to be angry that am asked to train someone else when forced out of my job?

[curiouscat]

Hi, just need to vent. Employers refused my request to work 3 day week (unreasonably imo) so I am leaving at the end of this week. Publishing company, been there 6 months full time.

My colleagues have asked me to brief them on everything I know so that someone else can do my work. I'm pissed off. Is it ok to ignore the request/brief them badly/play for time until I'm gone. I don't want to make things easier for them. AIBU?

just tell them not everything you know but tell them wrongly

i too was in similar situation and had to train staff up when i was getting demoted why demote me if i'm more compitant for the job

why did they turn your 3 day down although if you have only been there 6 mths they obviously employed you as full time staff and maybe need full time position to be taken but sorry to hear you have to leave

i meant o say tewll them honestly not wrongly

Agree with Hanaflower - if you need a reference from them later on, try and do a good handover.

It doesn't mean you couldn't accidently forget one or two things though!

Btdt

Did an acting promotion, when the time came for the real job (that I did well, knew inside out etc) - 3 people applied for 2 posts, the newly pregnant one with all the experience didn't get the job, and then had to train the replacements (because no-one else knew the job!!! ).

I did it well though, because I loved the job and department and didn't want to see all my hard work ballsed up by incompetents (which it was anyway because they couldn't be arsed to listen to me since they clearly knew better )

I'm not bitter though.

Clearly not.

I did quite like my mate's system though - he worked in the IT section, set up a whole load of software, but had worked something into it so it would all collapse after about 6 months after he left - so he had the references and still got revenge.

Thanks hana and bubbla, that's really sensible advice. FWIW my job was newly created and is not a full time one, I have at least 2 days' slack a week (to go on mn ...) which is why I requested a 3 day week while guaranteeing to be able to fulful the job. But the directors didn't agree.

there loss good luck with finding new job x

YANBU. I have spent years temping in various jobs (was in one "temp" job for three years!), so after a reasonable time I have been replaced by "permanents" (who needless to say have ended up spending less time in the "permanent" job than I did as a "temp"), and I have had to train them up.

The first time it happened (the three-year job) it did really grate, and I ended up leaving on not-happy terms.

So YANBU to not really care about your replacement!

thanks again, I'm doing a great stalling tactic atm spurred by the mighty mn support