Letter of Res...ig...na......

My job sucks. There. I said it. Now for the why...







I used to love my job; the company, the people, the work itself. Now I just want to throw staplers around, throw up all my files in a heap, and run out of the building screaming and skipping and swearing. But you know how life is; there are bills upon bills, which sit on a mountain of other bills that are laughing at me.







I work for peanuts, pennies, whatever you want to call the hourly wage I make. It's laughable when you look at the work I do. The sheer volume of it all astonishes me on a daily basis. I keep learning, doing, perfecting, helping, coaching, training, testing, hating, dying...and for what? Not for a raise. Not for a promotion. Not for an internal transfer. Nope, I keep getting held back no matter what I try to do. The treatment of all the associates where I work, to put it simply, SUCKS. Just because you're a strong-willed person doesn't mean you have to be mean and nasty, and it most certainly does not mean you should hold someone back from something better.







Recently I interviewed not once, not twice, but three times for a new position at a new company. I never thought I would leave the company I am at, honestly, because I was comfortable and good at what I do.  Anyway,  I didn't get the new position outside my current company, and I all but broke down and sobbed (okay I sobbed) over the news, which very courteously came to me in email format. Okay, I'm a big girl, and I wasn't exactly looking for a new job anyway, so it's fine, it's whatever. (Still bummed, not gonna lie...)







I then decided to do something that I had often thought about, but decided against because I really did (and still do) love the actual work I do. I'm just tired of being treated the way I am treated, and tired of waiting for the day the managers will actually own up to the promises of promotion they make time and time again. So, I did it. I filled out and turned in an internal transfer request for a department I already do lots of work for and am familiar with. The manager there is amazing, he's great and will work hard for you. I turned this in this past Thursday, Friday morning I had an interview lined up. From everything I heard, it was basically a done deal, and I was beyond happy about it, but of course evil ice queens have to ruin good feelings. Now everything is on hold for two weeks (or longer) because my department manager wants to "discuss" this with someone above her. Undoubtedly, she is going to say the other department was trying to "poach" her employee. Thing is, I am the company's employee, not hers. She does not sign my paychecks. There have been rude and unnecessary comments made to the potential new manager about me, I am guessing, in hopes he will change his mind. Too bad. He hasn't. So, now they are going to try to drag it out for as long as they can, instead of letting me go with the July 1st plan that HR and the new manager came up with. Needless to say, I am not happy at all.







As I like to say, "A happy associate is a productive associate", and you're losing big time, because I am TIRED. I am SO tired of being treated like garbage, even though you know I am a incredibly valuable asset to the department. I just hope that this person finally gets knocked down a peg (or two), because it's not fair and it's wrong. I deserve the promotion, and I deserve the raise. I deserve it! And I am tired of not getting it. Just tired...





The Weakerthans- Letter of Resignation