To wish she would just go already!

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My boss recently announced that she has given in her notice and will be leaving. Her last day is supposed to be this week.

She has since implied that in face she is not leaving.

On the one hand this is ok as I work in a very small team and her leaving means I would have effectively been running the department on my own so a lot of extra work and stress and now I won't have that.

On the other I am really dreading her staying! I don't dislike her and work well with her but EVERYONE else I work with dislikes her and she is constantly having arguments and confrontations with the other staff - I end up stuck in the middle trying to mediate and that is exhausting and awkward in itself. The days she is off are so much easier and less stressful because I don't have her bitching to me about the others or them bitching to me all the time. It makes for a very toxic atmosphere and difficult for us to all work as a cohesive unit.

I don't want to push her out but she has been complaining the entire time I've worked there about how lazy and shit they all are and how fed up she is and you can tell she really isn't happy so Aibu to want her to just leave already so that I can continue working there without all the drama?

Generally I really like working there but we are about to enter a busy period and the thought of having to deal with the general hard work of the job and putting up with all the aggro is just crushing me a bit tbh.

Anyone?

Can she change her mind after handing in her notice?

How on earth would you push her out?
I think it's understandable that you are annoyed by her/the team. I think you need to tell her you're too busy when she/they comes for a moan. Or be honest and say you don't want to be involved

can you wear headphones while working?

You want her to leave. You're entitled to your own feelings.

What else do you want people to say?

There’s a good chance she knows no one likes her and is taking the piss, by pretending she’s not leaving. She knows it’s going to annoy you.

I can't wear headphones unfortunately.

I don't want to push her out, I just want her to realise that it's best for everyone (including her) if she leaves. I think the other staff have been doing their best to get her out do since she got there. There is bad feeling between all of them and I think she's fighting a losing battle if she thinks it will change, they all dislike her too much.

I can see both sides but I don't like feeling like I'm made to choose sides. I actually don't have a problem with her as she has never been horrible to me but she has behaved appallingly to some of the other staff.

I don't think she could have failed to notice TERF, they are pretty blatant about it.

Start making waves about her leaving do, what is she arranging and should you get people to keep their diaries free?

Plan her leaving do, & if nobody turns up/everyone is massively excited to she might get the hint?!
In all seriousness though-I do feel for you, that sounds a stressful position to be in.

I worked with a horrible woman years ago, she was under the impression that the place would fall apart without her. One day she handed in her notice trying the whole ‘it’s them or me’ the guy she was complaining about was a bit useless and she wanted him removed from her team. Anyway about two weeks later when she realised he was going nowhere she tried to retract her resignation and management refused. She was so awful to me (which I know see as bullying but was too young and naive to do anything about it) it’s sad but the day she left was honestly one of the best days of my life. 14 years later I’m still there. The office atmosphere practically changed overnight.
Don’t underestimate the effect someone like this has on the whole organisation. I’d advise a meeting telling her it’s not possible to retract her resignation, you don’t need to give a reason.