Leaving job advice

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I've handed in my required two months notice at my job. I'm leaving because of a toxic manager, who has free rein over the company at this time due to an absent leadership team. I'm the 6th person at the company to leave because of their behaviour, which has just been bullying for the last 8 months. The last time someone at my level (I manage a small team) left, they did not replace them and expected the team to absorb their work. I am now being asked to use my remaining time at work to train two members of staff up to my level so they can split my work between them from now on. I am working on things far above their current level of working, but I'm being threatened with not being allowed to take my remaining leave if I don't get them trained. I've chosen to leave of my own accord, this isn't a redundancy. I know they company is struggling with money, but is this legal? What am I required to do? In my experience a handover is handover to a replacement who has knowledge and qualifications at a similar level.

There’s no reason why you shouldn’t be training other staff but you can’t be held to account if they don’t reach the required level of competency. They can’t stop you taking your leave and if things get too bad get signed off with stress.

Have you contacted Acas? They are the 'experts' in this kind of stuff.

It's not simply training, it's trying to get them to a level that would take 6 months of full on training in 7 weeks. My handover document includes me creating documents, strategies, and frameworks that were never part of my work plan. They essentially want me to create enough material and instructions that they will either never need to replace me, or have approximately 6 to 12 months before they'd need to. The sheer amount of work they're expecting me to do before I leave is astounding. I'm leaving due to stress, and they've dumped even more work on me and are holding my leave hostage.

How will it be judged whether these 2 staff members are trained enough? Impossible for your organisation to measure.
I'd go through the motions as best you can but also with a bit of a fuck it attitude. You're leaving after all, who cares? Not your problem anymore.

I doubt they can withhold your leave, it’s part of your contract. I’d check with your union or with ACAS.

What they do with your post after you leave is literally none of your business, if you don’t have capacity to do what they’re asking I’d tell him that and ask where your focus should be. If they won’t negotiate your workload I’d do what I could - within my contracted hours and at a reasonable pace - and give regular updates that x is on track but y won’t be completed on time. You’re leaving so just focus on the finish line.