Boss being awkward because I have given in my notice at work

[Clown74]

Basically I have given in my 1 month notice at work and I have until March 22nd there (start new job March 25th).

Since I have given in my notice my Boss has changed towards me as in being really like having no patience around me, telling me I am too slow at my job (she has never in the 7 years I have been there said this to me), looking at me in a rude way, not saying good morning/bye or being chatty and she tells another work colleague to tell me when she wants something done (again she has never done this before).

AIBU to think that she is upset with me for leaving? I only have 1 and a half weeks left but to me it seems like she is micro managing me and watching my every move (not my imagination others have noticed this too)

What is the best way to handle this situation as obviously I don't want to cause any bad feelings before I leave?

Also must add the person before me that left my Boss wasn't in on his last day and got him nothing or wished him well for the future.

Clown74 - you're not alone in having this situation - it was a long time ago for me and a slightly different situation, but the same result. It's pretty ghastly and it sounds as though your boss (like mine was) is just this side of legal, and it wouldn't be worth anyone's while taking it any further.

There's little you can do for yourself as you're going shortly, but I definitely recommend speaking to HR about it. You've invested seven years, as has your company so you're even-stevens, but if your boss is so unreasonable you definitely should make sure others aren't in the same boat. That you have a notice period means that it's reasonable to suppose you would have used it to hand over your workload, as opposed to in the IT industry where it's not unheard of to escort employees from the premises as they resign in order to avoid any backdoor sabotage.

Suggest you pen a fairly bland email/make bullet points if you're going to telephone them, saying that you've found your boss' behaviour since you resigned really quite disappointing - quote a couple of the more extreme examples - and say that you had no inclination that your work was substandard, you'd always had a good professional relationship, etc etc. You don't need to feel you're telling tales: the next employee to leave should be protected from this rather unprofessional behaviour.

All good wishes for the future.

Just wondering if you have exit interviews @Clown74? Could you possibly address the behavior in the exit interview and phrase it in such a way that you could say "I've noticed that since I handed in my notice, you've been mentioning how my performance isn't up to scratch and I've been working slower. Would you mind if we discussed that as I wouldn't want to be seen as a slacker and I want to leave this company on a positive note so I'm trying to understand why it was something that wasn't addressed in the previous 6 years of my employment?" or something like that?

I would respond to every criticism with "It's probably just as well that I'm leaving then, X days to go now" in a very cheery tone of voice.

OMD that's really pathetic

I've had one boss who was strange after I resigned but not this bad.

I'd be tempted to tell HR.

Awe **Yellowfish is back should ask about her companies illegal sickness policy!

I am surprised has any staff!

Sorry your boss being an arse OP just do the best job you can.

She sounds dreadful.

I’d suck it up, what’s she going to do, sack you??

You’re moving forward, thats the main thing

shes pathetic

Why are you bothered? Just ignore her.

I was wondering how long it would take Yellowfish to pop up and start regaling us with Dickensian-style tales from her imagination of her employer.

A sensible company will take the attitude that it's best to get the most from employees who leave - and handled correctly, the notice period can actually be a really productive time of work and achievement for both sides. OTOH other fictional employers may decide to immediately withdraw access to IT systems and send their staff to photocopy documents, because paying qualified staff to shuffle paper is so much more sensible than getting any meaningful work out of them...

Ask her what leaving do she's organised for you?!

Seriously it's completely unnecessary and I'd speak to HR

This is what self declaring yourself off sick for a week is made for.

@ResistanceIsNecessary

Think about it- by choosing to leave, the employee is walking out on the person who has literally kept them alive for however many years by paying their salary. If your DH decided to walk out giving one month's notice, would you treat him the same? Of course you wouldn't. It's only natural for there to be pushback from the other party when one side pulls out of any relationship.

At my place, that means that since the employee in question has chosen to forgo their position, there will be consequences for that. Similarly to Brexit- you can't leave while retaining the benefits of being a member. Why should someone get the perks of being an employee such as a parking space and convenient hours if they have chosen to leave that working community?

I'm sniggering at the 'well if you DARE to leave, you should expect to be sternly told off' brigade.

A job is a contract. In return for money, your company take away a lot of your freedom (time, actions). They are not loving parents who put themselves out to nurture you. They want your time, skills and actions in exchange for money. You agree, as you need money. Both parties give and take.

You decide no longer to give, and consequently no longer to accept payment. Transaction ends. All the rest is corporate bullshit designed to distract from inadequate pay, poor holiday allowances, and backwards working practices.

Tesco don't send me PA texts if I go to Sainsbury's FFS.

@YellowFish.

That's nice dear.

the person who has literally kept them alive for however many years by paying their salary

You make it sound like the company is doing a charitable act! It isnt - the company benefits from the deal just as much as the employee.

Companies employ people because they can profit from their labour. That's how companies work and it certainly isn't altruistic.

Are you against anyone terminating any kind of contract, or just employees doing it? You're obviously not against the company terminating the contract, going by your posts.

Staff working their notice are no longer treated as part of the organisation at my place- that means they lose access to the IT system and have to ask permission from senior management to access it. They also lose their car park space and are no longer allowed to access our canteen or kitchen. In most cases, we immediately reassign them to the photocopying room and change them to weekend shifts(our office is Monday-Friday)

None of this ever happened.

And you are no more a senior manager of a company, than i am centre forward for Real Madrid.

Yellow fish is full of yellowshit. Knew that was her comment before I looked at the name. She likes to think she’s a big bad manager whilst really she’s a saddo who can only dream of such positions of grandeur

You can request garden leave. Speak to HR and ask if it's possible given your manager's behaviour. They'd probably rather pay you for the rest of your notice than risk a tribunal.

I would just smile and nod. Smug secretive smile at every opportunity, especially when she can see it. It doesn't matter, you are leaving.

In YellowFish’s fantastical make believe world, I suppose it’s okay if an employee gets made redundant by their company? Or if a company goes under and an employee loses their pay?

Weirdo! 😂

I've worked for a few 'global' companies. None of them behaved like @YellowFish123.

If the company believes that the employee that is leaving could damage the company or is likely to recruit customers to their new employer, they would be put on immediate garden leave and wouldn't be allowed on the premises at all.

Otherwise, they work out their notice period as a normal employee, in a professional manner on both sides.

It is always a bad idea to treat leavers badly. It gives the employee a bad reputation and means people don't come back, and don't recommend that other people work there. Also, it is a small world, and often the people who treated you badly end up wanting a job some time in the future. If you left them with a bad taste in their mouth, they'll probably decide you are not a team player.

IMO Yellowfish's 'workplace' sounds as if it's inspired by places of work that the 'employees' were mostly never allowed to leave...

Hopefully Yellowfish will return to defend their position, however it's 'interesting' they don't share the benefit of their employment law expertise on the Employment Issues Board. Probably because it's bollocks

Case in point - Taking a unilateral decision about someone's health circumstances, as in 'banning' them from taking sick leave is tosh. And of course I'm sure they are already well informed about the fact that a GPs Fit Note is a legally binding document, so they're acting unlawfully if the company fails to recognise and support that situation.

Peddling that misinformation to MNers is really low down, because vulnerable people might actually believe what they're saying holds weight.

Yellow fish, morale will be shit at your place, and productivity down. But you won't be aware of that, as you won't have had the relevant training.
Even where people are made necessarily redundant, how people are treated has an impact on the remainders as well as those losing their jobs.

Shame on you for treating staff so abysmally after several years service.

Think about it- by choosing to leave, the employee is walking out on the person who has literally kept them alive for however many years by paying their salary

Oh bollocks!! You seriously need to give your head a wobble! The greatest asset a business has is its people. And like any asset, if you treat it badly and don't look after it then it will stop working. Where people are concerned, if you behave like an arsehole because someone's chosen to move on, then all you are doing is shooting yourself in the foot because word gets around that it's a shitty place to work.

You could try looking at it this way; that the person who has worked for you has literally helped keep your business afloat and trading, therefore keeping a roof over your head?

I find your approach to corporate governance and people management to be quite unbelievable. In the unlikely event that you are actually being truthful then I can only thank my lucky stars that I don't have anything to do with your firm's legal expenses and professional indemnity cover, because the operation sounds incredibly unprofessional and high risk.