Quitting work on the spot

I wouldn’t make a habit of walking out. I’ve at least sent an e-mail to explain why I’ve gone and been fortunate enough to get away with it. It’s pretty much hiding in plain sight on my CV now. Walking should be the very last straw.

What all employers want is what you can do for them. There appears to be vacancies everywhere and skills shortages too. Also, if they feel you’ll fit in then you’re pretty much there too.
 
You also have to consider the possibility of returning to the company if your current boss leaves. That could be tricky if you make a spectacular exit.
 
SkyBlueFlux said:
I’ve been weighing up leaving my job for some time. In short, the CEO is an egotist. Which would be fine… many of them are and I’ve dealt with worse… problem is he is my line manager. He completely ignores me 99% of the time but when he’s got a bee in his bonnet about something the other 1% of the time he will be a totally unbearable shit.

The big issue is that that 99% of the time he ignores me is when I need things to do my role e.g., people in my team, budget, sign-off on work. It makes it impossible to functionally do a good job. Which makes it all the more galling when he pulls me up on something I’ve been asking about for months.

The final straw was last night when he sent me a long rant at 11pm on a Saturday. A long rant in which he was unhappy with something I’d done. I take huge issue with some of his reasoning about this particular thing - but his tone was deeply unpleasant and it seemed like he was honestly a bit drunk.

I’ve drafted up my resignation letter, I won’t be disrespected. I’m going to send it tomorrow as a nice early Christmas present. I don’t have anything lined up though so hold a place in the queue for me at the soup kitchen. People might advise me to wait until I have something new but I’m not waiting because I have a long notice period plus it is impacting my mental health tossing and turning at night… not to mention the principle of it.

Has anybody else taken a leap of faith and quit on the spot? Any creative suggestions for serving my notice? (Before anybody suggests it, I’m not shitting anywhere)
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Fucking hell this could have been written by me!!

2 weeks ago in a meeting where he was totally refusing to listen to anything I said and just berating me for him moving targets to unacheivable levels I just told him I’d had enough, was not going to be spoken to by him like he was a was going home, went to doctors and got a sick note until after Xmas.

I needed a long well earned break away from him and will be going back in the new year hopefully refreshed mentally.

Can you not do something similar? My GP gave me the note stating stress related to work, by BP was through the roof btw.
 
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Raise a grievance with HR, Sick note for mental health issues, enjoy your Christmas while he will be fuming, look for a new job, give him a wink when you clear your desk.
 
Update for those interested.

Stuck my notice in today. Not a peep from the CEO since I sent it first thing this morning. Couldn’t do it in person because CEO is travelling. Fine. The email was very professional in tone but I deliberately did not offer any specific reasons - because I knew they would follow up to ask me and I want to be careful what I put on record.

As predicted got a call this afternoon. Not from him but from his lacky. Very polite conversation, he asked me “Sorry to hear this. Why? Do you have a new role?”.

I did say I don’t have another role because I don’t want them getting litigious thinking I’m going to a competitor which a colleague recently did - they have a lot of resources to make life difficult. I gave him one of the major and uncontroversial reasons for leaving but told him “there are more reasons that I’m happy to pick up in the new year through the proper process” (He was definitely recording it to forward on, he does this often)

One thing I didn’t mention in my OP - I have already booked out this week and the office is closed after Christmas for some reason. So I can effectively do nothing until Jan. That gives me time to think and plan next steps.

I’ve decided I am not taking a sick note, partly out of principle but also because our sick pay allowance is significantly worse than just logging on and doing the minimum for 3 months. Let them put me on gardening leave if they have to.
 
SkyBlueFlux said:
Update for those interested.

Stuck my notice in today. Not a peep from the CEO since I sent it first thing this morning. Couldn’t do it in person because CEO is travelling. Fine. The email was very professional in tone but I deliberately did not offer any specific reasons - because I knew they would follow up to ask me and I want to be careful what I put on record.

As predicted got a call this afternoon. Not from him but from his lacky. Very polite conversation, he asked me “Sorry to hear this. Why? Do you have a new role?”.

I did say I don’t have another role because I don’t want them getting litigious thinking I’m going to a competitor which a colleague recently did - they have a lot of resources to make life difficult. I gave him one of the major and uncontroversial reasons for leaving but told him “there are more reasons that I’m happy to pick up in the new year through the proper process” (He was definitely recording it to forward on, he does this often)

One thing I didn’t mention in my OP - I have already booked out this week and the office is closed after Christmas for some reason. So I can effectively do nothing until Jan. That gives me time to think and plan next steps.

I’ve decided I am not taking a sick note, partly out of principle but also because our sick pay allowance is significantly worse than just logging on and doing the minimum for 3 months. Let them put me on gardening leave if they have to.
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Enjoy the rest and go find yourself a job in a company with decent sick pay!
 
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