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The one where fucthest8 rage quits his job

There are tons of jobs out there. Personally I'm amongst the last layer of NHS and am frankly irreplaceable- at last!

Will be using this as leverage for better working conditions, via the union.

Also mdk1 recently going through an exstential crisis moved back in with me, packed his job in to concentrate on 2nd year of uni, packed that in, got a job, packed that in and now is taking the time to ponder what he really wants......whilst going to volunteer for a food bank.....he is lucky that financially he is able to do that for 6 months.....but he really needed to get off the treadmill in order to get some new different experiences- connect with local community...

My point being that he really needed to shed all that he had acquired for his mental health's sake!

So solidarity to anyone shedding the chains and jumping off the wheel!
 
kalidarkone said:
There are tons of jobs out there.
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Yeah, I was recently seconded to our recruitment team, as my government department was struggling to get people into jobs before they moved to better-paid private sector ones. There's a whole separate point to be made about public sector pay and declining terms and conditions, but I'll save that for elsewhere. Jobs are, as you say, out there.
 
Good on you for looking after yourself. Been there, done it. Took nearly 2 years for me to come right again so keep that chin up, you're free now. :)

Eta. By come right I mean my own personal MH, not work situation. That part was easy.
 
equationgirl said:
How are you feeling after throwing off the corporate yoke fucthest8 ?
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Had a formal response yesterday, they're not fighting it - let's be honest they know that if they did I'd just be straight to my doc to get signed off.
It's going to be a while before I've properly escaped it I think. Lots still bouncing round my head. I am going to have a meeting with the HR Manager as my old Manager would "...like to understand what got us to this point" :D
Hint: she won't like it.
It will, however, give me a good reason to put into words all the aforementioned things bouncing round my head, so that will be good for me.
Also let two of my direct reports know what was going on, got the nicest messages back. I feel really bad about leaving them in the lurch though, they'll end up dealing directly with my old boss. :(

jontz01 said:
Good on you for looking after yourself. Been there, done it. Took nearly 2 years for me to come right again so keep that chin up, you're free now. :)

Eta. By come right I mean my own personal MH, not work situation. That part was easy.
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Really sorry to hear it took so long, glad that you got there though. I hope my MH will bounce back reasonably quickly, all the problems are tied to work


ice-is-forming said:
fucthest8 I'm surprised to hear you say that you don't feel like you fit in here... remember, feelings are not facts and from my pov nothing could be further from the truth. X
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Oh no, I definitely feel like I fit in here, just surprised anyone notices me!
It's out there <waves vaguely> that I always feel like I don't belong :D
 
fucthest8 it will take more than a couple of days to recover from being immersed in the toxic bullshit environment. I read www.askamanager.com which is a brilliant website for all things work related and many people write in about dealing with workplace toxicity. The woman who runs the site always says that it can take some time to recalibrate because your workplace norms get warped more the longer you've been there.

I would say it took me a good couple of years to recover from my glorious former employer. I nearly had a breakdown after they dragged out the redundancy process for months.
 
equationgirl said:
fucthest8 it will take more than a couple of days to recover from being immersed in the toxic bullshit environment. I read www.askamanager.com which is a brilliant website for all things work related and many people write in about dealing with workplace toxicity. The woman who runs the site always says that it can take some time to recalibrate because your workplace norms get warped more the longer you've been there.

I would say it took me a good couple of years to recover from my glorious former employer. I nearly had a breakdown after they dragged out the redundancy process for months.
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Jesus, really sorry to hear it, that's deeply shit. At least my leaving process was fast! I'll keep an eye on myself then, possibly been kidding myself I'll recover quickly :(

Still, no more 08:30 teams call, yay!
 
pinkmonkey said:
Sorry to hear about this. I was, 'helped to leave' my toxic work environment nearly 20 years ago now. :eek: As you know I never looked back. Somehow I thought of this gif. Panda Office GIF - Panda Office Pissed - Discover & Share GIFs
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Thanx - that's the first time I recall seeing that ...

Looks like me when the wifi crashes, & kills a long email for which I was just about to press send.
[always type them out in word or notepad, having learnt that the hard way]
 
My workplace was so bad, I seriously contemplated on my way to work to drive into a tree because it would be better than to be under the gaze of my tyrant of a manager. Luckily I decided at that point to call my EAP programme and booked myself in to see a therapist. The same week I was due to start I found out I was pregnant and the fucks I gave about First Port and its shitty job fell from me like scales it was amazing. She still bullied me all the way through as well, but as I was a baby carrying fatso she couldn't touch me so I didn't care. Gave my notice 2 days before my return after mat leave.
 
fucthest8 said:
Jesus, really sorry to hear it, that's deeply shit. At least my leaving process was fast! I'll keep an eye on myself then, possibly been kidding myself I'll recover quickly :(

Still, no more 08:30 teams call, yay!
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It's documented in detail on the work frustrations thread in community, but it's over 3 years ago now. Much of the distress could have been avoided had my actual line management been stronger but there were endemic issues that made the whole company rotten to the core.

I'm much better than I was but I very nearly went under and had I not had the support of so many great posters on the thread, I almost certainly would have.

My line manager of the time got fired last year so got his karmic payback.
 
equationgirl said:
It's documented in detail on the work frustrations thread in community, but it's over 3 years ago now. Much of the distress could have been avoided had my actual line management been stronger but there were endemic issues that made the whole company rotten to the core.

I'm much better than I was but I very nearly went under and had I not had the support of so many great posters on the thread, I almost certainly would have.

My line manager of the time got fired last year so got his karmic payback.
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Fucking hell, sounds like a total nightmare. I'm constantly amazed how many places like that continue to function, you'd think they'd just collapse under the weight of shit, but somehow they don't. People operating out of fear all the way up and down the structure. <shudder>

Fistbump to you for making it out and to everyone here who backed you up.

Good to hear your ex-manager got his in the end.
 
izz said:
I wish I'd done that instead of neatly packing up the laptop and returning it with my badge 😊
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Oh no, you'll love this, it was my keyboard that I bought with my own money so that I could work standing up :D
(It was really cheap)

Well, they paid for the desk and unless they remember to ask for it, I'm fucking keeping that!
 
Well done! It took me way too many years of working in high pressure jobs dealing with total bullies to wake up to it. Finally quit the industry 3 years ago after being bullied out of my own company. I now work in an associated job and all of my clients are totally stressed out all the time, sending me emails at ridiculous hours. I turn my computer off at 5 and walk away.

Client tried to lure me back to the darkside this week with a loadsamoney offer, I declined
 
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