Quitting work on the spot

[Kippaxpete]

Bloody hell mate you didn’t work in the military and fire service as well did you, ha ha, seen both of those didn’t even know they had labels.

No, a large Civil Service department in which the work environment could only be described as toxic. Full of useless, arse-licking, self-serving wankers many of whom routinely shat on their own colleagues to get on. As a career civil servant, I saw what was originally a genuine team ethic become gradually eroded over the years to the point where it was every man and woman for his or her self. I eventually got out, in part at least, because of the toll it took on my mental health. Only when I look back do I realise just how damaging it was. In the last few years, whenever one of the younger guys raised concerns, my advice was consistent. Don't make my mistake; get out while you're still young enough.

 

[hammocity]

Glad I’m retired after reading this thread, I once walked out a job after about three months with a Company called SIS who were a Horserace Broadcaster. I’d previously worked for them for 9 years but they moved to Milton Keynes. They came back to Manchester at Salford Quays, a once great company to work for became a fucking horrible organisation. All down to the Management led by a guy called Brent Dolan and my immediate boss Helen Scott, what a pair of twats, toxic in the extreme. I’ve called them out just in case anyone had the misfortune to meet them.

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

Glad I’m retired after reading this thread, I once walked out a job after about three months with a Company called SIS who were a Horserace Broadcaster. I’d previously worked for them for 9 years but they moved to Milton Keynes. They came back to Manchester at Salford Quays, a once great company to work for became a fucking horrible organisation. All down to the Management led by a guy called Brent Dolan and my immediate boss Helen Scott, what a pair of twats, toxic in the extreme. I’ve called them out just in case anyone had the misfortune to meet them.

I had a friend who went to Milton Keynes for a year to work for them. She was a camera operator.

 

[hammocity]

I had a friend who went to Milton Keynes for a year to work for them. She was a camera operator.

She will definitely know them if she was at MK, I had the misfortune of having to visit the office down there a few times, horrible place.

 

[hammocity]

I had a friend who went to Milton Keynes for a year to work for them. She was a camera operator.

MK was where the Broadcast vehicles ran from, they had a contract to do all the BBC’s OB work, from News to Sport to Political conference both UK and overseas. They lost the contract after around 3 years and loads of the staff were laid off. It used to be a really good company, salary, bonus, good pension and share options. When I returned the only benefit that remained was the Pension, company was very badly run.

 

[Indaparkside]

I had a friend who went to Milton Keynes for a year to work for them. She was a camera operator.

You know the rules

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

All down to the Management led by a guy called Brent

Interesting name for a shithouse of a manager.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Very interesting reading this thread. Tell me, is it now normal in the UK to receive emails (of any tenor) from a work colleague or boss at 11 pm on a Saturday evening these days?

For me, it would be completely and utterly out of order.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

I think it’s a fine line whether what he’s said will be excused as just unprofessional or crossing a line into something worse. There was a lot of telling me about my supposedly “shit” and “measly” work, a stream of aggressive questioning - some targeting my team members (“what the fuck is X doing?”). And this on a non-work platform at that time of day. I’m not beyond criticism, but I would have been more than happy to have an adult conversation to educate him on why things were done the way they were - because all of his comments have easy responses. The way he does things I have no right of reply. His messages are a relentless conscious stream of thought with no filter.

I've got a horrible feeling this guy sits directly behind me at the South Stand.

 

[Kippax Street 1880]

Very interesting reading this thread. Tell me, is it now normal in the UK to receive emails (of any tenor) from a work colleague or boss at 11 pm on a Saturday evening these days?

For me, it would be completely and utterly out of order.

Crazy to me aswell, I don't even look at messages from work while I'm off the clock. Slavery was abolished in this country a long time ago!