WIBU to leave my job with no backup plan

[Helpless0190]

Really looking for advice here because my mental health has been shot to shit by this place.

Hospitality. Been at site 10 years, since DD was a baby. Last year the pubco sold the business to a leaseholder who has other sites and does not run them well.

We went from a large team, over 20, to 2 of us left. The others either quit or got sacked. The ones who leave aren't replaced.

I have childcare commitments and have always worked around things but now I'm expected to be on site at times I can't. Working with just one of us on site too, so no cover. There are no breaks. Pay is sporadic and rarely correct. There's no HR or anyone higher to deal with.

I have been applying for jobs for a couple of months now. Out of the hundreds, I had 1 interview and wasn't successful. I'm willing to do anything. I thought I could stick it out until DD is in high school and then I have more flexibility but thats a year away and I cannot keep doing this.

I'm at the point where I'm seriously thinking about just walking away. And hoping I get any job really soon. Financially things would be almost impossible but the thought of going in all day tomorrow again, alone, no break, covering three separate roles is making me physically ill.

If I do leave I know I wouldnt get any remaining pay or holiday pay, I'm already owed pay from past weeks that i have been chasing for months.

For me the decision would come down to whether you have a mortgage to pay or risk homelessness by quitting. If not, crack on.

At a bare minimum, can you keep a roof over your head, food in the cupboards and the lights on if you leave tomorrow? If so, then do it. You might have to live out of community pantries for a while and sell everything that’s not stuck down, but it’s better than making yourself ill. If you can’t do those things then no, I think you have to stick it out until you can find something temping or home shopping in a supermarket or scrubbing toilets if that’s all that’s available.

My thoughts would be to wonder how close they are to going under if they aren’t paying you. Are they just running it down until you all get so sick of it, you resign with no redundancy payable? You don’t want to keep working and wasting your time for nothing, so if you left, I’d go to small claims court for the rest of your wages sooner rather than later.

I cant see the place being open much longer. Suppliers are chasing money, nest emailed to say my pension contributions aren't being paid and hes stopped reporting to hmrc.

I can keep a roof over our heads for now and food on the table. It will be a stretch but I can do it.

I am applying for every job I see. I would take anything at all at this point.

If he’s got to that stage then leave now because you aren’t getting anything he owes you. He’s going under and it’s only a matter of time now. You and your colleague could say that you’re not doing any shifts unless he pays you in advance, but as it stands, he’s just stealing your time as well as your wages.

Actually, check whether it would be better to be made redundant than leave as you might get statutory pay, or might need to have been made redundant if you need to claim benefits for a while. It’s whether you’d be better off I suppose.

Leave.