AIBU to ask why you left your job?

[IsAnybodyListening]

In that, what finally pushed you over the edge so to speak?

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I have worked for the same company for 2.5yrs, subcontracted by another company. The pro's being flexi working, decent annual leave and fantastic colleagues. The negatives being the workload is untenable (finance), it's a never ending hamster wheel and we have been oversold in terms of what we can physically achieve each day.

To my point. I was recently called to Jury Service. I had to liaise with HR to stop my pay for a couple of weeks. What I can claim from the court leaves me £££ out of pocket. I accepted this reluctantly as part of my civic duty, whilst also being annoyed my colleagues who do the same job, that aren't contracted would have received full pay (not their fault obviously!).

Anyway, the case I was on was utterly horrific. Court finished, and I had a couple of days downtime at home for mental heath reasons (unpaid by work and court) and within the time frame work have 'excused' me from payroll. I am back to work tomorrow (earlier than expected), and I am dreading it. Even though it has been an odd couple of weeks at court, I haven't woke up once with my heart hammering in my chest, worried about a client I have never met or other work matters. It has finally sunk in I need another job, and this almost abstract panic is absolutely not normal.

Can anyone tell me that they had a realisation like this and made things better?

Sounds like your employer might be what HMRC describe as an offshore labour provider, OP. You may want to check that they have been paying your NI contributions, and if not, whether that has affected your record.

So I went back to work today (technically not on payroll until next Monday). I admitted the 2 days down time at home following the case, and my boss was not happy and seemed off with me. As far as I am concerned they haven't paid me, and frankly I have come back sooner than said, and made the judgement myself I wasn't ready for work following what I saw/heard. I have a gut feeling I may get a disciplinary! I didn't think I was doing anything wrong now I am doubting my judgement. Obviously if they were paying me for Jury I would have advised as soon as the case finished. Am I in trouble? Great. More anxiety :(

Did they not pay you for jury service at all? If not, I can't see they can complain. Most employers have a policy that if you are not on the case you should return to work, but that will be when they continue to pay you. Anyway you can self-certify illness for up to 7 days and you needed the time for your mental health. They'd be hard pushed to discipline you but join a union NOW. Then if the proverbial hits the fan you can get advice and support.

Anyone can join a union, you don't need to work for an ex nationalised industry or the public sector.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_trade_unions_in_the_United_Kingdom

Thank you BlaueLagune. The more I think about it the more annoyed I am getting. I didn't choose to do this. It hasn't been a jolly. I expect works mentality is that I should be crunching numbers all day when I wasn't due in. As I mentioned, I have taken a financial loss also, so I am feeling very annoyed. It's not just the money I will lose from my next pay, it's the absolute lack of support and understanding from work.

Horrible bosses nearly every time. Life is too short to be unhappy at work.

Not horrible bosses for me. First public sector after graduation lasted 8 years before I was bored to death with the same tedious timetable.
I left a different public sector job after 22 years after being seriously assaulted ( hospitalised and surgery/ PTSD). I was over the edge a long time before I realised I needed to leave. Best decision ever though.

You can claim for loss of earnings if you do jury service (from the court/MoJ) and you are self-employed or on a zero hours contract. It’s not loads, though.

I still don’t get your set up. If you are subcontracted into the UK company, who don’t employ you, why is it their decision to pay you or not pay you? How can they invoke their disciplinary procedure when you aren’t employed by them?

Or, put another way, how can you be on the payroll of a company that does not employ you?

So I went back to work today (technically not on payroll until next Monday).

Where are your actual (albeit offshore) employers in this? Do you have a contract with them?

also work in finance, mostly interim roles over the last twenty years, a mix of working on a day rate and as an employee.
If i work on day rate, the rate compensates for lack of employee benefits, holiday pay, sick pay, etc.

had a few years of difficult roles, not enjoying it - tried to move away from finance but found it hard to get work at a suitable level/ payrate.

I recently moved into a less senior finance role - really enjoying it, completelt different focus. It pays well enough, not stressful.
I don't need the ££££ from really senior jobs - not sure why I got caught up in pushing career - or career pushing me - to more and more senior roles.

That said, my last role was a nightmare - nothing documented re procedures, barking mad chief exec who screamed that "I should be all over the figures" - about four weeks in, and over a £20 expenditure in the previous year management accounts comparatives.
I took great pleasure in resigning, and putting in writing that it was because of her unreasonable behaviour.

I left because of bullying by another member of staff. She was a truly vicious unpleasant woman. Unfortunately she intimidated everyone - including the manager (The managers approach was to be really chummy with her and it was a job where that was very innappropriate)any complaints to the manager were not dealt with, and when I stood up to her (over some very bad practice)she made my life miserable, so I left and became self employed for several years before I retired.

Arsehole bosses/colleagues and excessive workload every time.

Current job - boring, unfulfilling work that is simultaneously piled on and impossible to complete in time. Boss that keeps passing his work off onto me so now I essentially do half his job. Crap pay. Looking for a new role as we speak.

IsAnybodyListening ring the court, they will advise you about your pay. This happened to a friend of mine and the clerk sorted it out

Culture and a new unhinged narcissistic manager with crazy eyes as my boss.

My manager was insane and used the most foul language all the time. I thought fuck this shit after a year and handed in my notice. I am a SAHM for the moment and am loving it!

I'm starting a new job in the new year

It's a similar job to my current one and I do feel a bit concerned about Frying Pan/Fryer

What got me looking elsewhere was a colleague telling me she planned to remain in post til retirement (years and years off) and we could "grow old together"

My internal response was "I'd rather die actually" she had within that same year been disciplined for targeting me and bullying me.

Over some period of time, I lost respect for both the company owners and the branch manager.

The workplace is near critically understaffed, clients never receive anything close to the service paid for, and are constantly lied to, even sometimes gaslighted about this.

The owners are basically con men who have since sold it on for profits

The manager is expected to keep a sinking ship afloat with bare minimum resources, and for that I do feel for her, but I'd feel for her a lot more if I had any evidence to support the idea she gives even the smallest shit about the job.

She is permanently on long lunches, hour long meetings that mean she is gone for the whole day. WFH. Out of Office on. I'm not convinced she does ANYTHING much

Her "Do what you want who gives a shit?" Culture has affected the whole team and most of what gets done/not done depends on the personal inclination of the individual

And then she employed Greg

Greg makes me physically uneasy and I have no idea why. He has made comments to other females which had they been made to me I would have made a complaint. He is just "off" and I hate being alone with him.

Straw that broke the camels back?

This absolute certainty I have that one day soon something terrible is going to happen as a result of negligence, and that I want to be long gone before it does.

My closest friend at work is moving within the company, and I hope she is long gone too, as she doesn't deserve to be caught up in it because out of everyone she works really hard.

I left because despite taking on the work of my manager, enabling him to do more budgeting stuff, attend meetings and go to visit other offices, they refused to give me a wage rise.

I very quickly found another job for a fair bit more money, and whilst it took awhile to settle in at the new job I am now really happy.

Meanwhile my old boss has been advertising my old job for over a month as my replacement has already left, and offering more money than I requested. He also had to pay recruitment fees last time and will probably have to do so again.

I don't normally leave jobs straight away when things get tough, but looking back, once it starts to go bad it never gets better, so it's best to start looking asap

I'm leaving teaching after years of stress! What pushed me over the edge was a behaviour issue which I think reflects the negative culture in our school towards teachers. I was planning to leave in 2 academic years but thought sod it and I'm outta there!