fair, full-time employment it’s me.
My fear that everyone would resent me for creating more work for them didn’t come true, either. Everyone stays united in their hatred of our boss and all told me they’ll do what it takes to get through the transition because this is what I needed to do. Two people, however, told me something to the effect of “Don’t listen to him when he tries to make you feel bad about this,” which I guess he’s going to do and I’m not looking forward to that. But I appreciate the heads-up and it’s been lovely getting so much support and congratulations and love from everyone.
As everyone is getting the job posting up for my new job, a common thing I’m hearing is “Well, no one will want to do this job for only part-time.” EXACTLY. EXACTLY, GUYS. Maybe my boss should have actually taken that into consideration when he asked me to do that!
I got an indication that there had been a plan in place to eventually make me full-time, which a) was not spearheaded by my boss but rather my office manager who had been badgering him to consider it since my new workload wasn’t fair to me and b) was NEVER COMMUNICATED TO ME EVEN SORT OF. I find that shitty too.
I also got an indication that our most important writer, the one who brings in like half our traffic, is on the verge of quitting as well. REBELLION!
My friend Ron, the 60-something-year-old awesome kind nice man, came into our office really upset when he heard I was leaving. I told him I’d be around another two weeks and he sighed “Is this company even gonna be around in two weeks?”
