Teacher walks out mid-shift on her last day after an admin yells at and follows her for taking a brief call, leaving the already mismanaged school scrambling to cover her classes, leaving the already mismanaged school scrambling to cover her classes

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  • Woman wearing glasses and a scarf stands outdoors on a street, smiling slightly with buildings and greenery behind her.
  • I left mid shift and it was the best thing I could have done!

    I worked at this school for 4 years. It was never great, but the pay was decent so I stayed.
  • The biggest issue was management, either completely absent or micromanaging like crazy, no middle ground. This year I got an offer from a much better place and accepted, but I will only start working there in the second week of April.
  • Where I live, if you want to quit you have to give a 30- day notice and work these 30 days or they deduct it from your pay, so I did that.
  • Today was my last day. I was supposed to work until 6pm. During my planning period, I took a quick call with my new job, and within minutes the principal barged in, started yelling, and called me a liar.
  • For context, I had told them that this week I would still be working at the school, not at my new job.
  • Woman standing on a tree-lined sidewalk in autumn, wearing a light cardigan and looking at the camera.
  • In her mind, the fact that I took a short call during my planning time meant I wasn't fully focused on them, so she said I had lied and demanded I hang up immediately.
  • I also believe she saw and heard the call through the cameras installed in the classrooms.
  • I let it go at first because it was my last day and I wanted to enjoy it with my students, until they sent the coordinator to follow me around all day.
  • Arts room? Watching from a distance. Playground? Hovering nearby. Classroom? Peeking through the door window. At one point she literally popped up in the music room, a remote part of the school, saw me, panicked, and pretended she was there looking for another class.
  • The catch? There was no other class. That was it for me. I dropped my students off for lunch, packed my stuff, and left 6 hours early.
  • Before leaving, I sent a detailed message in the school wife Google Chat explaining exactly why I was leaving and that I wouldn't tolerate being treated like that.
  • Since then, I have spent the rest of the day at home relaxing, cleaning, watching shows, ordering take out... But the school?
  • Boy... Let me tell you the aftermath (according to current staff): Parents found out and are threatening to pull their kids since I'm not the first teacher to quit over work conditions.
  • They have no replacement lined up. They also do not work with subs. principal and The coordinator had to cover my classes themselves
  • They deleted my Gmail, so they also lost all my planning (that was set until April) Other staff are reaching out saying they want out too, could be a mass exit soon.
  • According to the amount of people asking me to recommend them in my new workspace | would say it is almost 40% of the teaching staff.
  • \- They've called me 15 times. I haven't answered. Anyway, as I mentioned I will only start my new job on April, so I'm officially free for a bit.
  • Open to suggestions on how to enjoy it!
  • Far-Ad-9073 I am fond of being a closet foodie... go find new places around where your new site is for lunch so you have the good spots already mapped out!!! =-)
  • therealilith Original Poster's Reply Amazing suggestion!! I haven't thought about that before!
  • Githyerazi You only left 6 hrs early so why no replacement ready and schedule transfered and the replacement should have been working with you as long as possible. Really sounds like they have no sense of how to run anything.
  • therealilith Original Poster's Reply They really don't! I told them I could train my replacement, pass over the student's information and all other important details, but they refused... Not my problem anymore
  • Dushibag Congrats on the new job! When I was between jobs, I would hike and watch horrorr movies.
  • therealilith Original Poster's Reply What was your favorite horror movie?
  • meandhimandthose2 So, what was their plan for Monday? Were they hoping a new person would just spawn in place of you for the next work day??
  • therealilith Original Poster's Reply I honestly don't know! Maybe they thought I would stay?? I really can't wrap my head around their decisions at all.
  • Cassierae87 I worked at a daycare making $8/hr and was fed up with management. Same kind of management you described. Even though I loved the kids and other teachers. I gave them 3 months notice. The final week I threw out my back and couldn't work my final week. They freaked out and put out an ad for my replacement and started doing interviews. They blamed me for their poor management and planning lol
  • therealilith Original Poster's Reply The blame always falls on us instead on their poor management!!!
  • KittyKatWarrior3593 If you game, and have the time to game (with you being a teacher and all...) maybe have a go at that? There are lots of games you can pick up, and not necessarily have to sink a lot of time or hours into. You can go on ebay and find gaming systems for some pretty reasonable prices if you know what to look for(Make sure you read the info, and the reviews!)
  • therealilith Original Poster's Reply I was really looking on going back to Animal Crossing and/or starting Pokopia!! Thank you for the suggestion!!
  • nipseyrussellyo Oh, so you dont get paid for time you dont work which is normal. I thought you were saying there was a penalty for not working through your 30 day notice.
  • therealilith Original Poster's Reply There is! For example: If I quit mid April and do not work the 30 day period they will deduct the time I didn't work from my April salary.
  • nipseyrussellyo Hold up. You leave before your 30 days are up and you (a) don't get paid the days you don't work -ok, (b) you pay them your salary the days you didn't work??
  • therealilith Original Poster's Reply They deduct the days you didn't work from your monthly salary
  • chubbysumo Your boss created a hostile work environment, I wouldn't have stayed either.

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