I am sooooooo tempted to end this madness right now.

[NewWaveChick1981]

:grr: :mad: :nuke: I am leaving my current job (yay!) to go to a new job. I gave my 30 days' notice (customary for someone in a higher position at a college) a week ago Monday, but I'd love to make today my last day if I could. :grr: My last day here is supposed to be Nov. 14, but I am sooooo tempted to shorten it. Remember my rants about all the bullshit I'd been inundated with since the summer? Well, it's gotten so much worse and will be horrible for the next almost-three weeks if this continues. I've gotten the "since you're leaving, take care of this crap before you go" tapdance from my boss so much in the past week that I can't stand it. And on top of that, our auditor is bearing down on us (me) for ridiculous information requests that I have never known an auditor (even a Federal one from the US Dept of Education) to ask for. When he asks for whatever it is that he needs (usually huge reports that take hours to run), he wants it NOW. In the past week, he has asked me for so much crap that all of the other more urgent crap has had to wait. I have known this particular auditor since 1989 when I worked with him at a university in the same office, and he's an idiot. He fucked up so badly in this profession that all he can do now is tell people what they're doing wrong----'cause he's intimately familiar with doing it wrong. He also has told my boss things that are contrary to what he and I have discussed. I have everything documented, so I'm covered, but geez...I have talked to several colleagues that have been through many audits like I have, and all of them have said the same thing---something's wrong here. :grr:

If I didn't think it would hamstring me professionally later, I'd walk. Now. And never look back. If any of you can think of a way I can leave earlier without doing damage to a job reference later, I'd love to hear what you have to say. I just can't stand this any more. My new job is waiting and wants me ASAP, and I'd be happy to join them earlier than planned.

Thanks for listening. /rant off

[ohiosmith]

1. Do you have an executed employment agreement with your new employer?

[NewWaveChick1981]

3. Yes. It's signed, sealed, and delivered.

My start date there is supposed to be Nov. 19.

[ohiosmith]

5. Does your current employment agreement address notice provisions?

[NewWaveChick1981]

6. No. It's employment at will (no contract or union).

Professionals in higher ed are usually expected to give 30 days' notice or more.

[ohiosmith]

11. You have no obligation to stay. If they wanted to get rid of you immediately they likely would not

hesitate. Your future should not be affected. You left early for personal reasons. Enough said.

[Midlodemocrat]

2. Darn. I thought

you were going after *


:bounce:

[NewWaveChick1981]

4. The mood I'm in right now, I could do that...

:grr: I'd love to put an end to that Honky MoFo's reign of absurdity.

[MrCoffee]

7. they can "ask" you to do whatever...how much you "listen" is entirely up to you

sandbag the bastards.

[NewWaveChick1981]

8. Good point.

:hi: :)

[Tyler Durden]

12. Whenever the job to be departed becomes obnoxious...

...I start surfing eBay and Amazon. AND DU.

Hell, I do that even if the current job ain't too bad!

This too shall pass. Unfortunately sometimes like KIDNEY STONE.............

Ow.

[billyoc]

9. Every time the auditor demands something of you

stop to write it down in a portfolio and close it. If they ask what you're doing, tell them
"I'm not at liberty to say". Then try to remember what they looked like as they'll be going to
someone else for all of their "urgent needs" if they don't actually die of fright on the spot.

[Tyler Durden]

13. OOOOooooo, GOOD ONE!

I've gotta remember that one.

[Renew Deal]

15. Not a smart idea.

Don't fuck with auditors. Only two things come out of audits, work and terminations.

[Tyler Durden]

17. I was an auditor....

I found attempts to fuck with me amusing.

However, there are a lot of ways to successfully fuck with a stupid auditor: they aren't all geniuses.

[Gormy Cuss]

10. Lay down the law with your boss.

You can't do it all. Priorities must be set, including how much of your remaining time should be earmarked for the auditor's requests. That's a professional, responsible approach and only an idiot would see it differently. Do it in writing, natch.

[Renew Deal]

14. Take long lunches. Schedule long meetings. Use every sick and vacation day

you can find. Work off hours when people aren't there.

Finally, suck it up and get through it. Things will get better in 3 weeks.

[bikebloke]

16. Use your unused sick and vacation time.

If you're entitled to it, take them. Don't let them profit from time you didn't take.

I walked out of a job once without. It felt great! And I told them why - due to all the corruption. And since I was moving to another city, my review was recent, so I used that as a reference. Especially since the department I was in was about to be vaporized.

[necso]

18. In the past when I've left a job,

generally I've worked to the last possible moment, no matter how much I hated it. (It's the work I respect, not the petaQs associated with it.)

Once, I'm working at like 4PM on my last day when I get a call from HR: "Why aren't you here for your debriefing -- your supervisor should have brought you here an hour ago." Turns out my supervisor hadn't forwarded my resignation (to cover myself, I'd sent a copy directly to HR), because he wasn't planning on letting me go... idjit.

They straightened his ass out.