Director upset that employee emailed their resignation when she's unreachable while working from home against company policy, freezes their entire bank account after accidentally overpaying them on their final pay: 'I do plan to formally escalate'

Working with and for people you get a sense of their true character, how they're capable of and willing to treat others—especially those who are subordinate to them—tells you everything you need it to about them.

It's not a huge surprise that people who have shown themselves to be of poor character then reaffirm that by reacting poorly when you give your resignation.

Still, there are those who you'll be disappointed by, employers who you thought you had a good relationship with who ended up doing a complete 180, taking your leaving personally and casting you out of their life. Revealing that the real thing they valued in your relationship was the control they had over you.

"Resigned last week, [and] got a hilarious response from my director"

(See the continued story below)

This worker handed in their resignation after finding a better offer from a competitor, choosing to email their boss, a director of the company, their resignation because she was working from home again—despite insisting that no one was able to work from home—and was unreachable in any other way.

They CC'd HR in their email, which might make sense to most of us since HR needs to be informed anyway—but their boss took HR's inclusion in the email personally, taking it as some sort of personal slight, probably because it was further removing the power she thought she held over the worker. Because of their reaction, you can't help but wonder whether the subsequent freeze on their account was a form of retaliation. See below the worker's account of events, followed by the discussion it stirred in this online community.

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    "Her concern wasn't that I was resigning. Her concern was that I had copied HR, and 'That's not how we do things around here.' All I can say is best of luck with that attitude, honestly."

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    "Resigned last week, [and] got a hilarious response from my director"

    Hadn't been happy for a while, so I've been shopping around my CV and got a pretty good offer last week, which I accepted. Once I did, I sent my director my resignation via email and copied the head of HR, and the HR rep for my building. Couldn't talk to my director in person because despite claiming there isn't a WFH policy, she was once again WFH. So email.
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    Get a call from my director a few minutes later. Her concern wasn't that I was resigning. Her concern was that I had copied HR, and "that's not how we do things around here". All I can say is best of luck with that attitude, honestly. Update: really appreciate everyone's advice and support and well wishes. Just to clarify, she said everything over the phone, and eventually responded via email accepting the resignation. Since it was to join a competitor, the resignation was with immediate effect,
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    HOWEVER, yesterday I noticed that they accidentally paid me my full salary, and now there's a hold on my account for the salary payment AND the other funds in there. Yes this is illegal, and yes I will be escalating the matter if it's not resolved by close of business today. I dont mind the hold on the incorrect salary amount, but illegally depriving me access to the rest of my funds? Nope, not gonna happen. Stay tuned.
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    Update 2: should have mentioned, I worked for a bank, so yes my employer placed a hold on my salary in my account. Anyhoo, since I'm now just a customer (who just happens to know exactly who to call), I formally queried the holds. I got confirmation that my former director was the one who instructed operations support to place both holds on my account. And because a formal query was submitted via email, with tons of people copied,
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    she authorized the release of both holds. Including the one I didn't have an issue with for the overpaid final salary. Which means the holds were BS in the first place. Anyway, I'm not touching the overpaid salary because I'm not trying to burn bridges within the industry unnecessarily. But I do plan to formally escalate the illegal hold and the hilarious response to my resignation notice. If there's an update worth sharing, I will. If not, cheers folks, y'all have been great.
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    "HOWEVER, yesterday I noticed that they accidentally paid me my full salary, and now there's a hold on my account for the salary payment AND the other funds in there."

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    Moving TargetPractice good news then since you won't be doing things around there anymore
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    Spiritraiser I would have given it to you, if you were at the office and not working from home which is something we are not doing here either. And CC HR again.
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    zanne54 Time for a follow up email to HR: "I just received a phone call from director advising me emailing a resignation is "not how we do things around here". Kindly advise how you would prefer me to resign when my director not on- site and WFH."
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    ThatWideLife "Well maybe how you do things around here is the reason for my departure."
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    Alarmed Effective_11 You should have told her to go f herself f…..
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    ¡Eugene72 You really gotta love the, "that's not how we do things around here" even AFTER reading your resignation letter... This was a blatant and total last ditch damage control effort to attempt to assert power over you. The number one thing that bosses hate is losing control, no matter what it is. It's the biggest reason for their narcissism, they're obsession with profit and money,
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    they're totally want to monitor and stare at your IN OFFICE, because bosses generally are convinced that ALL employees will f around if not monitored 24/7. They cannot understand personal choices or personal freedoms unless it benefits them.
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    Khada_the_Collector "That's just as well, I won't be here much longer anyway." I hope that or something similar was sent in reply, OP. Either way, congrats on the ejector seat, and onward to better things and days!
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    jTexans Ha! I resigned once while my boss was gone for a week and no one knew if she was on vacation or what. When she got back from wherever she was, we had a safety committee meeting and a member discussed responsibility handoff with my role. After the meeting she said she was disappointed in learning about my resignation in that meeting. B!!...you were MIA and no one in company knew where you were! Congrats on new job, OP.
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