Resignation

[MrsHench]

Advice please!
I have 1 week left of my notice period. Not planning on going in on the last day because I just can't be arsed with it! I won't be paid for it anyhow but they will still owe me 1 month's wages. Would you ring your Boss with an excuse just to be cordial or just not bother?

When is pay day and why won’t you work last day?

For the sake of one day, I don't get why you wouldn't just go in?

Why do you not want to go in?
Is there bad feeling because you are leaving?

People won’t remember any of the good things you did - they’ll just remember you didn’t come in on your last day.

I’d always go in. Hold your head high. It’s one day.

If you did this at my work place HR will not provide you with a decent reference. They will state 'itsbot our company's policy to provide a reference. They will also select NO when asked "would you hire this person again".

So be very careful how you behave, go in and then pursue them for a month's wages.

Why do they owe you one month's wage? That needs resolving before you leave with HR in a constructive way.

You may put your reference at jeopardy if you do this…

Go in - you never know when someone from your old workplace might turn up in a future workplace, perhaps even on the interview panel for a job you really want!

If it's not policy to provide a reference how can they tick the box to indicate they wouldn't employ that person again?

Genuine question, not being snippy 😊

Go in to work and do the job that you agreed to do. You know, when you signed the contract. Of course you'll be paid for it, you weren't working for free were you?

Go to work with the minimum effort that last day. Not sure why they owe you a months wages but I’d be bothering HR/payroll and not leave until then.

@Fannyfiggs - ticking that box isn't giving a reference but is alerting the new company to the fact that the person was seen as a problem. A very difficult (incredibly lazy, manipulative, liar) person I used to work with left without completing her notice period for a 'better job with nicer people ' - reference was requested.... Dates of employment given, no other reference, and the box ticked to say she wouldn't be employed again. Needless to say she didn't get the job....

@Fannyfiggs If you've really pissed them off then HR just confirms the dates that you were employed from and that's it. They won't add details on whether you're suitable for the new role etc or anything else. In the section which asks would they reappoint you, they'll tick no. That tells the new employer all they need to know, sometimes the lack of forthcoming details says it all really.

@SleepingisanArt @Stickyricepudding thank you both ❤️

@MrsHench what have you decided?

Thanks all for your interesting advice/replies.
I've had a pretty awful time, working in a very toxic environment with some dreadful people. The last 2/3 years have been absolutely horrendous for me but I've fought threw it. I've shown up every day, worked my arse off, endured bullying, victimisation and treated abhorrently by professional people who really imo are disgusting humans. I finally found the courage to take myself out of this and move on to a better job. So, yes l will hold my head high and go in on the last day and have the last laugh.

@Stickyricepudding@Fannyfiggs @SleepingisanArt
So i just want to be clear; Does my current employer have the right to just refuse/decline to give me a decent reference after everything they've put ME through. I had an exemplary sick record; I could have very well taken a lot of time off for the anxiety/stress which they caused but I chose not to. My GP suggested I take time off and he was willing to write a sick note for a month but I declined. My new employers have contacted my current employer for the reference but the fact that they can mow portray me as the Problem!! by ticking a box and/or not completing a section is very poor on their part.
What are my rights? Can I find out what was said about me?
TIA

Get your backside into work on your last day!

I’ve never heard of the box ticking. Ever. I’m a manager and I’ve never been asked that, and I can’t see how HR would make that unilateral decision without consulting with the ex-employee’s boss manager.