I walked out on my job tonight!

[MegaMoon]

Literally that. I can't believe it really. Half way through my shift I literally walked out. Phoned my supervisor to explain why. I was so angry at my colleagues I just couldn't stay so I walked out. Phoned my supervisor driving home and explained everything. She said she'd speak to my colleagues and call me on Monday. But as far as I'm concerned now, especially after tonight, I can't go back. I can't work with them anymore. Especially after bloody walking out and complaining to our supervisor about them. If I go back, it'll just be ten times worse. I can't. But I need a job. Can't get my head around it.

@XingMing your statement is utter nonsense and based on nothing...bet you’re a hoot to work for ! Jobs don’t have to be utter crap.😅
OP good luck to you! Life’s to short for a job that makes you feel crap.x🥳

Aw, that's a shame, I was hoping you'd be my next employer! :(

brilliant.

Look OP you know you left yourself wide open with walking out, but some things are bigger and more important , you shouldn't have to go to work in a shit environment, it shouldn't just be accepted some jobs are terrible.

You may have a difficult time, but you never know what Monday may hold, the call may be different to what you think, just be honest.
Get job hunting and good luck

I am coming so so so close to doing the same in my job. I don't want to go into too much details and I don't want to give out too much information. I am sick too my back teeth of my employers moods and her giving out to me for her failings.

I work as a nanny. The mother came home on Friday evening and within 5 minutes started ranting and raving at me. One of her children has autism and like to do something called stimming which is repetitive behaviour. There is a whole entire system in place within the household to protect rooms and belongings. Basically when a room is jot in use, the door must be closed and locked. That was exactly what happened. All day with me. I am always following the system. Anyways the mother found something that belongs in the living room in the kitchen and she blew up at me. It never happen on my watch. The room was locked all day when I was there and the autistic child was home with me.

Other members of the family are not able to follow the system or they do it but the keep forgetting. It is me going around their house finding doors wide open after use by them. I'm so so so sick of all the blame. It wasn't the first time either. The woman does nothing more but use me and then give out to me when I do my best. I'm so so so sick of it.

I’ve done this before as a teenager. I absolutely don’t regret it. Probably wouldn’t do it now: the industry im in: everyone knows each other

OP you could easily go self employed! And if you walked out on your last job it won't even matter. Get some refs from people you have worked for that love your work you did. You'll be inundated with offers. Make sure to charge what you're worth, considering tax, NI, sick pay etc within your rate. The only thing you need to do is make a leaflet, print it and distribute it around a few roads locally to get your first clients (I did this and got several new clients very quickly - make sure your flyer is half decent, it needn't be perfect but if it looks smart people will take you seriously). Then register with the tax people (within a few weeks of starting), and find out how to do a tax return, log invoices, and expenses. You'd be suprised how easy it is (but you can get free support with starting off on the bookkeeping stuff if you need it). And the best thing is you needn't mention your last job whatsoever. You could even start your own cleaning empire ;)

I just have a cleaner. She's lovely. We're friendly, but not friends, if that makes sense. I recommend her everywhere I can, after checking that she might be interested first, because I want her to earn properly.

I didn't mean my post to be in any way offensive. I know from experience it's hard to get AD dosage right, and if the dose is too high, then things which otherwise wouldn't phase you could make you flip. No judgement. Just saying it's worth thinking about.

Do you have to resign in writing?
I once resigned, sent a long letter to my boss setting out all the issues that had brought me to this point. She read it thoroughly and said that basically they wanted to keep me and they'd address the situation, so she refused to accept my resignation!
They did sort most things out, so I did stay.
Use the weekend to assemble your thoughts into a letter or email (even just a list of bullet points for yourself) so that you can discuss things calmly with your boss on Monday.

@BRB2021

Have the other cleaners contacted you? I presume they have your number as I remember the lift thread

No they haven't been in touch.

I dont quite know how to articulate this - I really like it when decent people reach their limit and enforce it. I find it incredibly satisfying. I dont know why.

Bloody good luck to you.

Good luck OP I think you did the right thing. Staying in that job would have been bad for your mental heath.
Good luck in finding future employment you can do so much better.

For the record and total disclosure, my cleaner works under 4 hours per week for me, plus DH's office (it's small; about 45 minutes work, but she is told to charge a full hour to compensate for the travel cost incurred). She tells me she works harder for less money for other people. How flipping hard do you want to make life for the people who keep you in work? Please, do tell and explain your thought process. I struggle to understand who you would be working for otherise.

I did similar years ago, I had no option as the problem was my bitch of a manager. I spoke to HR who sided with her and so I left. It was the best thing I could have done and if it certainly didn't make me unemployable!

Good luck OP

I bet if OP was talking about having walked out on a high level executive job everyone would be saying Good on you, you’ll be headhunted in no time”, but because she’s a cleaner everyone thinks they can talk down to her about professionalism and making herself unemployable.

You sound like you have strong principles and are hard working, set up your own cleaning business, or go self employed. Put posters through doors in the posh areas near you for atleast £12 per hour and I'm sure work will come your way.
Cleaners with high standards, attention to detail and good principles are worth their weight in gold.

For the record I've had a few cleaners for our home, and for one that had attention to detail, quick and efficient, I'd work around the hours they'd need, or even say they are welcome to bring their toddler along

@XingMing

You seem very angry at The Help getting above themselves, do you need a minute?

I just can't understand why those women are doing unpaid overtime. It doesn't make sense for them to stay behind to clean a room when they wasted time cleaning a clean room.

If you are a cleaner, I can't imagine that you'll be out of work for long, fortunately enough. I've walked out on jobs before now and not regretted it but I do think you should think about why you didn't complain before it all got too much for you.

Oh, ignore every negative comment on here. You’re not a pilot who jumped out of their 747 or a brain surgeon who flounced. You’re a very bright, articulate person who’d had enough of working with a couple of lazy twats.

You’ll sail into a new job. The world always need cleaners, especially driven, capable, conscientious ones.

You’ll be fine.

PS Prince Harry and Meghan did exactly this, and they’re fine...

@HoleInBucket

I am coming so so so close to doing the same in my job. I don't want to go into too much details and I don't want to give out too much information. I am sick too my back teeth of my employers moods and her giving out to me for her failings.

I work as a nanny. The mother came home on Friday evening and within 5 minutes started ranting and raving at me. One of her children has autism and like to do something called stimming which is repetitive behaviour. There is a whole entire system in place within the household to protect rooms and belongings. Basically when a room is jot in use, the door must be closed and locked. That was exactly what happened. All day with me. I am always following the system. Anyways the mother found something that belongs in the living room in the kitchen and she blew up at me. It never happen on my watch. The room was locked all day when I was there and the autistic child was home with me.

Other members of the family are not able to follow the system or they do it but the keep forgetting. It is me going around their house finding doors wide open after use by them. I'm so so so sick of all the blame. It wasn't the first time either. The woman does nothing more but use me and then give out to me when I do my best. I'm so so so sick of it.

That sounds awful. Not worth it. I'd encourage you to leave.

I don't blame you their behaviour would drive me insane! They will be sorry once you are gone and they actually have to do some work. You sound like a grafter, you will find another job.
Well done, enough was enough.

@XingMing

More fool you. Many jobs are shitty and require lots of crap you don't enjoy, but you booting it into touch and putting it on MN means that you have just made yourself unemployable. As an employer, you would be off my "consider" list instantly. If you want to work again, you need to review everything, starting with your attitude.

Now why would you post that on a thread started by a women who, by her own admission, has reached breaking point?

What a thoroughly mean thing to say. Makes you sound very unpleasant.

The union here sound completely bonkers. I don't actually need a cleaner; frankly I do a better job myself, but I don't want to. I clean windows and my kitchen really well and my cleaner has dodgy elbows, doesn't do windows so I do but I hate dusting and vacuuming, so I pay her to do it. We are both happy with the deal, and based on a life overseas (where it's normal practice), if we can we pay a full extra month salary in December to cover Christmas.

It sounds like you need to work on your communication skills, you will always work with assholes and lazy people but you need to be able to get on with it and deal with management constructively.