Can I get my job back?

[Meltedcheeses]

This weekend (I'm not meant to work weekends) I ended up managing a small crisis for the company.

Throughout I tried to contact my boss and sent messages he didn't reply.

I did not have the authority to take the action needed. The company ended up losing several thousand pounds. On Monday I offered my resignation saying I felt it honourable.

To my surprise it was accepted.

Its a small business with no HR.

Looking for tips to leave things as positive as possible. Was immediately asked to leave having resigned.

Why did you resign if what happened was not your fault? Are you now saying that you shouldn't have resigned and want your job back?

You can ask to withdraw your resignation but they have to agree. How long have you been there?

Hi,

You can ask to retract your resignation but they don't have to accept. I don't understand why you resigned in the first place, to be honest.

How long have you worked there? Are they paying you your notice?

A bit silly to have resigned but no point dwelling on it, you can’t turn back time. I would calculate to check if you are owed any holiday pay, ensure you are paid your notice or placed on gardening leave, and quickly start job hunting.

Sorry OP saw your post before the edit and thought you had the authority to take the action. Resigning possibly makes more sense now.

I would try and agree a neutral reference too.

How did you end up managing a crisis on a weekend when you don't work them? I think we need more context

Hi op can you tell us more context

Have you not had the relevant training on how to handle the situation or what to do "out of hours" should these situations crop up

Could the situation have waited till normal business day?

You could ask to withdraw your resignation it is up to them if they accept it

Why on earth did you resign if you didn't want to actually resign?

I think offering your resignation and being surprised when its accepted is naïve. Please learn your lesson.

That being said, you might be able to say you tendered it in the 'heat of the moment' and hadn't thought it through, therefore you expect them to disregard as they legally can't treat it as a resignation. (If you came prepared with a written resignation this argument won't work). They might accept that argument but equally might decide you face disciplinary action for the monetary loss which they decide is gross misconduct and they sack you.

If they asked you to leave immediately, did they pay you in lieu of notice?, if they didn't insist they owe you notice which you would have been more than prepared to work and you didn't mutually agree to have no notice.

Thanks everyone.

Firstly I completely agree that what I did in offering my resignation was stupid. I have been a high performer, well respected and knew there would be a stink after the weekend. I felt it was honourable. I know this sounds silly.

What happened is that I regularly check our systems out of hours for any anomalies. These are frequent. Everyone knows I do this even though its not a requirement.

I noticed a very big problem, bigger than I'd ever seen but I do not have the authority to make the change needed to rectify. I had been trying to contact my boss from 6pm Fri to Sunday late pm but no response.

He is CEO but told me on Monday he doesn't check work on the weekend. There was no one else to contact.

They are paying me in lieue of notice.

If I didn't take the blame then I guess my boss' inevitability over the weekend was going to get brought to light.

Do you mean that you did something you weren’t authorised to do and as a result of that the company lost thousands, or do you mean you didn’t take action, as you weren’t authorised, and the company lost thousands? If it’s the former, they probably won’t allow you to rescind your resignation. If it’s the latter, you followed procedure and they might well allow you to stay.

Gosh yes I've taken no leave since Christmas so I will be owed that.

That said they originally didn't want to pay even my notice.

The second. I didn't take the action needed because I knew I lacked the authority so I messaged my boss asking for his permission or advice.

The cause of the loss was a tech failure which isn't my responsibility.

Call ACAS. Free and independent.

Resigning was a bad move - but it's done now.

They can't not pay your notice! You resigned and were not summarily dismissed.

Call ACAS and speak to them.

Well then they will miss your diligence won't they considering you were checking systems when you didn't even need to. Have you had any times when you have found anomalies and managed to save the company making a loss? If so definitely remind them of this

I don't get why you felt resigning was honourable. You did the right thing, you didnt have authority to do anything but report it up the line which you did, your bosses inaction is not your fault. One reason CEOs get the bigger bucks is because they are expected to deal with critical situations even on weekends.

So if you hadn't been checking out of hours, your CEO would have been greeted with a shitshow Monday morning and you'd still have a job?
The problem is you have resigned, if they'd fired you, then Id say definitely to contact ACAS, but not sure what your grievance is, unless they have directly blamed you?

@Meltedcheeses It sounds like they didn't appreciate you and as others have said they will miss your diligence. But they have shown their true colours, so maybe however it came about, it is good you are leaving. Focus on getting your CV up to date and job hunting. Good Luck.

Why on earth did you resign?

You did everything right!!!!! Oh OP 😕You resigning will allow them to say what happened was all your fault, you've gone, nothing to see here.

Please get advice. But tbh they have acted disgracefully, they should not have accepted your resignation. I hope this turns out to be a blessing in disguise for you.

Why would you resign? I think you were wrong.

You noticed something that you weren't authorised to correct.

Tried to contact boss to get authorisation but couldn't so took no action.

Who even caused the issue? Where they resigning too?

Oh wow. Thanks.

Two colleagues contacted me and basically said some really nice things. They think I'm better off out.

I am very conscientious. I always think...if a bit of extra work will help..ill just crack on.

I've reported directly to the CEO for years. I don't expect them to respond even in working hours other than to their own set of priorities...but no response on something I know will go to board...just not experienced it.

I really loved the job.

The CEO is quite laid back.

Thank you so much. I agree resigning was ridiculous for my self interests but I just could only see otherwise a situation where I'd have to stand up and report figures and not give the explanation

Why would you have had to do anything other than explain what had happened?

I'm not clear on why you thought this was your fault i any way at all but having decided for some reason that resigning was called for I don't see that you have any options

Why are you protecting your boss in this manner? And how will the board not find out what has happened?

I know you say you didn't have the authority but you have technically fixed it? Or did you not have eg the password needed to do something?

I suggest that you request a meeting with your boss for closure. Tell them the truth about how you feel, that you were hasty. Ask why they accepted your resignation without comment. Maybe they misunderstood your intentions? I don’t see youhave much to lose.