Boss is refusing to let me take my foot off the gas

[tiredofthisshit21]

I'm retiring at the end of this year, corporate role, mid senior. I gave more than my contracted notice out of courtesy, did everything right. I've only got just over two months to go and I had thought that there might be a bit of easing back of the pressure to ease me gently into retirement. But my manager just keeps piling on the workload and pressure, regardless. I'm trying to care less, I really am, but there's no acceptance whatsoever that I have no incentive to go the extra mile any more. Currently facing into another working week with dread.

If you've been in this situation, how did you handle it?

Keep finishing on time and ensure you are starting on time and taking your breaks.

Count down the weeks/days. Won't be long.

OP, you said that you gave more notice than required... has the "required" part passed yet because if so, you always have the right to just go. When I decided to go self-employed (not retirement unfortunately), I gave just over 6 months notice when I was contractually required to give 3 months. It suited me, it suited the company because it gave them loads of time to recruit my replacement and have them shadow me for a few months. The point is though that after my required 3 month notice period, my bosses were especially "nice" shall we say as I was free at that point to just walk out of the door with no comeback. Meanwhile like others say, work to rule. What are they going to do? Sack you?

@hisnibsyes, the 3 months I was required to give have passed.

As of now, finish on time every day. Take your breaks. Take any accrued annual leave and any accrued time owing. Work at a normal pace. Anything unfinished wont be your issue soon. When do you officially finish. Count down the days. Take longer lunches. Your boss can whine and whinge but there is nothing he can do about it.

In that case @tiredofthisshit21, in your position I would start dropping less than subtle hints that I could just walk out of the door with no consequences. You've what 2 months to go and then that's it, you're retired. I'm going to guess that you're not desperate for that last couple of months of pay? It's not like you've any bonus to hold on for...

No F*ck them OP This is the sort of shit that happens in workplaces with no union. That notwithstanding work strictly to rule.

Do you actually want to carry on? Is it the kind of place where it wouldn’t matter if you finished early? I mean early in terms of earlier than you said your last day would be.

Well I've said I'll hand over properly to the new person. If I leave early, I can't do that.

I don't really think it's entered their heads that I could just walk. It hadn't entered mine either, to be honest.

It is no surprise they don't pay sick pay. A number of people in this thread have suggested you go off sick when you haven't even vaguely said that you are sick. The people suggesting you go off sick when you are not sick are the reason for that policy existing. Sadly it means anyone who genuinely is sick loses out because of the selfish, entitled stupidity of those that go off sick just because they fancy a day off.

That’s what you’ve said, but do you still feel like that?

This can’t be a private organisation if it hasn’t occurred to you or them that you could just go early….

Can you push back on accepting some new assignments on the basis that it is eating into your time you need to prepare for a full handover?

Do the hours and work you employed to do no more. What your boss going to do ...fire you...how you doing your work hours and work you employed to do and leaving shortly so don't want a promotion...

Sod your boss @tiredofthisshit21 . Not paying your bonus in these circumstances is a dick move so work to rule and no more. They do not care about you and are just trying to milk the last drops so time to start preparing mentally for retirement by detaching.
Good luck and enjoy your retirement

The 3 months has passed??!?

Why are you staying to train the new person when they are treating you like shit and withholding bonus.

All bets are off imo

I'd leave end if this week and explain ive been oushed too far and if they want me back as a contractor they can hire me.to train the new person. Then id give an hour rate for a month equivalent to my monthly base rate plus bonus and I explain thats how I'd set my rate.

Actually Op, at this point , if I was minded to, I would be sitting my boss down, explaining that we are both outside the required notice period and tell him that I am only happy to continue if he pays me my bonus and/ or winds his neck in on the time keeping.

I would need the confirmation of bonus to be in writing, signed by him and HR , or someone higher.

You still have value to him, so decide what makes it worthwhile for you ( if anything) and ask for it.

He sounds particularly dense.

You’ve not retired yet. Why would you get to bum around two months before you leave?

How much notice do you actually need to give? One month?

go in today and give them until November 20th,

finish and have time to bum around in December getting Xmas ready and distressing

yo don’t need to stay

and it’s their own fault

I’d probably take a week or maybe two off sick and ask to go back on a phased return for 2 weeks. Train the new person and off you pop.

Go off sick. Two months at full pay and then retirement… 🙌 Alternatively, just coast along doing the bare minimum, it’s not as though they can fire you.

Ring in sick. Take 2 weeks off, then take another 2 weeks off if they continue to add to your stress/workload/anxiety

Your health is more important than your job.

You are a professional. Do the job you are paid to do up to the last day and prepare handover notes of any work in progress/ not started/ incomplete. Job done and walk out with head held high.

If you are unwell with stress, then of course you can take sick leave. You do still have that option.

She's not sick. Nowhere has she said she's sick or that the work is affecting her health. So why would she go off sick?

3 posts one after the other advising the OP to go off sick. What the fuck is the world coming to when that is the go to response.

The OP has stated she will not get paid if she goes off sick in her notice period. Even if she legitimately ill, she will not get paid. That seems unfair doesn't it? Yes, it is slightly unfair but it is because people like those three consecutive posters are so unprofessional and entitled that they will go off sick for no reason at all other than their own selfishness. It's embarrassing and really sad for those who lose out because of selfish pricks like those posters.

I don't intend to go off sick. I'd just like the pressure to ease. I'm on 3 months notice, I gave 6, 4 of which I've already worked.

Why don't I just fuck off now? Well I'd kinda quite like the last two months salary although I guess in the scheme of things it's a drop in the ocean. But also professional pride prevents me from completely dropping the ball.

I'm just going to give ever so slightly less of a shit as each day goes by.

I don't get it....What was the point of the thread?
Are you literally just interested in how others would deal with it? Everyone has told you how they'd handle it... ie not as you have

You have options none of which you want to take.

Id just stop caring. Now. today. Rather than expend energy giving incrementally less care over the next 2 months.