'Tomorrow, I'm putting in my notice': Overworked IT worker details his plans to quit a toxic employer

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    "Tomorrow, I'm putting my notice in."
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    Posted by u/No_Organization_3311 15 hours ago Toxic workplace tomorrow they find out around ... So I work for a private healthcare company in the UK. I'm in their IT team as a data engineer, earning below-average for the role. When I came onboard, I was told about what a sh*tshow the company's IT was, and how we were building it from the ground up. It sounded like a fun challenge where I'd get to carve out my own role and do some exciting stuff with APIs and data connections, which sad as it is
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    So FFW about 10 months. We have gone through 5 members of staff who couldn't get on with the director, whose priorities seem to be making sure all the documentation is in the right font rather than the speedy delivery that needs to happen on projects (literally, we've gone through like 10 iterations of our template documents, and every meeting we have with him it changes). He threatens everyone's jobs basically weekly, and the whole team is demoralised and looking for an exit.
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    At the same time, I've been loaded with responsibility for first line support, business analysis AND technical set up on-site (there are about 15 offices scattered around the country; I have to drive to each of them, deliver training and then do config and initialisation). I'm basically doing the work of 3 people. I thought that was gonna change when they said they'd hire a support tech, but I stopped recruitment literally a day after we'd interviewed a candidate we were going to offer the job t
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    So now, there's at least 3 staff looking to leave, including me. I'm their only technical resource, so if I go they can kiss goodbye to all their major Q4 23 and Q1 24 projects. Tomorrow, I'm putting my notice in. When they get it, I'm expecting them to absolutely sh*t themselves. I literally can't wait XD
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    livinginsideabubble7 13 hr. ago Finally some satisfying news on here! Please post any scrambling desperate emails they send you as they freak out. People like that deserve to have their company crumbling around them. Reply Share 453 ●●● No_Organization_3311 OP 12 hr. ago Trust me. Updates inbound tomorrow XD 512 Reply Share
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    Alex-Steph 12 hr. ago You deserve better than being overworked and undervalued. Your decision to leave will make them realize the impact of their toxic environment. Stand firm in your decision and prioritize your well-being. Good luck with your next career move. Reply Share 120 No_Organization_3311 OP 12 hr. ago Thanks my dude! 39 Reply Share ●●●
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    12 hr. ago make sure you document every up he has caused and forward it to his bosses making them know he is the reason they can not get or keep staff. Reply Share rossarron. 71 ●●● No_Organization_3311 OP 11 hr. ago No spoilers, but there's someone else in the team who's got something like that in mind for tomorrow XD 81 Reply Share ●●●
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    IAmJustShadow. 11 hr. ago. edited 11 hr. ago I worked on a team like this for almost 7 years. It was a great team during the first 4-5 years but the company decided to outsource building of a new system entirely that would replace the system we supported. Fast forward another year, the consultancy delivers an almost broken and architected design of a
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    product. The managers quit citing product owners ignored them and were warned about going with Indian outsourcing company, ontop expected to support for the next 5 years, the market was also very hot. These people are SMEs in their fields and they'd be hard press finding those skills alone, let alone product knowledge. When they leave the seniors went with them.
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    One junior/mid tech threatens to leave but in the end stays as the company promises everything and more because they know without him they're screwed. I don't think he had the to quit imo, he always came across the type to say one thing and do another. He did get a raise below 15% of market rate, a new job title and in return he
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    was asked to build out a team ASAP (a mix of perm and consultants) for which he was expecting to eventually run and line manage + more pay. After years of interviewing and finding the right folk, training, and once the company felt the documentation was in place and the outsource consultants knew enough to support the system. They sacked him citing redundancies and restructured so the products would sit under another team streamlining headcount by about 50%.
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    In the end it was revealed the restructure was the main reason the managers left, they knew it was coming. The company never changed their plans to cut cost despite the risks. The consultants that were trained were let in to knowledge transfer to the new team and contracts weren't renewed after it was done. The new team are still working like they were stuck in the 1990s and deploy to prod using a zip file and FTP, the company got an inferior service in exchange for cost cutting.
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    The company is not your friend but a oiled machine that will spew you out when needed. 38 Reply Share No_Organization_3311 OP 11 hr. ago The company is never your friend Ngl I considered cutting a deal like the tech at your old place. I know they'll offer me everything and more, but I can't trust them to deliver; and even if I could the place has left such a sour taste in my mouth I really just want to get out. 432 ↓ Reply Share
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    *CONCERN Laughing_Man_Returns 11 hr. ago Anarchist I'm expecting them to absolutely sh*t themselves. you will be disappointed. there is no chance they will understand the consequences. 25 Reply Share No_Organization_3311 OP 11 hr. ago A slow dawning of reality as my 8 week notice draws to a close will be just as satisfying tbh XD 28 Reply Share
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    poliged33 12 hr. ago ● How longs your notice, given its end of year they will really struggle to get someone 10 Reply Share ●●● No Organization_3311 OP 12 hr. ago . 8 weeks! Crazy long (and I think designed to put people off leaving). That takes me to mid-late Jan. the problem they'll have is whether I either:
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    Deliver as many of their objectives as possible before I leave; or Focus on handover and training up my replacement (if they find someone) Because I can't do both! 30 Reply Share
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    No-Attention-2367 · 9 hr. ago . If you have another job lined up, do NOT let them know that or where it is. This sounds like the kind of director who would try to sabotage you to try to keep you. 21 Reply Share ●●●
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    TheRealDreaK. 8 hr. ago They're going to look absolutely shocked, because they never saw this coming despite doing everything possible to make it happen. Also, make sure your resignation letter is in "the wrong font." ↑ 7 7 ↓ Reply Share ...

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