‘One week notice became zero weeks notice’: Employee quits, then calls in sick every day in order to get even with manager

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Eleonora Bader
Jul 17, 2023 10:00 AM EDT

Quitting your job often requires a one to two-week notice, which you normally give your boss with a grin on your face, knowing that soon enough, you'll be put out of your misery. Unless of course, you like your job, in which case, never mind. In this case, OP was working as a head bartender and got a new job as a senior bartender at another company. So, OP did what everyone else does when they decide they're going to quit: he informed his manager, giving in his one-week notice.

His manager sat OP down for what OP thought was going to be a productive conversation, but alas, that was the last thing that the manager had on his mind. Instead, the manager told OP he was 'unprofessional', lazy, and that his work ethic was nonexistent. Then the manager proceeded to tell OP that he was going to make his last week unbearable.

Now, this wasn't exactly the smartest thing that this manager could have done, one week before OP was going to quit, as he was risking retaliation… and boy did OP retaliate. Scroll down to read a detailed account of the events that unfolded. For more, here is a carpenter who quit, then took $45,000 worth of tools with him, leaving the company in a rut.

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    Font - I gave my one week notice. My line manager sat me down, belittled me, called me unprofessional and told me he was going to make my last week difficult.
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    Font - I gave my one week notice after finding a job some where else. It may have been bad timing as it is his last week as well but my mental health and overall happiness has taken a hit lately and after everything I've been through I need to focus on myself as that is more important then a job.
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    Font - My line manager sat me down for what I thought was going to be a productive conversation on why I am leaving. He instead proceeded to rip into me, calling me "unprofessional" trying to attack my character, saying I'm “stepping down to do less work" (I'm going
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    Font - from a head bartender role to a senior bartender however my new place is far busier and pays more), talked about my work ethic not being up to standard (despite having my 6 month probation chat the previous week and him saying I'm passing all standards and doing
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    Font - a good job ), compared what I'm doing to being a "journeymen". He also said he was pretty much going to make my last week of work hell and give me all the sh ty jobs to do.
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    Font - I was shocked and taken back by this as the companies whole ethos is "Work hard and be nice to people" - which I now know is bu it. The company is also in the UK's top companies to work for so even more surprising behaviour.
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    Font - I complained to HR and to my GM. Now he has a disciplinary to go through and his new work (he's transferring restaurants in the company to a site in another city) will know. Someone who claims to live and breath the company will now have that on his record, that
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    Font - he has bullying and har sment allegations. I've called in sick everyday so I hope he's been overworked and stressed out. He wanted so bad to leave a good handover for whenever they hire a new bar manager, now he won't as he has to organise moving cities on
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    Font - top of making sure everything is in order at work. The team is probably overworked and tired. That is his fault. In an unrelated conversation me and him had a few weeks ago he told me "Let stupid people talk" implying stupid people will keep
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    Font - talking until they say even more stupid stuff. I did indeed let a stupid person talk. Edit: Wow thanks for the response guys! Didn't expect this post to get this sort of response, you guys are great!
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    Font - Sikmod 19 hr. ago Sounds like that 1 week notice became a zero week notice imo 4.1k Reply Share
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    Font - ArchangelLBC 19 hr. ago OP's line manager: I'm gonna make your last week hell. OP calling in sick every day: Uno reverse. 1.3k Reply Share
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    Font - Foxy_Foxness 19 hr. ago · That's when my 1 week notice turns into a 1 minute notice. 240 Reply Share
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    Font - Puzzleheaded-Ad-6530 20 hr. ago Notice is only a courtesy since he is acting like a ba ard just don't finish the rest. You can always get a friend to use as a reference for the place you worked at. 646 Reply Share
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    Rectangle - HallMurky 18 hr. ago I love that you called in sick, there's nothing he can do about that and he just landed himself in the st t. Bravo! 34 Reply Share
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    Font - Critical_Mastodon462 · 19 hr. ago Best line I've ever used when quitting "Hey so just letting you know I'm quitting" Boss okay so two weeks notice starts today?or when is your last day?
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    Font - Two weeks notice is for a company and a boss I respect. Took off work shirt and left the building 39 ↓ Reply Share
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    Font - The Pocket Panda 19 hr. ago "Okay great I'll also be taking a week vacation starting tomorrow" 25 Reply Share
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    Font - TrekJaneway. 14 hr. ago I got laid off on a Wednesday, and they told me my last day was Friday. Ummm...that was dumb....
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    Font - I wanted the PTO they owed me so I went in the next 2 days, BUT....I rolled in wearing jeans, T-shirt, sneakers, hair in a messy bun...the WORKS. Dress code was business casual. Then I spent two days at my desk updating my resume and applying for new jobs.
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    Font - If anyone asked me to do something work related, my response was "fire me. Wait...they already did that." Best two days of my LIFE in an office. 5 ↓ Reply Share
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