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realmaverick
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I have just handed in my notice with immediate effect and just need to vent, or something....
After giving 8 years to a company and being integral in their growth from a startup to a multi-million pound company, I never expected to be told I wont be paid because I missed a project deadline by 24 hours. I put in an 100 hour week trying to meet the deadline and had talked another contractor in to giving up his weekend to help hit the deadline.
The shocking thing is that the deadline was suddenly cut by 2 weeks without my input, hence the crazy last week trying to hit it. I still would have made it, if it hadn't been for another project being dumped on me, right in the middle of the deadline. Then literally with only 48 hours left to hit the deadline, the owner started making unreasonable requests e.g. going through every page of the website making changes to articles he'd written, last minute changes to functionality etc.
The project was a complete website re-deisgn, of a large website. I was not only project manager, but also the designer and just about every other role in between. Everybody, the boss included is extremely happy with the result. On top of the deadline, I was also still expected to fulfil my other roles e.g. marketing, social media manager, community manager. I work ridiculously hard. If I'd slacked, I'd probably have taken this on the chin, knowing I was to blame.
Anyway we missed the deadline by 24 hours, which wasn't bad considering the crap that was being thrown at us. The next morning after missing the deadline, the owner said to me "I just want to tell you where I am with this; I don't feel comfortable paying you from yesterday until every last bug is fixed, once we're certain that it's perfect, you will continue to be paid for your time". I am rarely speechless, but I was definitely left speechless. I don't know how long it would have been, maybe only 24 hours but that wasn't the point. But then again, had somebody discovered a bug a week later, the way they've been lately, they'd likely have refused to pay me for that entire week.
I knew at that moment, the only right thing to do was resign. I sent my resignation and outlined the reasons why I was resigning and with immediate effect. I am now the third person in a couple of weeks to resign due to being badly treated.
Since sending my letter of resignation, I have received two emails. The first from the owner telling me how amazing I am and how sad he is that I have left, he said that the door is always open if I ever change my mind. Then another today, again telling me how valuable I am and asking if I'd still be around in some form, as it didn't seem right for me to just disappear. Needless to say, I am not going back.
One of my colleagues, after 5 years as head of customer services was literally bullied out of her role because they'd found somebody on oDesk for $4 an hour to replace her! It was horrific to watch and see how badly they treated her.
I have not been unemployed since I was 16, I'm a little anxious as to what comes next but things always work out in the end. I'm excited to see what life has in store for me next. I'm going to take a few days to clear my mind and then start a new chapter in my career.
After giving 8 years to a company and being integral in their growth from a startup to a multi-million pound company, I never expected to be told I wont be paid because I missed a project deadline by 24 hours. I put in an 100 hour week trying to meet the deadline and had talked another contractor in to giving up his weekend to help hit the deadline.
The shocking thing is that the deadline was suddenly cut by 2 weeks without my input, hence the crazy last week trying to hit it. I still would have made it, if it hadn't been for another project being dumped on me, right in the middle of the deadline. Then literally with only 48 hours left to hit the deadline, the owner started making unreasonable requests e.g. going through every page of the website making changes to articles he'd written, last minute changes to functionality etc.
The project was a complete website re-deisgn, of a large website. I was not only project manager, but also the designer and just about every other role in between. Everybody, the boss included is extremely happy with the result. On top of the deadline, I was also still expected to fulfil my other roles e.g. marketing, social media manager, community manager. I work ridiculously hard. If I'd slacked, I'd probably have taken this on the chin, knowing I was to blame.
Anyway we missed the deadline by 24 hours, which wasn't bad considering the crap that was being thrown at us. The next morning after missing the deadline, the owner said to me "I just want to tell you where I am with this; I don't feel comfortable paying you from yesterday until every last bug is fixed, once we're certain that it's perfect, you will continue to be paid for your time". I am rarely speechless, but I was definitely left speechless. I don't know how long it would have been, maybe only 24 hours but that wasn't the point. But then again, had somebody discovered a bug a week later, the way they've been lately, they'd likely have refused to pay me for that entire week.
I knew at that moment, the only right thing to do was resign. I sent my resignation and outlined the reasons why I was resigning and with immediate effect. I am now the third person in a couple of weeks to resign due to being badly treated.
Since sending my letter of resignation, I have received two emails. The first from the owner telling me how amazing I am and how sad he is that I have left, he said that the door is always open if I ever change my mind. Then another today, again telling me how valuable I am and asking if I'd still be around in some form, as it didn't seem right for me to just disappear. Needless to say, I am not going back.
One of my colleagues, after 5 years as head of customer services was literally bullied out of her role because they'd found somebody on oDesk for $4 an hour to replace her! It was horrific to watch and see how badly they treated her.
I have not been unemployed since I was 16, I'm a little anxious as to what comes next but things always work out in the end. I'm excited to see what life has in store for me next. I'm going to take a few days to clear my mind and then start a new chapter in my career.
