Quitting on the spot

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Anyone here done this ??


Ive had my site manager (caretaker) job for approx 3 months and have just been given my contract which seems to differ quite a lot from the info i was given at interview time so i plan to go in tomorrow and tell them to amend the contract or i am off.

I still have my self employed business (plantroom/ac/boiler house design) which i do from home now and then and i do want to cut my hours down to maybe 20hrs a week so this is the time for me to say stuff it.

I have approx 7 days holiday owing but i am more than happy to walk with no pay but no notice either even though my contract says i must give them 1 months notice once i have signed the contract.

Gov.uk website states i must give a weeks notice if i have been employed for a month or more again once the contract has been signed.

thanks

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TVR Moneypit said:

If it were me, I'd work, or at least continue to turn up for work for my notice period. What's a week?

I hope you make the right decision and I wish you good luck. I quit on the spot before, and it's a liberating experience.

Thanks,

Yes i think this is what i will do,they have cover from other schools for when i leave and this is part of the problem as they expect me to go to another school if/when needed to help with lock up until 10pm even though my start time would of been 6am that morning and the next morning too all without extra pay and this has already happened to another caretaker...A academy has taken over and they want far more than the old council contract did.
I took the job as a favour while they looked for a permanent caretaker but they have dragged their heels finding a replacement for the previous guy and now the new contract stiffs us all...

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55palfers said:

If an Academy has now taken over and the are unilaterally trying to amend your existing T&C, surely TUPE must apply somewhere along the line?

The academy took over before i started but i only got my contract last week approx 3 months into the job,at the time of the interview none of this was told to me..

21TonyK I have no plans to return to this and wish to semi-retire working in my preferred field as boiler house/plantroom design,id possibly do some plumbing again as it has been my trade for over 30 yrs...but picking and choosing where and when.

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Well i handed in my notice this morning and leave this friday afternoon (shift ends at 2pm) and explained in my letter that i didnt want to sign the contract given to me just a few days ago due to differences to the job i interviewed for...

I am due holiday which i have been told i will be paid and there seems to be no hard feelings,so roll on friday...

thanks for your input gents..