Quitting work on the spot

[abu13]

OP, Genuine question, how do you feel now you have taken the plunge and handed the notice in?

Are you feeling relieved or nervous about the future?

 

[Ashton Moss Messi]

Even better to have a Trade Union backing you.

Absolutely.
But the consulting business is not known for recognising trade unions.
Been there for 30 years, you're on your own.

 

[johnnytapia]

Absolutely.
But the consulting business is not known for recognising trade unions.
Been there for 30 years, you're on your own.

Totally understand but even if your industry isn’t one that is typically unionised I’d still 100% recommend joining one. It might be the difference between knowing all you’re entitled to and missing out on certain, legal rights.

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

Good luck mate. Personally my advice would have been to not quit without anything to go to, but to stop giving fuck about things you can’t change - blokes a dickhead, accept it and live with it for now.

Next year is going to be hard, very hard, consultancy firms likely to get hit hard. We’ve off-boarded a bunch of consulting teams from my place preparing for a challenging year.

What industry is that you in if you don’t mind me asking? Or should I say were the teams specialists in certain industries.

 

[Coatigan]

What industry is that you in if you don’t mind me asking?

Consulting, d'uh!

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

Consulting, d'uh!

Haha. I always thought they specialised or had a preference for certain industries.

 

[metalblue]

What industry is that you in if you don’t mind me asking? Or should I say were the teams specialists in certain industries.

They were management consultants doing process reviews so not what I would call specialists for a specific industry.

 

[Kompany Car]

You are assuming he works for a large firm.
In a closely knit community you would be surprised what people say on the phone , off the record of course.
My advice would be don’t risk it particularly because he may well lose his case and where would he stand then.No job , no prospects.

If the business has a CEO you would assume it’s not going to be a few people in a portacabin. CEO would infer that there is actually a board of governance.

As regards what people say off the record, it’s hardly the OP’s fault that his CEO is a dick. If he was shit at his job or was a pain in the arse then you might have a point. I know you can be wrong with things like this, but purely based on the way he interacts on here, he seems like a level headed, easygoing chap.

As a potential future employer there is a school of thought that there’s nobody more motivated when joining a company than someone who holds a grievance with your competitor. They also know how the competitor operates if they are in senior positions, how they price/bid work and their weaknesses.

Its often why senior directors are so well looked after, it’s not because of what they do, it’s more about what they know, the client connections and what damage they could do if they went somewhere else.

That all said, I agree that going about it in a civilised way is always the best approach, regardless of how cathartic it might be to tell them what you really think.

 

[Kompany Car]

They were management consultants doing process reviews so not what I would call specialists for a specific industry.

As I always understood it, management consultants were generally well paid but they were very high pressure jobs. I might be wrong but I’m sure I read somewhere that PwC had people working 10hr days as the norm, which is fine if you’re self employed and reaping the rewards but as an employee not so great. The likes of Deloitte and KPMG were no better.

 

[CarlosTevez'sEnglishTutor]

As I always understood it, management consultants were generally well paid but they were very high pressure jobs. I might be wrong but I’m sure I read somewhere that PwC had people working 10hr days as the norm, which is fine if you’re self employed and reaping the rewards but as an employee not so great. The likes of Deloitte and KPMG were no better.

The first consultancy I worked for post-grad I worked 60-70 hour weeks for 18 months for £24k pa.

That was required in order to carry out the workload with the tools at our disposal. Finally resigned and told them where to go with no job to go to. Moved around a fair bit since but that's what has been required to find the right amount of workload and increase my salary.