tangomonster
Full time employment: Posting here.
- Joined
- Mar 20, 2006
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Gave my two-week notice of resignation. No regrets---the way that the managers are acting now just shows what I've been dealing with.
Examples:
* I requested that I not have a going away party. I'm just not into that sort of thing. My direct supervisor is running around asking HR "is she allowed to do that?" Turns out they want a party not to honor me and my contributions over 19 years but as a PR thing to invite all our customers (the counselors who have sent me the referrals for the evaluations).
* My supervisor told me that I need to resign at the exact end of the pay period for payroll purposes. Later she said it has to be the end of the month. Both not true!
* I was told that it's not really acceptable to just give two weeks notice. The HR manual says it is. As a professional, I would have liked to have given more, but policy also says that you are not allowed to take any paid time off during the resignation period. I'm already forfeiting 160 hours that I was too busy to take. Every year, I also forfeited accruing 10 days or more because my account balance was up to 400 hours and you can't accrue more after that.
I've been feeling a little weird about retiring at 52, like I'm giving up and like I'm weak for not being able to handle the work world. But maybe it's not giving up---more like giving in---to sanity and peace of mind and a better way of life!
And maybe I should take pride in my sensitivity and ethics and so on that makes it difficult to function in the work world, at least in a toxic environment like mine.
Examples:
* I requested that I not have a going away party. I'm just not into that sort of thing. My direct supervisor is running around asking HR "is she allowed to do that?" Turns out they want a party not to honor me and my contributions over 19 years but as a PR thing to invite all our customers (the counselors who have sent me the referrals for the evaluations).
* My supervisor told me that I need to resign at the exact end of the pay period for payroll purposes. Later she said it has to be the end of the month. Both not true!
* I was told that it's not really acceptable to just give two weeks notice. The HR manual says it is. As a professional, I would have liked to have given more, but policy also says that you are not allowed to take any paid time off during the resignation period. I'm already forfeiting 160 hours that I was too busy to take. Every year, I also forfeited accruing 10 days or more because my account balance was up to 400 hours and you can't accrue more after that.
I've been feeling a little weird about retiring at 52, like I'm giving up and like I'm weak for not being able to handle the work world. But maybe it's not giving up---more like giving in---to sanity and peace of mind and a better way of life!
And maybe I should take pride in my sensitivity and ethics and so on that makes it difficult to function in the work world, at least in a toxic environment like mine.