Has anyone.....

[mattx]

.......actually walked out of their job ? [ Working in IT within in a school ] - you know, just had enough.....

[tech_guy]

Hey hang in there, Matt. It can't be that bad. Tough time in the job market and all that so not a good time to jump ship.

[mattx]

Not the same without my mate.

[tech_guy]

I know. I just looked at the movies and pictures on Flickr and it brought a real lump to my throat.

[GrumbleDook]

Keep with it ... only a bit longer to the summer.

[glennda]

my old boss (who is now my boss again at my new place) had an argument with the head teacher and just walked out, but he was a contractor and wasnt on a perm contract. but just remember its almost that time for the 6 weeks without the teachers!

[tech_guy]

Hang in there, Matt.

[mattx]

I'll send you a jar of honey - just waiting for our spinner to arrive now. Going to get so much - can't believe how much we have already. Good thing we don't make our own wine - can you imagine ? My liver would be the size of an ameba.

[mattx]

Keep with it ... only a bit longer to the summer.

 

Ours broke up Tuesday - I have already sent an e-mail to one of departments informing them the 24 laptops they wanted won't be done - I just know I am going to run out of time........

[tech_guy]

Well, my colleague and I bust a gut on Wednesday breaking down a suite of 32 PCs and installing the new replacement machines, on a day when most of the school were out on trips, only to have a member of staff whingeing because we were doing it during term-time and not in the holiday...... erm like it was inconveniencing anyone!?!?!?!?

[Sirbendy]

Yes, I have. It was in a school where the original head who took me on retired through ill-health (and told me first, along with saying "If you want to leave, don't feel you need to stay out of loyalty, the deputy who'll take over is a tw@t").

 

Shortly after that my line manager went off with stress ("gone barmy"). I was then managed 50/50 between the head of science, and the head of..might have been maths, I forget. I was on Flextime as I was working for 3 other schools as well - all agreed between them.

 

One day I went to my nans for dinner and a catchup (few minutes down the road from the school), and when I came back one of the kids said "Did you know that Mr X is following you?". Next day I did it again, and yes..his landrover came after me very "hang back".

 

Day after that I decided to take him on a merry dance around the area. Leading to the the council HQ, where I had a nice meeting with their employer advice people, who were helpful.

 

Went back the next day, got summoned to the head...for a rollicking about "WHY did you go out? Why to there? What did you say? Tell us NOW. etc." I refused. I also recorded it (thankyou iPaq). They then said they were altering my hours to a fixed setup - I pointed out they can't do that without consultation. There was the head, and his deputy trying to pressure me in a closed office.

 

They then said they were "reviewing my employment, post september". At which point I rather got annoyed and requested to know why I was being followed etc...they knew about it, they'd implemented it to "keep an eye on me"! That was also recorded.

 

I took it back to the council, they called the school up and gave them a rocket.

 

The school told me they would not be renewing my contract post september..so I smiled and said to the head/deputy "That's fine with me, I can't work with people I have no respect for and can't trust. ".

 

So I worked that last month without issue...school summer hols came round, on the last day the science HOD said "Good Job! See you in September then - it'll be busy, we're putting in the new network.". Oh, how I laughed! I said "not a bloody chance. See this letter? I resign. I'm out of this hellhole, and good riddance". Handed it to the secretary and requested she photocopy it for safety, then walked out of the door and drove off into the sunset, to my new job that I'd lined up.

 

MOST satisfying.

[laserblazer]

@matt, we are your eMates. That's got to be better than nothing?

[mattx]

@matt, we are your eMates. That's got to be better than nothing?

 

You certainly are - [ well the ones who don't ban me every so often !! ]

[IanT]

at my last place, the previous guy to me walked out, he was a contractor and was never seen again

[laserblazer]

well the ones who don't ban me every so often !!

 

They are being cruel to be kind Matt

[elsiegee40]

I've never done it, but I've come very close... ... there is only so much you can take.

 

I have been on the other end of someone walking out; a teacher at my last school. She appeared in the staff room in lesson time while I was making a brew, very upset, demanding to know if she was a rubbish teacher. I said as little as possible and just let her unload and then she left... forever... ahe just walked out of the building and she never returned to the school.

 

Take care @mattx; - I'll join your other e-mates in offering some sympathy and a listening ear

[dwhyte85]

.......actually walked out of their job ? [ Working in IT within in a school ] - you know, just had enough.....

 

I've went off-site to cool down a few times with certain members of SLT who just don't get things, of course, no further than my car.

 

Felt tempted many times but in the current climate everyone is a bit on edge within the school.

[rad]

Matt - I believe your kids have left and finsihed for the year, if its that time when you have so much to do but not enough time, just write down a plan of what you are doing and in what order, priority first, I am sure it will all work out.

 

Let your boss know your issues, sometimes that way he can help out too.

[witch]

Well, no hard feelings from this side, matt - sorry to hear you are feeling low (yes, really).

Hope things get better soon

[featured_spectre]

I have the walked out of a job, literally mid shift.

 

After being medically retired from the army, i got a job in retail, at the time I had been in my new job all of 3 weeks, and got a grilling from the manager of the store, infront of customers no less (apparently having a laugh with other staff members was not seen as good conduct). Mid grilling, I took off my top, and my shirt (had a tshirt on underneath that said "F*** the establishment" only not censored, went to the staff office area, got my stuff, walked back to the manager, told him to take his job, shove it up his backside, because he was an arrogant sod who thought the world revolved around him...(again, not censored like I did there), walked to the store opposite, asked for a job, within a day I was hired because the manager there liked what i did and said he needed someone with gumption who wont put up with carp....stayed at that job 2 years and worked my way up to assistant manager then got the job in the school!

 

I have the same attitude today as I did all those years ago, and I am one of 3 people in my school who stands up to the head teacher and tells her no, something is not possible/plausible, and it will go unsupported if she takes that route. One time she didnt believe I would not support some kit she wanted, and I stuck to my guns, so she wasted the better part of £8000 to have this shiny stuff that I refused to support...great times.

[MatthewL]

I am one of very few that say no at our place, I love it but certain people don't. You have to do it otherwise you don't get no where.

 

I practically walked out my last job, got annoyed, told him to screw his job (in front the whole office at 5pm on Friday evening, was such a k*0b, most on my side, got a job where I am now

[Sirbendy]

We've had a few teachers RUN out of the building before now..it's always a "sigh" moment. One woman lasted all of 10 minutes. I've had moments where I've had to walk into the now teacherless class, lock the doors and look at the kids, and say "What did you do NOW? Honestly..right then. What were you doing with that teacher? What's this lesson on?" and hold the fort until a replacement arrived.

 

We've also had a couple who've been appointed and never actually shown up.

[K.C.Leblanc]

At my last school the headteacher wanted to get 15 whiteboards installed (plus a few other projector only and whiteboard only installs), and assumed we'd be about to get it done during the winter half term which was only about 3 weeks away. When told there was no chance of getting contractors in decided we could do it all during a normal school week.

 

Half way through Tuesday the network manager went home and said he wouldn't come back till next week.

 

The best bit was we couldn't get an electrician in till the Christmas holidays, so none of the projectors had any power.

 

EDIT: We did have a trainee teacher go AWOL.

[p858snake]

as a student... the trainee teachers are the best to muck around with...

[RabbieBurns]

I have. Not walked out in a huff as in "this is it Im leaving" but my last job I just got fed up with it, fed up with the weather in scotland, so I quit my job (left very amicably) packed a bag, bought some tickets and got on the plane to Australia.. best thing I ever did (if only I can now sort out a more permanent visa...)