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  • Leaving my job soon? (Apologies for length)

    Alright, I admit, I sorta like my current job. The official title is "hotel maintenance" at a chain you've probably heard of, but it just involves sitting around and waiting for stuff to break.

    However, management seems to want to do everything to screw that up, such as the original construction of the hotel seeming to go out to the lowest bidder, scheduling mess-ups (I have thursday and Saturday off. Yes. Split days off after working for six days in a row), barely conforming to L&I standards, earning $0.07 over minimum wage for the first year of working there, working 4th of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas and any other major holiday, lack of communication among the managers which usually ends up with me having to do more work and getting yelled at for talking to my immediate manager, who talked to the general manager and yelled at sales manager who passed it on to me, instead of just calling the sales manager (who was at fault, and ironically won Employee of the Quarter a week prior) at 12.30am over a schedule cock-up that no one knew or talked to anyone about.

    Not to mention the highest paid person in my department has managed to hang on to this job for five years, despite the fact he's rather... erm... vaginal and no one can stand him.
    /rant

    SO. I get a phone call the other morning. A voice that seemed angelic at the time informed me that I had an interview at *place I want to work worse than I want my left testicle*.

    I'm really kinda debating my grand exit from *hotel*, because it's really been such an inconvenience to me. I was thinking about a rather snarky resignation letter, but a few friends suggested "operation guestroom phantom pooper", which is pretty much as sounds. I doubt the legality of that, so I'm open to suggestions as to what I should do to leave a legacy. *hint hint*

  • #2
    Well, keep in mind that dramatic exits seriously burn bridges. And while most places don't say much when future employers call for references, there are ways for managers to hint their displeasure about former employees... especially ones that really stick in their minds.

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    • #3
      Agrees with Gurn. AS tempting as it is to say "SCREW YOU I QUIT!". when you look back at this 5 years from now, you will be very happy that you left on professional terms and burned no bridges.

      You never know who may be in a position now to observe you, and who may be in a position to hire you 5 years from now.

      Keep your leaving above board and burn no bridges.

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      • #4
        Repair a "hole" in the wall.

        You wouldn't know ANYTHING about the five pound tuna that got in there... REALLY!

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        • #5
          Don't burn bridges. Really. Remember, it's only six degrees of separation, and often less than that in small cities and in towns.

          Leave pleasantly. Give some notice.

          And just smile every time you collect your wonderful new paycheck.
          Labor boards have info on local laws for free
          HR believes the first person in the door
          Learn how to go over whackamole bosses' heads safely
          Document everything
          CS proves Dunning-Kruger effect

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          • #6
            Write a list of all the wonderful things that would fall under the vengful category on regular writing paper . . . and then shread the list.

            What others are saying is true. Your future will be better and brighter if you take the high road. If possible give them the proper two weeks notice. In most case the company you are hiring into will be glad that you are showing a last touch of loyalty.
            Your karma will be clean.
            You won't wonder if you should have handled things differently 5 years down the road.

            Sure it is fun to think and plot . . .and as long as it stays in the thinking stage nothing wrong with it. So have your fun and respect yourself at the same time.

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            • #7
              As bad as your current job may be, it isn't a good idea to "leave dramatically." For one thing, you don't have the new job yet.

              For all you know, if the new job doesn't work out, you might need to fall back on your old job. Also, for all you know, your boss could know people who might make the final decision on whether or not to hire you for a job in the future, and might let it slip about what you did when leaving your old job...
              Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be evil.

              "I never said I wasn't a horrible person."--Me, almost daily

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              • #8
                I'd advise against burning bridges. But if you are set on burning it to the ground, make i worth your efforts.

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