To leave this job?

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I've been in my job for 6 months. I am on a zero hours contract, as is everyone else.

From day one the job has been very cliquey and there have been unpleasant undertones towards me from the main members of the office clique. I have tried and tried to be pleasant and to get on with everyone but it is clear that I am not liked there. There is a very high staff turnover as the core clique aren't welcoming to many newcomers, although they are to a few, and people just leave.

Anyway I've stuck it out and stuck it out. Just when I think things may be improving and when I feel a bit more part of things, something will happen otherwise. Such as no one will speak to me for several days, or someone will have pinched my chair when I get to work and I have nowhere to sit. The managers are all part of this clique too so no use approaching them!

I have been excluded from nights out, lunches out, everything! I had my 40th birthday back in October and although normally cards are signed for peoples' birthdays no one even acknowledged mine!

The crunch has come today when there is a huge Christmas dinner and dance organised by head office with a limited amount of tickets and yep, I've not got a ticket! Everyone else has including a couple of newbies who started way after me but are liked by them all. I actually said something this morning that it wasn't very nice that I wasn't given a ticket and my manager lamely said there weren't enough tickets, then they all went back to talking about what they're going to wear for it, etc. At that point I felt a bit upset and went off into the toilet for 5 minutes and when I came back it was obvious they were all talking about me! But no one asked if I was ok!

WIBU to just not go back there anymore? I don't like to quit things but I've given it a go and given it a go and I clearly just will never be part of things there. We don't need the money as I have a small business of my own that I run on the side, and DH has a good job. I just wanted to work for the social side of things and to get me out of the house as I have a mental health condition. But I feel like I've just had enough.

DH says I should phone or text my managers and tell them exactly why I won't be back but I'm not sure really whether to do that or not?

do the thing with the prawns that the first 'user' said and just leave....
On the other hand MrsMoasty speaks sense, maybe find another job first.

If you do not need the money, just don't go back. But don't bother telling them anything, they won't give a shit.

Never put it on your cv and never look back.

DailyFail I love that! Did you get to see her reaction? What did she say?

I've just quit my job. I jumped before I was pushed! It felt very humiliating. I've only been there 3 months but it was clear I was not making the grade. I worked in my last job for 20 years and had a really good reputation so it has been a shock to fail so spectacularly. I have not regretted it for one second though. I negotiated an early exit and a months gardening leave, so the minute I made my decision I set about making it work for me. It made the whole experience a lot more empowering than humiliating. I wish it had worked out because the people I worked with were lovely but the job was awful and the travelling was brutal. I am so glad I took the plunge. Now I am spending Christmas at home with my family. 2017 will be the start of a new chapter. I might be skint, but I will spend more time with my kids, the house will always be clean and I won't be exhausted and crabby every day. No regrets, life truly is too short to waste a second on people who don't value you.

I didn't see her reaction, but apparently she had to throw out her make up and claim her bag on house insurance thus losing her no claims. I'm not normally quite this vindictive but I felt so at peace afterwards.