Can I work just what I'm paid for while leaving?
At my current company, I spent months being bullied and told to quit. I then found a much better position, quit and my last day is on Friday.
I can honestly say I prepared a very solid handover - including meetings and a long written documentation. I've been with the company for some time and no other person who left while I was here prepared even half of what I did. My handover is really super detailed. I also encouraged my coworkers for weeks to approach me with all questions they might have. I spend days explaining things to them.
Due to my contract, I only need to come to work for 2h on Friday. I have the impression my boss expects me to come for the whole day - obviously, the rest of time spent there wouldn't be paid for.
I know this is my last day and I should try to leave a good taste in the mounth, but I hate every second spent there and in the past when I worked unpaid overtime this didn't result in my boss being nicer to me at all. The opposite is true. I felt like an idiot afterward. I don't feel like being abused anymore.
How to react to my boss's negative reaction and pressure that I stay the whole day "to do handover"? I'm sure rational explanation that I've taken everything down and explained everything I could won't help.
EDIT: Of course I've informed myself about the formalities related to offboarding. They take 5 minutes and can be completed any time. My boss expects me to WORK during my last day. 8 h. And then to "do the handover".
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At my current company, I spent months being bullied and told to quit. I then found a much better position, quit and my last day is on Friday.
I can honestly say I prepared a very solid handover - including meetings and a long written documentation. I've been with the company for some time and no other person who left while I was here prepared even half of what I did. My handover is really super detailed. I also encouraged my coworkers for weeks to approach me with all questions they might have. I spend days explaining things to them.
Due to my contract, I only need to come to work for 2h on Friday. I have the impression my boss expects me to come for the whole day - obviously, the rest of time spent there wouldn't be paid for.
I know this is my last day and I should try to leave a good taste in the mounth, but I hate every second spent there and in the past when I worked unpaid overtime this didn't result in my boss being nicer to me at all. The opposite is true. I felt like an idiot afterward. I don't feel like being abused anymore.
How to react to my boss's negative reaction and pressure that I stay the whole day "to do handover"? I'm sure rational explanation that I've taken everything down and explained everything I could won't help.
EDIT: Of course I've informed myself about the formalities related to offboarding. They take 5 minutes and can be completed any time. My boss expects me to WORK during my last day. 8 h. And then to "do the handover".
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At my current company, I spent months being bullied and told to quit. I then found a much better position, quit and my last day is on Friday.
I can honestly say I prepared a very solid handover - including meetings and a long written documentation. I've been with the company for some time and no other person who left while I was here prepared even half of what I did. My handover is really super detailed. I also encouraged my coworkers for weeks to approach me with all questions they might have. I spend days explaining things to them.
Due to my contract, I only need to come to work for 2h on Friday. I have the impression my boss expects me to come for the whole day - obviously, the rest of time spent there wouldn't be paid for.
I know this is my last day and I should try to leave a good taste in the mounth, but I hate every second spent there and in the past when I worked unpaid overtime this didn't result in my boss being nicer to me at all. The opposite is true. I felt like an idiot afterward. I don't feel like being abused anymore.
How to react to my boss's negative reaction and pressure that I stay the whole day "to do handover"? I'm sure rational explanation that I've taken everything down and explained everything I could won't help.
EDIT: Of course I've informed myself about the formalities related to offboarding. They take 5 minutes and can be completed any time. My boss expects me to WORK during my last day. 8 h. And then to "do the handover".
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At my current company, I spent months being bullied and told to quit. I then found a much better position, quit and my last day is on Friday.
I can honestly say I prepared a very solid handover - including meetings and a long written documentation. I've been with the company for some time and no other person who left while I was here prepared even half of what I did. My handover is really super detailed. I also encouraged my coworkers for weeks to approach me with all questions they might have. I spend days explaining things to them.
Due to my contract, I only need to come to work for 2h on Friday. I have the impression my boss expects me to come for the whole day - obviously, the rest of time spent there wouldn't be paid for.
I know this is my last day and I should try to leave a good taste in the mounth, but I hate every second spent there and in the past when I worked unpaid overtime this didn't result in my boss being nicer to me at all. The opposite is true. I felt like an idiot afterward. I don't feel like being abused anymore.
How to react to my boss's negative reaction and pressure that I stay the whole day "to do handover"? I'm sure rational explanation that I've taken everything down and explained everything I could won't help.
EDIT: Of course I've informed myself about the formalities related to offboarding. They take 5 minutes and can be completed any time. My boss expects me to WORK during my last day. 8 h. And then to "do the handover".
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Most places I have worked have assumed the last day nothing will be accomplished. If you are leaving on great terms there will be farewell event. If you are leaving on less than great terms there might not be anything.
But the driver of the schedule for the last day is the off-boarding process they need to follow. Between the visits to HR, the turning in of equipment, and the exit interview most employees are gone from the work area by mid-morning. In a few situations where HR/security was at another site, the employees were not seen at all on their last day.
So contact the company to see what needs to be done on the last day and next-to-last day to complete their off-boarding. With the desire to only spend two hours on the last day, you may actually have to complete a few steps on the previous day.
answered 8 mins ago
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Work your contractually obligated two hours and leave. You aren’t a slave.
answered 15 mins ago
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Exactly correct. What are they going to do, fire you?
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I dont think you need to worry about that. The HR may have things for you to follow for your departure.
If your boss ask you to stay, do what @Brian said. Take some time off and rest
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This is not a hypothetical question. He told me he expected me to "work normally" on Friday, meaning 8h.
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Most places I have worked have assumed the last day nothing will be accomplished. If you are leaving on great terms there will be farewell event. If you are leaving on less than great terms there might not be anything.
But the driver of the schedule for the last day is the off-boarding process they need to follow. Between the visits to HR, the turning in of equipment, and the exit interview most employees are gone from the work area by mid-morning. In a few situations where HR/security was at another site, the employees were not seen at all on their last day.
So contact the company to see what needs to be done on the last day and next-to-last day to complete their off-boarding. With the desire to only spend two hours on the last day, you may actually have to complete a few steps on the previous day.
answered 8 mins ago
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Most places I have worked have assumed the last day nothing will be accomplished. If you are leaving on great terms there will be farewell event. If you are leaving on less than great terms there might not be anything.
But the driver of the schedule for the last day is the off-boarding process they need to follow. Between the visits to HR, the turning in of equipment, and the exit interview most employees are gone from the work area by mid-morning. In a few situations where HR/security was at another site, the employees were not seen at all on their last day.
So contact the company to see what needs to be done on the last day and next-to-last day to complete their off-boarding. With the desire to only spend two hours on the last day, you may actually have to complete a few steps on the previous day.
answered 8 mins ago
mhoran_psprep
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Most places I have worked have assumed the last day nothing will be accomplished. If you are leaving on great terms there will be farewell event. If you are leaving on less than great terms there might not be anything.
But the driver of the schedule for the last day is the off-boarding process they need to follow. Between the visits to HR, the turning in of equipment, and the exit interview most employees are gone from the work area by mid-morning. In a few situations where HR/security was at another site, the employees were not seen at all on their last day.
So contact the company to see what needs to be done on the last day and next-to-last day to complete their off-boarding. With the desire to only spend two hours on the last day, you may actually have to complete a few steps on the previous day.
answered 8 mins ago
mhoran_psprep
43.4k566154
Most places I have worked have assumed the last day nothing will be accomplished. If you are leaving on great terms there will be farewell event. If you are leaving on less than great terms there might not be anything.
But the driver of the schedule for the last day is the off-boarding process they need to follow. Between the visits to HR, the turning in of equipment, and the exit interview most employees are gone from the work area by mid-morning. In a few situations where HR/security was at another site, the employees were not seen at all on their last day.
So contact the company to see what needs to be done on the last day and next-to-last day to complete their off-boarding. With the desire to only spend two hours on the last day, you may actually have to complete a few steps on the previous day.
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Work your contractually obligated two hours and leave. You aren’t a slave.
answered 15 mins ago
Brian
26418
Exactly correct. What are they going to do, fire you?
– Nuclear Wang
8 secs ago
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Work your contractually obligated two hours and leave. You aren’t a slave.
answered 15 mins ago
Brian
26418
Exactly correct. What are they going to do, fire you?
– Nuclear Wang
8 secs ago
add a comment |
Work your contractually obligated two hours and leave. You aren’t a slave.
answered 15 mins ago
Brian
26418
Work your contractually obligated two hours and leave. You aren’t a slave.
answered 15 mins ago
Brian
26418
answered 15 mins ago
Brian
26418
answered 15 mins ago
Brian
26418
answered 15 mins ago
Brian
26418
26418
Exactly correct. What are they going to do, fire you?
– Nuclear Wang
8 secs ago
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Exactly correct. What are they going to do, fire you?
– Nuclear Wang
8 secs ago
Exactly correct. What are they going to do, fire you?
– Nuclear Wang
8 secs ago
Exactly correct. What are they going to do, fire you?
– Nuclear Wang
8 secs ago
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I dont think you need to worry about that. The HR may have things for you to follow for your departure.
If your boss ask you to stay, do what @Brian said. Take some time off and rest
answered 1 min ago
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This is not a hypothetical question. He told me he expected me to "work normally" on Friday, meaning 8h.
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I dont think you need to worry about that. The HR may have things for you to follow for your departure.
If your boss ask you to stay, do what @Brian said. Take some time off and rest
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This is not a hypothetical question. He told me he expected me to "work normally" on Friday, meaning 8h.
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I dont think you need to worry about that. The HR may have things for you to follow for your departure.
If your boss ask you to stay, do what @Brian said. Take some time off and rest
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I dont think you need to worry about that. The HR may have things for you to follow for your departure.
If your boss ask you to stay, do what @Brian said. Take some time off and rest
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This is not a hypothetical question. He told me he expected me to "work normally" on Friday, meaning 8h.
– user323134
20 secs ago
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This is not a hypothetical question. He told me he expected me to "work normally" on Friday, meaning 8h.
– user323134
20 secs ago
This is not a hypothetical question. He told me he expected me to "work normally" on Friday, meaning 8h.
– user323134
20 secs ago
This is not a hypothetical question. He told me he expected me to "work normally" on Friday, meaning 8h.
– user323134
20 secs ago
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