The scenerio goes like this...You are called in the office regarding a mistake you had made....?

Question

....anyway..you say.."I am sorry about the mistake, and i will try to do better..."..But your boss just goes on and on about how important it is to NOT make mistakes...blah, blah, blah...anyway it takes about 10 minutes...when you go back to your seat...people ask you what was that about?...you just say "Oh, i'd rather not go into that"...and go back to work...THEN two weeks later, they found another mistake...and call you back in....and "sort of yell...and say...we can't have these mistakes...etc., another 10 minutes..."...i just say politely...." again, i am sorry about the mistake, but everyone makes mistakes......she interrupts me and says again, we can't have this in our company....etc.,,...QUESTION...SHOULD I JUST GIVE MY TWO WEEK NOTICE AND NOT GIVE THEM A REASON...and just write...here is my two weeks notice...i will be leaving on such and such a date??? i feel it borderlines on harrassment...But i do not think they know I KNOW!!! tell me what you think about this???

Answer 1

I had this happen to me a very long time ago. The mistakes were minor and absolutely correctable, and if I had just been asked to "change this" rather than treated like some kind of criminal, I wouldn't have gotten as angry as I did. I was hauled up to HR, where they had "the chat". And right there and then I said, "You know what? You don't have to give me the chat. It's obvious that this is not the right job for me, as I have never in my entire career been criticised like this, and in fact have been lauded for my exemplary performance many times over. So I will happily go back downstairs and type up my resignation letter and give it to you by the end of the day. I will not be serving out my notice, which will save you the embarrassment of having me around for the next month, possibly making another minor mistake, and I will also spare you the trouble and expense of a constructive dismissal lawsuit. You will pay me a month's salary for me to go quietly, and I will not ask for a reference because I've got stellar references from my other employers coming out of my ears."

I handed in my resignation, they gave me a check; the next day I scheduled two job interviews and was offered both jobs on the spot. I accepted one -with the company I still work for, happily, ten years later - then went to Australia for two weeks and got the bad memories of working for that bunch out of my system.

Very important - don't let the bad experience get to you. Be confident in interviews, and when they ask why you left your last job, tell them, "I just didn't feel it was right for me" (which is the truth, isn't it?).

Answer 2

You should leave and in your letter state; I appreciate the opportunity of working with your company but have found a position elsewhere that I personally feel is a better fit for my skills. Therefore I would like to inform you that as of April 3 2007 I will no longer be working for your company. Thank You for hiring me and I wish you all the best,

Sincerely,
your name.

You should always exit in a professional manner regardless of how unprofessional the former employer might be.

You don't have a good boss there as people do make errors and a good boss doesn't have to drum a mistake into your ear incessantly. What occurs then is a even greater chance that the error will be repeated. Subliminally your focus becomes counterproductive. A good boss would have demonstrated how not to make the same error and given a few tips instead. Best of luck in locating a better job and boss elsewhere.

Answer 3

I understand how you feel. At a place I used to work at, the boss would pick and choose how she handled mistakes according to who made them. If this one woman (who sucked up to her big time) made them, they were glossed over, or the boss found a way to deflect the blame to someone else (usually me). If I made the mistake, a big production was made of it. If she and I worked together on something and a mistake was made, it was just my fault, no matter what. I left the company.

Answer 4

Not sure what you mean about harassment, because correcting you for a mistake is not harassment. But now days, a lot people just give a week or less. I wouldn't worry about giving them 2 week notice, because if they fire you, they won't give you any notice at all, its just "that's it, you are not working out, youre outta here!"